On This Day: July 20 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2021 American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin. ↗
2019 Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. ↗
2017 O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas. ↗
2015 A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100. ↗
2015 The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. ↗
2013 Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. ↗
2013 Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG). ↗
2012 James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others. ↗
2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance. ↗
2005 The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada. ↗
1999 The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide. ↗
1997 The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. ↗
1992 Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. ↗
1992 A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes during takeoff from Tbilisi International Airport, killing all 24 aboard and four more people on the ground. ↗
1989 Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. ↗
1985 The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. ↗
1982 Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. ↗
1981 Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in Balad, Somalia, killing 50 people. ↗
1977 The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments. ↗
1977 The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages. ↗
1977 Aeroflot Flight B-2 crashes after takeoff from Vitim Airport in the Sakha Republic, killing 39. ↗
1976 The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. ↗
1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. ↗
1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. ↗
1969 A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War". ↗
1968 The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. ↗
1964 Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children). ↗
1961 French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. ↗
1960 The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. ↗
1954 Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. ↗
1951 King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. ↗
1950 Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. ↗
1950 After a month-long campaign, the majority of North Korea's Air Force was destroyed by anti-communist forces. ↗
1949 The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. ↗
1944 World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. ↗
1941 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief. ↗
1940 Denmark leaves the League of Nations. ↗
1940 California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. ↗
1938 The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948. ↗
1936 The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. ↗
1935 Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. ↗
1934 Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven. ↗
1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks. ↗
1932 In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government. ↗
1922 The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom. ↗
1920 The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks. ↗
1917 World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. ↗
1906 In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote. ↗
1903 The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile. ↗
1885 The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association. ↗
1871 British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation. ↗
1866 Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. ↗
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman. ↗
1848 The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes. ↗
1831 Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River. ↗
1810 Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain. ↗
1807 Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. ↗
1799 Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia. ↗
1738 Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan. ↗
1715 Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea. ↗
1705 A fire in Oulu, Finland almost completely destroyed the fourth district, which covered the southern part of the city and was by far the largest of the city districts. ↗
1592 During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it. ↗
1398 The Battle of Kellistown was fought on this day between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster. ↗
1230 Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations. ↗
1189 Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy. ↗
911 Rollo lays siege to Chartres. ↗
792 Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae. ↗
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. ↗

1999 Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer (died 2020) ↗
1996 Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player ↗
1995 Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1993 Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player ↗
1993 Nick Cousins, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1991 Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler ↗
1991 Ryan James, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015 ↗
1991 Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner ↗
1991 Tawan Vihokratana, Thai actor, host, and model ↗
1990 Lars Unnerstall, German footballer ↗
1989 Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer ↗
1989 Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer ↗
1988 Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer ↗
1988 Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player ↗
1988 Shahram Mahmoudi, Iranian volleyball player ↗
1987 Nicola Benedetti, Scottish violinist ↗
1987 Niall McGinn, Irish footballer ↗
1986 Osric Chau, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1985 John Francis Daley, American actor and screenwriter ↗
1985 Harley Morenstein, Canadian actor and YouTube personality ↗
1985 David Mundy, Australian footballer ↗
1984 Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player ↗
1984 Matt Gilroy, American ice hockey player ↗
1982 Antoine Vermette, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Viktoria Ladõnskaja, Estonian journalist and politician ↗
1980 Tesfaye Bramble, English-Montserratian footballer ↗
1980 Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model, fashionista, and businesswoman ↗
1979 Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (died 2004) ↗
1979 Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1979 David Ortega, Spanish swimmer ↗
1978 Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1978 Will Solomon, American basketball player ↗
1978 Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter ↗
1978 Ieva Zunda, Latvian runner and hurdler ↗
1977 Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer ↗
1977 Yves Niaré, French shot putter (died 2012) ↗
1977 Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer ↗
1976 Erica Hill, American journalist ↗
1976 Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer and coach ↗
1976 Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1976 Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver ↗
1975 Ray Allen, American basketball player and actor ↗
1975 Judy Greer, American actress and producer ↗
1975 Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer ↗
1975 Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish journalist and politician, 5th Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs ↗
1975 Jason Raize, American singer and actor (died 2004) ↗
1975 Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer and manager ↗
1974 Monica Nielsen, Norwegian politician ↗
1973 Omar Epps, American actor ↗
1973 Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway ↗
1973 Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player and manager ↗
1973 Nixon McLean, Caribbean cricketer ↗
1973 Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (died 2025) ↗
1973 Claudio Reyna, American soccer player ↗
1972 Jamie Ainscough, Australian rugby league player ↗
1972 Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1972 Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician ↗
1971 Charles Johnson, American baseball player ↗
1971 Sandra Oh, Canadian actress ↗
1969 Josh Holloway, American actor ↗
1969 Kreso Kovacec, Croatian-German footballer ↗
1969 Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist ↗
1969 Joon Park, South Korean-American singer ↗
1969 Tobi Vail, American singer and guitarist ↗
1969 Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter ↗
1968 Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player ↗
1968 Hami Mandıralı, Turkish footballer and manager ↗
1968 Kool G Rap, American hip-hop artist ↗
1967 Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1966 Anton Du Beke, English dancer and presenter ↗
1966 Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1966 Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican lawyer and politician, 57th President of Mexico ↗
1965 Jess Walter, American journalist and author ↗
1964 Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) ↗
1964 Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist and author ↗
1964 Sebastiano Rossi, Italian footballer ↗
1964 Bernd Schneider, German race car driver ↗
1963 Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1962 Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1962 Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver ↗
1962 Julie Bindel, English journalist, author, and academic ↗
1961 Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation ↗
1960 Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver ↗
1960 Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher ↗
1960 Sudesh Berry, Indian actor ↗
1960 Mike Witt, American baseball player ↗
1959 Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1958 Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter ↗
1958 Billy Mays, American salesman (died 2009) ↗
1956 Paul Cook, English drummer ↗
1956 Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian footballer ↗
1956 Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (died 2016) ↗
1955 Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player ↗
1955 René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright ↗
1955 Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter ↗
1954 Moira Harris, American actress ↗
1954 Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer ↗
1953 Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1953 Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author ↗
1953 Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress ↗
1951 Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter ↗
1950 Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician ↗
1950 Lucille Lemay, Canadian archer ↗
1948 Muse Watson, American actor and producer ↗
1948 Francis Billy Hilly, Solomon Islands politician (died 2025) ↗
1947 Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1947 Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1946 Randal Kleiser, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1945 Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (died 2014) ↗
1945 Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter ↗
1945 Larry Craig, American soldier and politician ↗
1945 Bo Rein, American football player and coach (died 1980) ↗
1944 Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (died 2015) ↗
1944 W. Cary Edwards, American politician (died 2010) ↗
1944 Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor ↗
1944 T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer-songwriter ↗
1943 Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver (died 2016) ↗
1943 John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2025) ↗
1943 Bob McNab, English footballer ↗
1943 Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (died 2010) ↗
1943 Wendy Richard, English actress (died 2009) ↗
1942 Pete Hamilton, American race car driver (died 2017) ↗
1941 Don Chuy, American football player (died 2014) ↗
1941 Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist (died 2020) ↗
1941 Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (died 1988) ↗
1939 Judy Chicago, American feminist artist ↗
1938 Deniz Baykal, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2023) ↗
1938 Roger Hunt, English footballer (died 2021) ↗
1938 Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach ↗
1938 Diana Rigg, English actress (died 2020) ↗
1938 Natalie Wood, American actress (died 1981) ↗
1936 Alistair MacLeod, Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2014) ↗
1936 Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician ↗
1935 Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector ↗
1933 Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) ↗
1933 Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2023) ↗
1933 Rex Williams, English snooker player ↗
1932 Nam June Paik, American artist (died 2006) ↗
1932 Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior ↗
1931 Shakuntala Karandikar, Indian biographer, essayist and philanthropist (died 2018) ↗
1931 Tony Marsh, English race car driver (died 2009) ↗
1930 Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (died 2009) ↗
1930 William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (died 2010) ↗
1930 Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress (died 2021) ↗
1929 Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (died 2013) ↗
1929 Mike Ilitch, American businessman, founded Little Caesars (died 2017) ↗
1929 Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (died 1999) ↗
1929 David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000) ↗
1928 Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2013) ↗
1928 Belaid Abdessalam, Prime Minister of Algeria (died 2020) ↗
1927 Barbara Bergmann, American economist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1927 Heather Chasen, English actress (died 2020) ↗
1927 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (died 2019) ↗
1927 Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (died 2013) ↗
1925 Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission (died 2023) ↗
1925 Frantz Fanon, French–Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1961) ↗
1924 Lola Albright, American actress and singer (died 2017) ↗
1924 Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (died 2014) ↗
1924 Mort Garson, Canadian-American songwriter and composer (died 2008) ↗
1923 Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (died 2005) ↗
1922 Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation (died 2020) ↗
1921 Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
1920 Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (died 1999) ↗
1919 Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (died 2008) ↗
1919 Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, English writer (died 2012) ↗
1918 Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2006) ↗
1914 Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist (died 2018) ↗
1914 Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (died 2005) ↗
1914 Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (died 2013) ↗
1912 George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (died 1970) ↗
1911 Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (died 1941) ↗
1911 José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator (died 1985) ↗
1911 Loda Halama, Polish dancer and actress (died 1996) ↗
1910 Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (died 2004) ↗
1909 Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (died 1993) ↗
1905 Joseph Levis, American foil fencer (died 2005) ↗
1902 Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist (died 1995) ↗
1901 Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding (died 1996) ↗
1901 Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies (died 1975) ↗
1901 Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (died 1971) ↗
1901 Ida Mett, Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973) ↗
1900 Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (died 1967) ↗
1897 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996) ↗
1895 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (died 1946) ↗
1893 George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier (died 1915) ↗
1890 Verna Felton, American actress (died 1966) ↗
1890 Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (died 1960) ↗
1890 Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (died 1964) ↗
1889 John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (died 1971) ↗
1882 Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (died 1937) ↗
1877 Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer (died 1938) ↗
1876 Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (died 1944) ↗
1873 Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot (died 1932) ↗
1868 Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1939) ↗
1864 Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931) ↗
1864 Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (died 1913) ↗
1854 Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (died 1940) ↗
1852 Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1932) ↗
1849 Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (died 1918) ↗
1847 Max Liebermann, German painter and academic (died 1935) ↗
1838 Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (died 1899) ↗
1838 William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (died 1911) ↗
1838 Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1928) ↗
1830 Clements Markham, English explorer (died 1916) ↗
1822 Gregor Mendel – Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (died 1884) ↗
1816 Sir William Bowman, English surgeon, histologist and anatomist. (died 1892) ↗
1804 Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (died 1892) ↗
1789 Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (died 1839) ↗
1774 Auguste de Marmont, French general (died 1852) ↗
1762 Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer (died 1826) ↗
1757 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat (died 1811) ↗
1754 Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic (died 1836) ↗
1649 William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (died 1709) ↗
1620 Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch poet and scholar (died 1681) ↗
1601 Robert Wallop, English politician (died 1667) ↗
1592 Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663) ↗
1591 Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (died 1643) ↗
1583 Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr (died 1642) ↗
1537 Arnaud d'Ossat, French cardinal (died 1604) ↗
1519 Pope Innocent IX (died 1591) ↗
1470 John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath, English noble (died 1539) ↗
1346 Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of King Edward III of England (died 1361) ↗
1313 John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (died 1367) ↗
1304 Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (died 1374) ↗
682 Taichō, Japanese monk and scholar (died 767) ↗

2025 Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970) ↗
2024 Jerry Miller, American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist (born 1943) ↗
2024 Jill Schary Robinson, American novelist (born 1936) ↗
2020 Michael Brooks, political commentator (born 1983) ↗
2017 Chester Bennington, American singer (born 1976) ↗
2016 Radu Beligan, Romanian actor, director, and essayist (born 1918) ↗
2015 Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943) ↗
2015 Fred Else, English footballer and manager (born 1933) ↗
2015 Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (born 1944) ↗
2014 Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (born 1923) ↗
2014 Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (born 1923) ↗
2014 Bob McNamara, American football player (born 1931) ↗
2014 Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (born 1953) ↗
2013 Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist and businessman, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (born 1926) ↗
2013 Khurshed Alam Khan, Indian politician, 2nd Governor of Goa (born 1919) ↗
2013 Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (born 1920) ↗
2013 Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (born 1920) ↗
2012 Alastair Burnet, English journalist (born 1928) ↗
2012 Jack Davis, American hurdler (born 1930) ↗
2012 José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian, jurist, and politician, Portuguese Minister of Education (born 1919) ↗
2011 Lucian Freud – German-English painter and illustrator (born 1922) ↗
2009 Vedat Okyar, Turkish footballer (born 1945) ↗
2009 Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (born 1922) ↗
2008 Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1943) ↗
2008 Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (born 1921) ↗
2007 Tammy Faye Messner, American Christian evangelist and talk show host (born 1942) ↗
2006 Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (born 1913) ↗
2006 Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and producer (born 1919) ↗
2005 James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (born 1920) ↗
2005 Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (born 1926) ↗
2005 Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (born 1958) ↗
2004 Lala Mara, Fijian politician (born 1931) ↗
2004 Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (born 1965) ↗
2003 Nicolas Freeling, English author (born 1927) ↗
2002 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (born 1946) ↗
1999 Sandra Gould, American actress (born 1916) ↗
1998 June Byers, American wrestler (born 1922) ↗
1997 M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (born 1939) ↗
1994 Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (born 1897) ↗
1993 Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (born 1945) ↗
1992 Bruce Conde, American US army officer, stamp collector, and royalist mercenary general in the North Yemen civil war. ↗
1990 Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (born 1907) ↗
1989 Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (born 1913) ↗
1987 Richard Egan, American soldier and actor (born 1921) ↗
1983 Frank Reynolds, American soldier and journalist (born 1923) ↗
1981 Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (born 1913) ↗
1980 Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (born 1887) ↗
1977 Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (born 1939) ↗
1976 Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (born 1900) ↗
1974 Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (born 1900) ↗
1974 Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (born 1912) ↗
1973 Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (born 1940) ↗
1973 Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (born 1938) ↗
1972 Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (born 1930) ↗
1970 Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1913) ↗
1968 Bray Hammond, American historian and author (born 1886) ↗
1965 Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (born 1910) ↗
1959 William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1875) ↗
1956 James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (born 1868) ↗
1955 Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (born 1869) ↗
1953 Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (born 1900) ↗
1953 Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (born 1901) ↗
1951 Abdullah I, king of Jordan (born 1882) ↗
1945 Paul Valéry, French author and poet (born 1871) ↗
1944 Ludwig Beck, German general (born 1880) ↗
1944 Mildred Harris, American actress (born 1901) ↗
1941 Lew Fields, American actor and producer (born 1867) ↗
1937 Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1882) ↗
1937 Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874) ↗
1932 René Bazin, French author and academic (born 1853) ↗
1928 Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (born 1896) ↗
1927 Ferdinand I, king of Romania (born 1865) ↗
1926 Felix Dzerzhinsky, Soviet educator and politician of Belarusian origin (born 1877) ↗
1923 Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (born 1878) ↗
1922 Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1856) ↗
1917 Ignaz Sowinski, Galician architect (born 1858) ↗
1910 Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (born 1863) ↗
1908 Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author, first IOC president (born 1835) ↗
1908 Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (born 1881) ↗
1903 Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1810) ↗
1901 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (born 1840) ↗
1897 Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (born 1820) ↗
1866 Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (born 1826) ↗
1816 Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (born 1743) ↗
1752 Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (born 1667) ↗
1704 Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (born 1620) ↗
1616 Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (born 1550) ↗
1600 William More, English courtier (born 1520) ↗
1526 García Jofre de Loaísa, Spanish explorer (born 1490) ↗
1524 Claude, queen consort of France (born 1499) ↗
1514 György Dózsa, Transylvanian peasant revolt leader (born 1470) ↗
1454 John II, king of Castile and León (born 1405) ↗
1453 Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French historian and author (born 1400) ↗
1405 Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, fourth son of King Robert II of Scotland (approximate, b. 1343) ↗
1398 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Welsh nobleman (born 1374) ↗
1387 Robert IV, French nobleman (born 1356) ↗
1332 Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland ↗
1320 Oshin, king of Armenia (born 1282) ↗
1156 Toba, emperor of Japan (born 1103) ↗
1128 Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, Fatimid vizier (born c. 1086) ↗
1031 Robert II, king of France (born 972) ↗
985 Boniface VII, antipope of Rome ↗
833 Ansegisus, Frankish abbot and saint ↗
518 Amantius, Byzantine grand chamberlain and Monophysite martyr ↗