On This Day: July 22 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2019 Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover. ↗
2013 Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others. ↗
2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah. ↗
2011 Norway attacks: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. ↗
2005 Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings. ↗
2003 Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard. ↗
1997 The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. ↗
1993 Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. ↗
1992 Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. ↗
1990 Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory. ↗
1983 Martial law in Poland is officially revoked. ↗
1981 The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand. ↗
1977 Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. ↗
1976 Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War. ↗
1973 Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78. ↗
1963 Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. ↗
1962 Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. ↗
1951 Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return. ↗
1946 King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths. ↗
1944 The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland. ↗
1943 World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily. ↗
1943 World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22. ↗
1942 The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands. ↗
1942 Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins. ↗
1937 New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. ↗
1936 Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community. ↗
1933 Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. ↗
1921 Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco. ↗
1916 Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40. ↗
1894 The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot. ↗
1893 Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado. ↗
1864 American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta. ↗
1833 The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. ↗
1812 Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain. ↗
1805 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder. ↗
1802 Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare. ↗
1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated. ↗
1796 Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. ↗
1793 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. ↗
1706 The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ↗
1686 Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan. ↗
1598 William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers' Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material. ↗
1594 The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates. ↗
1587 Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. ↗
1499 Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. ↗
1484 Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured. ↗
1456 Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire. ↗
1443 Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War. ↗
1342 St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe. ↗
1298 Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk. ↗
1227 A coalition of north-east German towns, counts and princes defeats king Valdemar II of Denmark in the battle of Bornhöved. ↗
1209 Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. ↗
1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. ↗
838 Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. ↗

2013 Prince George of Wales ↗
2006 Javon Walton, American actor and boxer ↗
2003 Solveig Vik, Norwegian politician ↗
2002 Konstanse Marie Alvær, Norwegian politician ↗
2002 Prince Felix of Denmark ↗
2000 Garrett Wilson, American football player ↗
1999 Sidney Chu, Hong Kong skater ↗
1999 Jason Robertson, American ice hockey player ↗
1998 Marc Cucurella, Spanish footballer ↗
1998 Larray, American YouTuber ↗
1998 Madison Pettis, American actress ↗
1998 Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1998 Sahaphap Wongratch, Thai actor, model, and singer ↗
1996 Kevin Fiala, Swiss ice hockey player ↗
1996 Skyler Gisondo, American actor ↗
1995 Ezekiel Elliott, American football player ↗
1995 Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter ↗
1995 Jonathan Owens, American football player ↗
1993 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist ↗
1992 Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer ↗
1992 Selena Gomez, American singer and actress ↗
1992 Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian ↗
1991 Taylor Lewan, American football player ↗
1991 Matty James, English footballer ↗
1991 Tomi Juric, Australian footballer ↗
1989 Israel Adesanya, New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer ↗
1989 Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician ↗
1988 William Buick, Norwegian-British flat jockey ↗
1988 Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer ↗
1988 George Santos, American politician ↗
1988 Thomas Kraft, German footballer ↗
1988 Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer ↗
1987 Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist ↗
1987 Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier ↗
1986 Colin de Grandhomme, Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer ↗
1986 Stevie Johnson, American football player ↗
1985 Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer ↗
1985 Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player ↗
1985 Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler ↗
1984 Stewart Downing, English footballer ↗
1983 Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer ↗
1983 Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist ↗
1983 Steven Jackson, American football player ↗
1983 Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist ↗
1982 Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
1980 Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer ↗
1980 Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver ↗
1980 Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter ↗
1980 Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper ↗
1979 Lucas Luhr, German racing driver ↗
1979 Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player ↗
1978 Runako Morton, Nevisian cricketer (died 2012) ↗
1978 Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer ↗
1977 Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player ↗
1977 Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer ↗
1977 Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer ↗
1974 Franka Potente, German actress ↗
1973 Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer ↗
1973 Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1973 Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author ↗
1973 Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1972 Franco Battaini, Italian motorcycle racer ↗
1972 Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer ↗
1972 Seth Fisher, American illustrator (died 2006) ↗
1972 Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1970 Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
1970 Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player ↗
1970 Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1969 Rebecca Kiessling, American attorney and anti-abortion activist ↗
1969 Despina Vandi, German-Greek singer and actress ↗
1967 Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist ↗
1967 Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor ↗
1966 Tim Brown, American football player and manager ↗
1965 Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician ↗
1965 Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor ↗
1965 Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian ↗
1965 Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach ↗
1964 Will Calhoun, American drummer ↗
1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer ↗
1964 John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1964 David Spade, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1963 Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer ↗
1963 Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1962 Steve Albini, American record producer and musician (died 2024) ↗
1962 Alvin Robertson, American basketball player ↗
1962 Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress ↗
1961 Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster ↗
1961 Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1960 Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
1958 Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach ↗
1958 David Von Erich, American wrestler (died 1984) ↗
1957 Dave Stieb, American baseball player ↗
1956 Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer ↗
1956 Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019) ↗
1955 Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (died 2013) ↗
1955 Willem Dafoe – American actor ↗
1954 Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1954 Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician (died 2016) ↗
1954 Lonette McKee, American actress and singer ↗
1953 Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (died 2020) ↗
1951 Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer ↗
1951 J. V. Cain, American football player (died 1979) ↗
1951 Patriarch Daniel of Romania ↗
1951 Tisa Farrow, American actress and model (died 2024) ↗
1951 Slick Watts, American basketball player (died 2025) ↗
1949 Alan Menken, American pianist and composer ↗
1949 Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer ↗
1948 Neil Hardwick, British–Finnish theatre and television director ↗
1948 S. E. Hinton, American author ↗
1947 Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter ↗
1947 Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician ↗
1947 Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
1946 Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois (died 2025) ↗
1946 Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1946 Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter ↗
1946 Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop ↗
1946 Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau ↗
1945 Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic ↗
1944 Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025) ↗
1944 Peter Jason, American actor (died 2025) ↗
1944 Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager ↗
1944 Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand ↗
1943 Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (died 2014) ↗
1943 Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician ↗
1943 Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025) ↗
1942 Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (died 2012) ↗
1942 Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier ↗
1942 Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1941 Estelle Bennett, American singer (died 2009) ↗
1941 Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (died 1975) ↗
1941 George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1941 David M. Kennedy, American historian and author ↗
1940 Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic ↗
1940 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (died 2020) ↗
1938 Terence Stamp, English actor (died 2025) ↗
1937 Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter (died 2023) ↗
1937 Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (died 1999) ↗
1937 John Price, English cricketer ↗
1937 Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (died 2011) ↗
1936 Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988) ↗
1936 Harold Rhodes, English cricketer ↗
1936 Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician ↗
1935 Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (died 2007) ↗
1934 Junior Cook, American saxophonist (died 1992) ↗
1934 Louise Fletcher, American actress (died 2022) ↗
1934 Leon Rotman, Romanian canoeist ↗
1932 Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014) ↗
1932 Tom Robbins, American novelist (died 2025) ↗
1931 Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005) ↗
1929 John Barber, English racing driver (died 2015) ↗
1929 Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (died 2013) ↗
1929 Neil Welliver, American painter (died 2005) ↗
1929 Baselios Thomas I, Indian bishop (died 2024) ↗
1928 Orson Bean, American actor (died 2020) ↗
1928 Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015) ↗
1928 Per Højholt, Danish poet (died 2004) ↗
1927 Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (died 2015) ↗
1926 Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1926 Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007) ↗
1925 Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (died 2013) ↗
1925 Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014) ↗
1924 Margaret Whiting, American singer (died 2011) ↗
1923 Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2021) ↗
1923 César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1923 The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (died 2007) ↗
1921 William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003) ↗
1916 Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (died 1984) ↗
1916 Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (died 1949) ↗
1915 Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (died 2000) ↗
1913 Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995) ↗
1910 Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist (died 2021) ↗
1909 Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (died 2014) ↗
1909 Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (died 2000) ↗
1908 Amy Vanderbilt, American author (died 1974) ↗
1899 Sobhuza II of Swaziland (died 1982) ↗
1898 Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1943) ↗
1895 León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1976) ↗
1893 Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (died 1978) ↗
1893 Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (died 1990) ↗
1892 Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (died 1983) ↗
1890 Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995) ↗
1889 James Whale, English director (died 1957) ↗
1888 Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (died 1950) ↗
1888 Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) ↗
1887 Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) ↗
1886 Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (died 1954) ↗
1884 Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (died 1967) ↗
1882 Edward Hopper – American painter and etcher (died 1967) ↗
1881 Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (died 1966) ↗
1878 Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942) ↗
1863 Alec Hearne, English cricketer (died 1952) ↗
1862 Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer (died 1931) ↗
1856 Octave Hamelin, French philosopher (died 1907) ↗
1849 Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator (died 1887) ↗
1848 Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1914) ↗
1844 William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (died 1930) ↗
1839 Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907) ↗
1820 Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1903) ↗
1784 Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1846) ↗
1755 Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839) ↗
1733 Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian (died 1790) ↗
1713 Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon (died 1780) ↗
1711 Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753) ↗
1651 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1711) ↗
1647 Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690) ↗
1630 Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat (died 1676) ↗
1621 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1683) ↗
1618 Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler (died 1672) ↗
1615 Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (died 1672) ↗
1559 Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (died 1619) ↗
1552 Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (died 1592) ↗
1552 Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton, Lady of English peer and others (died 1607) ↗
1535 Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1621) ↗
1531 Leonhard Thurneysser, scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (died 1595) ↗
1478 Philip I of Castile (died 1506) ↗
1476 Zhu Youyuan, Ming Dynasty politician (died 1519) ↗
1437 John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, English Baron (died 1498) ↗
1210 Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (died 1238) ↗

2025 John Fallon, Scottish footballer (born 1940) ↗
2025 George Kooymans, Dutch musician (born 1948) ↗
2025 Ozzy Osbourne – English musician and media personality (born 1948) ↗
2025 Chuck Mangione, American musician (born 1940) ↗
2025 Shelly Zegart, American quilt collector, historian, and advocate (born 1941) ↗
2024 Mark Carnevale, American golfer and radio commentator (born 1960) ↗
2024 Duke Fakir, American singer (born 1935) ↗
2024 John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1933) ↗
2022 Maria Petri, English association football supporter (born 1939) ↗
2018 Frank Havens, American canoeist (born 1924) ↗
2014 Johann Breyer, German SS officer (born 1925) ↗
2014 Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (born 1933) ↗
2014 Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1971) ↗
2013 Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (born 1921) ↗
2013 Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (born 1944) ↗
2013 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (born 1928) ↗
2013 Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge (born 1924) ↗
2012 Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929) ↗
2012 George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920) ↗
2012 Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925) ↗
2011 Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (born 1923) ↗
2011 Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (born 1945) ↗
2010 Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936) ↗
2009 Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (born 1921) ↗
2009 Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947) ↗
2008 Estelle Getty, American actress (born 1923) ↗
2007 Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (born 1972) ↗
2007 Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (born 1968) ↗
2007 László Kovács, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (born 1933) ↗
2007 Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (born 1906) ↗
2006 Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (born 1923) ↗
2006 José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (born 1965) ↗
2005 Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940) ↗
2004 Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (born 1933) ↗
2004 Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (born 1922) ↗
2001 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (born 1909) ↗
2000 Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (born 1916) ↗
2000 Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1925) ↗
2000 Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920) ↗
2000 Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
1998 Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (born 1909) ↗
1996 Rob Collins, English keyboard player (born 1956) ↗
1995 Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (born 1904) ↗
1992 David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (born 1954) ↗
1990 Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1932) ↗
1990 Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (born 1937) ↗
1987 Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900) ↗
1986 Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (born 1905) ↗
1986 Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1941) ↗
1979 J. V. Cain, American football player (born 1951) ↗
1979 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1929) ↗
1974 Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (born 1900) ↗
1970 George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (born 1912) ↗
1968 Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908) ↗
1967 Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (born 1878) ↗
1958 Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (born 1895) ↗
1950 William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874) ↗
1948 Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (born 1909) ↗
1940 George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1861) ↗
1940 Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (born 1877) ↗
1937 Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1891) ↗
1934 John Dillinger, American gangster (born 1903) ↗
1932 J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (born 1858) ↗
1932 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (born 1866) ↗
1932 Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (born 1853) ↗
1932 Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (born 1867) ↗
1922 Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (born 1854) ↗
1920 William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1849) ↗
1918 Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (born 1898) ↗
1916 James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (born 1849) ↗
1915 Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (born 1827) ↗
1908 Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828) ↗
1906 William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (born 1827) ↗
1904 Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (born 1846) ↗
1903 Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1810) ↗
1902 Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (born 1822) ↗
1869 Ling Ma – German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (born 1806) ↗
1864 James B. McPherson, American general (born 1828) ↗
1833 Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (born 1757) ↗
1832 Napoleon II, French emperor (born 1811) ↗
1826 Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746) ↗
1824 Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral ↗
1802 Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771) ↗
1789 Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1715) ↗
1734 Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1669) ↗
1726 Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia ↗
1676 Pope Clement X (born 1590) ↗
1645 Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587) ↗
1619 Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (born 1559) ↗
1581 Richard Cox, English bishop (born 1500) ↗
1550 Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (born 1481) ↗
1540 John Zápolya, Hungarian king (born 1487) ↗
1525 Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1426) ↗
1461 Charles VII of France (born 1403) ↗
1387 Frans Ackerman, Flemish politician (born 1330) ↗
1376 Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1310) ↗
1362 Louis, Count of Gravina (born 1324) ↗
1298 Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk ↗
1274 Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre ↗
1258 Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (born c. 1200) ↗
698 Wu Chengsi, nephew of Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian ↗