78 Events
242 Births
97 Deaths
- 2019 National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave. ↗
- 2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria. ↗
- 2010 WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. ↗
- 2007 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president. ↗
- 2000 Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people. ↗
- 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. ↗
- 1995 A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. ↗
- 1994 Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948. ↗
- 1993 Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. ↗
- 1993 The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. ↗
- 1984 Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. ↗
- 1983 Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. ↗
- 1979 In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. ↗
- 1978 Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. ↗
- 1978 Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. ↗
- 1976 Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo. ↗
- 1973 Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. ↗
- 1971 The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army. ↗
- 1969 Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. ↗
- 1965 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. ↗
- 1961 Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. ↗
- 1958 The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou. ↗
- 1957 The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba. ↗
- 1956 Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. ↗
- 1946 The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. ↗
- 1943 World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Mousiotitsa, Greece. ↗
- 1942 The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. ↗
- 1940 General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. ↗
- 1934 The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. ↗
- 1925 Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. ↗
- 1917 Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). ↗
- 1915 RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross. ↗
- 1909 Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes. ↗
- 1908 Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. ↗
- 1898 Spanish–American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica. ↗
- 1897 American author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike's gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories. ↗
- 1894 The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. ↗
- 1869 The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869). ↗
- 1868 The Wyoming Territory is established. ↗
- 1866 The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. ↗
- 1853 Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. ↗
- 1837 The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. ↗
- 1835 James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. ↗
- 1824 Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua. ↗
- 1814 War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed. ↗
- 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir. ↗
- 1797 Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). ↗
- 1792 The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed. ↗
- 1788 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). ↗
- 1783 American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. ↗
- 1759 French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé. ↗
- 1755 British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. ↗
- 1722 Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border. ↗
- 1718 At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn. ↗
- 1693 Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. ↗
- 1668 A magnitude 8.5 earthquake strikes eastern China, killing over 43,000 people. ↗
- 1609 The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. ↗
- 1603 James VI and I and Anne of Denmark are crowned in Westminster Abbey. ↗
- 1593 Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. ↗
- 1591 The Duke of Parma is defeated near the Dutch city of Nijmegen by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange. ↗
- 1567 Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. ↗
- 1554 The royal wedding of Mary I and Philip II of Spain celebrated at Winchester Cathedral. ↗
- 1547 Henry II of France is crowned. ↗
- 1538 The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil. ↗
- 1536 Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali. ↗
- 1467 The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. ↗
- 1278 The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile. ↗
- 1261 The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. ↗
- 1139 Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. ↗
- 1137 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. ↗
- 918 Wang Geon becomes King of Goryeo after overthrowing Gung Ye in a coup the previous day ↗
- 864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. ↗
- 677 Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls. ↗
- 315 The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ↗
- 306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. ↗
- 2002 Alperen Şengün, Turkish basketball player ↗
- 2002 Adam Hložek, Czech footballer ↗
- 2001 Bryce Young, American football player ↗
- 2000 Meg Donnelly, American actress ↗
- 2000 Zhang Hao, Chinese singer ↗
- 1997 Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1995 Alvin Kamara, American football player ↗
- 1995 Maria Sakkari, Greek tennis player ↗
- 1994 Natalija Stevanović, Serbian tennis player ↗
- 1994 Andrei Vasilevskiy, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2016) ↗
- 1991 Toni Duggan, English footballer ↗
- 1991 Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer ↗
- 1990 Thodoris Karapetsas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1989 Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player ↗
- 1988 Sarah Geronimo, Filipino singer and actress ↗
- 1988 John Goossens, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1988 Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1988 Stacey Kemp, English skater ↗
- 1988 Paulinho, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1988 Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer ↗
- 1987 Richard Bachman, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Mitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper ↗
- 1987 Fernando, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1987 Jax Jones, English DJ, singer and songwriter ↗
- 1987 Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer ↗
- 1986 Abraham Gneki Guié, Ivorian footballer ↗
- 1986 Hulk, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1985 James Lafferty, American actor and athlete ↗
- 1985 Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver ↗
- 1985 Hugo Rodallega, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1984 Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player ↗
- 1984 Robert Clardy, American football coach ↗
- 1983 Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player ↗
- 1982 Jason Dundas, Australian TV host ↗
- 1982 Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (died 2008) ↗
- 1981 Finn Bálor, Irish wrestler ↗
- 1981 Conor Casey, American soccer player ↗
- 1981 Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer ↗
- 1981 Yūichi Komano, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1981 Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer ↗
- 1981 Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Shawn Riggans, American baseball player ↗
- 1980 Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver ↗
- 1980 David Wachs, American actor and producer ↗
- 1980 Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1979 Ali Carter, English snooker player ↗
- 1979 Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire ↗
- 1979 Ahmed Tantawi, Egyptian politician and journalist ↗
- 1978 Gerard Warren, American football player ↗
- 1977 Kenny Thomas, American basketball player ↗
- 1976 Marcos Assunção, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1976 Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet and critic ↗
- 1976 Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player ↗
- 1975 Jody Craddock, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1975 Jean-Claude Darcheville, Guianan-French footballer ↗
- 1975 El Zorro, Mexican wrestler ↗
- 1975 Brian Gibson, American bass player ↗
- 1975 Evgeni Nabokov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1974 Lauren Faust, American animator, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1974 Julia Laffranque, Estonian lawyer and judge ↗
- 1974 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese rugby player and wrestler ↗
- 1973 David Denman, American actor ↗
- 1973 Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1973 Kevin Phillips, English footballer ↗
- 1973 Igli Tare, Albanian footballer ↗
- 1972 David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1971 Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1971 Tracy Murray, American basketball player ↗
- 1971 Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1969 Jon Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1969 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland ↗
- 1969 D. B. Woodside, American actor ↗
- 1968 Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer ↗
- 1968 Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet ↗
- 1967 Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer ↗
- 1967 Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician ↗
- 1967 Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee ↗
- 1966 Daryl Halligan, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster ↗
- 1966 Maureen Herman, American bass player ↗
- 1966 Diana Johnson, English politician ↗
- 1965 Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1965 Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Torey Lovullo, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1965 Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1964 Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author ↗
- 1964 Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1964 Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist ↗
- 1963 Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal ↗
- 1963 Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player ↗
- 1962 Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player ↗
- 1962 Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1960 Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player ↗
- 1960 Justice Howard, American photographer ↗
- 1960 Māris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor ↗
- 1959 Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (died 2014) ↗
- 1959 Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author ↗
- 1958 Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic ↗
- 1958 Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1957 Mark Hunter, English politician ↗
- 1957 Steve Podborski, Canadian skier ↗
- 1956 Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer ↗
- 1955 Iman, Somalian-English model and actress ↗
- 1955 Randall Bewley, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) ↗
- 1954 Ken Greer, Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer ↗
- 1954 Sheena McDonald, Scottish journalist ↗
- 1954 Jochem Ziegert, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1953 Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (died 1999) ↗
- 1953 Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley ↗
- 1953 Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State ↗
- 1952 Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga ↗
- 1951 Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist ↗
- 1951 Verdine White, American bass player and producer ↗
- 1950 Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1948 Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984) ↗
- 1946 José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer ↗
- 1946 Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor ↗
- 1946 John Gibson, American radio host ↗
- 1946 Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer ↗
- 1946 P. Selvarasa, Sri Lankan politician ↗
- 1946 Ljupka Dimitrovska, Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (died 2016) ↗
- 1944 Sally Beauman, English journalist and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1943 Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer ↗
- 1943 Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician ↗
- 1942 Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1941 Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1941 Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (died 2016) ↗
- 1941 Emmett Till, African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955) ↗
- 1940 Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1939 S. Ramadoss, Indian politician ↗
- 1937 Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic ↗
- 1936 Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver (died 2021) ↗
- 1936 Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic ↗
- 1935 Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (died 2018) ↗
- 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman (died 2017) ↗
- 1935 Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (died 2009) ↗
- 1935 John Robinson, American football player and coach (died 2024) ↗
- 1935 Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (died 2006) ↗
- 1935 Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician (died 2013) ↗
- 1934 Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (died 1978) ↗
- 1934 Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter ↗
- 1932 Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (died 2017) ↗
- 1931 James Butler, English sculptor and educator (died 2022) ↗
- 1930 Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (died 1985) ↗
- 1930 Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (died 2010) ↗
- 1930 Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (died 1990) ↗
- 1930 Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1930 Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (died 2020) ↗
- 1929 Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works ↗
- 1929 Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2018) ↗
- 1929 Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995) ↗
- 1928 Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (died 1988) ↗
- 1928 Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (died 2008) ↗
- 1927 Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003) ↗
- 1927 Midge Decter, American journalist and author (died 2022) ↗
- 1927 Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (died 2000) ↗
- 1927 Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (died 1982) ↗
- 1926 Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009) ↗
- 1926 Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (died 1998) ↗
- 1926 Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (died 2018) ↗
- 1925 Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (died 1969) ↗
- 1925 Jerry Paris, American actor and director (died 1986) ↗
- 1925 Dick Passwater, American race car driver (died 2020) ↗
- 1925 Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician ↗
- 1924 Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (died 1984) ↗
- 1924 Scotch Taylor, South African cricketer and hockey player (died 2004) ↗
- 1923 Estelle Getty, American actress (died 2008) ↗
- 1923 Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (died 2007) ↗
- 1922 John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) ↗
- 1921 Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (died 1965) ↗
- 1920 Rosalind Franklin – English biophysicist, chemist, and academic. Contributor to basic research of DNA. (died 1958) ↗
- 1918 Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (died 1986) ↗
- 1917 Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1999) ↗
- 1916 Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989) ↗
- 1915 S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician ↗
- 1915 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (died 1944) ↗
- 1914 Woody Strode, American football player and actor (died 1994) ↗
- 1909 Elizabeth Francis, American centenarian (died 2024) ↗
- 1908 Bill Bowes, English cricketer (died 1987) ↗
- 1908 Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (died 2004) ↗
- 1908 Jack Gilford, American actor (died 1990) ↗
- 1906 Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970) ↗
- 1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994) ↗
- 1905 Georges Grignard, French race car driver (died 1977) ↗
- 1905 Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (died 1990) ↗
- 1902 Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (died 1983) ↗
- 1901 Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (died 1993) ↗
- 1901 Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (died 1982) ↗
- 1901 Lila Lee, American actress and singer (died 1973) ↗
- 1896 Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (died 1967) ↗
- 1896 Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (died 1952) ↗
- 1895 Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (died 1968) ↗
- 1894 Walter Brennan, American actor (died 1974) ↗
- 1894 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife (died 1918) ↗
- 1886 Edward Cummins, American golfer (died 1926) ↗
- 1883 Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1947) ↗
- 1882 George S. Rentz, American commander (died 1942) ↗
- 1878 Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar (died 1949) ↗
- 1875 Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (died 1955) ↗
- 1870 Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (died 1966) ↗
- 1869 Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (died 1919) ↗
- 1867 Max Dauthendey, German author and painter (died 1918) ↗
- 1867 Alexander Rummler, American painter (died 1959) ↗
- 1866 Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic (died 1947) ↗
- 1865 Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist (died 1945) ↗
- 1857 Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor (died 1934) ↗
- 1848 Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1930) ↗
- 1847 Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (died 1888) ↗
- 1844 Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (died 1916) ↗
- 1839 Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer (died 1873) ↗
- 1806 Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist (died 1885) ↗
- 1797 Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (died 1889) ↗
- 1753 Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (died 1810) ↗
- 1750 Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (died 1806) ↗
- 1683 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet (died 1756) ↗
- 1658 Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (died 1703) ↗
- 1657 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (died 1714) ↗
- 1654 Agostino Steffani, Italian composer and diplomat (died 1728) ↗
- 1642 Louis I, Prince of Monaco (died 1701) ↗
- 1633 Joseph Williamson, English politician (died 1701) ↗
- 1605 Theodore Haak, German scholar (died 1690) ↗
- 1581 Brian Twyne, English archivist (died 1644) ↗
- 1573 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650) ↗
- 1562 Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord (died 1611) ↗
- 1556 George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596) ↗
- 1532 Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit lay brother and saint (died 1617) ↗
- 1498 Hernando de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza (died 1575) ↗
- 1486 Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1547) ↗
- 1450 Jakob Wimpfeling, Renaissance humanist (died 1528) ↗
- 1421 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461) ↗
- 1404 Philip I, Duke of Brabant (died 1430) ↗
- 1394 James I, king of Scotland (died 1437) ↗
- 1336 Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1404) ↗
- 1291 Hawys Gadarn, Welsh noblewoman (died 1353) ↗
- 1261 Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (died 1312) ↗
- 1165 Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (died 1240) ↗
- 1109 Afonso I, king of Portugal (died 1185) ↗
- 1016 Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland (died 1058) ↗
- 975 Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (died 1018) ↗
- 2024 Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961) ↗
- 2024 Martin Indyk, American diplomat (born 1951) ↗
- 2022 Paul Sorvino, American actor (born 1939) ↗
- 2020 Peter Green, English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of Fleetwood Mac (born 1946) ↗
- 2020 Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (born 1932) ↗
- 2019 Beji Caid Essebsi, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926) ↗
- 2018 Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian businessman (born 1952) ↗
- 2017 Michael Johnson – American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944) ↗
- 2016 Tim LaHaye, American Christian minister and author (born 1926) ↗
- 2016 Tom Peterson, American television personality (born 1930) ↗
- 2015 Jacques Andreani, French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (born 1929) ↗
- 2015 R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (born 1929) ↗
- 2015 Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (born 1946) ↗
- 2014 Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (born 1911) ↗
- 2014 Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Walter De Maria, American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (born 1935) ↗
- 2013 William J. Guste, American lawyer and politician (born 1922) ↗
- 2013 Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (born 1924) ↗
- 2012 B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934) ↗
- 2012 Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950) ↗
- 2012 Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947) ↗
- 2011 Michael Cacoyannis, Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2009 Vernon Forrest, American boxer (born 1971) ↗
- 2009 Stanley Middleton, English author (born 1919) ↗
- 2009 Harry Patch, English soldier (born 1898) ↗
- 2009 Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director (born 1958) ↗
- 2008 Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (born 1955) ↗
- 2008 Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (born 1919) ↗
- 2008 Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (born 1960) ↗
- 2007 Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer and manager (born 1952) ↗
- 2006 Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (born 1928) ↗
- 2005 Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (born 1928) ↗
- 2004 John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (born 1914) ↗
- 2003 Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (born 1912) ↗
- 2003 John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2002 Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (born 1917) ↗
- 2000 Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (born 1934) ↗
- 1998 Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (born 1910) ↗
- 1997 Ben Hogan, American golfer (born 1912) ↗
- 1995 Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (born 1932) ↗
- 1992 Drake – American actor and singer (born 1914) ↗
- 1991 Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (born 1893) ↗
- 1989 Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (born 1943) ↗
- 1988 Judith Barsi, American child actress (born 1978) ↗
- 1986 Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter (born 1903) ↗
- 1984 Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1913) ↗
- 1984 Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 1982 Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892) ↗
- 1981 Rosa A. González, Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (born 1889) ↗
- 1980 Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938) ↗
- 1977 Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (born 1900) ↗
- 1973 Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (born 1895) ↗
- 1973 Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1882) ↗
- 1971 John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1880) ↗
- 1971 Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (born 1896) ↗
- 1967 Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (born 1878) ↗
- 1966 Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (born 1926) ↗
- 1963 Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (born 1877) ↗
- 1962 Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1879) ↗
- 1959 Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (born 1888) ↗
- 1958 Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (born 1891) ↗
- 1952 Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (born 1909) ↗
- 1947 Kathleen Scott, English sculptor (born 1878) ↗
- 1942 Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (born 1879) ↗
- 1934 François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty (born 1874) ↗
- 1934 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892) ↗
- 1934 Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (born 1888) ↗
- 1887 John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808) ↗
- 1865 James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (born 1799) ↗
- 1861 Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1805) ↗
- 1843 Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabric (born 1766) ↗
- 1842 Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (born 1766) ↗
- 1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge – English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772) ↗
- 1831 Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1789) ↗
- 1826 Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (born 1795) ↗
- 1794 André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (born 1762) ↗
- 1794 Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (born 1745) ↗
- 1794 Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (born 1726) ↗
- 1791 Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (born 1735) ↗
- 1790 Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (born 1723) ↗
- 1790 William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (born 1723) ↗
- 1681 Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (born 1631) ↗
- 1643 Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English general and politician (born 1584) ↗
- 1616 Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (born 1550) ↗
- 1608 Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (born 1556) ↗
- 1572 Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (born 1534) ↗
- 1564 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1503) ↗
- 1492 Innocent VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1432) ↗
- 1472 Charles of Artois, French nobleman (born 1394) ↗
- 1471 Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic ↗
- 1409 Martin I, king of Sicily (born 1376) ↗
- 1195 Herrad of Landsberg, abbess, author, and illustrator (born c. 1130) ↗
- 1190 Sibylla, queen of Jerusalem ↗
- 1011 Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 980) ↗
- 885 Ragenold, margrave of Neustria ↗
- 306 Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (born 250) ↗