On This Day: July 3 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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39 Events 206 Births 93 Deaths

2013 President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held. ↗
1996 British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland. ↗
1988 United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. ↗
1988 The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus. ↗
1979 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. ↗
1973 David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. ↗
1970 The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ↗
1970 Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard. ↗
1967 The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny. ↗
1952 The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress. ↗
1952 The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary. ↗
1944 World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city. ↗
1940 World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France. ↗
1938 World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h). ↗
1938 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. ↗
1913 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors. ↗
1898 A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. ↗
1890 Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. ↗
1886 Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. ↗
1886 The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. ↗
1884 Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average. ↗
1866 Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs. ↗
1863 American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. ↗
1852 Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco. ↗
1849 France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States. ↗
1848 Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies. ↗
1839 The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students. ↗
1819 The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. ↗
1814 War of 1812: American forces capture Fort Erie from British troops in Upper Canada. ↗
1778 American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, massacre 360 Patriot soldiers during the Battle of Wyoming. ↗
1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. ↗
1767 Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. ↗
1767 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. ↗
1754 French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces. ↗
1608 Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. ↗
1535 Diego de Almagro leaves the recently conquered Inca capital of Cuzco to lead an expedition to Chile. ↗
1035 William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087. ↗
987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. ↗
324 Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. ↗

1999 Nefisa Berberović, Bosnian tennis player ↗
1998 Kim Dong-han, South Korean singer ↗
1997 T. J. Hockenson, American football player ↗
1996 Cole Tucker, American baseball player ↗
1996 Alex Twal, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player ↗
1994 Chris Jones, American football player ↗
1993 PartyNextDoor, Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer ↗
1992 Crystal Dunn, American soccer player ↗
1991 Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player ↗
1991 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player ↗
1990 Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby league player ↗
1990 Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer ↗
1990 Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer ↗
1990 Alison Riske-Amritraj, American tennis player ↗
1989 Danilo Cavalcante, Brazilian convicted murderer ↗
1989 Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player ↗
1989 Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress ↗
1988 Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer ↗
1988 Vladislav Sesganov, Russian figure skater ↗
1988 James Troisi, Australian footballer ↗
1987 Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver ↗
1986 Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer ↗
1986 Kisenosato Yutaka, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1984 Manny Lawson, American football player ↗
1984 Churandy Martina, Dutch sprinter ↗
1984 Corey Sevier, Canadian actor and producer ↗
1983 Edinson Vólquez, Dominican baseball player ↗
1980 Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2013) ↗
1980 Olivia Munn, American actress and television host ↗
1980 Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer ↗
1980 Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer ↗
1979 Jamie Grove, English cricketer ↗
1978 Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner ↗
1977 David Bowens, American football player ↗
1976 Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011) ↗
1976 Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1976 Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist ↗
1976 Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby union player ↗
1973 Paul Rauhihi, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1973 Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player ↗
1973 Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (died 2013) ↗
1973 Patrick Wilson, American actor ↗
1971 Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks ↗
1971 Benedict Wong, English actor ↗
1970 Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist ↗
1970 Audra McDonald, American actress and singer ↗
1970 Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1968 Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo ↗
1967 Katy Clark, Scottish lawyer and politician ↗
1966 Moisés Alou, American baseball player ↗
1965 Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (died 2005) ↗
1965 Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress ↗
1965 Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic ↗
1965 Christophe Ruer, French pentathlete (died 2007) ↗
1964 Yeardley Smith, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer ↗
1963 Tracey Emin – British Artist ↗
1962 Scott Borchetta, American record executive and entrepreneur ↗
1962 Tom Cruise, American actor and producer ↗
1962 Thomas Gibson, American actor and director ↗
1960 Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
1959 Julie Burchill, English journalist and author ↗
1959 Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer ↗
1959 Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1959 David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer ↗
1958 Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist and academic ↗
1958 Charlie Higson, English actor, singer, and author ↗
1958 Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and journalist ↗
1958 Didier Mouron, Swiss-Canadian painter ↗
1958 Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1957 Poly Styrene, British musician (died 2011) ↗
1956 Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality ↗
1955 Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host ↗
1954 Les Cusworth, English rugby player ↗
1953 Lotta Sollander, Swedish alpine skier ↗
1952 Dugan Basham, American stock racing driver ↗
1952 Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (died 2004) ↗
1952 Lu Colombo, Italian singer ↗
1952 Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015) ↗
1952 Carla Olson, American singer-songwriter and music producer ↗
1952 Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricketer (died 2006) ↗
1952 Amit Kumar, Indian film playback singer, actor, director, music director and musician ↗
1951 Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (died 2014) ↗
1951 Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer ↗
1950 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer ↗
1950 James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles ↗
1949 Susan Penhaligon, English actress ↗
1949 John Verity, English guitarist ↗
1949 Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (died 2006) ↗
1949 Bo Xilai, Chinese politician, Chinese Minister of Commerce ↗
1948 Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) ↗
1948 Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator ↗
1947 Dave Barry, American journalist and author ↗
1947 Betty Buckley, American actress and singer ↗
1947 Mike Burton, American swimmer ↗
1946 Johnny Lee, American singer and guitarist ↗
1946 Leszek Miller, Polish political scientist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Poland ↗
1946 Michael Shea, American author (died 2014) ↗
1945 Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2018) ↗
1943 Gary Waldhorn, British actor (died 2022) ↗
1943 Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022) ↗
1943 Kurtwood Smith, American actor ↗
1943 Norman E. Thagard, American astronaut ↗
1942 Kevin Johnson, Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1942 Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter ↗
1941 Gloria Allred, American lawyer and activist ↗
1941 Liamine Zéroual, Algerian politician, 4th President of Algeria ↗
1940 Lamar Alexander, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Education ↗
1940 Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland ↗
1940 Michael Cole, American actor (died 2024) ↗
1940 Lance Larson, American swimmer (died 2024) ↗
1940 César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1994) ↗
1939 Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director ↗
1939 László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1939 Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player ↗
1938 Jean Aitchison, English linguist and academic ↗
1938 Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer ↗
1937 Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic ↗
1937 Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter ↗
1936 Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) ↗
1936 Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor (died 2017) ↗
1935 Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1935 Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician. Twelfth man to walk on the moon. ↗
1933 Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (died 2007) ↗
1932 Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (died 2014) ↗
1930 Pete Fountain, American clarinet player (died 2016) ↗
1930 Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (died 2004) ↗
1930 Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (died 1997) ↗
1929 Clément Perron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
1929 Joanne Herring, American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and television talk show host ↗
1928 Evelyn Anthony, English author (died 2018) ↗
1927 Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (died 2011) ↗
1927 Tim O'Connor, American actor (died 2018) ↗
1926 Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (died 1997) ↗
1926 Rae Allen, American actress, singer, and director (died 2022) ↗
1926 Laurence Street, Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018) ↗
1925 Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011) ↗
1925 Danny Nardico, American professional boxer (died 2010) ↗
1925 Philip Jamison, American artist (died 2021) ↗
1924 Amalia Aguilar, Cuban-Mexican film actress and dancer (died 2021) ↗
1924 S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (died 2016) ↗
1922 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2010) ↗
1922 Theo Brokmann Jr., Dutch football player (died 2003) ↗
1921 Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (died 2013) ↗
1921 Susan Peters, American actress (died 1952) ↗
1921 François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993) ↗
1920 Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (died 2012) ↗
1920 Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (died 1978) ↗
1920 Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (died 2006) ↗
1919 Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (died 1998) ↗
1919 Gerald W. Thomas, American soldier and academic (died 2013) ↗
1918 S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1974) ↗
1918 Johnny Palmer, American golfer (died 2006) ↗
1917 João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (died 1990) ↗
1916 John Kundla, American basketball player and coach (died 2017) ↗
1913 Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author (died 1965) ↗
1911 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer (died 1990) ↗
1910 Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (died 1954) ↗
1909 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (died 1996) ↗
1908 M. F. K. Fisher, American author (died 1992) ↗
1908 Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (died 1990) ↗
1906 George Sanders, Russian-born British actor (died 1972) ↗
1905 Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (died 2006) ↗
1905 Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1997) ↗
1903 Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992) ↗
1901 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (died 1953) ↗
1900 Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1987) ↗
1898 Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1982) ↗
1897 Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic (died 1965) ↗
1896 Doris Lloyd, English actress (died 1968) ↗
1893 Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (died 1976) ↗
1889 Richard Cramer, American actor (died 1960) ↗
1888 Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish author and playwright (died 1963) ↗
1886 Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 1969) ↗
1885 Anna Dickie Olesen, American politician (died 1971) ↗
1883 Franz Kafka – Czech-Austrian author (died 1924) ↗
1880 Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (died 1967) ↗
1879 Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950) ↗
1878 George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, and dancer (died 1942) ↗
1876 Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (died 1957) ↗
1875 Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic (died 1951) ↗
1874 Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1928) ↗
1871 William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (died 1940) ↗
1870 R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1947) ↗
1869 Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (died 1933) ↗
1866 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (died 1906) ↗
1860 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (died 1935) ↗
1854 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (died 1928) ↗
1851 Charles Bannerman, English-Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1930) ↗
1846 Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (died 1919) ↗
1844 Dankmar Adler, German-born American architect and engineer (died 1900) ↗
1823 Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek-Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright, and translator (died 1891) ↗
1814 Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist and physicist (died 1887) ↗
1789 Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German-Italian painter and engraver (died 1869) ↗
1778 Carl Ludvig Engel, German architect (died 1840) ↗
1738 John Singleton Copley, American painter (died 1815) ↗
1728 Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle (died 1792) ↗
1685 Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (died 1768) ↗
1683 Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) (died 1765) ↗
1569 Thomas Richardson, English politician and judge (died 1635) ↗
1550 Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591) ↗
1534 Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea (died 1567) ↗
1530 Claude Fauchet, French historian and author (died 1601) ↗
1518 Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist (died 1593) ↗
1442 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1500) ↗
1423 Louis XI, King of France (died 1483) ↗
321 Valentinian I, Roman emperor (died 375) ↗

2025 Borja Gómez, Spanish motorcycle rider (born 2005) ↗
2025 Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (born 1996) ↗
2025 David Mabuza, South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (born 1960) ↗
2025 Michael Madsen, American actor (born 1957) ↗
2025 Peter Rufai, Nigerian footballer (born 1963) ↗
2025 André Silva, Portuguese footballer (born 2000) ↗
2025 Lolit Solis, Filipino talent manager, columnist and talk show host (born 1947) ↗
2020 Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer (born 1948) ↗
2015 Diana Douglas, British-American actress (born 1923) ↗
2015 Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (born 1924) ↗
2015 Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (born 1926) ↗
2015 Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (born 1960) ↗
2014 Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (born 1917) ↗
2014 Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (born 1927) ↗
2014 Volkmar Groß, German footballer (born 1948) ↗
2014 Ira Ruskin, American politician (born 1943) ↗
2014 Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (born 1924) ↗
2013 Roman Bengez, Slovenian footballer and manager (born 1964) ↗
2013 Francis Ray, American author (born 1944) ↗
2013 PJ Torokvei, Canadian actress and screenwriter (born 1951) ↗
2013 Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1942) ↗
2013 Bernard Vitet, French trumpet player and composer (born 1934) ↗
2013 Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1948) ↗
2012 Nguyễn Hữu Có, Vietnamese general and politician (born 1925) ↗
2012 Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) ↗
2012 Yvonne B. Miller, American educator and politician (born 1934) ↗
2012 Sergio Pininfarina, Italian engineer and politician (born 1926) ↗
2012 Richard Alvin Tonry, American lawyer and politician (born 1935) ↗
2011 Ali Bahar, Bahraini singer and guitarist (born 1960) ↗
2010 Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (born 1937) ↗
2009 Alauddin Al-Azad, Bangladeshi author and poet (born 1932) ↗
2009 John Keel, American journalist and author (born 1930) ↗
2008 Clive Hornby, English actor and drummer (born 1944) ↗
2008 Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (born 1956) ↗
2007 Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (born 1927) ↗
2006 Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (born 1941) ↗
2005 Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1914) ↗
2005 Gaylord Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1916) ↗
2004 Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1929) ↗
2001 Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
2001 Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940) ↗
1999 Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1952) ↗
1999 Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (born 1899) ↗
1998 Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949) ↗
1995 Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (born 1928) ↗
1995 Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929) ↗
1994 Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player and coach (born 1934) ↗
1993 Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1936) ↗
1989 Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (born 1913) ↗
1986 Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (born 1901) ↗
1985 Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1893) ↗
1981 Ross Martin, American actor and director (born 1920) ↗
1979 Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (born 1888) ↗
1978 James Daly, American actor (born 1918) ↗
1977 Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (born 1891) ↗
1974 John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (born 1888) ↗
1971 Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (born 1943) ↗
1969 Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1942) ↗
1958 Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1867) ↗
1957 Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (born 1890) ↗
1957 Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (born 1904) ↗
1954 Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (born 1895) ↗
1954 Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1898) ↗
1941 Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (born 1871) ↗
1937 Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (born 1877) ↗
1935 André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878) ↗
1933 Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (born 1852) ↗
1927 Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver ↗
1921 James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (born 1864) ↗
1918 Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (born 1844) ↗
1916 Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (born 1834) ↗
1908 Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (born 1845) ↗
1904 Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (born 1881) ↗
1904 Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist, playwright, and father of modern political Zionism (born 1860) ↗
1888 Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (born 1822) ↗
1887 Clay Allison, American rancher (born 1841) ↗
1881 Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1811) ↗
1863 George Hull Ward, American general (born 1826) ↗
1863 Little Crow, American tribal leader (born 1810) ↗
1809 Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (born 1746) ↗
1795 Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (born 1714) ↗
1795 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (born 1716) ↗
1790 Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (born 1736) ↗
1672 Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (born 1635) ↗
1642 Marie de' Medici, French queen consort and regent (born 1573) ↗
1570 Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (born 1500) ↗
1503 Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (born 1423) ↗
1288 Stephen de Fulbourn, English-born Irish cleric and politician ↗
1090 Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 1060) ↗
964 Henry I, Frankish nobleman and archbishop ↗
896 Dong Chang, Chinese warlord ↗
710 Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (born 656) ↗
458 Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (born 449) ↗