57 Events
203 Births
99 Deaths
- 2025 Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashes shortly after takeoff into the B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 out of 242 onboard as well as 19 on the ground. This marked the first fatal crash and hull loss of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ↗
- 2024 A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people. ↗
- 2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan. ↗
- 2018 United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore. ↗
- 2016 Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police. ↗
- 2014 Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11. ↗
- 2009 A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests. ↗
- 1999 Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ↗
- 1993 An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida. ↗
- 1991 In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia. ↗
- 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa. ↗
- 1990 Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. ↗
- 1988 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board. ↗
- 1987 The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. ↗
- 1987 Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. ↗
- 1982 A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in New York City. ↗
- 1981 The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters. ↗
- 1979 Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. ↗
- 1975 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain: Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha rules against Indira Gandhi in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis. ↗
- 1967 The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. ↗
- 1964 Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. ↗
- 1963 NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement. ↗
- 1963 The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time. ↗
- 1954 Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints. ↗
- 1950 An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 46 people. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France. ↗
- 1943 The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot. ↗
- 1942 Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. ↗
- 1939 Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. ↗
- 1939 The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. ↗
- 1935 A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War. ↗
- 1921 Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising. ↗
- 1914 Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire. ↗
- 1900 The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet would be the largest in the world. ↗
- 1899 New Richmond tornado: The ninth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200. ↗
- 1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south. ↗
- 1830 Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch. ↗
- 1821 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom. ↗
- 1817 The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais. ↗
- 1813 Capture of USRC Surveyor. ↗
- 1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch. ↗
- 1776 The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted. ↗
- 1775 American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. ↗
- 1772 French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men are killed by Māori in New Zealand. ↗
- 1758 French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences. ↗
- 1665 Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City. ↗
- 1653 First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day. ↗
- 1643 The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England. ↗
- 1550 The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden. ↗
- 1429 Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. ↗
- 1418 Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre. ↗
- 1381 Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London. ↗
- 1240 At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis. ↗
- 1206 The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate. ↗
- 910 Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. ↗
- 2002 Koni De Winter, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1999 CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber ↗
- 1996 Gustav Forsling, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1996 Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player ↗
- 1994 Don Toliver, American rapper and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1992 Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1992 Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician ↗
- 1991 Avisaíl García, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1990 Jrue Holiday, American basketball player ↗
- 1990 David Worrall, English footballer ↗
- 1989 Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner ↗
- 1988 Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer ↗
- 1988 Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer ↗
- 1986 Salim Mehajer, Australian politician ↗
- 1985 Dave Franco, American actor ↗
- 1985 Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox ↗
- 1985 Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1985 Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author ↗
- 1984 James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari runner ↗
- 1984 Bruno Soriano, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1983 Bryan Habana, South African rugby player ↗
- 1983 Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player ↗
- 1982 Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter ↗
- 1982 James Tomlinson, English cricketer ↗
- 1981 Raitis Grafs, Latvian basketball player ↗
- 1981 Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress ↗
- 1980 Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player ↗
- 1979 Dallas Clark, American football player ↗
- 1979 Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler ↗
- 1979 Diego Milito, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1979 Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer ↗
- 1979 Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1978 Lewis Moody, English rugby player ↗
- 1977 Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1976 Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer ↗
- 1976 Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer ↗
- 1976 Paul Stenning, English author ↗
- 1975 Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and journalist ↗
- 1975 Stéphanie Szostak, French-American actress ↗
- 1974 Flávio Conceição, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1974 Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1973 Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1973 Darryl White, Australian footballer ↗
- 1971 Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler ↗
- 1971 Ryan Klesko, American baseball player ↗
- 1971 Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach ↗
- 1969 Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (died 2007) ↗
- 1969 Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (died 2013) ↗
- 1969 Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1969 Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician ↗
- 1968 Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1968 Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (died 1999) ↗
- 1967 Aivar Kuusmaa, Estonian basketball player and coach ↗
- 1967 Frances O'Connor, English-Australian actress ↗
- 1966 Marc Glanville, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1966 Tom Misteli, Swiss cell biologist ↗
- 1965 Adrian Toole, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1965 Gwen Torrence, American sprinter ↗
- 1965 Cathy Tyson, English actress ↗
- 1964 Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver ↗
- 1964 Takashi Yamazaki, Japanese filmmaker ↗
- 1963 Philippe Bugalski, French racing driver (died 2012) ↗
- 1963 Warwick Capper, Australian footballer, coach, and actor ↗
- 1962 Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic ↗
- 1960 Joe Kopicki, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1959 John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
- 1959 Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and comedian ↗
- 1958 Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1958 Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025) ↗
- 1957 Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1957 Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach ↗
- 1956 Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1956 Michael Angelo Batio, American heavy metal guitarist ↗
- 1953 Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1953 Árni Steinar Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician (died 2015) ↗
- 1952 Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy ↗
- 1952 Junior Brown, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1951 Brad Delp, American musician and singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1951 Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007) ↗
- 1950 Oğuz Abadan, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1950 Michael Fabricant, English politician ↗
- 1950 Sonia Manzano, American actress ↗
- 1949 Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician ↗
- 1949 Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1949 John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017) ↗
- 1948 Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver ↗
- 1948 Herbert Meyer, German footballer ↗
- 1948 Len Wein, American comic book writer and editor (died 2017) ↗
- 1946 Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1946 Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1946 Catherine Bréchignac, French physicist and academic ↗
- 1945 Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer and coach ↗
- 1942 Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020) ↗
- 1942 Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1941 Marv Albert, American sportscaster ↗
- 1941 Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (died 2021) ↗
- 1941 Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
- 1941 Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1941 Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician ↗
- 1940 Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician ↗
- 1939 Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2024) ↗
- 1939 Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (died 2003) ↗
- 1938 Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016) ↗
- 1938 Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor ↗
- 1937 Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010) ↗
- 1937 Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager (died 2015) ↗
- 1937 Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist ↗
- 1937 Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016) ↗
- 1935 Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (died 2014) ↗
- 1935 Paul Kennedy, English lawyer and judge ↗
- 1934 John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (died 2001) ↗
- 1934 Kevin Billington, English director and producer (died 2021) ↗
- 1933 Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (died 2004) ↗
- 1932 Mimi Coertse, South African soprano and producer ↗
- 1932 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002) ↗
- 1931 Trevanian, American author and scholar (died 2005) ↗
- 1931 Rona Jaffe, American novelist (died 2005) ↗
- 1930 Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (died 1979) ↗
- 1930 Donald Byrne, American chess player (died 1976) ↗
- 1930 Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993) ↗
- 1930 Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (died 2017) ↗
- 1929 Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (died 1995) ↗
- 1929 Roy Bull, Australian rugby league player (died 2004) ↗
- 1929 Anne Frank – German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945) ↗
- 1929 Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017) ↗
- 1928 Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018) ↗
- 1928 Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025) ↗
- 1928 Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director (died 2024) ↗
- 1926 Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020) ↗
- 1924 George H. W. Bush – American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) ↗
- 1924 Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013) ↗
- 1922 Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1921 James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005) ↗
- 1920 Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002) ↗
- 1920 Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (died 2000) ↗
- 1919 Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator (died 2004) ↗
- 1918 Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect (died 1999) ↗
- 1918 Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001) ↗
- 1916 Irwin Allen, American director and producer (died 1991) ↗
- 1916 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015) ↗
- 1915 Priscilla Lane, American actress (died 1995) ↗
- 1915 Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997) ↗
- 1915 David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017) ↗
- 1914 William Lundigan, American actor (died 1975) ↗
- 1914 Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (died 2014) ↗
- 1913 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996) ↗
- 1913 Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005) ↗
- 1912 Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993) ↗
- 1912 Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (died 1961) ↗
- 1908 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010) ↗
- 1908 Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975) ↗
- 1906 Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died 1977) ↗
- 1905 Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (died 1988) ↗
- 1902 Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973) ↗
- 1899 Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986) ↗
- 1899 Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968) ↗
- 1897 Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977) ↗
- 1895 Eugénie Brazier, French chef (died 1977) ↗
- 1892 Djuna Barnes – American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982) ↗
- 1890 Egon Schiele – Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918) ↗
- 1888 Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920) ↗
- 1883 Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (died 1969) ↗
- 1883 Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957) ↗
- 1877 Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (died 1971) ↗
- 1873 Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944) ↗
- 1864 Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945) ↗
- 1861 William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927) ↗
- 1858 Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (died 1927) ↗
- 1858 Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (died 1929) ↗
- 1857 Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909) ↗
- 1851 Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (died 1940) ↗
- 1843 David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914) ↗
- 1841 Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928) ↗
- 1831 Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905) ↗
- 1827 Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901) ↗
- 1819 Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (died 1875) ↗
- 1812 Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890) ↗
- 1807 Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879) ↗
- 1806 John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869) ↗
- 1802 Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author (died 1876) ↗
- 1800 Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician (died 1836) ↗
- 1798 Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876) ↗
- 1777 Robert Clark, American physician and politician (died 1837) ↗
- 1775 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (died 1851) ↗
- 1771 Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870) ↗
- 1760 Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797) ↗
- 1711 Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780) ↗
- 1686 Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet, French writer (died 1764) ↗
- 1653 Maria Amalia of Courland, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711) ↗
- 1580 Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (died 1662) ↗
- 1577 Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643) ↗
- 1573 Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629) ↗
- 1564 John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (died 1633) ↗
- 1561 Anna of Württemberg, German princess (died 1616) ↗
- 1519 Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574) ↗
- 1161 Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201) ↗
- 1107 Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1187) ↗
- 950 Reizei, Japanese emperor (died 1011) ↗
- 2024 William H. Donaldson, American businessman (born 1931) ↗
- 2024 Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (born 1940) ↗
- 2024 Jerry West, American basketball player and executive (born 1938) ↗
- 2023 Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) ↗
- 2023 Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955) ↗
- 2023 John Romita Sr., comic book artist and author (born 1930) ↗
- 2023 Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951) ↗
- 2022 Philip Baker Hall, American actor (born 1931) ↗
- 2022 Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (born 1948) ↗
- 2019 Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924) ↗
- 2018 Jon Hiseman, English drummer (born 1944) ↗
- 2015 Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946) ↗
- 2013 Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (born 1908) ↗
- 2013 Jason Leffler, American racing driver (born 1975) ↗
- 2012 Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946) ↗
- 2012 Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933) ↗
- 2012 Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923) ↗
- 2012 Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942) ↗
- 2011 René Audet, Canadian bishop (born 1920) ↗
- 2010 Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931) ↗
- 2008 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (born 1951) ↗
- 2008 Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1932) ↗
- 2006 Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (born 1915) ↗
- 2006 György Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer and educator (born 1923) ↗
- 2006 Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (born 1923) ↗
- 2005 Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918) ↗
- 2003 Gregory Peck, American actor and political activist (born 1916) ↗
- 2002 Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (born 1922) ↗
- 2002 Zena Sutherland, American reviewer of children's literature (born 1915) ↗
- 2000 Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1919) ↗
- 1999 Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, Iranian numismatist (born 1910) ↗
- 1999 J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (born 1917) ↗
- 1998 Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (born 1924) ↗
- 1998 Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (born 1922) ↗
- 1997 Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) ↗
- 1995 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920) ↗
- 1995 Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949) ↗
- 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (born 1959) and Ron Goldman, restaurant employee (born 1968) ↗
- 1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902) ↗
- 1994 Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904) ↗
- 1990 Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1914) ↗
- 1989 Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911) ↗
- 1983 Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (born 1902) ↗
- 1982 Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1953) ↗
- 1982 Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886) ↗
- 1980 Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899) ↗
- 1980 Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (born 1910) ↗
- 1980 Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904) ↗
- 1978 Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892) ↗
- 1978 Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912) ↗
- 1976 Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887) ↗
- 1972 Edmund Wilson – American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895) ↗
- 1972 Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909) ↗
- 1969 Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899) ↗
- 1968 Herbert Read, English poet and critic (born 1893) ↗
- 1966 Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (born 1891) ↗
- 1963 Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (born 1925) ↗
- 1962 John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879) ↗
- 1957 Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (born 1904) ↗
- 1952 Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (born 1875) ↗
- 1946 Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (born 1869) ↗
- 1944 Erich Marcks, German general (born 1891) ↗
- 1937 Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (born 1893) ↗
- 1932 Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852) ↗
- 1917 Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853) ↗
- 1912 Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822) ↗
- 1904 Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836) ↗
- 1900 Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820) ↗
- 1841 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (born 1786) ↗
- 1818 Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor ↗
- 1816 Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757) ↗
- 1778 Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (born 1716) ↗
- 1772 Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born 1724) ↗
- 1758 Prince Augustus William of Prussia (born 1722) ↗
- 1734 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1670) ↗
- 1675 Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634) ↗
- 1668 Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (born 1599) ↗
- 1647 Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (born 1575) ↗
- 1574 Renée of France, Duchess of Ferrara (born 1510) ↗
- 1567 Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490) ↗
- 1565 Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (born 1512) ↗
- 1560 Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (born 1506) ↗
- 1560 Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyō (born 1519) ↗
- 1524 Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador (born 1465) ↗
- 1478 Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412) ↗
- 1435 John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1408) ↗
- 1420 Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1362) ↗
- 1418 Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (born 1360) ↗
- 1294 John I of Brienne, Count of Eu ↗
- 1266 Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben (born 1215) ↗
- 1152 Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114) ↗
- 1144 Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075) ↗
- 1036 Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990) ↗
- 1020 Lyfing, English archbishop (born 999) ↗
- 918 Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870) ↗
- 816 Pope Leo III (born 750) ↗
- 796 Hisham I, Muslim emir (b. 757) ↗