On This Day: June 9 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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43 Events 219 Births 105 Deaths

2010 At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. ↗
2009 An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. ↗
2008 Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people. ↗
1999 Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty. ↗
1995 Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four. ↗
1979 The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. ↗
1978 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. ↗
1973 In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown. ↗
1972 Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage. ↗
1968 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. ↗
1967 Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. ↗
1965 The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. ↗
1965 Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war. ↗
1959 The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. ↗
1958 Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24. ↗
1957 First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. ↗
1954 Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" ↗
1953 The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts. ↗
1948 Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO. ↗
1944 World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks. ↗
1944 World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941. ↗
1930 A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. ↗
1928 Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. ↗
1923 Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. ↗
1922 Åland's Regional Assembly convened for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Åland; today, the day is celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland. ↗
1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. ↗
1900 Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison. ↗
1885 Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France. ↗
1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends Confederate cavalry dominance in the eastern theater. ↗
1862 American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic. ↗
1856 Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail. ↗
1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set. ↗
1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield. ↗
1772 The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. ↗
1732 James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia. ↗
1534 Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River. ↗
1523 The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples. ↗
1311 Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. ↗
747 Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. ↗
721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. ↗
68 Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. ↗
53 The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. ↗
411 BCE The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy. ↗

2000 Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer ↗
1993 George Jennings, Australian rugby league player ↗
1992 Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1992 Yannick Agnel, French swimmer ↗
1992 Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist ↗
1990 Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier ↗
1990 Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress ↗
1989 Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer ↗
1988 Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman ↗
1988 Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer ↗
1988 Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
1988 Mae Whitman, American actress ↗
1987 Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver ↗
1986 Doug Legursky, American football player ↗
1986 Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (died 2013) ↗
1986 Ashley Postell, American gymnast ↗
1985 Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1985 Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress ↗
1985 Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player ↗
1984 Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player ↗
1984 Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer ↗
1984 Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player ↗
1984 Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer ↗
1984 Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer ↗
1983 Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer ↗
1983 Josh Cribbs, American football player ↗
1983 Dwayne Jones, American basketball player ↗
1983 Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player ↗
1982 Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer ↗
1982 Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter ↗
1981 Natalie Portman – Israeli-American actress ↗
1981 Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer, model, and actress ↗
1980 D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player ↗
1980 Mike Fontenot, American baseball player ↗
1980 Udonis Haslem, American basketball player ↗
1980 Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer ↗
1979 Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer ↗
1979 Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player ↗
1978 Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter ↗
1978 Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004 ↗
1978 Miroslav Klose, German footballer ↗
1978 Heather Mitts, American soccer player ↗
1978 Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1977 Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer ↗
1977 Paul Hutchison, English cricketer ↗
1977 Olin Kreutz, American football player ↗
1977 Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player ↗
1975 Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager ↗
1975 Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model ↗
1975 Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer (died 2022) ↗
1974 Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1973 Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter ↗
1973 Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1973 Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer ↗
1973 Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1972 Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1971 Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster ↗
1971 Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster ↗
1971 Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1969 André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1969 Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1968 Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach ↗
1967 Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner ↗
1967 Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality ↗
1964 Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress ↗
1964 Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (died 2009) ↗
1963 Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist ↗
1963 Johnny Depp, American actor ↗
1963 David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1962 Yuval Banai, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1962 Ken Rose, American football player ↗
1962 David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player ↗
1961 Thomas Benson, American football player ↗
1961 Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author ↗
1961 Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright ↗
1960 Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author ↗
1959 Peter Fowler, Australian golfer ↗
1958 David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach ↗
1957 Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic ↗
1956 Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier ↗
1956 Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author ↗
1956 Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist ↗
1956 Joaquín, Spanish footballer ↗
1956 John Le Lievre, British squash player (died 2021) ↗
1956 Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director ↗
1956 Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1956 Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician ↗
1956 Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer ↗
1954 Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter ↗
1954 Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (died 2020) ↗
1954 Gregory Maguire, American author ↗
1954 Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician ↗
1954 George Pérez, American author and illustrator (died 2022) ↗
1953 Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer ↗
1952 Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004) ↗
1952 Billy Knight, American basketball player ↗
1951 Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (died 2013) ↗
1951 James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer ↗
1951 Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach (died 2025) ↗
1951 Brian Taylor, American basketball player ↗
1950 Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013) ↗
1950 Fred Jackson, American football player and coach ↗
1950 Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player ↗
1949 Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist ↗
1948 Jim Bailey, American football player ↗
1948 Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician ↗
1948 Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024) ↗
1947 Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter ↗
1947 Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter ↗
1946 Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (died 2004) ↗
1946 James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright ↗
1946 Peter Kilfoyle, English politician ↗
1946 Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1944 Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician ↗
1944 Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1943 John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver ↗
1943 Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi ↗
1942 Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022) ↗
1942 Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist ↗
1941 Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (died 2024) ↗
1941 Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012) ↗
1940 André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician ↗
1939 Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress ↗
1939 Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic ↗
1939 David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster ↗
1939 Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1939 Charles Webb, American author (died 2020) ↗
1938 Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman ↗
1938 Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright ↗
1938 Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator (died 2020) ↗
1937 Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic ↗
1936 Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author ↗
1936 Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025) ↗
1936 George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic ↗
1935 Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (died 2013) ↗
1934 Michael Mates, English colonel and politician ↗
1934 Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1984) ↗
1933 Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach (died 2024) ↗
1931 Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2021) ↗
1931 Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (died 2006) ↗
1931 Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021) ↗
1930 Barbara, French singer (died 1997) ↗
1930 Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya ↗
1929 Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (died 1954) ↗
1928 R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (died 2015) ↗
1927 George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025) ↗
1927 Jim Nolan, American basketball player (died 1983) ↗
1926 Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010) ↗
1926 Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015) ↗
1925 Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (died 1993) ↗
1925 Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (died 2014) ↗
1924 Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (died 2003) ↗
1923 Gerald Götting, German politician (died 2015) ↗
1922 George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003) ↗
1922 Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education (died 2022) ↗
1922 John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American pilot and poet (died 1941) ↗
1922 Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (died 1988) ↗
1921 Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (died 2006) ↗
1921 Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015) ↗
1918 John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (died 2011) ↗
1917 Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (died 2012) ↗
1916 Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (died 2006) ↗
1916 Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (died 1943) ↗
1916 Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009) ↗
1915 Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (died 1997) ↗
1915 Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) ↗
1912 Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970) ↗
1910 Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (died 1990) ↗
1910 Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (died 1984) ↗
1908 Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (died 1993) ↗
1908 Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (died 1970) ↗
1906 Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (died 1997) ↗
1903 Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (died 1953) ↗
1903 Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (died 1996) ↗
1902 Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969) ↗
1900 Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (died 1984) ↗
1898 Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952) ↗
1895 Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (died 1981) ↗
1893 Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (died 1963) ↗
1891 Cole Porter – American composer and songwriter (died 1964) ↗
1890 Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (died 1952) ↗
1885 Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1962) ↗
1882 Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963) ↗
1879 Harry DeBaecke, American rower (died 1961) ↗
1875 Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) ↗
1874 Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930) ↗
1868 Jane Avril, French model and dancer (died 1943) ↗
1865 Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (died 1914) ↗
1865 Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931) ↗
1864 Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (died 1928) ↗
1861 Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916) ↗
1861 Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (died 1938) ↗
1851 Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (died 1921) ↗
1849 Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (died 1927) ↗
1845 Frank Norton, American baseball player (died 1920) ↗
1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914) ↗
1842 Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (died 1918) ↗
1837 Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (died 1919) ↗
1837 Michele Rua, Italian Catholic priest and saint (died 1910) ↗
1836 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917) ↗
1812 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910) ↗
1810 Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (died 1849) ↗
1781 George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848) ↗
1768 Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (died 1835) ↗
1754 Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (died 1815) ↗
1732 Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1791) ↗
1696 Shiva Rajaram, infant Chattrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1726) ↗
1686 Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747) ↗
1672 Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725) ↗
1661 Feodor III of Russia (died 1682) ↗
1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705) ↗
1625 Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" of New Netherland (died 1685) ↗
1597 Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (died 1665) ↗
1595 Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648) ↗
1588 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (died 1666) ↗
1580 Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (died 1655) ↗
1424 Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464) ↗
1016 Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (died 1034) ↗

2025 Sly Stone, American musician and record producer (Sly and the Family Stone) ↗
2024 James Lawson, American activist, professor, and minister (born 1928) ↗
2023 Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925) ↗
2022 Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956) ↗
2022 Billy Kametz, American voice actor (born 1987) ↗
2022 Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (born 1934) ↗
2022 Amir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. (born 1971) ↗
2019 Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966) ↗
2018 Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960) ↗
2017 Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928) ↗
2015 Pumpkinhead, American rapper (born 1975) ↗
2015 Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1960) ↗
2014 Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (born 1926) ↗
2014 Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963) ↗
2014 Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958) ↗
2014 Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (born 1910) ↗
2014 Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (born 1942) ↗
2014 Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (born 1926) ↗
2014 Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956) ↗
2013 Iain Banks, Scottish author (born 1954) ↗
2013 Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (born 1926) ↗
2013 John Burke, English rugby player (born 1948) ↗
2013 Walter Jens, German philologist, historian, and academic (born 1923) ↗
2013 Zdeněk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (born 1920) ↗
2012 Régis Clère, French cyclist (born 1956) ↗
2012 John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (born 1943) ↗
2012 Ivan Minatti, Slovene poet and translator (born 1924) ↗
2012 Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (born 1939) ↗
2012 Abram Wilson, American-English trumpet player and educator (born 1973) ↗
2011 M. F. Husain – Indian painter and director (born 1915) ↗
2011 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (born 1970) ↗
2011 Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (born 1956) ↗
2010 Ken Brown, British Guitarist who was a member of The Quarrymen (born 1940) ↗
2009 Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930) ↗
2008 Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (born 1931) ↗
2008 Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (born 1919) ↗
2007 Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (born 1981) ↗
2006 Drafi Deutscher, German singer-songwriter (born 1946) ↗
2004 Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (born 1932) ↗
2004 Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (born 1945) ↗
2000 John Abramovic, American basketball player (born 1919) ↗
2000 Jacob Lawrence, American painter and academic (born 1917) ↗
1998 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (born 1905) ↗
1997 Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (born 1908) ↗
1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) ↗
1993 Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress (born 1921) ↗
1991 Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (born 1903) ↗
1989 George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) ↗
1984 Helen Hardin, American painter (born 1943) ↗
1981 Allen Ludden, American game show host (born 1917) ↗
1979 Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (born 1884) ↗
1974 Miguel Ángel Asturias – Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) ↗
1973 Chuck Bennett, American football player and coach (born 1907) ↗
1973 John Creasey, English author and politician (born 1908) ↗
1973 Erich von Manstein, German general (born 1887) ↗
1972 Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1940) ↗
1968 Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (born 1884) ↗
1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, British businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1879) ↗
1963 Jacques Villon, French painter (born 1875) ↗
1961 Camille Guérin, French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1872) ↗
1960 Harry S. Hammond, American football player and businessman (born 1884) ↗
1959 Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) ↗
1958 Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905) ↗
1956 Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist and lawyer (born 1888) ↗
1956 Hans Bergsland, Norwegian fencer (born 1878) ↗
1956 Thomas Hicks, Australian tennis player (born 1869) ↗
1956 Ferdinand Jodl, German general (born 1896) ↗
1953 Ernest Graves Sr., American football player, coach, and general (born 1880) ↗
1952 Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1891) ↗
1942 František Erben, Czech gymnast (born 1874) ↗
1929 Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (born 1884) ↗
1929 Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (born 1889) ↗
1929 Alice Gossage, American journalist (born 1861) ↗
1927 Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (born 1838) ↗
1923 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (born 1846) ↗
1913 Sarah Roberts, English woman who was the subject of a vampire legend (born 1872). ↗
1901 Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (born 1842) ↗
1892 William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (born 1863) ↗
1889 Mike Burke, American baseball player (born 1854) ↗
1875 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (born 1795) ↗
1871 Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (born 1799) ↗
1870 Charles Dickens – English novelist and critic (born 1812) ↗
1834 William Carey, English minister and missionary (born 1761) ↗
1799 Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745) ↗
1717 Jeanne Guyon, French mystic and author (born 1648) ↗
1716 Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (born 1670) ↗
1681 William Lilly, English astrologer (born 1602) ↗
1656 Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-English composer (born 1572) ↗
1647 Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland (born 1606) ↗
1597 José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534) ↗
1583 Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1525) ↗
1572 Jeanne d'Albret, Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (born 1528) ↗
1563 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1506) ↗
1361 Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet (born 1291) ↗
1348 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1290) ↗
1252 Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ↗
1238 Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester ↗
1087 Otto I of Olomouc (born 1045) ↗
1075 Gebhard of Supplinburg, Saxon count ↗
908 Yang Wo, Prince of Hongnong ↗
630 Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empire ↗
597 Columba, Irish missionary and saint (born 521) ↗
439 Spearthrower Owl, Teotihuacan figure active in Mayan Tikal ↗
373 Ephrem the Syrian, hymnographer and theologian (born 306) ↗
68 Nero, Roman emperor (born 37) ↗