44 Events
149 Births
74 Deaths
- 2023 The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar. ↗
- 2021 US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. ↗
- 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic. ↗
- 2018 A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board. ↗
- 2012 A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. ↗
- 2011 An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. ↗
- 2010 Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony. ↗
- 2009 Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. ↗
- 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. ↗
- 2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile. ↗
- 2004 Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people. ↗
- 2003 The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. ↗
- 1990 Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1990 Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. ↗
- 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. ↗
- 1983 Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia. ↗
- 1982 Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway. ↗
- 1981 Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement. ↗
- 1978 Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani. ↗
- 1977 The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. ↗
- 1946 Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established. ↗
- 1941 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. ↗
- 1927 In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre. ↗
- 1917 World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude. ↗
- 1892 The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). ↗
- 1888 The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people. ↗
- 1879 Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom. ↗
- 1872 Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. ↗
- 1864 The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. ↗
- 1851 The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. ↗
- 1848 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government. ↗
- 1845 Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand. ↗
- 1795 The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory. ↗
- 1784 The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end. ↗
- 1708 Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation. ↗
- 1702 The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time. ↗
- 1649 The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil. ↗
- 1641 Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina. ↗
- 1387 Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona. ↗
- 1343 Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague. ↗
- 843 Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. ↗
- 2003 Tristan Vukčević, Serbian-Swedish basketball player ↗
- 1997 Travis Konecny, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Conor Garland, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1994 Andy Robertson, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1993 Jodie Comer, English actress ↗
- 1993 Anthony Davis, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Austin Swift, American producer and actor ↗
- 1990 Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player ↗
- 1989 Malcolm Delaney, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Orlando Johnson, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1988 Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1988 Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1988 Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (died 2015) ↗
- 1987 Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist ↗
- 1987 Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper ↗
- 1986 Dario Cologna, Swiss skier ↗
- 1985 Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1985 Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer ↗
- 1985 Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist ↗
- 1985 Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1985 Greg Olsen, American football player and commentator ↗
- 1985 Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer ↗
- 1984 Rob Brown, American actor ↗
- 1983 Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Brian Anderson, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Thora Birch, American actress, producer, and director ↗
- 1981 David Anders, American actor ↗
- 1981 Lee Evans, American football player ↗
- 1981 LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1980 Rich Hill, American baseball player ↗
- 1980 Mark Rober, American YouTuber and engineer ↗
- 1980 Dan Uggla, American baseball player ↗
- 1979 Elton Brand, American basketball player ↗
- 1979 Fred Jones, American basketball player ↗
- 1979 Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1979 Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1978 Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer ↗
- 1978 Albert Luque, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1977 Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach ↗
- 1977 Michal Handzuš, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer ↗
- 1974 Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1971 Johnny Knoxville, American actor and entertainer ↗
- 1971 Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1971 Lee Sang-hoon, South Korean baseball player ↗
- 1969 Terrence Howard, American actor and producer ↗
- 1969 Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2006) ↗
- 1968 Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1967 John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer ↗
- 1967 Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) ↗
- 1967 Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1966 John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1965 Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1965 Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1965 Wallace Langham, American actor ↗
- 1965 Jenny Packham, English fashion designer ↗
- 1964 Peter Berg, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor ↗
- 1964 Raimo Helminen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1964 Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter and producer (died 2018) ↗
- 1964 Shane Richie, English actor and singer ↗
- 1963 Gary Barnett, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1963 Alex Kingston, English actress ↗
- 1963 David LaChapelle, American photographer and director ↗
- 1962 Matt Mead, American politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming ↗
- 1962 Jeffrey Nordling, American actor ↗
- 1961 Elias Koteas, Canadian actor ↗
- 1961 Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist ↗
- 1960 Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1959 Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author ↗
- 1958 Anissa Jones, American child actress (died 1976) ↗
- 1957 Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (died 2020) ↗
- 1956 Willie Banks, American triple jumper ↗
- 1956 Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (died 1999) ↗
- 1955 Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer ↗
- 1955 Nina Hagen, German singer-songwriter ↗
- 1954 David Newman, American composer and conductor ↗
- 1954 Gale Norton, American politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior ↗
- 1953 Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster ↗
- 1953 Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Beats Electronics ↗
- 1953 Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1952 Douglas Adams, English author and playwright (died 2001) ↗
- 1951 Dominique Sanda, French model and actress ↗
- 1950 Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor ↗
- 1950 Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1948 Roy Barnes, American politician, 80th Governor of Georgia ↗
- 1948 Jim McMillian, American basketball player (died 2016) ↗
- 1947 Tristan Murail, French composer and educator ↗
- 1946 Mark Metcalf, American actor ↗
- 1945 Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (died 2008) ↗
- 1945 Harvey Mandel, American guitarist ↗
- 1943 Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver ↗
- 1941 Shelly Zegart, quilt historian (died 2025) ↗
- 1940 Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2019) ↗
- 1936 Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 2016) ↗
- 1934 Sam Donaldson, American journalist ↗
- 1932 Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (died 2007) ↗
- 1932 Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023) ↗
- 1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate ↗
- 1930 David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver ↗
- 1930 Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (died 1986) ↗
- 1929 Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994) ↗
- 1929 Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (died 1998) ↗
- 1927 Vince Boryla, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2016) ↗
- 1927 Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (died 2015) ↗
- 1927 Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, and politician, United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010) ↗
- 1927 Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (died 2014) ↗
- 1926 Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (died 1990) ↗
- 1925 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (died 1983) ↗
- 1923 Louise Brough, American tennis player (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (died 1997) ↗
- 1922 Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1976) ↗
- 1922 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer, scenic designer and assistant director (died 2009) ↗
- 1921 Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (died 1992) ↗
- 1920 Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017) ↗
- 1916 Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995) ↗
- 1915 Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (died 2004) ↗
- 1915 J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (died 1990) ↗
- 1913 Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (died 1944) ↗
- 1911 Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (died 1996) ↗
- 1910 Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (died 1982) ↗
- 1908 Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (died 1997) ↗
- 1907 Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (died 1981) ↗
- 1903 Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (died 1989) ↗
- 1903 Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (died 1992) ↗
- 1899 Frederik IX of Denmark (died 1972) ↗
- 1899 James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 1988) ↗
- 1898 Dorothy Gish, American actress (died 1968) ↗
- 1897 Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (died 1965) ↗
- 1893 Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (died 1946) ↗
- 1890 Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (died 1974) ↗
- 1887 Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (died 1980) ↗
- 1885 Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (died 1948) ↗
- 1884 Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (died 1974) ↗
- 1880 Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (died 1943) ↗
- 1876 Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (died 1971) ↗
- 1870 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (died 1946) ↗
- 1863 Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1915) ↗
- 1822 Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (died 1900) ↗
- 1819 Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (died 1899) ↗
- 1818 Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1910) ↗
- 1815 Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (died 1879) ↗
- 1811 Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1877) ↗
- 1806 Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (died 1867) ↗
- 1785 John McLean, American jurist and politician (died 1861) ↗
- 1738 Benjamin Tupper, American general (died 1792) ↗
- 1544 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (died 1595) ↗
- 1278 Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (died c. 1332) ↗
- 2025 Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman (born 1953) ↗
- 2025 Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930) ↗
- 2024 Paul Alexander, Polio survivor (born 1946) ↗
- 2022 Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia (born 1937) ↗
- 2021 Ray Campi, American singer and musician (born 1934) ↗
- 2021 Takis Mousafiris, Greek composer and songwriter (born 1936) ↗
- 2018 Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (born 1927) ↗
- 2018 Siegfried Rauch, German actor (born 1932) ↗
- 2018 Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (born 1936) ↗
- 2018 Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952) ↗
- 2016 Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (born 1936) ↗
- 2016 Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (born 1944) ↗
- 2015 Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1948) ↗
- 2014 Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (born 1967) ↗
- 2014 Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (born 1952) ↗
- 2013 Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (born 1927) ↗
- 2012 James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (born 1916) ↗
- 2010 Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1931) ↗
- 2006 Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931) ↗
- 2006 Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941) ↗
- 2002 James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
- 1999 Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (born 1906) ↗
- 1999 Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (born 1922) ↗
- 1996 Vince Edwards, American actor and director (born 1928) ↗
- 1995 Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (born 1945) ↗
- 1992 Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912) ↗
- 1989 James Kee, American lawyer and politician (born 1917) ↗
- 1989 John J. McCloy, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1895) ↗
- 1986 Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (born 1911) ↗
- 1982 Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (born 1926) ↗
- 1982 Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (born 1898) ↗
- 1978 Claude François, French entertainer (born 1939) ↗
- 1971 Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (born 1906) ↗
- 1971 Whitney Young, American activist (born 1921) ↗
- 1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (born 1889) ↗
- 1969 John Wyndham, English author (born 1903) ↗
- 1967 Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (born 1882) ↗
- 1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (born 1884) ↗
- 1959 Lester Dent, American author (born 1904) ↗
- 1957 Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (born 1888) ↗
- 1956 Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (born 1883) ↗
- 1955 Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) ↗
- 1955 Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (born 1859) ↗
- 1952 Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (born 1885) ↗
- 1949 Henri Giraud, French general and politician (born 1879) ↗
- 1944 Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (born 1882) ↗
- 1944 Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (born 1891) ↗
- 1937 Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (born 1860) ↗
- 1931 F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1888) ↗
- 1915 Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (born 1826) ↗
- 1908 Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (born 1846) ↗
- 1908 Benjamin Waugh, English minister and activist (born 1839) ↗
- 1907 Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (born 1847) ↗
- 1898 William Rosecrans, American general and politician (born 1819) ↗
- 1874 Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (born 1811) ↗
- 1870 Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (born 1786) ↗
- 1869 Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1803) ↗
- 1863 Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (born 1803) ↗
- 1851 Marie-Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (born 1778) ↗
- 1851 George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (born 1790) ↗
- 1820 Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (born 1738) ↗
- 1759 John Forbes, Scottish general (born 1707) ↗
- 1722 John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (born 1670) ↗
- 1689 Sambhaji, second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (born 1657) ↗
- 1665 Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and militia member (born c. 1575) ↗
- 1607 Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (born 1543) ↗
- 1602 Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (born 1550) ↗
- 1575 Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (born 1520) ↗
- 1486 Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1414) ↗
- 1198 Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (born 1145) ↗
- 638 Sophronius of Jerusalem (born 560) ↗
- 222 Elagabalus, Roman emperor (born 203) ↗