37 Events
211 Births
108 Deaths
- 2016 Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. ↗
- 2004 Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed. ↗
- 2003 Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ↗
- 2000 Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead. ↗
- 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242. ↗
- 1992 A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%. ↗
- 1988 A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. ↗
- 1988 Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. ↗
- 1985 Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. ↗
- 1979 The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers. ↗
- 1973 The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. ↗
- 1969 Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. ↗
- 1968 As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. ↗
- 1966 Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. ↗
- 1963 Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people. ↗
- 1960 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. ↗
- 1960 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, killing 63. ↗
- 1958 The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit. ↗
- 1957 A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. ↗
- 1950 Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". ↗
- 1948 Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO. ↗
- 1945 The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture. ↗
- 1942 Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. ↗
- 1921 The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution. ↗
- 1891 SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board. ↗
- 1862 The first railway line of Finland between cities of Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, called Päärata, is officially opened. ↗
- 1861 The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed. ↗
- 1860 The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars. ↗
- 1842 The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president. ↗
- 1824 The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch. ↗
- 1805 The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy. ↗
- 1776 American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city. ↗
- 1400 Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. ↗
- 1337 Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England. ↗
- 455 Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him. ↗
- 180 Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius. ↗
- 45 BCE In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. ↗
- 2001 Pietro Pellegri, Italian footballer ↗
- 1998 Brandon Aiyuk, American football player ↗
- 1997 Katie Ledecky – American swimmer ↗
- 1997 Daniel Sprong, Dutch ice hockey player ↗
- 1995 Claressa Shields – American boxer and mixed martial artist ↗
- 1994 DeForest Buckner, American football player ↗
- 1994 Terry Rozier, American basketball player ↗
- 1994 Ivan Provedel, Italian footballer ↗
- 1994 Marcel Sabitzer, Austrian footballer ↗
- 1993 Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer ↗
- 1993 Rhys Hoskins, American baseball player ↗
- 1993 Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer (died 2011) ↗
- 1992 John Boyega, British actor and producer ↗
- 1992 Patrick Cantlay, American golfer ↗
- 1992 Yeltsin Tejeda, Costa Rican footballer ↗
- 1991 Sergey Kalinin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1991 Cordarrelle Patterson, American football player ↗
- 1991 Thomas Robinson, American-Lebanese basketball player ↗
- 1990 Hozier, Irish musician ↗
- 1990 Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player ↗
- 1990 Jean Segura, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1989 Mikael Backlund, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1989 Juan Lagares, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1989 Harry Melling, English actor ↗
- 1988 Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1988 Fraser Forster, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Grimes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist ↗
- 1988 Brent Meuleman, Belgian politician ↗
- 1988 Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1987 Rob Kardashian, American television personality ↗
- 1987 Carlos Lampe, Bolivian footballer ↗
- 1987 Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Emmanuel Sanders, American football player ↗
- 1986 Chris Davis, American baseball player ↗
- 1986 Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer ↗
- 1986 Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1986 Jeremy Pargo, American basketball player ↗
- 1986 Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter ↗
- 1985 Tuğba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater ↗
- 1985 César Valdez, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1984 Chris Copeland, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1984 Ryan Rottman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1983 James Heath, English golfer ↗
- 1983 Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1983 Attila Vajda, Hungarian sprint canoeist ↗
- 1982 Steven Pienaar, South African footballer ↗
- 1981 Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer ↗
- 1981 Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1981 Nicky Jam, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter ↗
- 1981 Kyle Korver, American basketball player ↗
- 1980 Danny Califf, American soccer player ↗
- 1979 Stormy Daniels, American adult film actress ↗
- 1979 Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1979 Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer ↗
- 1979 Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist ↗
- 1979 Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler ↗
- 1978 Zachery Kouwe, American journalist ↗
- 1977 Tamar Braxton, American singer and television personality ↗
- 1976 Scott Downs, American baseball player ↗
- 1976 Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1976 Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer ↗
- 1975 Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1975 Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (died 2021) ↗
- 1975 Test, Canadian-American wrestler (died 2009) ↗
- 1974 Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host ↗
- 1973 Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor ↗
- 1973 Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1972 Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1971 Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1970 Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1970 Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1969 Edgar Grospiron, French skier ↗
- 1969 Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (died 2010) ↗
- 1968 Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1967 Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman ↗
- 1966 Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician ↗
- 1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer ↗
- 1964 Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (died 2013) ↗
- 1964 Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist ↗
- 1964 Rob Lowe, American actor ↗
- 1964 Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach ↗
- 1963 Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach ↗
- 1962 Carsten Almqvist, Swedish business executive ↗
- 1962 Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician ↗
- 1962 Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist ↗
- 1962 Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress ↗
- 1962 Rob Sitch, Australian actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1961 Sam Bowie, American basketball player ↗
- 1961 Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2006) ↗
- 1959 Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player ↗
- 1959 Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
- 1957 Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (died 2003) ↗
- 1956 Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1956 Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer ↗
- 1955 Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician ↗
- 1953 Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (died 2001) ↗
- 1953 Chuck Muncie, American football player (died 2013) ↗
- 1952 Barry Horne, English activist (died 2001) ↗
- 1951 Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1951 Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1949 Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach ↗
- 1949 Stuart Rose, English businessman ↗
- 1948 William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter ↗
- 1948 Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1947 Dennis Bond, English footballer (died 2025) ↗
- 1947 Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1945 Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ↗
- 1944 Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer ↗
- 1944 Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1943 Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer ↗
- 1943 Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic ↗
- 1942 John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and rapist (died 1994) ↗
- 1942 Yoko Yamamoto, Japanese actress (died 2024) ↗
- 1941 Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician ↗
- 1941 Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016) ↗
- 1941 Max Stafford-Clark, English director and academic ↗
- 1940 Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (died 2017) ↗
- 1939 Jim Gary, American sculptor (died 2006) ↗
- 1939 Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2022) ↗
- 1939 Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe ↗
- 1939 Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager ↗
- 1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (died 1993) ↗
- 1938 Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (died 2018) ↗
- 1938 Zola Taylor, American singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1937 Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina (died 2021) ↗
- 1936 Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (died 2019) ↗
- 1936 Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (died 2016) ↗
- 1936 Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (died 2023) ↗
- 1935 Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic (died 2024) ↗
- 1935 Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor (died 2022) ↗
- 1933 Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist ↗
- 1933 Penelope Lively, English author ↗
- 1932 Dick Curless, American country music singer (died 1995) ↗
- 1931 Patricia Breslin, American actress (died 2011) ↗
- 1931 David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (died 2001) ↗
- 1930 Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1991) ↗
- 1928 William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2007) ↗
- 1927 Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (died 2009) ↗
- 1926 Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (died 2014) ↗
- 1925 Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1924 Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (died 2013) ↗
- 1922 Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (died 2009) ↗
- 1920 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (died 1975) ↗
- 1919 Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (died 1965) ↗
- 1919 Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (died 2020) ↗
- 1917 Hank Sauer, American baseball player (died 2001) ↗
- 1916 Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (died 1985) ↗
- 1915 Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (died 1987) ↗
- 1915 Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (died 2011) ↗
- 1914 Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (died 2008) ↗
- 1912 Bayard Rustin, American activist (died 1987) ↗
- 1910 Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1991) ↗
- 1908 Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (died 1996) ↗
- 1907 Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1988) ↗
- 1907 Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1991) ↗
- 1905 Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (died 1996) ↗
- 1904 Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (died 1991) ↗
- 1903 Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (died 1987) ↗
- 1902 Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (died 1971) ↗
- 1900 Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (died 1970) ↗
- 1895 Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (died 1988) ↗
- 1894 Paul Green, American playwright and academic (died 1981) ↗
- 1892 Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (died 1965) ↗
- 1892 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (died 1923) ↗
- 1891 Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (died 1962) ↗
- 1889 Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (died 1931) ↗
- 1888 Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1961) ↗
- 1886 Princess Patricia of Connaught (died 1974) ↗
- 1885 Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete (died 1913) ↗
- 1884 Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (died 1934) ↗
- 1881 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) ↗
- 1880 Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1952) ↗
- 1880 Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912) ↗
- 1877 Edith New, English militant suffragette (died 1951) ↗
- 1877 Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (died 1920) ↗
- 1877 Ville Kiviniemi, Finnish politician (died 1951) ↗
- 1867 Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (died 1926) ↗
- 1866 Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (died 1939) ↗
- 1864 Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1930) ↗
- 1862 Martha P. Falconer, American social reformer (died 1941) ↗
- 1862 Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (died 1930) ↗
- 1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (died 1910) ↗
- 1849 Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (died 1929) ↗
- 1849 Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (died 1934) ↗
- 1848 Ernesta Forti, Italian anarchist and dairy worker ↗
- 1846 Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (died 1901) ↗
- 1842 Rosina Heikel, Finnish physician (died 1929) ↗
- 1839 Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (died 1901) ↗
- 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (died 1900) ↗
- 1820 Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (died 1897) ↗
- 1806 Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer (died 1894) ↗
- 1804 Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (died 1881) ↗
- 1781 Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (died 1849) ↗
- 1780 Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (died 1847) ↗
- 1777 Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (died 1861) ↗
- 1777 Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1864) ↗
- 1725 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (died 1806) ↗
- 1686 Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (died 1755) ↗
- 1676 Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1732) ↗
- 1665 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (died 1729) ↗
- 1611 Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (died 1662) ↗
- 1537 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (died 1598) ↗
- 1523 Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (died 1584) ↗
- 1473 James IV of Scotland (died 1513) ↗
- 1231 Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242) ↗
- 763 Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (died 809) ↗
- 2025 John Hemingway, Irish fighter pilot (born 1919) ↗
- 2025 Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (born 1928) ↗
- 2023 Lance Reddick, American actor (born 1962) ↗
- 2021 John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (born 1959) ↗
- 2018 Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (born 1954) ↗
- 2018 Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1933) ↗
- 2016 Meir Dagan, Israeli general (born 1945) ↗
- 2016 Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1960) ↗
- 2015 Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (born 1931) ↗
- 2014 Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (born 1974) ↗
- 2014 Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (born 1910) ↗
- 2013 William B. Caldwell III, American general (born 1925) ↗
- 2013 Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (born 1923) ↗
- 2012 Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (born 1919) ↗
- 2011 Michael Gough, English actor (born 1916) ↗
- 2011 Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (born 1925) ↗
- 2010 Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1950) ↗
- 2010 Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (born 1920) ↗
- 2009 Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2008 Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (born 1939) ↗
- 2007 John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (born 1924) ↗
- 2006 Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (born 1913) ↗
- 2006 Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (born 1913) ↗
- 2006 İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (born 1945) ↗
- 2005 Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (born 1923) ↗
- 2005 George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (born 1904) ↗
- 2005 Andre Norton, American author (born 1912) ↗
- 2002 Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (born 1911) ↗
- 2002 Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1917) ↗
- 2002 Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (born 1908) ↗
- 2001 Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (born 1920) ↗
- 1999 Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (born 1921) ↗
- 1999 Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (born 1905) ↗
- 1997 Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (born 1957) ↗
- 1996 René Clément, French director and screenwriter (born 1913) ↗
- 1996 Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (born 1941) ↗
- 1995 Sunnyland Slim, American blues pianist (born 1906) ↗
- 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1899) ↗
- 1994 Ling Ma – Swedish-English actress and director (born 1925) ↗
- 1993 Helen Hayes, American actress (born 1900) ↗
- 1992 Grace Stafford, American actress (born 1903) ↗
- 1990 Capucine, French model and actress (born 1928) ↗
- 1990 Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (born 1896) ↗
- 1986 Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (born 1923) ↗
- 1983 Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) ↗
- 1983 Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (born 1891) ↗
- 1981 Paul Dean, American baseball player (born 1913) ↗
- 1976 Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906) ↗
- 1974 Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (born 1901) ↗
- 1965 Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (born 1862) ↗
- 1961 Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (born 1860) ↗
- 1958 John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (born 1870) ↗
- 1958 Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (born 1877) ↗
- 1957 Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (born 1907) ↗
- 1956 Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (born 1894) ↗
- 1956 Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) ↗
- 1949 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1882) ↗
- 1947 Mike, American Wyandotte chicken, lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945) ↗
- 1946 Dai Li, Chinese general (born 1897) ↗
- 1942 Nada Dimić, People's Hero of Yugoslavia, victim of Genocide of Serbs (born 1923) ↗
- 1940 Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (born 1854) ↗
- 1934 Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (born 1881) ↗
- 1926 Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (born 1853) ↗
- 1917 Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (born 1838) ↗
- 1902 John Houlding, English businessman, founded Liverpool Football Club (born 1833) ↗
- 1893 Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (born 1832) ↗
- 1875 Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (born 1832) ↗
- 1871 Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (born 1802) ↗
- 1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (born 1803) ↗
- 1849 William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (born 1792) ↗
- 1846 Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (born 1784) ↗
- 1830 Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (born 1764) ↗
- 1829 Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1753) ↗
- 1828 James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (born 1759) ↗
- 1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1700) ↗
- 1764 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (born 1695) ↗
- 1741 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (born 1671) ↗
- 1715 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (born 1643) ↗
- 1704 Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (born 1641) ↗
- 1680 François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (born 1613) ↗
- 1663 Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (born 1605) ↗
- 1649 Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (born 1610) ↗
- 1640 Philip Massinger, English playwright (born 1583) ↗
- 1620 John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (born 1576) ↗
- 1611 Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1547) ↗
- 1565 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1500) ↗
- 1527 Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (born 1482) ↗
- 1516 Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (born 1479) ↗
- 1425 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (born 1407) ↗
- 1406 Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (born 1332) ↗
- 1394 Louis of Enghien, French nobleman ↗
- 1361 An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt ↗
- 1272 Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (born 1220) ↗
- 1270 Philip of Montfort, French knight and nobleman ↗
- 1267 Pierre de Montreuil, French architect ↗
- 1199 Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (born 1130) ↗
- 1058 Lulach, king of Scotland ↗
- 1040 Harold Harefoot, king of England ↗
- 1008 Kazan, emperor of Japan (born 968) ↗
- 905 Li Yu, Prince of De, prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty ↗
- 836 Haito, bishop of Basel ↗
- 659 Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess ↗
- 180 Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (born 121) ↗
- 45 BCE Titus Labienus, Roman general (born 100 BC) ↗
- 45 BCE Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa ↗