47 Events
232 Births
101 Deaths
- 2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev. ↗
- 2015 A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day. ↗
- 2015 Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict. ↗
- 2014 Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people. ↗
- 2012 At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq. ↗
- 2010 Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe. ↗
- 2006 Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby. ↗
- 2003 Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq. ↗
- 2000 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. ↗
- 1999 Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. ↗
- 1995 The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people. ↗
- 1993 The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. ↗
- 1990 Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. ↗
- 1988 Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. ↗
- 1987 The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. ↗
- 1985 Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. ↗
- 1972 The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland. ↗
- 1969 A United Arab airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan international Airport, killing 100 people. ↗
- 1964 The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. ↗
- 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France. ↗
- 1952 The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan. ↗
- 1951 Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. ↗
- 1948 With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC. ↗
- 1942 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". ↗
- 1933 Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant. ↗
- 1926 Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou. ↗
- 1923 The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States. ↗
- 1922 The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. ↗
- 1921 The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held. ↗
- 1916 Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his general theory of relativity, to the journal Annalen der Physik. ↗
- 1914 In the Curragh incident over 100 British Army officers threatened to resign if ordered to march against the Ulster Volunteers. ↗
- 1913 Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later. ↗
- 1903 The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers. ↗
- 1896 With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China. ↗
- 1890 Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II. ↗
- 1888 The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia. ↗
- 1883 The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed. ↗
- 1861 An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina. ↗
- 1854 The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US. ↗
- 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. ↗
- 1848 German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates. ↗
- 1815 After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule. ↗
- 1760 The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings. ↗
- 1616 Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. ↗
- 1602 The Dutch East India Company is established. ↗
- 1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599). ↗
- 1206 Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. ↗
- 2003 Cooper Hoffman, American actor ↗
- 2002 Jahmyr Gibbs, American football player ↗
- 2001 Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player ↗
- 2000 Hyunjin, South Korean rapper ↗
- 1995 Kei, South Korean singer ↗
- 1995 Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1993 Fabian Fahl, German politician ↗
- 1993 JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Justin Faulk, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1991 Mattia Destro, Italian footballer ↗
- 1991 Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer ↗
- 1991 Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1990 Brad Hand, American baseball player ↗
- 1990 Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1989 Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director ↗
- 1989 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer ↗
- 1987 Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer ↗
- 1987 Jon Brockman, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Jô, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1987 Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1987 Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1986 Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1986 Román Torres, Panamanian footballer ↗
- 1985 Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer ↗
- 1985 Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1984 Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer ↗
- 1984 Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 IJustine, American YouTuber ↗
- 1984 Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1983 Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist ↗
- 1983 Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer ↗
- 1982 Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer ↗
- 1982 Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer ↗
- 1982 José Moreira, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1981 Ian Murray, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1980 Jamal Crawford, American basketball player ↗
- 1980 Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player ↗
- 1980 Michelle Snow, American basketball player ↗
- 1979 Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1979 Freema Agyeman, English actress ↗
- 1979 Daniel Cormier, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1979 Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1978 Kevin Betsy, English-Seychelles footballer and manager ↗
- 1976 Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2017) ↗
- 1975 Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1975 Isolde Kostner, Italian skier ↗
- 1974 Carsten Ramelow, German footballer ↗
- 1973 Nicky Boje, South African cricketer ↗
- 1973 Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner ↗
- 1973 Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman ↗
- 1972 Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer ↗
- 1972 Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1972 Greg Searle, English rower ↗
- 1972 Marco Sejna, German footballer ↗
- 1972 Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier ↗
- 1971 Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1971 Touré, American journalist and author ↗
- 1970 Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1970 Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (died 2021) ↗
- 1969 Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ↗
- 1969 Fabien Galthié, French rugby player ↗
- 1968 A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author ↗
- 1968 Paul Merson, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1968 Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter ↗
- 1968 Ken Ono, Japanese-American mathematician ↗
- 1967 Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1967 Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player ↗
- 1965 William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author ↗
- 1964 Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1963 Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach ↗
- 1963 Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (died 2007) ↗
- 1962 Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician ↗
- 1961 Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager ↗
- 1961 Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist ↗
- 1960 Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor ↗
- 1960 Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic ↗
- 1960 Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut ↗
- 1959 Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1959 Mary Roach, American author ↗
- 1959 Sting, American wrestler ↗
- 1959 Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer ↗
- 1958 Rickey Jackson, American football player ↗
- 1957 David Foster, Australian woodchopper ↗
- 1957 Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1957 Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor ↗
- 1956 Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission ↗
- 1956 Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1956 Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director ↗
- 1955 Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author ↗
- 1955 Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1955 Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
- 1954 Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator ↗
- 1954 Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician ↗
- 1954 Paul Mirabella, American baseball player ↗
- 1953 Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter ↗
- 1952 Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver ↗
- 1952 David Greenaway, English economist and academic ↗
- 1949 Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator ↗
- 1948 John de Lancie, American actor ↗
- 1948 Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011) ↗
- 1947 John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (died 1994) ↗
- 1946 Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1946 Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (died 2014) ↗
- 1945 Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (died 2015) ↗
- 1945 Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author ↗
- 1945 Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive ↗
- 1945 Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health ↗
- 1944 John Cameron, English composer and conductor ↗
- 1944 Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist ↗
- 1944 Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop ↗
- 1943 Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer ↗
- 1943 Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (died 2015) ↗
- 1943 Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (died 2018) ↗
- 1941 Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager (died 2023) ↗
- 1941 Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner ↗
- 1940 Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager ↗
- 1940 Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (died 2015) ↗
- 1940 Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (died 2012) ↗
- 1939 Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) ↗
- 1939 Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022) ↗
- 1939 Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (died 2014) ↗
- 1939 Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2024) ↗
- 1938 Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (died 2024) ↗
- 1937 Lois Lowry, American author ↗
- 1937 Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008) ↗
- 1936 Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (died 2021) ↗
- 1936 Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge ↗
- 1935 Ted Bessell, American actor and director (died 1996) ↗
- 1935 Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (died 1995) ↗
- 1934 Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco ↗
- 1934 David Malouf, Australian author and playwright ↗
- 1933 Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1933 George Altman, American baseball player ↗
- 1931 Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (died 2020) ↗
- 1931 Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1930 S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (died 1998) ↗
- 1929 William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2013) ↗
- 1929 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (died 2002) ↗
- 1928 James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (died 2003) ↗
- 1927 John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (died 2019) ↗
- 1925 John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (died 1999) ↗
- 1923 Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (died 2006) ↗
- 1922 Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2017) ↗
- 1922 Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1922 Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020) ↗
- 1921 Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (died 1971) ↗
- 1921 Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (died 1977) ↗
- 1921 Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1970) ↗
- 1920 Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (died 1997) ↗
- 1920 Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (died 1988) ↗
- 1919 Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (died 1983) ↗
- 1918 Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (died 1984) ↗
- 1918 Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1918 Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (died 2013) ↗
- 1918 Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (died 1970) ↗
- 1917 Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (died 2020) ↗
- 1917 Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (died 1984) ↗
- 1916 Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007) ↗
- 1915 Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (died 2000) ↗
- 1915 Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 1997) ↗
- 1915 Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973) ↗
- 1914 Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (died 1968) ↗
- 1913 Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (died 1968) ↗
- 1912 Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2016) ↗
- 1911 Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991) ↗
- 1910 Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (died 1999) ↗
- 1909 Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969) ↗
- 1908 Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (died 1985) ↗
- 1907 Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (died 1990) ↗
- 1906 Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (died 2001) ↗
- 1906 Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (died 1975) ↗
- 1905 Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (died 1949) ↗
- 1904 B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (died 1990) ↗
- 1903 Edgar Buchanan, American actor (died 1979) ↗
- 1900 Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (died 1942) ↗
- 1899 Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (died 1941) ↗
- 1898 Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (died 1954) ↗
- 1897 Frank Sheed, Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (died 1981) ↗
- 1895 Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (died 1981) ↗
- 1894 Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (died 1974) ↗
- 1890 Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (died 1973) ↗
- 1888 Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (died 1971) ↗
- 1885 Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (died 1958) ↗
- 1884 Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1966) ↗
- 1884 John Jensen, Australian public servant (died 1970) ↗
- 1882 René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (died 1962) ↗
- 1882 Harold Weber, American golfer (died 1933) ↗
- 1879 Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (died 1960) ↗
- 1876 Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927) ↗
- 1874 Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (died 1945) ↗
- 1870 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (died 1964) ↗
- 1856 John Lavery, Irish painter (died 1941) ↗
- 1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (died 1915) ↗
- 1851 Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (died 1914) ↗
- 1843 Ambrosio Flores, Filipino politician (died 1912) ↗
- 1840 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (died 1894) ↗
- 1836 Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886) ↗
- 1836 Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (died 1919) ↗
- 1834 Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (died 1926) ↗
- 1831 Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (died 1897) ↗
- 1831 Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (died 1881) ↗
- 1828 Henrik Ibsen – Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906) ↗
- 1824 Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (died 1876) ↗
- 1821 Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (died 1886) ↗
- 1811 Napoleon II, French emperor (died 1832) ↗
- 1811 George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (died 1879) ↗
- 1805 Thomas Cooper, British poet (died 1892) ↗
- 1800 Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (died 1845) ↗
- 1799 Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (died 1839) ↗
- 1796 Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (died 1862) ↗
- 1771 Heinrich Clauren, German author (died 1854) ↗
- 1737 Rama I, Thai king (died 1809) ↗
- 1725 Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (died 1789) ↗
- 1680 Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (died 1736) ↗
- 1639 Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709) ↗
- 1615 Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (died 1659) ↗
- 1612 Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (died 1672) ↗
- 1532 Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1611) ↗
- 1502 Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (died 1575) ↗
- 1479 Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (died 1520) ↗
- 1477 Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (died 1527) ↗
- 1469 Cecily of York (died 1507) ↗
- 1319 Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1348) ↗
- 1253 Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (died 1307) ↗
- 43 BCE Ovid, Roman poet (died 17) ↗
- 2025 Eddie Jordan, Irish businessman, television personality and motorsport team owner (born 1948) ↗
- 2023 John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (born 1942) ↗
- 2023 Kyle White, Australian rugby league player (born 1970) ↗
- 2020 Kenny Rogers, American singer (born 1938) ↗
- 2019 Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (born 1924) ↗
- 2018 C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (born 1936) ↗
- 2017 David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915) ↗
- 2016 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1922) ↗
- 2015 Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (born 1929) ↗
- 2015 Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Tonie Nathan, American politician (born 1923) ↗
- 2014 Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (born 1915) ↗
- 2013 James Herbert, English author (born 1943) ↗
- 2013 George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (born 1924) ↗
- 2013 Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (born 1929) ↗
- 2012 Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (born 1955) ↗
- 2012 Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (born 1938) ↗
- 2012 Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910) ↗
- 2012 Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966) ↗
- 2011 Johnny Pearson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1925) ↗
- 2010 Ai, American poet and academic (born 1947) ↗
- 2010 Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924) ↗
- 2010 Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1920) ↗
- 2007 Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1933) ↗
- 2007 Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (born 1938) ↗
- 2007 Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (born 1948) ↗
- 2005 Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish director and screenwriter (born 1912) ↗
- 2004 Juliana of the Netherlands (born 1909) ↗
- 2004 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel and politician (born 1917) ↗
- 2001 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1949) ↗
- 2000 Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961) ↗
- 1999 Patrick Heron, British painter (born 1920) ↗
- 1997 V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (born 1900) ↗
- 1994 Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (born 1946) ↗
- 1993 Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) ↗
- 1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (born 1925) ↗
- 1990 Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1907) ↗
- 1990 Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (born 1929) ↗
- 1983 Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1891) ↗
- 1981 Gerry Bertier, American football player (born 1953) ↗
- 1978 Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (born 1895) ↗
- 1977 Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1909) ↗
- 1977 Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (born 1919) ↗
- 1974 Chet Huntley, American journalist (born 1911) ↗
- 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (born 1921) ↗
- 1971 Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1894) ↗
- 1969 Henri Longchambon, French politician (born 1896) ↗
- 1968 Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (born 1889) ↗
- 1966 Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (born 1879) ↗
- 1966 Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (born 1895) ↗
- 1965 Daniel Frank, American long jumper (born 1882) ↗
- 1964 Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (born 1923) ↗
- 1958 Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915) ↗
- 1952 Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (born 1892) ↗
- 1947 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (born 1884) ↗
- 1946 Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (born 1870) ↗
- 1945 Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (born 1883) ↗
- 1945 Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (born 1887) ↗
- 1941 Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (born 1883) ↗
- 1940 Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (born 1860) ↗
- 1933 Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed) ↗
- 1931 Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (born 1876) ↗
- 1930 Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (born 1876) ↗
- 1929 Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (born 1851) ↗
- 1925 George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (born 1859) ↗
- 1918 Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (born 1828) ↗
- 1909 Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (born 1842) ↗
- 1899 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (born 1822) ↗
- 1897 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1821) ↗
- 1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1802) ↗
- 1878 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (born 1814) ↗
- 1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (born 1810) ↗
- 1865 Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (born 1833) ↗
- 1855 Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (born 1788) ↗
- 1849 James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (born 1780) ↗
- 1835 Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (born 1794) ↗
- 1793 Les Murray – 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1705) ↗
- 1780 Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (born 1699) ↗
- 1746 Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (born 1656) ↗
- 1730 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (born 1692) ↗
- 1688 Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (born 1642) ↗
- 1673 Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (born 1603) ↗
- 1619 Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1557) ↗
- 1568 Albert, Duke of Prussia (born 1490) ↗
- 1549 Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1508) ↗
- 1475 Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet ↗
- 1440 Sigismund I of Lithuania ↗
- 1413 Henry IV of England (born 1367) ↗
- 1390 Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1338) ↗
- 1351 Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi ↗
- 1336 Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (born 1270) ↗
- 1302 Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich ↗
- 1239 Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (born 1179) ↗
- 1191 Pope Clement III (born 1130) ↗
- 1181 Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (born 1118) ↗
- 851 Ebbo, archbishop of Reims ↗
- 842 Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (born 759) ↗
- 703 Wulfram, archbishop of Sens ↗
- 687 Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (born 634) ↗