On This Day: March 4 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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76 Events 434 Births 166 Deaths

2020 Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. ↗
2018 Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved. ↗
2015 At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine. ↗
2012 A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people. ↗
2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. ↗
2002 Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. ↗
2001 BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA. ↗
1998 Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. ↗
1996 A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days. ↗
1994 Space Shuttle program: the Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62. ↗
1990 American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference tournament game. ↗
1990 Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. ↗
1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus. ↗
1985 The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States. ↗
1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. ↗
1977 The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania. ↗
1976 The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament. ↗
1970 French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. ↗
1966 A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people. ↗
1966 In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now". ↗
1962 A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7. ↗
1960 The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100. ↗
1957 The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. ↗
1955 An order to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is legalized. ↗
1946 Field Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim, the 6th president of Finland, resigns from his position for health reasons. ↗
1944 World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin. ↗
1943 World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end. ↗
1943 World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena. ↗
1941 World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid. ↗
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. ↗
1933 The United States Senate confirms Frances Perkins as United States Secretary of Labor and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the United States Cabinet. ↗
1933 The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree. ↗
1918 A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic. ↗
1917 Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. ↗
1913 First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later. ↗
1913 The United States Department of Labor is formed. ↗
1909 U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State. ↗
1908 The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. ↗
1901 William McKinley inaugurated president for second time; Theodore Roosevelt is vice president. ↗
1899 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300. ↗
1890 The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 8,094 feet (2,467 m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII. ↗
1882 Britain's first electric trams run in east London. ↗
1878 Pope Leo XIII reestablishes the Catholic Church in Scotland, recreating sees and naming bishops for the first time since 1603. ↗
1865 The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress. ↗
1865 U.S. politician Andrew Johnson made his drunk vice-presidential inaugural address in Washington, D.C. ↗
1861 The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted. ↗
1849 Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States of America and Millard Fillmore, 12th Vice President, did not take their respective oaths of office (they did so the following day), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day. ↗
1848 Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia. ↗
1837 The city of Chicago is incorporated. ↗
1814 War of 1812: Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. ↗
1813 Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. ↗
1804 Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales. ↗
1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4. ↗
1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress. ↗
1791 Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state. ↗
1790 France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility. ↗
1789 In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. ↗
1776 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston. ↗
1769 Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three tours there. ↗
1686 After being unofficially established as a settlement in 1678, the Dominican mission of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines. ↗
1681 Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ↗
1675 John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England. ↗
1665 English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ↗
1628 The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ↗
1519 Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. ↗
1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean. ↗
1461 Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV. ↗
1386 Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland. ↗
1351 Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. ↗
1238 The Battle of the Sit River begins two centuries of Mongol horde domination of Rus. ↗
1152 Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany. ↗
938 Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs. ↗
852 Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. ↗
581 Yang Jian declares himself Emperor Wen of Sui, ending the Northern Zhou and beginning the Sui dynasty. ↗
306 Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. ↗
51 Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). ↗

2007 Miya Cech, American actress ↗
2002 Jacob Hopkins, American actor ↗
2001 Freya Anderson, English freestyle swimmer ↗
2001 George Pickens, American football player ↗
1999 Brooklyn Beckham, English model and socialite ↗
1998 Obi Toppin, American basketball player ↗
1997 Matisse Thybulle, Australian-American basketball player ↗
1997 Kwon Hyun-bin, South Korean actor and singer ↗
1996 Michael Gallup, American football player ↗
1996 Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer ↗
1996 Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer ↗
1995 Chlöe Howl, English singer-songwriter ↗
1995 Bill Milner, English actor ↗
1995 Valeri Nichushkin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1994 Callum Harriott, English footballer ↗
1994 Luisito Pié, Dominican taekwondo athlete ↗
1994 AJ Tracey, British rapper and record producer ↗
1993 Jenna Boyd, American actress ↗
1993 Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (died 2015) ↗
1993 Richard Peniket, English footballer ↗
1992 Nick Castellanos, American baseball player ↗
1992 Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer ↗
1992 Bernd Leno, German footballer ↗
1992 Karl Mööl, Estonian footballer ↗
1992 Jared Sullinger, American basketball player ↗
1990 Andrea Bowen, American actress ↗
1990 Draymond Green, American basketball player ↗
1990 Paddy Madden, Irish footballer ↗
1990 Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer ↗
1989 Benjamin Kiplagat, Ugandan long-distance runner (died 2023) ↗
1988 Josh Bowman, English actor ↗
1988 Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player ↗
1988 Laura Siegemund, German tennis player ↗
1988 Adam Watts, English footballer ↗
1987 Ben McKinley, Australian footballer ↗
1987 Tamzin Merchant, English actress ↗
1987 Cameron Wood, Australian footballer ↗
1986 Steven Burke, English road and track cyclist ↗
1986 Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer ↗
1986 Margo Harshman, American actress ↗
1986 Mike Krieger, Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram ↗
1986 Park Min-young, South Korean actress ↗
1986 Siim Roops, Estonian footballer ↗
1986 Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer ↗
1985 Jake Buxton, English footballer ↗
1985 Scott Michael Foster, American actor ↗
1985 Whitney Port, American fashion designer and author ↗
1984 Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer ↗
1984 Anders Grøndal, Norwegian racing driver ↗
1984 Spencer Larsen, American football player ↗
1984 Jeremy Loops, South African singer-songwriter and record producer ↗
1984 Raven Quinn, American singer-songwriter ↗
1984 Zak Whitbread, American-English footballer ↗
1983 Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater ↗
1983 Adam Deacon, English film actor, rapper, writer and director ↗
1983 Jaque Fourie, South African rugby player ↗
1983 Drew Houston, American entrepreneur ↗
1983 Sergio Romo, American baseball player ↗
1982 Landon Donovan, American soccer player and coach ↗
1982 Cate Edwards, American lawyer and author ↗
1982 Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast ↗
1982 K. Michelle, American singer ↗
1982 Yasemin Mori, Turkish singer ↗
1981 Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer ↗
1981 Helen Wyman, English cyclist ↗
1980 Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player ↗
1980 Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer ↗
1980 Suzanna Choffel, American singer-songwriter ↗
1980 Alex Garcia, Brazilian basketball player ↗
1980 Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player ↗
1980 Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player and coach ↗
1980 Jack Hannahan, American baseball player ↗
1980 Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player ↗
1980 Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1980 Aja Volkman, American singer-songwriter ↗
1979 Trenton Hassell, American basketball player ↗
1979 Sarah Stock, Canadian wrestler and trainer ↗
1978 Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1978 Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player ↗
1977 Nacho Figueras, Argentinian polo player and model ↗
1977 Traver Rains, American fashion designer and photographer ↗
1976 Robbie Blake, English footballer ↗
1976 Tommy Jönsson, Swedish footballer ↗
1975 Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1975 Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian bassist and composer ↗
1975 Patrick Femerling, German basketball player ↗
1975 Kristi Harrower, Australian basketball player ↗
1975 Hawksley Workman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1974 Crowbar, American wrestler ↗
1974 Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer and manager ↗
1974 Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player ↗
1974 Ariel Ortega, Argentinian footballer ↗
1974 Tommy Phelps, South Korean-American baseball player and coach ↗
1974 ICS Vortex, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1974 David Wagner, American tennis player and educator ↗
1974 Bill Young, Australian rugby player ↗
1973 Massimo Brambilla, Italian footballer and coach ↗
1973 Phillip Daniels, American football player and coach ↗
1973 Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper ↗
1973 Linus of Hollywood, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1973 Penny Mordaunt, English lieutenant and politician, Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council ↗
1973 Len Wiseman, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1973 Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Indian director and screenwriter ↗
1973 Casimiro Ynares III, Filipino politician ↗
1972 Katherine Center, American journalist and author ↗
1972 Nocturno Culto, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1972 Robert Smith, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1972 Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer ↗
1972 Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver ↗
1972 Alison Wheeler, English singer-songwriter ↗
1971 Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player and manager ↗
1971 Claire Baker, Scottish politician ↗
1971 Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player ↗
1971 Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver ↗
1970 Andrea Bendewald, American actress ↗
1970 Àlex Crivillé, Spanish motorcycle racer ↗
1970 Will Keen, English actor ↗
1970 Caroline Vis, Dutch tennis player ↗
1969 Chaz Bono, American writer, musician, and actor ↗
1969 Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1969 Wayne Collins, English footballer ↗
1969 Annie Yi, Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer ↗
1968 Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1968 Jorge Celedón, Colombian singer ↗
1968 Patsy Kensit, English model and actress ↗
1968 Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek banker and politician, Prime Minister of Greece ↗
1968 Graham Westley, English footballer and manager ↗
1967 Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer and coach ↗
1967 Evan Dando, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1967 Ivan Lewis, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ↗
1967 Dave Rayner, English cyclist (died 1994) ↗
1967 Sam Taylor-Johnson, English filmmaker and photographer ↗
1967 Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Swiss footballer ↗
1967 Tim Vine, English comedian, actor, and author ↗
1966 Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater ↗
1966 Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento ↗
1966 Fiona Ma, American accountant and politician ↗
1966 Helmut Mayer, Austrian skier ↗
1966 Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator ↗
1966 Grand Puba, American rapper ↗
1966 Mike Small, American golfer and coach ↗
1965 Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1965 Stacy Edwards, American actress ↗
1965 Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American novelist ↗
1965 Yury Lonchakov, Russian pilot, and cosmonaut ↗
1964 Brian Crowley, Irish lawyer and politician ↗
1964 Paolo Virzì, Italian director and screenwriter ↗
1963 Jason Newsted, American musician and songwriter ↗
1961 Ray Mancini, American boxer ↗
1961 Steven Weber, American actor and comedian ↗
1961 Roger Wessels, South African golfer and educator ↗
1960 Chonda Pierce, American comedian ↗
1959 Rick Ardon, Australian journalist ↗
1959 Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer ↗
1958 Patricia Heaton, American actress ↗
1958 Tina Smith, American politician ↗
1957 Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman ↗
1957 Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director ↗
1955 Tim Costello, Australian minister and politician ↗
1955 Joey Jones, Welsh footballer and manager ↗
1954 Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot (died 2001) ↗
1954 François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France ↗
1954 Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster ↗
1954 Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian ↗
1954 Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author (died 2017) ↗
1953 John Edwards, Australian director and producer ↗
1953 Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American musician and producer ↗
1953 Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager ↗
1953 Kay Lenz, American actress ↗
1953 Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer (died 2021) ↗
1953 Chris Smith, American lawyer and politician ↗
1953 Agustí Villaronga, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023) ↗
1953 Daniel Woodrell, American novelist and short story writer ↗
1952 Peter Kuhfeld, English painter ↗
1952 Ronn Moss, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1952 Svend Robinson, American-Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
1952 Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1951 Edelgard Bulmahn, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research ↗
1951 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, South Korean-American author, director, and producer (died 1982) ↗
1951 Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1951 Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1951 Peter O'Sullivan, Welsh footballer ↗
1951 Sam Perlozzo, American baseball player and manager ↗
1951 Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1951 Glenis Willmott, English scientist and politician ↗
1951 Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2013) ↗
1950 Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter ↗
1950 Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas ↗
1950 Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (died 2015) ↗
1949 Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (died 2011) ↗
1949 Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1948 Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author ↗
1948 James Ellroy, American writer ↗
1948 Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster ↗
1948 Mike Moran, English musician, songwriter and record producer ↗
1948 Jean O'Leary, American nun and activist (died 2005) ↗
1948 Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (died 2015) ↗
1948 Shakin' Stevens, British singer-songwriter ↗
1947 David Franzoni, American screenwriter and film producer ↗
1947 Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer ↗
1947 Bob Lewis, American guitarist ↗
1947 Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian pianist and composer (died 2017) ↗
1946 Michael Ashcroft, English businessman and politician ↗
1946 Danny Frisella, American baseball player (died 1977) ↗
1946 Haile Gerima, Ethiopian born US filmmaker ↗
1946 Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American journalist and author (died 2021) ↗
1945 Dieter Meier, Swiss musician ↗
1945 Tommy Svensson, Swedish footballer and manager ↗
1945 Gary Williams, American basketball player and coach ↗
1944 Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (died 1999) ↗
1944 Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American physicist and academic ↗
1944 Len Walker, English footballer and manager ↗
1944 Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1943 Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2012) ↗
1943 Aldo Rico, Argentinian commander and politician ↗
1942 Gloria Gaither, American singer-songwriter ↗
1942 Charles C. Krulak, American general ↗
1942 David Matthews, American keyboard player and composer ↗
1942 Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author ↗
1942 James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and politician ↗
1942 Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1941 John Hancock, American film and television actor (died 1992) ↗
1941 Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1941 James Zagel, American lawyer and judge (died 2023) ↗
1940 Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge ↗
1940 David Plante, American novelist ↗
1939 Jack Fisher, American baseball player ↗
1939 Robert Shaye, American film producer ↗
1938 Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator (died 2006) ↗
1938 Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea ↗
1938 Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge (died 2010) ↗
1938 Don Perkins, American football player and sportscaster (died 2022) ↗
1938 Paula Prentiss, American actress ↗
1938 Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1937 José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer (died 2025) ↗
1937 William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist ↗
1937 Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer ↗
1937 Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author (died 2019) ↗
1937 Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and explorer (died 2003) ↗
1937 Barney Wilen, French saxophonist and composer (died 1996) ↗
1937 Richard B. Wright, Canadian journalist and author (died 2017) ↗
1936 Eric Allandale, Dominican trombonist and songwriter (died 2001) ↗
1936 Jim Clark, Scottish racing driver (died 1968) ↗
1936 Aribert Reimann, German pianist and composer (died 2024) ↗
1935 Edward Dębicki, Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer ↗
1935 Bent Larsen, Danish chess player and author (died 2010) ↗
1934 Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian-American composer and academic (died 2019) ↗
1934 John Duffey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996) ↗
1934 Anne Haney, American actress (died 2001) ↗
1934 Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (died 2007) ↗
1934 Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player ↗
1934 Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1933 Nino Vaccarella, Italian racing driver (died 2021) ↗
1932 Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor ↗
1932 Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (died 2007) ↗
1932 Miriam Makeba – South African singer-songwriter and actress (died 2008) ↗
1932 Ed Roth, American illustrator (died 2001) ↗
1932 Frank Wells, American businessman (died 1994) ↗
1931 Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (died 1997) ↗
1931 Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991) ↗
1931 William Henry Keeler, American cardinal (died 2017) ↗
1931 Alice Rivlin, American economist and politician (died 2019) ↗
1929 Bernard Haitink, Dutch violinist and conductor (died 2021) ↗
1929 Peter Swerling, American theoretician and engineer (died 2000) ↗
1928 Samuel Adler, German-American composer and conductor ↗
1928 Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (died 2010) ↗
1927 Phil Batt, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho (died 2023) ↗
1927 Thayer David, American actor (died 1978) ↗
1927 Jacques Dupin, French poet and critic (died 2012) ↗
1927 Dick Savitt, American tennis player and businessman (died 2023) ↗
1926 Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic (died 2019) ↗
1926 Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and racing driver (died 2018) ↗
1926 Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (died 2018) ↗
1926 Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (died 1977) ↗
1926 Don Rendell, English saxophonist and flute player (died 2015) ↗
1925 Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic (died 2018) ↗
1925 Paul Mauriat, French conductor and composer (died 2006) ↗
1924 Kenneth O'Donnell, American soldier and politician (died 1977) ↗
1923 Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author ↗
1923 Francis King, English author and poet (died 2011) ↗
1923 Patrick Moore, English astronomer and television host (died 2012) ↗
1922 Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (died 2005) ↗
1922 Dina Pathak, Indian actor and director (died 2002) ↗
1921 Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator (died 2017) ↗
1921 Joan Greenwood, English actress (died 1987) ↗
1921 Dinny Pails, English-Australian tennis player (died 1986) ↗
1920 Jean Lecanuet, French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1993) ↗
1920 Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish-English actor (died 2002) ↗
1919 Buck Baker, American race car driver (died 2002) ↗
1919 Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian physician and politician (died 1996) ↗
1918 Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, and journalist (died 2017) ↗
1918 Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (died 2012) ↗
1917 Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1982) ↗
1916 William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (died 1997) ↗
1916 Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (died 2000) ↗
1916 Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (died 1997) ↗
1916 Ernest Titterton, English-Australian nuclear physicist (died 1990) ↗
1915 László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer (died 2013) ↗
1915 Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (died 2000) ↗
1915 Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (died 1997) ↗
1914 Barbara Newhall Follett, American author (died 1939) ↗
1914 Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002) ↗
1914 Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (died 2000) ↗
1913 Taos Amrouche, Algerian singer and author (died 1976) ↗
1913 John Garfield, American actor and singer (died 1952) ↗
1912 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (died 1976) ↗
1912 Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (died 1996) ↗
1912 Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (died 1994) ↗
1911 Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, English actor (died 1984) ↗
1910 Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (died 1985) ↗
1909 Harry Helmsley, American businessman (died 1997) ↗
1909 George Edward Holbrook, American chemist and engineer (died 1987) ↗
1908 T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (died 1976) ↗
1908 Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (died 1977) ↗
1907 Edgar Barrier, American actor (died 1964) ↗
1907 Maria Branyas, American-Spanish supercentenarian (died 2024) ↗
1906 Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (died 1991) ↗
1906 Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (died 1994) ↗
1906 Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager (died 1969) ↗
1904 Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (died 1973) ↗
1904 George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (died 1968) ↗
1904 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (died 1942) ↗
1903 William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist (died 1983) ↗
1903 Malcolm Dole, American chemist and academic (died 1990) ↗
1903 Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (died 1990) ↗
1903 John Scarne, American magician and author (died 1985) ↗
1902 Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress (died 1993) ↗
1902 Russell Reeder, American soldier and author (died 1998) ↗
1901 Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit (died 1986) ↗
1901 Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (died 1991) ↗
1901 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (died 1937) ↗
1900 Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (died 1971) ↗
1899 Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor (died 1966) ↗
1899 Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author (died 1962) ↗
1898 Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic (died 1986) ↗
1898 Hans Krebs, German general (died 1945) ↗
1897 Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (died 1969) ↗
1896 Kai Holm, Danish actor and director (died 1985) ↗
1895 Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1953) ↗
1894 Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (died 1963) ↗
1893 Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (died 1985) ↗
1893 Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist (died 1995) ↗
1891 Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (died 1961) ↗
1890 Norman Bethune, Canadian soldier and physician (died 1939) ↗
1889 Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1967) ↗
1889 Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (died 1965) ↗
1889 Pearl White, American actress (died 1938) ↗
1889 Robert William Wood, English-American painter (died 1979) ↗
1888 Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (died 1942) ↗
1888 Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (died 1972) ↗
1888 Emma Richter, German paleontologist (died 1956) ↗
1888 Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931) ↗
1886 Paul Bazelaire, French cellist and composer (died 1958) ↗
1884 Red Murray, American baseball player (died 1958) ↗
1884 Lee Shumway, American actor (died 1959) ↗
1883 Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (died 1971) ↗
1883 Robert Emmett Keane, American actor (died 1981) ↗
1883 Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (died 1956) ↗
1882 Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian academic and politician, 61st Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941) ↗
1881 Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian educator and activist (died 1924) ↗
1881 Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (died 1965) ↗
1881 Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (died 1948) ↗
1880 Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (died 1946) ↗
1879 Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (died 1951) ↗
1878 Takeo Arishima, Japanese author and critic (died 1923) ↗
1878 Egbert Van Alstyne, American pianist and songwriter (died 1951) ↗
1877 Alexander Goedicke, Russian pianist and composer (died 1957) ↗
1877 Fritz Graebner, German geographer and ethnologist (died 1934) ↗
1877 Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor (died 1963) ↗
1876 Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author (died 1947) ↗
1876 Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (died 1945) ↗
1875 Mihály Károlyi, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (died 1955) ↗
1875 Enrique Larreta, Argentinian historian and author (died 1961) ↗
1873 Guy Wetmore Carryl, American journalist and poet (died 1904) ↗
1873 John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut (died 1961) ↗
1871 Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 1945) ↗
1870 Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet (died 1944) ↗
1867 Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society (died 1908) ↗
1867 Charles Pelot Summerall, American Army officer (died 1955) ↗
1866 Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1931) ↗
1864 David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer (died 1940) ↗
1863 R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist (died 1947) ↗
1863 John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist (died 1943) ↗
1862 Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (died 1940) ↗
1861 Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian and author (died 1933) ↗
1856 Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator (died 1921) ↗
1854 Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (died 1945) ↗
1851 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (died 1911) ↗
1847 Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (died 1904) ↗
1838 Paul Lacôme, French pianist, cellist, and composer (died 1920) ↗
1828 Owen Wynne Jones, Welsh clergyman and poet (died 1870) ↗
1826 August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (died 1907) ↗
1826 John Buford, American general (died 1863) ↗
1826 Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and academic (died 1887) ↗
1826 Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (died 1863) ↗
1823 George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1902) ↗
1822 Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician and academic (died 1880) ↗
1820 Francesco Bentivegna, Italian rebel leader (died 1856) ↗
1817 Edwards Pierrepont, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (died 1892) ↗
1815 Mykhailo Verbytsky, Ukrainian composer of religious hymns and the national anthem of Ukraine (died 1870) ↗
1814 Napoleon Collins, Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War (died 1875) ↗
1800 William Price, Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (died 1893) ↗
1793 Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic (died 1851) ↗
1792 Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (died 1886) ↗
1782 Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic (died 1830) ↗
1781 Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (died 1869) ↗
1778 Robert Emmet, Irish republican (died 1803) ↗
1770 Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic (died 1840) ↗
1769 Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha (died 1849) ↗
1760 William Payne, English painter (died 1830) ↗
1760 Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples (died 1833) ↗
1756 Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter (died 1823) ↗
1745 Charles Dibdin, English actor, playwright, and composer (died 1814) ↗
1745 Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (died 1779) ↗
1729 Anne d'Arpajon, French wife of Philippe de Noailles (died 1794) ↗
1719 George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (died 1777) ↗
1715 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English historian and politician (died 1763) ↗
1706 Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård (died 1759) ↗
1702 Jack Sheppard, English criminal (died 1724) ↗
1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1741) ↗
1665 Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (died 1694) ↗
1655 Fra Galgario, Italian painter (died 1743) ↗
1651 John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1716) ↗
1634 Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish philosopher (died 1689) ↗
1602 Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (died 1674) ↗
1526 Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596) ↗
1519 Hindal Mirza, Mughal emperor (died 1551) ↗
1502 Elisabeth of Hesse, princess of Saxony (died 1557) ↗
1492 Francesco de Layolle, Italian organist and composer (died 1540) ↗
1484 George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1543) ↗
1394 Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer (died 1460) ↗
1188 Blanche of Castile, French queen consort (died 1252) ↗
977 Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (died 1030) ↗
895 Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han Dynasty (died 948) ↗

2025 Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (born 1940) ↗
2023 Phil Batt, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho (born 1927) ↗
2022 Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1947) ↗
2022 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1969) ↗
2020 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat (born 1920) ↗
2019 Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (born 1969) ↗
2019 Luke Perry, American actor (born 1966) ↗
2018 Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (born 1987) ↗
2017 Clayton Yeutter, American politician (born 1930) ↗
2016 Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929) ↗
2016 Pat Conroy, American author (born 1945) ↗
2016 P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1947) ↗
2016 Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (born 1917) ↗
2015 Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (born 1924) ↗
2015 Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (born 1932) ↗
2014 Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (born 1953) ↗
2014 Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (born 1923) ↗
2014 Jack Kinzler, American engineer (born 1920) ↗
2014 Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (born 1939) ↗
2013 Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (born 1923) ↗
2013 Mickey Moore, Canadian-American actor and director (born 1914) ↗
2013 Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (born 1960) ↗
2012 Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (born 1965) ↗
2012 Don Mincher, American baseball player (born 1938) ↗
2011 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924) ↗
2011 Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (born 1921) ↗
2011 Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (born 1943) ↗
2011 Arjun Singh, Indian politician (born 1930) ↗
2011 Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (born 1920) ↗
2011 Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925) ↗
2010 Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (born 1933) ↗
2010 Johnny Alf, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1929) ↗
2010 Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (born 1945) ↗
2010 Fred Wedlock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942) ↗
2009 Yvon Cormier, Canadian wrestler (born 1938) ↗
2009 Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1916) ↗
2009 George McAfee, American football player (born 1918) ↗
2008 Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (born 1938) ↗
2008 Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (born 1924) ↗
2007 Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (born 1929) ↗
2007 Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934) ↗
2007 Ian Wooldridge, English journalist (born 1932) ↗
2006 John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (born 1944) ↗
2006 Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (born 1929) ↗
2005 Nicola Calipari, Italian general (born 1953) ↗
2005 Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (born 1951) ↗
2005 Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (born 1934) ↗
2004 Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (born 1929) ↗
2003 Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (born 1926) ↗
2003 Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (born 1931) ↗
2002 Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (born 1935) ↗
2002 Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (born 1913) ↗
2002 Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1939) ↗
2001 Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player (born 1961) ↗
2001 Jean René Bazaine, French painter and author (born 1904) ↗
2001 Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (born 1916) ↗
2001 Jim Rhodes, American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (born 1909) ↗
2001 Harold Stassen, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (born 1907) ↗
2000 Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (born 1905) ↗
2000 Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
2000 Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist and academic (born 1907) ↗
1999 Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (born 1908) ↗
1999 Del Close, American actor and educator (born 1934) ↗
1999 Miłosz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (born 1929) ↗
1998 Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (born 1907) ↗
1997 Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (born 1901) ↗
1997 Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (born 1916) ↗
1996 Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (born 1912) ↗
1996 John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925) ↗
1995 Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1919) ↗
1994 John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1950) ↗
1994 George Edward Hughes, Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (born 1918) ↗
1993 Art Hodes, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1904) ↗
1993 Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (born 1953) ↗
1993 Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist and academic (born 1894) ↗
1993 Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (born 1929) ↗
1992 Art Babbitt, American animator and director (born 1907) ↗
1992 Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905) ↗
1991 Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (born 1902) ↗
1990 Hank Gathers, American basketball player (born 1967) ↗
1989 Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (born 1916) ↗
1988 Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
1987 Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (born 1884) ↗
1986 Ding Ling, Chinese feminist and socialist realist author (born 1904) ↗
1986 Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (born 1917) ↗
1986 Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1943) ↗
1986 Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (born 1913) ↗
1981 Torin Thatcher, American actor (born 1905) ↗
1981 Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (born 1900) ↗
1980 Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (born 1912) ↗
1979 Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (born 1926) ↗
1978 Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (born 1909) ↗
1978 Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (born 1907) ↗
1977 Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (born 1925) ↗
1977 Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (born 1912) ↗
1977 Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (born 1951) ↗
1977 William Paul, American lawyer and politician (born 1885) ↗
1977 Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1887) ↗
1976 John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (born 1882) ↗
1976 Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (born 1886) ↗
1974 Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (born 1903) ↗
1972 Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (born 1894) ↗
1972 Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (born 1911) ↗
1969 Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (born 1881) ↗
1963 William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (born 1883) ↗
1960 Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (born 1896) ↗
1954 Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (born 1898) ↗
1952 Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) ↗
1949 Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (born 1882) ↗
1948 Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (born 1896) ↗
1945 Lucille La Verne, American actress (born 1872) ↗
1945 Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1900) ↗
1944 Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (born 1855) ↗
1944 Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (born 1897) ↗
1944 Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (born 1896) ↗
1944 René Lefebvre, French businessman (born 1879) ↗
1941 Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858) ↗
1940 Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (born 1860) ↗
1938 George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (born 1852) ↗
1938 Jack Taylor, American baseball player (born 1874) ↗
1927 Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (born 1846) ↗
1925 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (born 1854) ↗
1925 James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (born 1843) ↗
1925 John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (born 1860) ↗
1916 Franz Marc, German painter (born 1880) ↗
1915 William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (born 1856) ↗
1906 John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (born 1831) ↗
1903 Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (born 1834) ↗
1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (born 1799) ↗
1883 Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (born 1812) ↗
1872 Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (born 1790) ↗
1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (born 1788) ↗
1864 Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (born 1824) ↗
1858 Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (born 1794) ↗
1853 Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (born 1776) ↗
1853 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (born 1774) ↗
1852 Nikolai Gogol – Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (born 1809) ↗
1851 James Richardson, English explorer (born 1809) ↗
1832 Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (born 1790) ↗
1811 Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1778) ↗
1807 Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (born 1754) ↗
1805 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (born 1725) ↗
1795 John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (born 1717) ↗
1793 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (born 1725) ↗
1762 Johannes Zick, German painter (born 1702) ↗
1744 John Anstis, English historian and politician (born 1669) ↗
1733 Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (born 1656) ↗
1710 Louis III, duke of Bourbon (born 1668) ↗
1615 Hans von Aachen, German painter and educator (born 1552) ↗
1604 Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and educator (born 1539) ↗
1583 Bernard Gilpin, English priest and theologian (born 1517) ↗
1556 Leonhard Kleber, German organist (born 1495) ↗
1496 Sigismund, archduke of Austria (born 1427) ↗
1484 Saint Casimir, Polish prince (born 1458) ↗
1388 Thomas Usk, English author ↗
1371 Jeanne d'Évreux, queen consort of France (born 1310) ↗
1314 Jakub Świnka, Polish priest and archbishop ↗
1303 Daniel of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (born 1261) ↗
1238 Joan of England, queen of Scotland (born 1210) ↗
1238 Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince (born 1189) ↗
1193 Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (born 1137) ↗
1172 Stephen III, king of Hungary (born 1147) ↗
934 Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (born 873) ↗
561 Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
480 Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint ↗
306 Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs ↗