On This Day: March 5 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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54 Events 273 Births 91 Deaths

2023 The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time. ↗
2023 A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day. ↗
2021 Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ↗
2021 Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. ↗
2018 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin. ↗
2012 Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar. ↗
2012 Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania. ↗
2011 An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard. ↗
2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. ↗
2002 An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100. ↗
2001 In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj. ↗
1993 Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83. ↗
1991 Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45. ↗
1982 Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. ↗
1981 The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world. ↗
1979 Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. ↗
1978 The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ↗
1974 Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. ↗
1973 An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collide in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people aboard the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery. ↗
1970 The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. ↗
1968 Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard. ↗
1967 Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38. ↗
1966 BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board. ↗
1965 March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against the British colonial presence. ↗
1963 American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. ↗
1963 Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12. ↗
1960 Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members. ↗
1957 Sutton Wick air crash a Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents. ↗
1953 Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier. ↗
1946 Cold War: Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, Missouri. ↗
1944 World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR. ↗
1943 World War II: General strike and protest march in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany, resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police. The decree is withdrawn on the next day. ↗
1942 World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung. ↗
1940 Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre. ↗
1939 Spanish Civil War: The National Defence Council seizes control of the republican government in a coup d'etat, with the intention of negotiating an end to the war. ↗
1933 Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship. ↗
1931 The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed. ↗
1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. ↗
1906 Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors. ↗
1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake. ↗
1868 Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala. ↗
1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. ↗
1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. ↗
1836 Samuel Colt established his first factory to produce recently patented production-model revolver, the .34-caliber "Paterson". ↗
1825 Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities. ↗
1824 First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. ↗
1811 Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa. ↗
1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. ↗
1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. ↗
1616 Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. ↗
1496 King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands. ↗
1279 The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. ↗
1046 Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. ↗
363 Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. ↗

2007 Roman Griffin Davis, English actor ↗
2000 Doug Edert, American basketball player ↗
1999 Madison Beer, American singer-songwriter ↗
1999 Justin Fields, American football player ↗
1999 Yeri, South Korean singer and actress ↗
1998 Bo Bichette, American baseball player ↗
1997 Milena Venega, Cuban rower ↗
1996 Taylor Hill, American model ↗
1996 Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese-American basketball player ↗
1994 Daria Saville, Russian-Australian tennis player ↗
1994 MJ, South Korean singer and actor ↗
1993 El Hadji Ba, French footballer ↗
1993 Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer ↗
1993 Fred, Brazilian footballer ↗
1993 Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer ↗
1993 Harry Maguire, English footballer ↗
1993 Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player ↗
1992 Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster ↗
1991 Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer ↗
1991 Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer ↗
1990 Danny Drinkwater, English footballer ↗
1990 Mason Plumlee, American basketball player ↗
1990 Alex Smithies, English footballer ↗
1989 Sterling Knight, American actor, singer, and dancer ↗
1989 Jake Lloyd, American actor ↗
1988 Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player ↗
1988 Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer ↗
1987 Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player ↗
1987 Chris Cohen, English footballer ↗
1986 Alexandre Barthe, French footballer ↗
1986 Corey Brewer, American basketball player and coach ↗
1986 Matty Fryatt, English footballer ↗
1986 Shikabala, Egyptian footballer ↗
1985 David Marshall, Scottish footballer ↗
1985 Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor ↗
1985 Brad Mills, American baseball player ↗
1984 Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player ↗
1984 Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer ↗
1983 Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer ↗
1982 Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1982 Philipp Haastrup, German footballer ↗
1981 Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Paul Martin, American ice hockey player ↗
1981 Karolina Wydra, Polish-American actress and model ↗
1980 Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios ↗
1979 Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer ↗
1979 Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player ↗
1979 Lee Mears, English rugby player ↗
1978 Jared Crouch, Australian footballer ↗
1978 Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach ↗
1978 Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
1978 Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer ↗
1977 Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player ↗
1977 Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player ↗
1977 Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1976 Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1976 Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach ↗
1976 Paul Konerko, American baseball player ↗
1976 Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1975 Jolene Blalock, American model and actress ↗
1975 Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster ↗
1975 Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer ↗
1975 Chris Silverwood, English cricketer and coach ↗
1974 Kevin Connolly, American actor and director ↗
1974 Jens Jeremies, German footballer ↗
1974 Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality ↗
1974 Eva Mendes, American model and actress ↗
1973 Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager ↗
1973 Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (died 2009) ↗
1973 Juan Esnáider, Argentine footballer and manager ↗
1973 Ryan Franklin, American baseball player ↗
1973 Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1973 Špela Pretnar, Slovenian skier ↗
1972 Brian Grant, American basketball player ↗
1971 Greg Berry, English footballer and coach ↗
1971 Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout ↗
1971 Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1971 Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist ↗
1971 Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player ↗
1970 Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach ↗
1970 John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1970 Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator ↗
1970 Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian president ↗
1969 Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer ↗
1969 Danny King, English author and playwright ↗
1969 Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager ↗
1969 M.C. Solaar, Senegalese-French rapper ↗
1968 Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary ↗
1968 Theresa Villiers, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ↗
1966 Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer ↗
1966 Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1966 Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor ↗
1966 Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1966 Zachary Stevens, American singer-songwriter ↗
1965 José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach ↗
1964 Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter ↗
1964 Scott Skiles, American basketball player and coach ↗
1964 Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1964 Reggie Williams, American basketball player and coach ↗
1963 Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host ↗
1960 Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology ↗
1960 Mike Munchak, American football player and coach ↗
1959 Talia Balsam, American actress ↗
1959 Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 1999) ↗
1958 Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager ↗
1958 Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1958 Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1988) ↗
1957 Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (died 2018) ↗
1957 Ray Suarez, American journalist and author ↗
1956 Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress ↗
1956 Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010) ↗
1956 Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic ↗
1955 Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author ↗
1954 João Lourenço, Angolan politician, 3rd President of Angola ↗
1954 Marsha Warfield, American actress ↗
1953 Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author ↗
1953 Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic ↗
1953 Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng ↗
1952 Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (died 2010) ↗
1952 Alan Clark, English musician and songwriter ↗
1952 Robin Hobb, American author ↗
1952 Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout ↗
1951 Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach ↗
1950 Bernard Vera, French politician ↗
1949 Bernard Arnault, French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector ↗
1949 Franz Josef Jung, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence ↗
1949 Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1948 Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1948 Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (died 2008) ↗
1948 Elaine Paige, English singer and actress ↗
1948 Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (died 1984) ↗
1948 Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2011) ↗
1947 Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress (died 2025) ↗
1947 Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1946 Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (died 2007) ↗
1946 Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (died 2018) ↗
1946 Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager (died 2016) ↗
1946 Murray Head, English actor and singer ↗
1945 Wilf Tranter, English footballer ↗
1944 Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor ↗
1944 Roy Gutman, American journalist and author ↗
1943 Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998) ↗
1942 Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain ↗
1942 Mike Resnick, American author and editor (died 2020) ↗
1941 Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist ↗
1940 Tom Butler, English bishop ↗
1940 Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (died 1990) ↗
1940 Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver (died 2021) ↗
1940 Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager ↗
1939 Samantha Eggar, English actress (died 2025) ↗
1939 Tony Rundle, Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 2025) ↗
1939 Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (died 1995) ↗
1939 Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (died 2010) ↗
1939 Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef ↗
1938 Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1938 Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (died 2011) ↗
1938 Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1937 Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria ↗
1936 Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003) ↗
1936 Dale Douglass, American golfer (died 2022) ↗
1936 Dean Stockwell, American actor (died 2021) ↗
1935 Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist (died 2022) ↗
1935 Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer (died 2021) ↗
1935 Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996) ↗
1934 Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024) ↗
1934 James B. Sikking, American actor (died 2024) ↗
1933 Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian ↗
1932 Paul Sand, American actor ↗
1931 Fred, French author and illustrator (died 2013) ↗
1931 Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (died 2020) ↗
1930 John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2008) ↗
1930 Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager (died 2021) ↗
1929 Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (died 2015) ↗
1929 J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967) ↗
1928 J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic (died 2021) ↗
1927 Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (died 1976) ↗
1927 Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician (died 2023) ↗
1924 Roger Marche, French footballer (died 1997) ↗
1923 Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (died 2014) ↗
1923 Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (died 2003) ↗
1922 James Noble, American actor (died 2016) ↗
1922 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1975) ↗
1921 Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (died 2013) ↗
1921 Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (died 1998) ↗
1920 José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (died 2009) ↗
1920 Virginia Christine, American actress (died 1996) ↗
1920 Rachel Gurney, English actress (died 2001) ↗
1920 Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (died 1997) ↗
1918 Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2017) ↗
1918 Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (died 2006) ↗
1918 James Tobin, American economist and academic (died 2002) ↗
1917 Raymond P. Shafer, American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2006) ↗
1915 Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1990) ↗
1915 Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (died 2002) ↗
1912 Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1988) ↗
1911 Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (died 1960) ↗
1910 Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (died 2007) ↗
1910 Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 1972) ↗
1908 Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (died 1999) ↗
1908 Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (died 1990) ↗
1908 Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990) ↗
1905 László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (died 1992) ↗
1904 Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (died 1984) ↗
1901 Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (died 1971) ↗
1901 Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (died 1970) ↗
1900 Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (died 1944) ↗
1900 Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (died 1974) ↗
1898 Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1976) ↗
1898 Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (died 2015) ↗
1894 Henry Daniell, English-American actor (died 1963) ↗
1887 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1959) ↗
1886 Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (died 1975) ↗
1886 Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (died 1927) ↗
1885 Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (died 1969) ↗
1883 Pauline Sperry, American mathematician (died 1967) ↗
1882 Dora Marsden, English author and activist (died 1960) ↗
1880 Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1968) ↗
1879 William Beveridge, English economist and academic (died 1963) ↗
1879 Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (died 1943) ↗
1876 Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947) ↗
1876 Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (died 1959) ↗
1875 Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (died 1952) ↗
1874 Henry Travers, English-American actor (died 1965) ↗
1873 Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (died 1961) ↗
1871 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (died 1919) ↗
1871 Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (died 1941) ↗
1870 Frank Norris, American journalist and author (died 1902) ↗
1870 Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (died 1953) ↗
1869 Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (died 1952) ↗
1867 Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (died 1952) ↗
1862 Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (died 1934) ↗
1853 Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (died 1911) ↗
1834 Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1915) ↗
1834 Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (died 1899) ↗
1830 Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (died 1904) ↗
1830 Charles Wyville Thomson, Scottish historian and zoologist (died 1882) ↗
1817 Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (died 1894) ↗
1815 John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (died 1888) ↗
1814 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (died 1889) ↗
1800 Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (died 1875) ↗
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1872) ↗
1794 Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (died 1870) ↗
1785 Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal (died 1841) ↗
1779 Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (died 1865) ↗
1774 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (died 1842) ↗
1751 Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (died 1829) ↗
1750 Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (died 1805) ↗
1748 Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (died 1810) ↗
1748 William Shield, English violinist and composer (died 1829) ↗
1739 Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician (died 1819) ↗
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1816) ↗
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (died 1773) ↗
1713 Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1776) ↗
1713 Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (died 1783) ↗
1703 Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (died 1768) ↗
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (died 1770) ↗
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (died 1754) ↗
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (died 1730) ↗
1637 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (died 1712) ↗
1585 John George I, Elector of Saxony (died 1656) ↗
1585 Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (died 1638) ↗
1575 William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (died 1660) ↗
1563 John Coke, English civil servant and politician (died 1644) ↗
1539 Christoph Pezel, German theologian (died 1604) ↗
1527 Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1603) ↗
1523 Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (died 1600) ↗
1512 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (died 1594) ↗
1451 William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (died 1491) ↗
1340 Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (died 1375) ↗
1326 Louis I of Hungary (died 1382) ↗
1324 David II of Scotland (died 1371) ↗
1224 Saint Kinga of Poland (died 1292) ↗
1133 Henry II of England (died 1189) ↗

2017 Kurt Moll, German opera singer (born 1938) ↗
2016 Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (born 1932) ↗
2016 Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (born 1941) ↗
2016 Al Wistert, American football player and coach (born 1920) ↗
2015 Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958) ↗
2015 Edward Egan, American cardinal and former Archbishop of New York (born 1932) ↗
2014 Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (born 1931) ↗
2014 Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (born 1963) ↗
2014 Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (born 1948) ↗
2014 Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1931) ↗
2013 Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (born 1954) ↗
2013 Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1954) ↗
2013 Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (born 1921) ↗
2012 Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (born 1970) ↗
2012 Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (born 1934) ↗
2012 William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (born 1922) ↗
2011 Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1945) ↗
2010 Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) ↗
2010 Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (born 1923) ↗
2008 Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (born 1923) ↗
2005 David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (born 1929) ↗
2000 Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (born 1963) ↗
1999 Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (born 1922) ↗
1997 Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (born 1909) ↗
1997 Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (born 1906) ↗
1996 Whit Bissell, American character actor (born 1909) ↗
1995 Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1943) ↗
1990 Gary Merrill, American actor and director (born 1915) ↗
1988 Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (born 1933) ↗
1984 Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (born 1913) ↗
1984 William Powell, American actor (born 1892) ↗
1982 John Belushi, American actor (born 1949) ↗
1981 Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (born 1896) ↗
1980 Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (born 1912) ↗
1977 Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (born 1949) ↗
1976 Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1889) ↗
1974 John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (born 1894) ↗
1974 Billy De Wolfe, American actor (born 1907) ↗
1974 Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (born 1888) ↗
1973 Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (born 1918) ↗
1971 Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (born 1890) ↗
1967 Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (born 1905) ↗
1967 Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (born 1882) ↗
1967 Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (born 1888) ↗
1966 Anna Akhmatova – Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (born 1889) ↗
1965 Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (born 1897) ↗
1965 Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (born 1904) ↗
1963 Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (born 1932) ↗
1963 Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1913) ↗
1963 Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921) ↗
1955 Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (born 1888) ↗
1953 Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1897) ↗
1953 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1891) ↗
1953 Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (born 1878) ↗
1950 Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (born 1868) ↗
1950 Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (born 1907) ↗
1947 Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1883) ↗
1945 Lena Baker, African American held captive post slavery-era (born 1900) ↗
1944 Max Jacob, French poet and author (born 1876) ↗
1942 George Plant, executed Irish Republican (born 1904) ↗
1940 Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (born 1868) ↗
1935 Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (born 1877) ↗
1934 Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (born 1893) ↗
1929 David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (born 1854) ↗
1927 Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1840) ↗
1925 Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (born 1859) ↗
1907 Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (born 1843) ↗
1895 Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (born 1831) ↗
1895 Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (born 1810) ↗
1893 Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (born 1828) ↗
1889 Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (born 1831) ↗
1876 Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (born 1805) ↗
1849 David Scott, Scottish historical painter (born 1806) ↗
1829 John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (born 1766) ↗
1827 Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1749) ↗
1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (born 1745) ↗
1815 Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (born 1734) ↗
1778 Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (born 1710) ↗
1770 Crispus Attucks, American slave, sailor, and stevedore, generally regarded as the first victim of the Boston Massacre (born 1723) ↗
1726 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1655) ↗
1695 Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (born 1664) ↗
1622 Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1569) ↗
1611 Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (born 1533) ↗
1599 Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (born 1523) ↗
1539 Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1487) ↗
1534 Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (born 1489) ↗
1417 Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1364) ↗
1410 Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (born 1335) ↗
1239 Hermann Balk, German knight ↗
824 Suppo I, Frankish nobleman ↗
254 Pope Lucius I ↗