On This Day: November 8 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2020 Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. ↗
2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes. ↗
2016 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination. ↗
2013 Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to $3.86 billion in 2024) in damage. ↗
2011 The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976. ↗
2006 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun. ↗
2004 Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. ↗
2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences". ↗
1999 Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder. ↗
1997 Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency. ↗
1994 Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination. ↗
1988 U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president. ↗
1987 Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded. ↗
1983 TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed. ↗
1981 Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board. ↗
1977 Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. ↗
1973 The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million. ↗
1972 American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches. ↗
1968 The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories. ↗
1966 Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. ↗
1966 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. ↗
1965 The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands. ↗
1965 The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes. ↗
1965 The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi. ↗
1965 American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58. ↗
1963 Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people. ↗
1960 John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972. ↗
1957 Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later. ↗
1957 Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. ↗
1950 Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history. ↗
1942 World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers. ↗
1940 Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas. ↗
1939 Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans. ↗
1939 In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. ↗
1937 The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich. ↗
1936 Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards. ↗
1933 Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed. ↗
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover. ↗
1923 Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. ↗
1920 Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel makes his first appearance in print. ↗
1919 Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites. ↗
1917 The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. ↗
1901 Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek. ↗
1895 While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray. ↗
1892 The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time. ↗
1892 The Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing marks the start of Émile Henry's attacks into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). ↗
1889 Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state. ↗
1861 American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US. ↗
1837 Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College. ↗
1745 Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden. ↗
1644 The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China. ↗
1620 The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. ↗
1614 Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian. ↗
1605 Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed. ↗
1602 The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public. ↗
1576 Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. ↗
1520 After being crowned king of Sweden, Christian II gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty. ↗
1519 Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration. ↗
1291 The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano". ↗
1278 Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor. ↗
960 Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. ↗

2004 Ilyas Ansah, German footballer ↗
2000 Jade Pettyjohn, American actress ↗
2000 Jasmine Thompson, English singer ↗
1999 Isaac Bonga, German basketball player ↗
1999 Katherine Uchida, Canadian rhythmic gymnast ↗
1997 Leonardo Fernández, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1997 Akram Tawfik, Egyptian footballer ↗
1996 Jens Stage, Danish footballer ↗
1994 Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter ↗
1993 Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player ↗
1993 Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer ↗
1992 Christophe Vincent, French footballer ↗
1991 Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete ↗
1991 Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Riker Lynch, American actor and singer ↗
1991 DanTDM, English YouTube personality and pro gamer ↗
1990 Flavinha, Brazilian politician ↗
1990 Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor ↗
1989 Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer ↗
1989 Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player ↗
1989 SZA, American singer-songwriter ↗
1988 Yasmani Grandal, Cuban-American baseball player ↗
1988 Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer ↗
1988 Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete ↗
1988 Malcolm Thomas, American basketball player ↗
1987 Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer ↗
1987 Sam Bradford, American football player ↗
1987 Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer ↗
1986 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player ↗
1986 Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player ↗
1986 Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (died 2013) ↗
1985 Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress ↗
1985 Míchel, Spanish footballer ↗
1985 Jack Osbourne, English-American television personality ↗
1984 Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2012) ↗
1984 Keith Lee, American wrestler ↗
1984 Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress ↗
1984 Steven Webb, English actor ↗
1983 Danielle Valore Evans, American short story writer ↗
1983 Sinan Güler, Turkish basketball player ↗
1983 Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower ↗
1983 Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer ↗
1983 Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer ↗
1983 Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1982 Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler and actor ↗
1982 Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer ↗
1982 Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1981 Joe Cole, English footballer ↗
1981 Yann Kermorgant, French footballer ↗
1980 Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer ↗
1980 Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1980 Holly Walsh, English radio and television host ↗
1979 Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player ↗
1979 Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer ↗
1979 Dania Ramirez, Dominican actress ↗
1979 Andrew Unger, Canadian writer ↗
1978 Matthew Bulbeck, English cricketer ↗
1978 Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer ↗
1978 Maurice Evans, American basketball player ↗
1978 Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager ↗
1978 Kensaku Kishida, Japanese actor and entertainer ↗
1978 Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician ↗
1978 Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer and manager ↗
1978 Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician ↗
1977 Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ↗
1977 Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1977 Nick Punto, American baseball player ↗
1976 Jaroslav Bednář, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1976 Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1976 Colin Strause, American director, producer, and visual effects designer ↗
1975 Antony Hickling, English film maker, actor ↗
1975 Brevin Knight, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1975 José Manuel Pinto, Spanish footballer ↗
1975 Tara Reid, American actress ↗
1975 Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player ↗
1974 Joshua Ferris, American author ↗
1974 Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer ↗
1974 Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto ↗
1974 Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator ↗
1974 Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor ↗
1973 František Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1973 Jesse Marsch; American soccer player and manager ↗
1973 Sven Mikser, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Defence ↗
1973 David Muir, American journalist ↗
1972 Chris Fydler, Australian swimmer ↗
1972 Gretchen Mol, American model and actress ↗
1972 Kylie Shadbolt, Australian artistic gymnast ↗
1971 Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1971 Tech N9ne, American musician, record producer, and actor ↗
1970 Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded Myspace ↗
1970 David Hemp, Bermudian cricketer ↗
1970 Michael Jackson, Canadian actor ↗
1970 Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter ↗
1970 José Porras, Costa Rican footballer and coach ↗
1968 Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
1968 José Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager ↗
1968 Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1968 Parker Posey, American actress ↗
1967 Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player ↗
1966 Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality ↗
1965 Jeff Blauser, American baseball player and manager ↗
1965 Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter ↗
1965 Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (died 2014) ↗
1965 Patricia Poleo, Venezuelan journalist ↗
1963 Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author ↗
1961 Micky Adams, English footballer and manager ↗
1961 Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality ↗
1960 Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director ↗
1960 Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor and producer (died 2017) ↗
1959 Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
1959 Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director ↗
1958 Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer ↗
1958 Ken Lamberton, American author and educator ↗
1958 Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist (died 2013) ↗
1957 Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager ↗
1957 Tim Shaw, American swimmer ↗
1957 Porl Thompson, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
1957 Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director ↗
1956 Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1956 Richard Curtis, New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director ↗
1956 Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer ↗
1955 Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
1955 Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator ↗
1954 David Bret, French-English journalist and author ↗
1954 Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host ↗
1954 Timothy Egan, American journalist and author ↗
1954 Kazuo Ishiguro – Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer ↗
1954 Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1954 Thanasis Pafilis, Greek jurist and politician ↗
1953 Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager ↗
1953 John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1953 Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (died 2013) ↗
1952 John Denny, American baseball player and coach ↗
1952 Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman ↗
1952 Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist ↗
1952 Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021) ↗
1952 Alfre Woodard, American actress ↗
1951 Gerald Alston, American R&B singer ↗
1951 Alfredo Astiz, Argentine military commander ↗
1951 Larry Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1951 Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge ↗
1951 Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic ↗
1950 Mary Hart, American journalist and actress ↗
1949 Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist ↗
1949 Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1948 Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (died 2014) ↗
1947 Michael Perham, English bishop (died 2017) ↗
1947 Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (died 1979) ↗
1947 Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut ↗
1947 Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon (died 2013) ↗
1946 Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1946 Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1945 Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author ↗
1945 Joseph James DeAngelo, American serial killer ↗
1945 John Farrar, Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist ↗
1945 Don Murray, American drummer (died 1996) ↗
1945 Vincent Nichols, English cardinal ↗
1945 Arnold Rosner, American composer (died 2013) ↗
1944 Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress ↗
1943 Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (died 2019) ↗
1942 Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey ↗
1942 Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster ↗
1941 Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress ↗
1939 Meg Wynn Owen, British actress (died 2022) ↗
1938 Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (died 2007) ↗
1938 Satch Sanders, American basketball player ↗
1938 Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet (died 2021) ↗
1936 Virna Lisi, Italian actress (died 2014) ↗
1935 Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter (died 2024) ↗
1935 Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1990) ↗
1935 Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (died 2008) ↗
1933 Peter Arundell, English race car driver (died 2009) ↗
1932 Stéphane Audran, French actress (died 2018) ↗
1932 Ben Bova, American journalist and author (died 2020) ↗
1931 Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer ↗
1931 Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2016) ↗
1931 Paolo Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2024) ↗
1929 Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach (died 2021) ↗
1929 António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic ↗
1928 Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (died 2004) ↗
1927 L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India ↗
1927 Chris Connor, American singer (died 2009) ↗
1927 Ken Dodd, English singer and comedian (died 2018) ↗
1927 Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2013) ↗
1927 Patti Page, American singer and actress (died 2013) ↗
1926 Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist (died 2025) ↗
1924 Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (died 2017) ↗
1924 Joe Flynn, American actor (died 1974) ↗
1924 Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (died 2014) ↗
1924 Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean archbishop ↗
1924 Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 2020) ↗
1923 Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (died 2017) ↗
1923 Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005) ↗
1922 Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) ↗
1922 Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic (died 2008) ↗
1922 Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (died 1996) ↗
1921 Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (died 2012) ↗
1920 Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014) ↗
1920 Esther Rolle, American actress (died 1998) ↗
1920 Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (died 2012) ↗
1919 James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic (died 2016) ↗
1918 Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (died 1999) ↗
1918 Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (died 2015) ↗
1916 Clinton Jones, American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (died 2006) ↗
1914 Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021) ↗
1913 Lou Ambers, American boxer (died 1995) ↗
1912 June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (died 2010) ↗
1912 Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2016) ↗
1911 Al Brosch, American golfer (died 1975) ↗
1911 Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (died 1991) ↗
1910 James McCormack, American general (died 1975) ↗
1908 Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (died 1998) ↗
1904 Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (died 1990) ↗
1902 A. J. M. Smith, Canadian poet and anthologist (died 1980) ↗
1900 Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (died 1949) ↗
1897 Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (died 1980) ↗
1896 Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist (died 1975) ↗
1896 Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (died 1977) ↗
1896 Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1937) ↗
1893 Prajadhipok, Thai king (died 1941) ↗
1888 David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1974) ↗
1885 George Bouzianis, Greek painter (died 1959) ↗
1885 Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (died 1951) ↗
1885 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic (died 1966) ↗
1885 Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (died 1946) ↗
1884 Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1922) ↗
1883 Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (died 1953) ↗
1883 Charles Demuth, American painter (died 1935) ↗
1881 Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1942) ↗
1878 Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (died 1951) ↗
1868 Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (died 1942) ↗
1866 Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (died 1941) ↗
1855 Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1939) ↗
1854 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1919) ↗
1848 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1925) ↗
1847 Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France (died 1907) ↗
1847 Bram Stoker – Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (died 1912) ↗
1837 Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1907) ↗
1836 Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (died 1911) ↗
1831 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (died 1880) ↗
1788 Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator (died 1853) ↗
1772 William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General (died 1834) ↗
1768 Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (died 1840) ↗
1763 Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author (died 1832) ↗
1739 Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and historian (died 1804) ↗
1738 Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Finnish poet (died 1776) ↗
1725 Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (died 1805) ↗
1723 John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1786) ↗
1715 Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (died 1797) ↗
1710 Sarah Fielding, English author (died 1768) ↗
1706 Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German philosopher and judge (died 1772) ↗
1656 Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (died 1742) ↗
1622 Charles X Gustav of Sweden (died 1660) ↗
1572 John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1619) ↗
1563 Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1624) ↗
1555 Nyaungyan Min, King of Burma (died 1605) ↗
1543 Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1634) ↗
1491 Teofilo Folengo, Italian monk and poet (died 1544) ↗
1456 Queen Gonghye, Korean royal consort (died 1474) ↗
1417 Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458–1480) (died 1480) ↗
1407 Alain de Coëtivy, French cardinal (died 1474) ↗
30 Nerva, Roman emperor (died 98) ↗

2025 Graham Richardson, Australian politician (born 1949) ↗
2024 Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (born 1944) ↗
2024 June Spencer, English actress (born 1919) ↗
2024 Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (born 1949) ↗
2020 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940) ↗
2015 Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930) ↗
2015 Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984) ↗
2015 Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930) ↗
2015 Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919) ↗
2015 Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942) ↗
2014 Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930) ↗
2014 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917) ↗
2014 Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925) ↗
2014 Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984) ↗
2014 Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928) ↗
2013 William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927) ↗
2013 Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915) ↗
2013 Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945) ↗
2013 Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938) ↗
2013 Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957) ↗
2012 Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917) ↗
2012 Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960) ↗
2012 Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936) ↗
2011 Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967) ↗
2011 Bil Keane, American cartoonist (born 1922) ↗
2010 Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961) ↗
2010 Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915) ↗
2010 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925) ↗
2009 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
2007 Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (born 1933) ↗
2007 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1943) ↗
2007 Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (born 1911) ↗
2006 Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (born 1945) ↗
2006 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (born 1941) ↗
2005 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (born 1928) ↗
2005 David Westheimer, American soldier and author (born 1917) ↗
2004 Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (born 1931) ↗
2003 Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1932) ↗
2003 C.Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (born 1920) ↗
2003 Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (born 1956) ↗
2002 Jaun Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (born 1931) ↗
2001 Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (born 1930) ↗
1999 Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941) ↗
1999 Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (born 1898) ↗
1998 Rumer Godden, English author and poet (born 1907) ↗
1998 John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (born 1910) ↗
1998 Jean Marais, French actor and director (born 1913) ↗
1994 Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940) ↗
1986 Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1890) ↗
1985 Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1899) ↗
1985 Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (born 1915) ↗
1983 James Booker, American singer and pianist (born 1939) ↗
1983 Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (born 1881) ↗
1978 Norman Rockwell – American painter and illustrator (born 1894) ↗
1977 Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (born 1931) ↗
1977 Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (born 1896) ↗
1974 Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1914) ↗
1973 Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and politician (born 1898) ↗
1970 Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (born 1892) ↗
1968 Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (born 1914) ↗
1968 Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1898) ↗
1965 Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (born 1913) ↗
1960 Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (born 1911) ↗
1959 Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (born 1890) ↗
1956 Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (born 1884) ↗
1953 Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870) ↗
1953 John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (born 1887) ↗
1949 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (born 1874) ↗
1945 August von Mackensen, German field marshal (born 1849) ↗
1944 Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (born 1920) ↗
1934 Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (born 1879) ↗
1921 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (born 1849) ↗
1917 Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (born 1879) ↗
1905 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (born 1870) ↗
1901 James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815) ↗
1895 Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (born 1828) ↗
1890 César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (born 1822) ↗
1887 Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (born 1851) ↗
1873 Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (born 1796) ↗
1830 Francis I of the Two Sicilies (born 1777) ↗
1828 Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (born1753) ↗
1817 Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (born 1754) ↗
1773 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (born 1721) ↗
1719 Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (born 1652) ↗
1674 John Milton, English poet and philosopher (born 1608) ↗
1658 Witte de With, Dutch admiral (born 1599) ↗
1606 Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (born 1530) ↗
1605 Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (born 1573) ↗
1600 Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyō (born 1562) ↗
1599 Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (born 1528) ↗
1527 Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (born 1477) ↗
1517 Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (born 1436) ↗
1494 Melozzo da Forlì, Italian painter (born c. 1438) ↗
1478 Baeda Maryam I, emperor of Ethiopia (born 1448) ↗
1400 Peter of Aragon, Aragonese infante (born 1398) ↗
1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (born 1266) ↗
1263 Matilda of Béthune, French countess ↗
1246 Berengaria of Castile (born 1179) ↗
1226 Louis VIII, king of France (born 1187) ↗
1195 Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born 1135) ↗
1171 Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (born 1108) ↗
1122 Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin ↗
1115 Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (born 1066) ↗
1067 Sancha of León, Queen of León (born c. 1018) ↗
977 Ibn al-Qūṭiyya, Andalusian historian ↗
955 Agapetus II, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
943 Liu, empress of Qi (Ten Kingdoms) (born 877) ↗
940 Yao Yi, Chinese chancellor (born 866) ↗
928 Duan Ning, Chinese general ↗
789 Willehad, bishop of Bremen ↗
785 Sawara, Japanese prince ↗
618 Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
397 Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint ↗