On This Day: October 15 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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42 Events 234 Births 97 Deaths

2018 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered. ↗
2016 One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons. ↗
2013 The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed. ↗
2008 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history. ↗
2007 Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. ↗
2006 The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport. ↗
2003 China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission. ↗
2001 NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io. ↗
1997 The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. ↗
1994 The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island. ↗
1991 The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. ↗
1991 The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland. ↗
1990 Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. ↗
1989 Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. ↗
1987 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, killing all 37 people on board. ↗
1987 A coup d'état in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President Thomas Sankara. ↗
1979 Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party. ↗
1979 A coup d'état in El Salvador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War. ↗
1970 During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day. ↗
1966 The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. ↗
1965 Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law. ↗
1956 FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community. ↗
1954 Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. ↗
1951 Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive. ↗
1944 World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union. ↗
1940 President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government. ↗
1939 The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated. ↗
1932 Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. ↗
1928 The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. ↗
1923 The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. ↗
1910 Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. ↗
1888 The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. ↗
1864 American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces. ↗
1815 Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. ↗
1793 Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason. ↗
1783 The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. ↗
1781 The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a Patriot victory. It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown. ↗
1651 Qing forces capture the island of Zhoushan. Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu, resident of the island and regent of the Southern Ming, flees to Kinmen. ↗
1582 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption. ↗
1529 The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion. ↗
1211 Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris. ↗
1066 Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. ↗

2005 Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark ↗
2000 Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender ↗
1999 Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer ↗
1999 Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer ↗
1998 Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician ↗
1996 Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer ↗
1996 Grace Van Dien, American actress ↗
1996 Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer ↗
1995 Jack Flaherty, American baseball player ↗
1995 Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player ↗
1994 Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper ↗
1994 Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player ↗
1993 Richaun Holmes, American basketball player ↗
1993 Roh Tae-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer ↗
1992 Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor ↗
1992 Teoscar Hernández, Dominican baseball player ↗
1992 Vincent Martella, American actor ↗
1991 Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player ↗
1990 Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer ↗
1989 Blaine Gabbert, American football player ↗
1989 Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer ↗
1988 Dominique Jones, American basketball player ↗
1988 Mesut Özil, German footballer ↗
1987 Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver ↗
1986 Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
1986 Carlo Janka, Swiss skier ↗
1986 Nolito, Spanish footballer ↗
1985 Arron Afflalo, American basketball player ↗
1984 Izale McLeod, English footballer ↗
1984 Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter ↗
1983 Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer ↗
1983 Bruno Senna, Brazilian ex-F1 Driver ↗
1981 Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1981 Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player ↗
1980 Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist ↗
1979 Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer ↗
1979 Paul Robinson, English footballer ↗
1979 Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1979 Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer ↗
1978 Wes Moore, American politician, author, nonprofit executive, and television producer, 63rd Governor of Maryland ↗
1978 Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler ↗
1977 Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver ↗
1977 David Trezeguet, French footballer ↗
1977 Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1976 Elisa Aguilar, Spanish basketball player ↗
1975 Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor ↗
1974 Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress ↗
1973 Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer ↗
1972 Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach ↗
1972 Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager ↗
1971 Andy Cole, English footballer and coach ↗
1971 Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator ↗
1970 Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor ↗
1970 Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier ↗
1969 Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer ↗
1969 Dominic West, English actor and director ↗
1968 Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager ↗
1968 Vanessa Marcil, American actress ↗
1968 Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player ↗
1968 Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician ↗
1967 Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina ↗
1967 Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter ↗
1966 Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter ↗
1966 Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager ↗
1966 Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer ↗
1966 Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer ↗
1966 Dave Stead, English drummer ↗
1965 Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (died 2013) ↗
1964 Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1963 Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1961 Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1959 Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author ↗
1959 Alex Paterson, English keyboard player ↗
1959 Sarah, Duchess of York ↗
1959 Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1958 Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author ↗
1957 Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer ↗
1957 Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer ↗
1957 Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta ↗
1955 Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player ↗
1955 Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator ↗
1955 Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021) ↗
1954 Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator ↗
1954 Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria ↗
1954 Jere Burns, American actor ↗
1954 Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic ↗
1953 Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier ↗
1953 Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1953 Larry Miller, American actor and comedian ↗
1953 Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist ↗
1951 Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1951 Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player ↗
1951 Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player ↗
1950 Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (died 2015) ↗
1949 Laurie McBain, American author ↗
1949 Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV ↗
1948 Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2016) ↗
1948 Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
1947 Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1947 Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer ↗
1946 Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director ↗
1946 Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
1946 Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer ↗
1946 Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change ↗
1945 Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (died 2015) ↗
1945 Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal ↗
1945 Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (died 2024) ↗
1945 Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1944 Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania ↗
1944 A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (died 2005) ↗
1944 Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment ↗
1944 David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022) ↗
1943 Stanley Fischer, American and Israeli economist (died 2025) ↗
1943 Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (died 2018) ↗
1942 Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter ↗
1942 Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral ↗
1942 Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
1941 Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author ↗
1940 Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach ↗
1940 Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1938 Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993) ↗
1938 Fela Kuti – Nigerian musician and activist (died 1997) ↗
1938 Brice Marden, American painter (died 2023) ↗
1938 Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2008) ↗
1937 Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (died 2024) ↗
1936 Michel Aumont, French actor (died 2019) ↗
1936 Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (died 2019) ↗
1935 Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1935 Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer (died 2025) ↗
1935 Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (died 2020) ↗
1935 Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL) ↗
1934 Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (died 2016) ↗
1934 N. Ramani, Indian flute player (died 2015) ↗
1933 Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (died 2012) ↗
1932 Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (died 2020) ↗
1931 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (died 2015) ↗
1931 Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician ↗
1930 FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (died 2000) ↗
1930 Ned McWherter, American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (died 2011) ↗
1929 Will Insley, American painter and architect (died 2011) ↗
1927 B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015) ↗
1926 James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (died 2010) ↗
1926 Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (died 2012) ↗
1926 Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (died 1984) ↗
1926 Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
1926 Jean Peters, American actress (died 2000) ↗
1926 Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (died 1981) ↗
1925 Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (died 2012) ↗
1925 Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (died 2012) ↗
1925 Tony Hart, English painter and television host (died 2009) ↗
1924 Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (died 2022) ↗
1924 Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author (died 2019) ↗
1924 Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2018) ↗
1923 Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1985) ↗
1923 Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (died 2010) ↗
1923 Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (died 2013) ↗
1923 Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (died 2008) ↗
1922 Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author (died 2019) ↗
1922 Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (died 1969) ↗
1922 Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (died 2013) ↗
1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (died 2006) ↗
1920 Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (died 2012) ↗
1920 Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (died 1968) ↗
1920 Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (died 1998) ↗
1920 Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
1920 Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002) ↗
1919 Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (died 1985) ↗
1919 Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (died 1995) ↗
1917 Jan Miner, American actress (died 2004) ↗
1917 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (died 2007) ↗
1917 Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (died 2013) ↗
1916 Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1950) ↗
1916 George Turner, Australian author and critic (died 1997) ↗
1914 Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (died 2007) ↗
1913 Wolfgang Lüth, German U-boat captain (died 1945) ↗
1912 Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (died 2007) ↗
1910 Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1990) ↗
1909 Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (died 2002) ↗
1909 Robert Trout, American journalist (died 2000) ↗
1908 Herman Chittison, American pianist (died 1967) ↗
1908 John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (died 2006) ↗
1907 Varian Fry, American journalist and author (died 1967) ↗
1906 Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (died 2004) ↗
1906 Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1963) ↗
1906 Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976) ↗
1905 C. P. Snow – English chemist and author (died 1980) ↗
1901 Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (died 1952) ↗
1900 Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (died 1987) ↗
1899 Adolf Brudes, Polish-German racing driver (died 1986) ↗
1897 Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1960) ↗
1894 Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1965) ↗
1893 Carol II of Romania, King of Romania (died 1953) ↗
1890 Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (died 1935) ↗
1888 S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (died 1939) ↗
1887 Frederick Fleet, English sailor and lookout on the Titanic (died 1965) ↗
1884 Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (died 1910) ↗
1882 Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (died 1941) ↗
1881 P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (died 1975) ↗
1879 Jane Darwell, American actress (died 1967) ↗
1878 Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (died 1966) ↗
1874 Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1899) ↗
1872 Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (died 1956) ↗
1872 August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (died 1921) ↗
1865 Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (died 1925) ↗
1858 John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (died 1918) ↗
1844 Friedrich Nietzsche – German composer, poet, and philosopher (died 1900) ↗
1840 Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (died 1894) ↗
1836 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (died 1902) ↗
1833 John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (died 1894) ↗
1829 Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (died 1907) ↗
1825 Marie of Prussia, Queen of Bavaria (died 1889) ↗
1818 Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (died 1869) ↗
1816 John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (died 1891) ↗
1814 Mikhail Lermontov – Russian author, poet, and painter (died 1841) ↗
1802 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, head of state of France in 1848 (died 1857) ↗
1789 William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (died 1847) ↗
1785 José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (died 1821) ↗
1784 Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (died 1849) ↗
1775 Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (died 1838) ↗
1767 Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (died 1832) ↗
1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (died 1820) ↗
1711 Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen of Sardinia (died 1741) ↗
1701 Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (died 1771) ↗
1686 Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1758) ↗
1622 Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (died 1686) ↗
1608 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647) ↗
1599 Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (died 1664) ↗
1564 Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1613) ↗
1561 Richard Field, English cathedral dean (died 1616) ↗
1542 Akbar, Mughal emperor (died 1605) ↗
1471 Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (died 1526) ↗
1440 Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (died 1483) ↗
1265 Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (died 1307) ↗
70 BCE Virgil, Roman poet (died 19 BC) ↗

2025 Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1935) ↗
2024 Mike Jackson, English general (born 1944) ↗
2021 David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for Southend West (born 1952) ↗
2018 Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (born 1953) ↗
2017 Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (born 1950) ↗
2014 Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (born 1931) ↗
2013 Donald Bailey, American drummer (born 1933) ↗
2012 Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1920) ↗
2012 Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
2012 Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (born 1953) ↗
2012 Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1922) ↗
2011 Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (born 1920) ↗
2010 Richard C. Miller, American photographer (born 1912) ↗
2010 Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (born 1926) ↗
2010 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (born 1931) ↗
2009 Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (born 1939) ↗
2008 Edie Adams, American actress and singer (born 1927) ↗
2008 Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (born 1914) ↗
2008 Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (born 1922) ↗
2007 Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (born 1933) ↗
2005 Jason Collier, American basketball player (born 1977) ↗
2005 Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1945) ↗
2004 Per Højholt, Danish poet (born 1928) ↗
2003 Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (born 1919) ↗
2001 Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (born 1901) ↗
2000 Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912) ↗
2000 Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (born 1924) ↗
1999 Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (born 1917) ↗
1995 Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (born 1967) ↗
1995 Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver, only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series (born 1976) ↗
1994 Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (born 1934) ↗
1993 Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (born 1913) ↗
1990 Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (born 1932) ↗
1989 Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (born 1935) ↗
1988 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (born 1892) ↗
1987 Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (born 1949) ↗
1987 Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (born 1908) ↗
1983 Pat O'Brien, American actor (born 1899) ↗
1980 Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1900) ↗
1980 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (born 1896) ↗
1978 Ali Smith – American photojournalist (born 1918) ↗
1978 Rolf Stenersen, Norwegian businessman (born 1899) ↗
1976 Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (born 1902) ↗
1968 Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (born 1909) ↗
1966 Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (born 1876) ↗
1965 Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (born 1891) ↗
1964 Cole Porter – American composer and songwriter (born 1891) ↗
1963 Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (born 1908) ↗
1961 Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (born 1896) ↗
1960 Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (born 1890) ↗
1959 Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (born 1909) ↗
1959 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (born 1880) ↗
1958 Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (born 1907) ↗
1958 Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (born 1908) ↗
1955 Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (born 1914) ↗
1948 Edythe Chapman, American actress (born 1863) ↗
1946 Hermann Göring, German general and Nazi politician, convicted Nuremburg war criminal (born 1893) ↗
1945 Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France, convicted Vichy collaborator (born 1883) ↗
1940 Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (born 1882) ↗
1934 Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (born 1860) ↗
1930 Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (born 1866) ↗
1925 Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (born 1848?) ↗
1918 Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (born 1838) ↗
1917 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (born 1876) ↗
1910 Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (born 1886) ↗
1900 Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (born 1850) ↗
1891 Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (born 1837) ↗
1838 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (born 1802) ↗
1837 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (born 1760) ↗
1820 Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (born 1771) ↗
1819 Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (born 1744) ↗
1817 Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (born 1746) ↗
1811 Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (born 1735) ↗
1810 Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (born 1755) ↗
1788 Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (born 1735) ↗
1715 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (born 1675) ↗
1690 Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (born 1622) ↗
1684 Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (born 1626) ↗
1674 Robert Herrick, English poet (born 1591) ↗
1564 Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (born 1514) ↗
1496 Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (born 1443) ↗
1404 Marie Valois, French princess (born 1344) ↗
1389 Pope Urban VI (born 1318) ↗
1385 Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow ↗
1326 Walter Stapledon, bishop and Lord High Treasurer of England, and his brother Sir Richard Stapledon, judge and politician. ↗
1243 Hedwig of Silesia, Polish saint (born 1174) ↗
1240 Razia Sultana, sultan of Delhi (born 1205) ↗
1173 Petronilla of Aragon (born 1135) ↗
1080 Rudolf of Rheinfelden (born 1025) ↗
1002 Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (born 946) ↗
961 Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba ↗
925 Rhazes, Persian polymath (born 864) ↗
912 Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir (born 844) ↗
898 Lambert of Italy (born 880) ↗
892 Al-Mu'tamid, Abbasid caliph ↗
412 Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria ↗
55 BCE Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher (born 98 BC) ↗