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  • 2021 A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.
  • 2019 Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 2019 In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
  • 2018 A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
  • 2011 Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
  • 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
  • 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
  • 1994 In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
  • 1989 In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
  • 1987 The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
  • 1986 In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
  • 1984 Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
  • 1983 The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  • 1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  • 1979 Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  • 1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
  • 1973 Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
  • 1971 A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 1969 The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
  • 1967 The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
  • 1966 A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.
  • 1965 Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
  • 1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
  • 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
  • 1956 The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • 1950 Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
  • 1945 In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
  • 1944 World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
  • 1944 World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
  • 1944 World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
  • 1943 World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
  • 1941 World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.
  • 1940 The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
  • 1931 A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
  • 1921 President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
  • 1912 First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
  • 1910 HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • 1907 The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • 1895 The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
  • 1892 Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  • 1888 The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
  • 1879 Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
  • 1867 The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
  • 1861 American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  • 1854 Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
  • 1824 Portland cement is patented.
  • 1805 Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • 1797 In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
  • 1774 The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
  • 1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
  • 1520 João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
  • 1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
  • 1392 Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
  • 1097 First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
  • 1096 A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.
  • 310 Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, Pope Eusebius dies.
  • 1995 Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
  • 1995 Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • 1995 Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
  • 1993 Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter
  • 1992 Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
  • 1992 Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
  • 1992 Damion Lee, American basketball player
  • 1992 Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
  • 1991 Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1991 Tom Eastman, English footballer
  • 1991 Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
  • 1991 Rob Keogh, English cricketer
  • 1991 Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
  • 1991 Harry Pell, English footballer
  • 1990 Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
  • 1990 Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
  • 1990 Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
  • 1990 Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson, Icelandic politician
  • 1989 Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
  • 1989 Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player
  • 1989 Luke Murphy, English footballer
  • 1989 Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
  • 1989 Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
  • 1988 Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
  • 1988 Glen Powell, American actor
  • 1988 Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
  • 1987 Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician
  • 1987 Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
  • 1987 Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
  • 1986 Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
  • 1986 Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
  • 1986 Scott Rendell, English footballer
  • 1985 Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
  • 1985 Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
  • 1985 Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 1984 Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
  • 1984 Tom Brandstater, American football player
  • 1984 Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
  • 1984 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
  • 1984 José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1984 Marvin Mitchell, American football player
  • 1984 Kieran Richardson, English footballer
  • 1983 Casey Fien, American baseball player
  • 1983 Zack Greinke, American baseball player
  • 1983 Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer
  • 1983 Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
  • 1983 Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
  • 1983 Amber Rose, American model
  • 1983 Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
  • 1983 Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
  • 1983 Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
  • 1983 Shelden Williams, American basketball player
  • 1982 Matt Dallas, American actor
  • 1982 Jim Henderson, American baseball player
  • 1982 Antony Kay, English footballer
  • 1982 Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
  • 1982 Ray Ventrone, American football player
  • 1982 Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
  • 1982 James White, American basketball player
  • 1981 Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
  • 1981 Olivier Pla, French racing driver
  • 1981 Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
  • 1980 Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite
  • 1980 Brian Pittman, American bass player
  • 1979 Khalil Greene, American baseball player
  • 1979 Gabe Gross, American baseball player
  • 1978 Will Estes, American actor
  • 1978 Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1978 Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
  • 1978 Michael McMillian, American actor
  • 1976 Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
  • 1976 Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
  • 1976 Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
  • 1976 Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1976 Andrew Scott, Irish actor
  • 1976 Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
  • 1975 Toby Hall, American baseball player
  • 1975 Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
  • 1974 Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
  • 1973 Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
  • 1973 Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
  • 1972 Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
  • 1972 Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1972 Orlando Thomas, American football player (died 2014)
  • 1972 Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
  • 1971 Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
  • 1971 Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
  • 1971 Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1971 Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
  • 1971 Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
  • 1971 Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
  • 1970 Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
  • 1969 Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
  • 1969 Mo Lewis, American football player
  • 1968 Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
  • 1968 Kerstin Andreae, German politician
  • 1967 Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)
  • 1967 Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
  • 1967 Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
  • 1967 Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (died 2018)
  • 1966 Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
  • 1966 Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
  • 1966 Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
  • 1965 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1965 Horace Hogan, American wrestler
  • 1965 Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1962 David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
  • 1959 George Bell, Dominican baseball player
  • 1959 Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1959 Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1959 Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
  • 1959 Ken Watanabe – Japanese actor and producer
  • 1959 Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer
  • 1958 Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1957 Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
  • 1957 Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler
  • 1957 Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1957 Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1956 Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)
  • 1956 Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
  • 1955 Dick DeVos, American businessman
  • 1955 Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1955 Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
  • 1955 Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
  • 1954 Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
  • 1953 Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1953 Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)
  • 1953 Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
  • 1953 Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • 1952 Patti Davis, American actress and author
  • 1952 Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010)
  • 1952 Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
  • 1950 Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)
  • 1950 Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)
  • 1949 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)
  • 1949 Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
  • 1948 Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
  • 1948 Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
  • 1947 Dominique Braye, French politician
  • 1946 Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
  • 1946 Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1946 Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)
  • 1946 Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
  • 1945 Everett McGill, American actor
  • 1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
  • 1945 Michael White, English journalist
  • 1944 Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (died 2014)
  • 1944 Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
  • 1943 Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
  • 1943 Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
  • 1942 Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1942 Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
  • 1942 Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  • 1942 Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
  • 1942 Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1942 John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
  • 1941 Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1940 Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1940 Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
  • 1940 Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
  • 1940 Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
  • 1940 Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001)
  • 1938 Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)
  • 1937 Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)
  • 1937 Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)
  • 1935 Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
  • 1935 Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
  • 1933 Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist
  • 1933 Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022)
  • 1932 Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
  • 1931 Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011)
  • 1931 Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
  • 1930 Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)
  • 1929 Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (died 2018)
  • 1929 Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (died 1994)
  • 1929 Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (died 2018)
  • 1929 George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)
  • 1928 Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020)
  • 1928 Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
  • 1928 Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
  • 1927 Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
  • 1927 Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009)
  • 1926 Bob Rosburg, American golfer (died 2009)
  • 1926 Leonard Rossiter, English actor (died 1984)
  • 1925 Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (died 2003)
  • 1925 Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023)
  • 1924 Joyce Randolph, American actress (died 2024)
  • 1924 Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (died 2015)
  • 1923 Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
  • 1922 Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)
  • 1921 Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006)
  • 1921 Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013)
  • 1921 Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999)
  • 1921 Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
  • 1921 Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
  • 1919 Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
  • 1918 Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (died 2006)
  • 1918 Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011)
  • 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)
  • 1915 Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (died 1998)
  • 1914 Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010)
  • 1912 Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)
  • 1912 Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
  • 1912 Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997)
  • 1911 Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (died 1978)
  • 1908 Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
  • 1907 Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died 1985)
  • 1902 Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943)
  • 1900 Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
  • 1898 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
  • 1896 Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)
  • 1895 Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)
  • 1895 Edna Purviance, American actress (died 1958)
  • 1894 Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
  • 1887 Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)
  • 1886 Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (died 1911)
  • 1884 Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (died 1957)
  • 1877 Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)
  • 1874 Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)
  • 1868 Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951)
  • 1851 George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)
  • 1847 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)
  • 1845 Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (died 1912)
  • 1833 Alfred Nobel – Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896)
  • 1821 Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (died 1900)
  • 1811 Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
  • 1809 James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885)
  • 1790 Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869)
  • 1775 Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)
  • 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge – English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)
  • 1762 Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818)
  • 1757 Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816)
  • 1725 Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (died 1801)
  • 1712 James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780)
  • 1687 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)
  • 1675 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)
  • 1658 Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (died 1722)
  • 1650 Jean Bart, French admiral (died 1702)
  • 1581 Domenichino, Italian painter (died 1641)
  • 1536 Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (died 1586)
  • 1527 Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (died 1578)
  • 1449 George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478)
  • 1409 Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (died 1473)
  • 1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398)
  • 2025 Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937)
  • 2024 Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)
  • 2023 Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
  • 2023 Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992)
  • 2023 Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)
  • 2021 Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)
  • 2020 Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933)
  • 2015 France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)
  • 2015 Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936)
  • 2015 Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923)
  • 2015 Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)
  • 2014 Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921)
  • 2014 Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926)
  • 2014 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931)
  • 2014 Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)
  • 2014 Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916)
  • 2013 Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923)
  • 2013 Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
  • 2013 Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
  • 2013 Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
  • 2013 Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936)
  • 2013 Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
  • 2013 Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
  • 2012 Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
  • 2012 Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)
  • 2012 Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
  • 2012 Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
  • 2012 George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
  • 2011 Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
  • 2011 Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
  • 2010 A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
  • 2007 Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
  • 2006 Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)
  • 2003 Louise Day Hicks, American politician (born 1916)
  • 2003 Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904)
  • 2003 Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
  • 2002 Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)
  • 1999 Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
  • 1999 Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
  • 1998 Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915)
  • 1996 Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (born 1910)
  • 1995 Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916)
  • 1995 Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)
  • 1995 Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
  • 1995 Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
  • 1993 Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (born 1899)
  • 1992 Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)
  • 1992 Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
  • 1991 Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)
  • 1990 Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)
  • 1990 Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)
  • 1989 Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
  • 1986 Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922)
  • 1985 Dan White, American assassin and politician (born 1946)
  • 1984 François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
  • 1983 Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (born 1919)
  • 1982 Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
  • 1980 Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)
  • 1978 Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
  • 1977 Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929)
  • 1975 Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (born 1887)
  • 1973 Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)
  • 1971 Minnie Evans, American artist (born 1888)
  • 1970 Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
  • 1969 Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (born 1922)
  • 1969 Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882)
  • 1965 Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)
  • 1963 Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918)
  • 1952 Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
  • 1944 Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (born 1877)
  • 1941 Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (born 1852)
  • 1940 William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866)
  • 1939 Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)
  • 1938 Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
  • 1931 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)
  • 1927 Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (born 1876)
  • 1907 Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824)
  • 1904 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
  • 1903 Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)
  • 1896 Henry James – South African-English engineer (born 1844)
  • 1873 Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
  • 1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
  • 1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
  • 1835 Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775)
  • 1821 Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (born 1752)
  • 1805 John Cooke, English captain (born 1763)
  • 1805 George Duff, Scottish captain (born 1764)
  • 1805 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (born 1758)
  • 1777 Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (born 1720)
  • 1775 Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721)
  • 1765 Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
  • 1687 Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (born 1606)
  • 1662 Henry Lawes, English composer (born 1595)
  • 1623 William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546)
  • 1600 Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (born 1558)
  • 1558 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)
  • 1556 Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492)
  • 1505 Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (born 1460)
  • 1500 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)
  • 1422 Charles VI of France (born 1368)
  • 1314 Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
  • 1266 Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (born 1210)
  • 1221 Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
  • 1204 Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
  • 1125 Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045)
  • 1096 Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
  • 1023 Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
  • 645 Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo