On This Day: October 22 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2019 Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored. ↗
2014 Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people. ↗
2013 The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013. ↗
2012 Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping. ↗
2008 India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1. ↗
2007 A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged. ↗
2006 A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum. ↗
2005 Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season. ↗
2005 Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board. ↗
1999 Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. ↗
1997 Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape. ↗
1992 Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments. ↗
1987 John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera. ↗
1983 Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons. ↗
1981 The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August. ↗
1975 The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus. ↗
1964 Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize. ↗
1963 A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board. ↗
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. ↗
1946 Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment. ↗
1943 World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless. ↗
1941 World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer. ↗
1936 Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing. ↗
1934 In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill the notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. ↗
1923 The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. ↗
1910 Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife. ↗
1907 A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907. ↗
1895 In Paris, an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100 ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33 ft) to the road below. ↗
1884 The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian. ↗
1883 The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust. ↗
1879 Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 131⁄2 hours before burning out. ↗
1877 The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. ↗
1866 A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19. ↗
1859 Spain declares war on Morocco. ↗
1844 The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment. ↗
1836 Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. ↗
1797 André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris. ↗
1790 Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank. ↗
1746 The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ↗
1739 The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira. ↗
1730 Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed in Russia. ↗
1724 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name. ↗
1721 The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War. ↗
1383 The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder. ↗
906 Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives. ↗
794 Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto). ↗
451 The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council. ↗

2001 Brian Branch, American football player ↗
2001 Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress ↗
2000 Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer ↗
1999 Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player ↗
1998 Roddy Ricch, American rapper ↗
1997 Jan Köstering, German politician ↗
1996 B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1996 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner ↗
1994 Corbin Burnes, American baseball player ↗
1993 Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer ↗
1992 21 Savage, British-American rapper ↗
1992 Sofia Vassilieva, American actress ↗
1990 Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor ↗
1990 David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1989 JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer ↗
1989 Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player ↗
1988 Sarah Barrow, English diver ↗
1988 Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress ↗
1988 Corey Hawkins, American actor ↗
1987 Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner ↗
1987 Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter ↗
1987 Park Ha-sun, South Korean actress ↗
1986 Chancellor, South Korean-American musician ↗
1986 Kyle Gallner, American actor ↗
1986 Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player ↗
1986 Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer ↗
1984 Aleks Marić, Australian basketball player ↗
1984 Antti Pihlström, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1983 Byul, South Korean singer ↗
1983 Plan B, British singer and actor ↗
1982 Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player ↗
1982 Heath Miller, American football player ↗
1982 Darren O'Day, American baseball player ↗
1982 Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist ↗
1981 Michael Fishman, American actor and producer ↗
1980 Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer ↗
1980 Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player ↗
1979 Jannero Pargo, American basketball player and coach ↗
1978 Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (died 2007) ↗
1978 Owais Shah, Pakistani-English cricketer ↗
1976 Luke Adams, Australian race walker ↗
1975 Martín Cardetti, Argentinian footballer and manager ↗
1975 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor ↗
1975 Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer ↗
1974 Tim Kinsella, American singer-songwriter ↗
1974 Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1973 D'Lo Brown, American wrestler ↗
1973 Carmen Ejogo, English actress ↗
1973 Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
1973 Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player ↗
1973 Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer ↗
1972 Saffron Burrows, English-American actress ↗
1971 Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player ↗
1971 Kornél Dávid, Hungarian basketball player ↗
1971 José Manuel Martínez, Spanish runner ↗
1971 Jennifer Lee, American filmmaker ↗
1970 Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1970 Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist, President of Argentina ↗
1969 Julio Borges, Venezuelan politician ↗
1969 Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player ↗
1969 Spike Jonze, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1969 Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer-songwriter ↗
1969 Coque Malla, Spanish musician and actor ↗
1968 Stephanie Cutter, American lawyer and political consultant ↗
1968 Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1968 Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1968 Shaggy, Jamaican singer-songwriter and DJ ↗
1967 Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor ↗
1967 Oona King, Baroness King of Bow, British business executive and politician ↗
1967 Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (died 1994) ↗
1967 Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1967 Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1966 Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer ↗
1966 Maelo Ruiz, New York City-born Puerto Rican Salsa romántica singer ↗
1965 Sumito Estévez, Venezuelan chef ↗
1965 Valeria Golino, Italian actress ↗
1965 John Wesley Harding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1965 A. L. Kennedy, Scottish comedian, journalist, and author ↗
1965 Otis Smith, American football player and coach ↗
1965 Piotr Wiwczarek, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1964 Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (died 1993) ↗
1964 TobyMac, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1963 Brian Boitano, American figure skater ↗
1962 Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian ↗
1961 Barbara Potter, American tennis player ↗
1960 Darryl Jenifer, American bass player ↗
1960 Cris Kirkwood, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
1959 Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (died 2005) ↗
1959 Marc Shaiman, American composer and songwriter ↗
1958 Bobby Blotzer, American drummer ↗
1957 Henry Lauterbach, German jumper ↗
1957 Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician ↗
1956 Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (died 2003) ↗
1955 John Adam, Australian rugby league player ↗
1954 Graham Joyce, English author and educator (died 2014) ↗
1953 René Arce Islas, Mexican politician ↗
1952 Julie Dash, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1952 Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer ↗
1950 Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana ↗
1949 Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1990) ↗
1949 Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (died 2015) ↗
1949 Manfred Trojahn, German flute player, composer, and conductor ↗
1949 Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager ↗
1948 Mike Hendrick, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2021) ↗
1948 Debbie Macomber, American author ↗
1947 Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
1947 Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi ↗
1947 Adam Gondvi, Indian poet (died 2011) ↗
1946 Claude Charron, Canadian educator and politician ↗
1946 Godfrey Chitalu, Zambian footballer (died 1993) ↗
1946 Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author ↗
1946 Elizabeth Connell, South African mezzo-soprano (died 2012) ↗
1946 Kelvin MacKenzie, English journalist ↗
1946 Jaime Nebot, Ecuadorian politician ↗
1945 Eddie Brigati, American singer-songwriter ↗
1945 Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and game show host ↗
1945 Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper ↗
1945 Michael Stoute, Barbadian-English horse trainer ↗
1945 Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020) ↗
1943 Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007) ↗
1943 Catherine E. Coulson, American actress (died 2015) ↗
1943 Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer ↗
1943 Catherine Deneuve – French actress and singer ↗
1943 Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (died 2021) ↗
1942 Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966) ↗
1942 Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (died 2013) ↗
1942 Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019) ↗
1941 Charles Keating, English-American actor (died 2014) ↗
1939 Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique ↗
1939 George Cohen, English footballer (died 2022) ↗
1939 Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (died 2025) ↗
1938 K. Indrapala, Sri Lankan historian and academic ↗
1938 Derek Jacobi, English actor ↗
1938 Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer ↗
1938 César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
1937 Alan Ladd Jr., American film producer and executive (died 2022) ↗
1937 José Larralde, Argentine singer-songwriter ↗
1937 Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (died 1982) ↗
1936 John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer ↗
1936 Peter Cook, English architect and academic ↗
1936 Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (died 2014) ↗
1936 Bobby Seale, American political activist and author, co-founder of the Black Panther Party ↗
1934 Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer ↗
1933 Carlos Alberto Sacheri, Argentine philosopher and martyr (died 1974) ↗
1933 Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (died 2007) ↗
1931 Ann Rule, American police officer and author (died 2015) ↗
1930 Estela de Carlotto, Argentine human rights activist ↗
1930 José Guardiola, Spanish singer (died 2012) ↗
1929 Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (died 2015) ↗
1929 Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (died 1990) ↗
1928 Clare Fischer, American pianist, composer and arranger (died 2012) ↗
1928 Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) ↗
1927 Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (died 2005) ↗
1925 Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012) ↗
1925 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012) ↗
1925 Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (died 2014) ↗
1925 Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (died 2008) ↗
1923 Bert Trautmann, German footballer and coach (died 2013) ↗
1921 Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981) ↗
1921 Aleksandr Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (died 1986) ↗
1921 Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (died 2014) ↗
1920 Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (died 1996) ↗
1919 Doris Lessing – British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
1918 Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976) ↗
1917 Joan Fontaine, English-American actress (died 2013) ↗
1915 Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2012) ↗
1913 Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (died 1954) ↗
1913 Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (died 1997) ↗
1913 Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2002) ↗
1908 John Gould, American journalist and author (died 2003) ↗
1908 José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (died 1994) ↗
1907 Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (died 1967) ↗
1907 Günther Treptow, German tenor (died 1981) ↗
1906 Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer and educator (died 1970) ↗
1906 Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician and lawyer (died 1978) ↗
1905 Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (died 1969) ↗
1904 Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965) ↗
1904 Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player (died 1973) ↗
1904 Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer (died 1950) ↗
1903 George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989) ↗
1903 Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian (died 1952) ↗
1899 Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter (died 1975) ↗
1898 Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist (died 1990) ↗
1897 Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (died 1958) ↗
1896 Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (died 1988) ↗
1896 José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright (died 1967) ↗
1895 Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (died 1966) ↗
1894 Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (died 1961) ↗
1893 Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985) ↗
1893 Luis Otero, Spanish footballer (died 1955) ↗
1887 John Reed, American journalist and poet (died 1920) ↗
1886 Erik Bergman, Swedish minister (died 1970) ↗
1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1969) ↗
1882 Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator (died 1953) ↗
1882 N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (died 1945) ↗
1881 Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) ↗
1881 Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (died 1908) ↗
1875 Théodore Monbeig, French Catholic missionary and botanist (died 1914) ↗
1875 David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician (died 1962) ↗
1873 Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (died 1950) ↗
1873 Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (died 1906) ↗
1870 Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953) ↗
1870 Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet (died 1945) ↗
1865 Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (died 1938) ↗
1865 Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1943) ↗
1859 Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (died 1949) ↗
1858 Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1921) ↗
1850 Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (died 1908) ↗
1847 Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914) ↗
1844 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and manager (died 1923) ↗
1844 Louis Riel, Canadian Métis scholar and politician (died 1885) ↗
1843 James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (died 1916) ↗
1832 August Labitzky, Czech composer and conductor (died 1903) ↗
1821 Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (died 1900) ↗
1818 Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (died 1894) ↗
1811 Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1886) ↗
1809 Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Texas Attorney General (died 1889) ↗
1783 Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist (died 1840) ↗
1781 Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (died 1789) ↗
1778 Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician (died 1848) ↗
1749 Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller (died 1816) ↗
1729 Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist (died 1798) ↗
1701 Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress (died 1756) ↗
1689 John V, Portuguese king (died 1750) ↗
1659 Georg Ernst Stahl, German chemist and physician (died 1734) ↗
1592 Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (died 1657) ↗
1587 Joachim Jungius, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1657) ↗
1511 Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1553) ↗
1197 Juntoku, Japanese emperor (died 1242) ↗
1071 William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (died 1126) ↗
955 Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (died 991) ↗

2024 Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (born 1941) ↗
2024 Grizzly 399, American grizzly bear (born 1996) ↗
2024 Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928) ↗
2024 Lynda Obst, American film producer and author (born 1950) ↗
2024 Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960) ↗
2021 Peter Scolari, American actor (born 1955) ↗
2017 George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946) ↗
2017 Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932) ↗
2016 Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962) ↗
2016 Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929) ↗
2015 Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923) ↗
2015 Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927) ↗
2015 Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926) ↗
2015 Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945) ↗
2015 Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975) ↗
2014 George Francis, English footballer and soldier (born 1934) ↗
2014 John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934) ↗
2014 Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941) ↗
2014 John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922) ↗
2013 Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933) ↗
2013 Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930) ↗
2013 William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
2013 James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (born 1925) ↗
2012 Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923) ↗
2012 Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946) ↗
2012 Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941) ↗
2011 Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930) ↗
2010 Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (born 1920) ↗
2009 Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933) ↗
2009 Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (born 1926) ↗
2007 Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904) ↗
2006 Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (born 1922) ↗
2005 Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (born 1928) ↗
2005 Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (born 1953) ↗
2002 Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913) ↗
2002 Geraldine of Albania, Hungarian noblewoman and Queen of Albania (born 1915) ↗
2001 Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922) ↗
1997 Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1905) ↗
1995 Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (born 1922) ↗
1995 Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (born 1910) ↗
1993 Innes Ireland, English racing driver and engineer (born 1930) ↗
1992 Red Barber, American sportscaster (born 1908) ↗
1992 Cleavon Little, American actor (born 1939) ↗
1991 Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (born 1924) ↗
1990 Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918) ↗
1989 Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (born 1915) ↗
1989 Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim (born 1978) ↗
1988 Cynthia Freeman, American author (born 1915) ↗
1987 Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (born 1919) ↗
1986 Jane Dornacker, American musician, comedian, and reporter (born 1947) ↗
1986 Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1943) ↗
1986 Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (born 1897) ↗
1986 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893) ↗
1985 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (born 1894) ↗
1982 Richard Hugo, American poet of the Pacific Northwest (born 1923) ↗
1979 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (born 1887) ↗
1979 Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (born 1914) ↗
1973 Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876) ↗
1972 James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (born 1926) ↗
1965 Muriel George, English singer and actress (born 1883) ↗
1959 Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (born 1891) ↗
1956 Hannah Mitchell, English activist (born 1872) ↗
1954 Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (born 1899) ↗
1952 Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (born 1874) ↗
1941 Guy Môquet, French militant (born 1924) ↗
1935 Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1854) ↗
1935 Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (born 1847) ↗
1934 Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (born 1904) ↗
1928 Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862) ↗
1917 Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (born 1863) ↗
1917 Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (born 1857) ↗
1914 Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (born 1866) ↗
1906 Paul Cézanne – French painter (born 1839) ↗
1902 Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (born 1817) ↗
1891 Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (born 1846) ↗
1885 Lewis Majendie, English politician (born 1835) ↗
1883 George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1856) ↗
1883 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish British novelist and soldier (born 1818) ↗
1859 Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (born 1784) ↗
1853 Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784) ↗
1792 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (born 1725) ↗
1751 William IV, Prince of Orange (born 1711) ↗
1708 Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1636) ↗
1626 Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (born 1561) ↗
1604 Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (born 1528) ↗
1565 Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (born 1479) ↗
1493 James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, Scottish earl (born 1426) ↗
1383 Ferdinand I of Portugal, Portuguese king (born 1345) ↗
842 Abo, Japanese prince (born 792) ↗
741 Charles Martel, Frankish political and military leader (born 688) ↗
726 Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas ↗