62 Events
315 Births
120 Deaths
- 2018 The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic. ↗
- 2016 A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board. ↗
- 2016 Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others. ↗
- 2015 A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34. ↗
- 2014 The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth. ↗
- 2008 "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. ↗
- 2007 Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. ↗
- 2005 Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. ↗
- 2004 Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League. ↗
- 2003 Concorde makes its last commercial flight. ↗
- 1998 Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies. ↗
- 1992 The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series. ↗
- 1990 Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion. ↗
- 1986 Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. ↗
- 1980 The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union. ↗
- 1975 In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality. ↗
- 1964 Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia. ↗
- 1963 An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people. ↗
- 1960 Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin. ↗
- 1957 The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program. ↗
- 1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam. ↗
- 1950 Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People's Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo. ↗
- 1949 The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. ↗
- 1947 Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. ↗
- 1947 United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people. ↗
- 1946 A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. ↗
- 1945 The United Nations Charter comes into effect. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. ↗
- 1944 World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru. ↗
- 1944 World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost. ↗
- 1931 The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River. ↗
- 1930 A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era. ↗
- 1929 "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression. ↗
- 1926 Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. ↗
- 1918 World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. ↗
- 1917 World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front. ↗
- 1912 First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire. ↗
- 1912 First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire. ↗
- 1911 Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. ↗
- 1902 Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century. ↗
- 1901 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. ↗
- 1900 U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million. ↗
- 1894 First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan. ↗
- 1889 Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia. ↗
- 1886 Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan. ↗
- 1876 Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture. ↗
- 1871 An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California. ↗
- 1861 The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed. ↗
- 1860 Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire. ↗
- 1857 Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England. ↗
- 1851 William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus. ↗
- 1813 Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire. ↗
- 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. ↗
- 1795 Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria. ↗
- 1648 The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. ↗
- 1641 Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England. ↗
- 1596 The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port. ↗
- 1590 John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. ↗
- 1360 The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. ↗
- 1260 Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. ↗
- 1260 After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate. ↗
- 69 In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. ↗
- 1999 Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player ↗
- 1998 Daya, American singer ↗
- 1997 Bron Breakker, American wrestler ↗
- 1997 Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast ↗
- 1997 Raye, British singer-songwriter ↗
- 1996 Jaylen Brown, American basketball player ↗
- 1996 Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1996 Océane Dodin, French tennis player ↗
- 1996 Garrison Mathews, American basketball player ↗
- 1996 Kyla Ross, American gymnast ↗
- 1995 Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1995 Ashton Sanders, American actor ↗
- 1994 Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress ↗
- 1994 Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player ↗
- 1994 Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1994 Jalen Ramsey, American football player ↗
- 1993 R. J. Hunter, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer ↗
- 1992 Ding Liren – Chinese chess grandmaster ↗
- 1991 Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer ↗
- 1991 Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player ↗
- 1990 Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner ↗
- 1990 İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer ↗
- 1990 Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer ↗
- 1990 Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer ↗
- 1990 Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player ↗
- 1989 David Castañeda, American actor ↗
- 1989 Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1989 Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress ↗
- 1989 Eric Hosmer, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber ↗
- 1989 Eliza Taylor, Australian actress ↗
- 1988 Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1988 Christopher Linke, German race walker ↗
- 1988 Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer ↗
- 1988 Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer ↗
- 1987 Jeremy Evans, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Chris Hogan, American football player ↗
- 1987 Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1987 Charlie White, American figure skater ↗
- 1986 Drake – Canadian rapper and actor ↗
- 1986 Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor ↗
- 1986 John Ruddy, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer ↗
- 1985 Tim Pocock, Australian actor ↗
- 1985 Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014) ↗
- 1985 Wayne Rooney, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1984 Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter ↗
- 1984 Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
- 1983 Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
- 1983 Chris Colabello, American baseball player ↗
- 1983 Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1983 Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1983 Brian Vickers, American race car driver ↗
- 1982 Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver ↗
- 1982 Macay McBride, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1981 Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1981 Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer ↗
- 1981 Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer ↗
- 1981 Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician ↗
- 1980 Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer ↗
- 1980 Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey ↗
- 1980 Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ↗
- 1980 Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player ↗
- 1980 Zac Posen, American fashion designer ↗
- 1980 Christian Vander, German footballer ↗
- 1980 Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter ↗
- 1979 Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1979 Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player ↗
- 1978 Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer ↗
- 1978 James Hopes, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1978 Ann Christin von Allwörden, German politician ↗
- 1977 Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer ↗
- 1976 Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player ↗
- 1976 Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer ↗
- 1975 Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1975 Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013) ↗
- 1974 Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer ↗
- 1974 Kalen DeBoer, American football coach ↗
- 1974 Corey Dillon, American football player ↗
- 1974 Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout ↗
- 1974 Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
- 1973 Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic ↗
- 1973 Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker ↗
- 1973 Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist ↗
- 1973 Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1973 Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1973 Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host ↗
- 1972 Pat Williams, American football player and coach ↗
- 1972 Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales ↗
- 1971 Aaron Bailey, American football player ↗
- 1971 Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player ↗
- 1971 Zephyr Teachout, American academic ↗
- 1971 Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete ↗
- 1971 Caprice Bourret, American model and actress ↗
- 1970 Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer ↗
- 1970 Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1969 Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author ↗
- 1969 Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player ↗
- 1968 Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player ↗
- 1968 Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator ↗
- 1968 Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic ↗
- 1967 Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1967 Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1967 Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress ↗
- 1967 Esther McVey, English television host and politician ↗
- 1966 Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician ↗
- 1966 Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician ↗
- 1966 Zahn McClarnon, American actor ↗
- 1965 Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician ↗
- 1964 Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1964 Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician ↗
- 1964 Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager ↗
- 1964 Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1964 Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1964 Doug Lee, American basketball player ↗
- 1963 Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1963 John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1962 Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager ↗
- 1962 Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1962 Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host ↗
- 1962 Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter ↗
- 1962 Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician ↗
- 1962 Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000) ↗
- 1961 Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician ↗
- 1961 Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1960 Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster ↗
- 1960 Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999) ↗
- 1960 Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver ↗
- 1960 BD Wong, American actor ↗
- 1959 Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician ↗
- 1959 Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen ↗
- 1959 Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer ↗
- 1959 Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1959 Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) ↗
- 1959 Denis Troch, French footballer and manager ↗
- 1959 Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs ↗
- 1957 Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1957 John Kassir, American actor and voice actor ↗
- 1956 Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician ↗
- 1955 Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress ↗
- 1954 Doug Davidson, American actor ↗
- 1954 Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
- 1954 Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1954 Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician ↗
- 1954 Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1954 Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia ↗
- 1953 Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
- 1952 Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician ↗
- 1952 Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest ↗
- 1952 Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1951 George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor ↗
- 1950 Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1950 Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
- 1950 Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician ↗
- 1950 Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician ↗
- 1950 Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author ↗
- 1950 Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist ↗
- 1949 John Markoff, American journalist and author ↗
- 1949 Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ↗
- 1948 Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022) ↗
- 1948 Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1947 Kevin Kline, American actor and singer ↗
- 1946 Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993) ↗
- 1945 Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader ↗
- 1944 Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007) ↗
- 1944 Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1943 Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1943 Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994) ↗
- 1942 Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic ↗
- 1942 Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016) ↗
- 1942 Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017) ↗
- 1942 Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004) ↗
- 1942 Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author ↗
- 1941 William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004) ↗
- 1941 Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020) ↗
- 1941 Merle Woo, Asian American activist ↗
- 1940 Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer ↗
- 1940 Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012) ↗
- 1940 David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic ↗
- 1940 Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015) ↗
- 1939 F. Murray Abraham, American actor ↗
- 1938 Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1937 Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016) ↗
- 1937 Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1937 John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008) ↗
- 1937 Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic ↗
- 1937 M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic ↗
- 1937 Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018) ↗
- 1936 Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022) ↗
- 1936 Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
- 1936 David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011) ↗
- 1936 Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ↗
- 1935 Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator ↗
- 1935 Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author ↗
- 1934 John G. Cramer, American physicist and author ↗
- 1934 Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022) ↗
- 1934 Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022) ↗
- 1934 Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1934 Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019) ↗
- 1933 Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000) ↗
- 1933 Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995) ↗
- 1933 Norman Rush, American author and educator ↗
- 1932 Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012) ↗
- 1932 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) ↗
- 1932 Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008) ↗
- 1932 Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) ↗
- 1931 Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025) ↗
- 1931 Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021) ↗
- 1930 The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959) ↗
- 1930 Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019) ↗
- 1930 Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024) ↗
- 1930 James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969) ↗
- 1930 Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977) ↗
- 1929 George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022) ↗
- 1929 Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012) ↗
- 1929 Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004) ↗
- 1929 Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002) ↗
- 1927 Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001) ↗
- 1927 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992) ↗
- 1927 Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013) ↗
- 1926 Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1926 Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003) ↗
- 1925 Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014) ↗
- 1925 Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985) ↗
- 1925 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982) ↗
- 1925 Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013) ↗
- 1925 Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008) ↗
- 1924 Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996) ↗
- 1924 Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018) ↗
- 1923 Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000) ↗
- 1923 Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997) ↗
- 1922 George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005) ↗
- 1921 R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952) ↗
- 1920 Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996) ↗
- 1919 Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008) ↗
- 1918 Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008) ↗
- 1917 Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003) ↗
- 1916 Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011) ↗
- 1915 Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998) ↗
- 1915 Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988) ↗
- 1914 Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992) ↗
- 1914 František Čapek, Czech canoeist (died 2008) ↗
- 1914 Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012) ↗
- 1913 Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984) ↗
- 1912 Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992) ↗
- 1912 Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004) ↗
- 1912 Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991) ↗
- 1911 Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993) ↗
- 1911 Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986) ↗
- 1910 Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002) ↗
- 1910 Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998) ↗
- 1910 Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984) ↗
- 1910 James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996) ↗
- 1910 Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982) ↗
- 1909 Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966) ↗
- 1909 Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996) ↗
- 1908 John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993) ↗
- 1907 Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986) ↗
- 1906 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968) ↗
- 1905 Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988) ↗
- 1904 Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961) ↗
- 1904 A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932) ↗
- 1903 Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960) ↗
- 1901 Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959) ↗
- 1899 Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988) ↗
- 1898 Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974) ↗
- 1896 Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994) ↗
- 1895 Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981) ↗
- 1894 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987) ↗
- 1891 Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961) ↗
- 1891 Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985) ↗
- 1887 Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969) ↗
- 1887 Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917) ↗
- 1885 Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969) ↗
- 1884 Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944) ↗
- 1882 Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976) ↗
- 1879 B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956) ↗
- 1876 Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931) ↗
- 1875 Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958) ↗
- 1873 E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956) ↗
- 1872 Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957) ↗
- 1868 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969) ↗
- 1857 Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894) ↗
- 1855 James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912) ↗
- 1854 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907) ↗
- 1838 Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921) ↗
- 1830 Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890) ↗
- 1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885) ↗
- 1811 Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852) ↗
- 1804 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891) ↗
- 1798 Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866) ↗
- 1788 Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879) ↗
- 1784 Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885) ↗
- 1763 Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839) ↗
- 1713 Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794) ↗
- 1675 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749) ↗
- 1650 Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704) ↗
- 1637 Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712) ↗
- 1632 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723) ↗
- 1561 Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586) ↗
- 1503 Isabella of Portugal (died 1539) ↗
- 1378 David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402) ↗
- 51 Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96) ↗
- 2025 Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand (born 1932) ↗
- 2024 Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981) ↗
- 2024 Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989) ↗
- 2024 Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 2022 Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955) ↗
- 2021 James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962) ↗
- 2018 Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943) ↗
- 2017 Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928) ↗
- 2017 Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927) ↗
- 2017 Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929) ↗
- 2016 Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943) ↗
- 2016 Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927) ↗
- 2015 Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960) ↗
- 2015 Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924) ↗
- 2015 Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920) ↗
- 2014 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980) ↗
- 2014 S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928) ↗
- 2014 Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948) ↗
- 2013 Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951) ↗
- 2013 Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993) ↗
- 2013 Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934) ↗
- 2013 Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920) ↗
- 2012 Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923) ↗
- 2012 Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957) ↗
- 2012 Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939) ↗
- 2012 Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918) ↗
- 2011 Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967) ↗
- 2011 John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927) ↗
- 2010 Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 2010 Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922) ↗
- 2010 Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912) ↗
- 2008 Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943) ↗
- 2007 Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929) ↗
- 2007 Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928) ↗
- 2007 Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981) ↗
- 2007 Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929) ↗
- 2006 Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904) ↗
- 2006 William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909) ↗
- 2005 Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (born 1932) ↗
- 2005 José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926) ↗
- 2005 Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born 1928) ↗
- 2005 Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (born 1923) ↗
- 2005 Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913) ↗
- 2005 Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2004 Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954) ↗
- 2004 Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980) ↗
- 2004 James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920) ↗
- 2004 Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941) ↗
- 2002 Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (born 1921) ↗
- 2002 Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (born 1969) ↗
- 2002 Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (born 1912) ↗
- 2002 Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (born 1918) ↗
- 2001 Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919) ↗
- 2001 Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937) ↗
- 2001 Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1935) ↗
- 1999 Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910) ↗
- 1997 Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (born 1926) ↗
- 1994 Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930) ↗
- 1994 Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940) ↗
- 1993 Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (born 1930) ↗
- 1992 Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1944) ↗
- 1991 Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921) ↗
- 1991 Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1915) ↗
- 1989 Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948) ↗
- 1985 Richie Evans, American race car driver (born 1941) ↗
- 1985 Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (born 1905) ↗
- 1983 Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910) ↗
- 1979 Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (born 1908) ↗
- 1975 İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (born 1919) ↗
- 1975 Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (born 1888) ↗
- 1974 David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born 1908) ↗
- 1972 Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919) ↗
- 1972 Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892) ↗
- 1971 Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876) ↗
- 1971 Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936) ↗
- 1971 Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (born 1943) ↗
- 1970 Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916) ↗
- 1969 Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908) ↗
- 1966 Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896) ↗
- 1965 Hans Meerwein, German chemist (born 1879) ↗
- 1964 Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931) ↗
- 1960 Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924) ↗
- 1958 G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873) ↗
- 1949 Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902) ↗
- 1948 Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (born 1870) ↗
- 1948 Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877) ↗
- 1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887) ↗
- 1944 Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877) ↗
- 1943 Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (born 1912) ↗
- 1938 Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870) ↗
- 1937 Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (born 1886) ↗
- 1935 Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (born 1902) ↗
- 1922 George Cadbury, English businessman (born 1839) ↗
- 1917 James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (born 1852) ↗
- 1915 Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (born 1828) ↗
- 1898 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (born 1824) ↗
- 1875 Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (born 1817) ↗
- 1852 Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782) ↗
- 1824 Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752) ↗
- 1821 Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (born 1740) ↗
- 1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1739) ↗
- 1770 William Bartram, American scientist and politician (born 1711) ↗
- 1725 Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660) ↗
- 1672 John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611) ↗
- 1669 William Prynne, English lawyer and author (born 1600) ↗
- 1655 Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592) ↗
- 1642 Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (born 1582) ↗
- 1633 Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3) ↗
- 1601 Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546) ↗
- 1572 Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1508) ↗
- 1537 Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1508) ↗
- 1375 Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320) ↗
- 1260 Qutuz, Egyptian sultan ↗
- 1168 William IV, Count of Nevers, French nobleman ↗
- 1152 Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer ↗
- 996 Hugh Capet, French king ↗
- 935 Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor ↗