50 Events
236 Births
100 Deaths
- 2017 Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo. ↗
- 2010 The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers. ↗
- 2006 WikiLeaks is launched. ↗
- 2004 SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. ↗
- 2003 The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs. ↗
- 2001 Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed. ↗
- 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina. ↗
- 1993 Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. ↗
- 1993 Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside. ↗
- 1992 The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique. ↗
- 1992 El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. ↗
- 1991 The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. ↗
- 1985 The Free Software Foundation is founded. ↗
- 1983 Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. ↗
- 1967 Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son. ↗
- 1966 Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. ↗
- 1965 Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas. ↗
- 1963 Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. ↗
- 1960 Eastern Airlines flight 375 crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people of the 72 aboard. ↗
- 1958 The current constitution of France is adopted. ↗
- 1957 Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. ↗
- 1941 Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. ↗
- 1936 The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street. ↗
- 1927 Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore. ↗
- 1925 Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji capture Hama from the French Mandate of Syria. ↗
- 1925 S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53. ↗
- 1920 The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim. ↗
- 1918 World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey. ↗
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. ↗
- 1895 Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship. ↗
- 1883 First run of the Orient Express. ↗
- 1883 First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. ↗
- 1876 The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn. ↗
- 1853 The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. ↗
- 1830 The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands. ↗
- 1824 Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic. ↗
- 1795 Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention. ↗
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe. ↗
- 1693 Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. ↗
- 1636 Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock. ↗
- 1602 Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. ↗
- 1597 Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia. ↗
- 1582 The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. ↗
- 1535 The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. ↗
- 1511 Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. ↗
- 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. ↗
- 1302 The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. ↗
- 1209 Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. ↗
- 23 Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. ↗
- 1997 Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer ↗
- 1997 Yuju, South Korean singer ↗
- 1996 Ella Balinska, English actress ↗
- 1995 Jeonghan, South Korean singer ↗
- 1995 Kenny Clark, American football player ↗
- 1995 Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter ↗
- 1994 Mike Williams, American football player ↗
- 1993 Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1991 Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer and songwriter ↗
- 1990 Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1990 Saki, Japanese guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1990 Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler ↗
- 1989 Dakota Johnson, American actress ↗
- 1988 Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer ↗
- 1988 Lonnie Chisenhall, American baseball player ↗
- 1988 Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1988 Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater ↗
- 1988 Derrick Rose, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Marina Weisband, German politician ↗
- 1985 Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1985 Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player ↗
- 1984 Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1984 Petri Kontiola, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete ↗
- 1983 Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress ↗
- 1983 Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Ilhan Omar, American politician ↗
- 1982 Jered Weaver, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Justin Williams, Canadian-American ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Sarah Fisher, American race car driver ↗
- 1980 James Jones, American basketball player ↗
- 1980 Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer ↗
- 1979 Caitríona Balfe, Irish actress ↗
- 1979 Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress ↗
- 1979 Adam Voges, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1978 Dana Davis, American actress and author ↗
- 1978 Kyle Lohse, American baseball player ↗
- 1977 Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1976 Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager ↗
- 1976 Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author ↗
- 1976 Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017) ↗
- 1975 Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1973 M. Ward, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1971 Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1969 Abraham Benrubi, American actor ↗
- 1968 Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1968 Tim Wise, American activist and author ↗
- 1967 Vicky Bullett, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1967 Nick Green, Australian rower ↗
- 1967 Liev Schreiber, American actor and director ↗
- 1965 Olaf Backasch, German footballer ↗
- 1965 Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1965 Steve Olin, American baseball player (died 1993) ↗
- 1965 Micky Ward, American boxer ↗
- 1964 Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1964 Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner ↗
- 1963 A. C. Green, American basketball player ↗
- 1963 Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator ↗
- 1962 Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer ↗
- 1961 Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1961 Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1961 Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh! (died 2022) ↗
- 1960 Joe Boever, American baseball player ↗
- 1960 Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (died 2016) ↗
- 1959 Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player ↗
- 1959 Tony Meo, English snooker player ↗
- 1959 Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director ↗
- 1958 Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1958 Wendy Makkena, American actress ↗
- 1958 Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host ↗
- 1957 Bill Fagerbakke, American actor ↗
- 1957 Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1957 Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm ↗
- 1956 Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright ↗
- 1956 Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player ↗
- 1956 Sherri Turner, American golfer ↗
- 1956 Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor ↗
- 1955 John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player ↗
- 1955 Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1953 Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer ↗
- 1953 Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player ↗
- 1952 Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator ↗
- 1952 Jody Stephens, American rock drummer ↗
- 1952 Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician ↗
- 1951 Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author ↗
- 1951 Truck Robinson, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1950 Alan Rosenberg, American actor ↗
- 1949 Armand Assante, American actor and producer ↗
- 1949 Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1948 Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality ↗
- 1948 Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician ↗
- 1948 Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1947 Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1947 Jim Fielder, American bass player ↗
- 1947 Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health ↗
- 1946 Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) ↗
- 1946 Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense ↗
- 1946 Michael Mullen, American admiral ↗
- 1946 Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist ↗
- 1945 Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister ↗
- 1944 Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic ↗
- 1944 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006) ↗
- 1944 Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1944 John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician ↗
- 1943 H. Rap Brown, American activist (died 2025) ↗
- 1943 Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player (died 2023) ↗
- 1943 Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012) ↗
- 1943 Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer ↗
- 1943 Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager (died 2024) ↗
- 1942 Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (died 2024) ↗
- 1942 Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967) ↗
- 1942 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland ↗
- 1942 Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 1995) ↗
- 1941 Roy Blount Jr., American humorist and journalist ↗
- 1941 Karen Cushman, American author ↗
- 1941 Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver ↗
- 1941 Anne Rice, American author (died 2021) ↗
- 1941 Frank Stagg (Irish republican), died on hunger strike (died 1976) ↗
- 1941 Robert Wilson, American director and playwright (died 2025) ↗
- 1940 Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1940 Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020) ↗
- 1940 Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer ↗
- 1940 Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021) ↗
- 1939 Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018) ↗
- 1938 Norman D. Wilson, American actor (died 2004) ↗
- 1938 Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1937 Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (died 2015) ↗
- 1937 David Crocker, American philosopher and academic ↗
- 1937 Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014) ↗
- 1937 Lloyd Green, American steel guitar player ↗
- 1937 Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician ↗
- 1936 Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
- 1936 Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician (died 2022) ↗
- 1935 Jimmy Orr, American football player (died 2020) ↗
- 1934 Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) ↗
- 1933 German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1933 Ann Thwaite, English author ↗
- 1932 Felicia Farr, American actress and model ↗
- 1931 Terence Conran, English designer and businessman (died 2020) ↗
- 1931 Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011) ↗
- 1931 Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (died 2007) ↗
- 1929 Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968) ↗
- 1929 John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004) ↗
- 1929 Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1928 Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1928 Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player (died 2023) ↗
- 1927 Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic (died 2020) ↗
- 1926 Raymond Watson, American businessman (died 2012) ↗
- 1925 Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (died 2012) ↗
- 1924 Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (died 2012) ↗
- 1923 Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008) ↗
- 1922 Malcolm Baldrige Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1987) ↗
- 1922 Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group (died 2020) ↗
- 1922 Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Stella Pevsner, American children's author (died 2020) ↗
- 1918 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) ↗
- 1917 Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967) ↗
- 1916 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009) ↗
- 1916 Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006) ↗
- 1916 George Sidney, American director and producer (died 2002) ↗
- 1916 Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997) ↗
- 1914 Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2003) ↗
- 1914 Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (died 1997) ↗
- 1913 Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011) ↗
- 1911 Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (died 1996) ↗
- 1910 Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (died 2002) ↗
- 1910 Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (died 1956) ↗
- 1907 Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994) ↗
- 1906 Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (died 1996) ↗
- 1903 Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993) ↗
- 1903 John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (died 1995) ↗
- 1903 Pierre Garbay, French general (died 1980) ↗
- 1903 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946) ↗
- 1900 August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (died 1987) ↗
- 1896 Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (died 1964) ↗
- 1895 Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (died 1966) ↗
- 1895 Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (died 1944) ↗
- 1892 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934) ↗
- 1892 Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934) ↗
- 1892 Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (died 1957) ↗
- 1890 Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (died 1962) ↗
- 1890 Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist (died 1945) ↗
- 1888 Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (died 1961) ↗
- 1888 Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1954) ↗
- 1884 Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (died 1941) ↗
- 1881 Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (died 1948) ↗
- 1880 Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946) ↗
- 1879 Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer (died 1948) ↗
- 1877 Razor Smith, English cricketer (died 1946) ↗
- 1876 Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960) ↗
- 1874 John Ellis, English executioner (died 1932) ↗
- 1868 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942) ↗
- 1862 Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (died 1925). ↗
- 1862 Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (died 1930) ↗
- 1861 Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (died 1918) ↗
- 1861 Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909) ↗
- 1858 Léon Serpollet, French businessman (died 1903) ↗
- 1843 Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (died 1927) ↗
- 1841 Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (died 1912) ↗
- 1841 Maria Sophie of Bavaria (died 1925) ↗
- 1837 Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1919) ↗
- 1836 Juliette Adam, French author (died 1936) ↗
- 1835 Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (died 1921) ↗
- 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes – American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893) ↗
- 1814 Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (died 1875) ↗
- 1807 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (died 1864) ↗
- 1793 Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (died 1862) ↗
- 1787 François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874) ↗
- 1768 Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816) ↗
- 1759 Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (died 1803) ↗
- 1723 Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (died 1798) ↗
- 1720 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778) ↗
- 1694 Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760) ↗
- 1657 Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747) ↗
- 1633 Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (died 1714) ↗
- 1626 Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1712) ↗
- 1625 Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (died 1661) ↗
- 1585 Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress (died 1618) ↗
- 1579 Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (died 1644) ↗
- 1570 Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637) ↗
- 1562 Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (died 1647) ↗
- 1550 Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611) ↗
- 1542 Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621) ↗
- 1532 Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (died 1596) ↗
- 1524 Francisco Vallés, Spanish physician (died 1592) ↗
- 1522 Gabriele Paleotti, Catholic cardinal (died 1597) ↗
- 1515 Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586) ↗
- 1507 Francis Bigod, English noble (died 1537) ↗
- 1379 Henry III of Castile (died 1406) ↗
- 1331 James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382) ↗
- 1289 Louis X of France (died 1316) ↗
- 1276 Margaret of Brabant (died 1311) ↗
- 1274 Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319) ↗
- 1160 Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died c. 1220) ↗
- 2024 Christopher Ciccone, American artist (born 1960) ↗
- 2024 Billy Shaw, American football player (born 1938) ↗
- 2022 Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1932) ↗
- 2020 Clark Middleton, American actor (born 1957) ↗
- 2020 Kenzō Takada, Japanese-French fashion designer (born 1939) ↗
- 2015 Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 2015 Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948) ↗
- 2014 Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941) ↗
- 2014 Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
- 2014 Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1959) ↗
- 2014 Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951) ↗
- 2013 John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (born 1921) ↗
- 2013 Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917) ↗
- 2013 Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (born 1933) ↗
- 2013 Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (born 1958) ↗
- 2013 Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1911) ↗
- 2013 Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1941) ↗
- 2012 Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944) ↗
- 2011 Doris Belack, American actress (born 1926) ↗
- 2010 Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915) ↗
- 2009 Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (born 1928) ↗
- 2009 Günther Rall, German general and pilot (born 1918) ↗
- 2007 Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (born 1925) ↗
- 2005 Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1924) ↗
- 2004 Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1927) ↗
- 2003 Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912) ↗
- 2002 André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2001 Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (born 1976) ↗
- 2001 John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913) ↗
- 2001 Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (born 1917) ↗
- 2000 Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (born 1914) ↗
- 2000 Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932) ↗
- 1999 Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (born 1928) ↗
- 1999 Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (born 1928) ↗
- 1998 S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (born 1930) ↗
- 1997 Otto Ernst Remer, German general (born 1912) ↗
- 1997 Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (born 1941) ↗
- 1994 Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945) ↗
- 1992 Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (born 1936) ↗
- 1990 Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (born 1903) ↗
- 1989 Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter, member of Monty Python (born 1941) ↗
- 1988 Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
- 1982 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932) ↗
- 1982 Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1898) ↗
- 1981 Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (born 1905) ↗
- 1980 Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (born 1918) ↗
- 1977 José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917) ↗
- 1975 Friedrich Lutz, German economist (born 1901) ↗
- 1975 Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1903) ↗
- 1974 Anne Sexton, American poet and author (born 1928) ↗
- 1970 Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (born 1943) ↗
- 1963 Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (born 1904) ↗
- 1961 Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (born 1880) ↗
- 1958 Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (born 1884) ↗
- 1955 Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883) ↗
- 1951 Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (born 1920) ↗
- 1947 Max Planck – German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858) ↗
- 1946 Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (born 1878) ↗
- 1944 Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (born 1873) ↗
- 1943 Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (born 1906) ↗
- 1935 Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (born 1849) ↗
- 1935 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (born 1874) ↗
- 1910 Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850) ↗
- 1904 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (born 1834) ↗
- 1904 Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (born 1847) ↗
- 1903 Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (born 1880) ↗
- 1890 Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829) ↗
- 1871 Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (born 1801) ↗
- 1867 Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (born 1819) ↗
- 1864 Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (born 1802) ↗
- 1859 Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (born 1801) ↗
- 1852 James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (born 1795) ↗
- 1851 Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1767) ↗
- 1827 Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (born 1785) ↗
- 1821 John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (born 1761) ↗
- 1755 Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (born 1679) ↗
- 1749 Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (born 1711) ↗
- 1747 Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (born 1678) ↗
- 1743 John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (born 1678) ↗
- 1680 Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (born 1609) ↗
- 1669 Rembrandt – Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1606) ↗
- 1661 Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (born 1625) ↗
- 1660 Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born 1578) ↗
- 1646 Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (born 1586) ↗
- 1597 Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (born 1550) ↗
- 1582 Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (born 1515) ↗
- 1497 John, Prince of Asturias, only son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (born 1478) ↗
- 1361 John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (born 1310) ↗
- 1305 Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born 1249) ↗
- 1250 Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (born 1226) ↗
- 1227 Caliph al-Adil of Morocco ↗
- 1221 William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born 1179) ↗
- 1189 Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar ↗
- 1160 Constance of Castile, Queen of France (born 1141) ↗
- 1052 Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020) ↗
- 863 Turpio, Frankish nobleman ↗
- 744 Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (born 701) ↗