On This Day: April 11 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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54 Events 227 Births 120 Deaths

2023 During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region. ↗
2021 Twenty year old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser. ↗
2018 An Ilyushin Il-76 which was owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257. ↗
2017 The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco. ↗
2012 A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias. ↗
2011 An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others. ↗
2008 Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight. ↗
2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others. ↗
2006 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium. ↗
2002 The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. ↗
2002 Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed. ↗
2001 The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released. ↗
2001 The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals. ↗
1993 Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. ↗
1990 Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. ↗
1987 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. ↗
1986 FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed. ↗
1982 American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carried out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injured at least seven others. ↗
1981 A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries. ↗
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. ↗
1977 London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched. ↗
1976 The Apple I is created. ↗
1970 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched. ↗
1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. ↗
1968 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage. ↗
1965 The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people. ↗
1964 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress. ↗
1963 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms. ↗
1961 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem. ↗
1957 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule. ↗
1955 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. ↗
1952 Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado. ↗
1952 Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people. ↗
1951 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan. ↗
1951 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey. ↗
1945 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. ↗
1935 Stresa Front: opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles. ↗
1921 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan. ↗
1909 The city of Tel Aviv is founded. ↗
1908 SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched. ↗
1885 Luton Town F.C. is founded. ↗
1881 Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women. ↗
1876 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. ↗
1868 Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. ↗
1856 Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up. ↗
1814 The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time. ↗
1809 Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet. ↗
1727 Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany). ↗
1713 France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Britain accepts Philip V as King of Spain, while Philip renounces any claim to the French throne. ↗
1689 William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February. ↗
1544 Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory. ↗
1512 War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces. ↗
1241 Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. ↗
491 Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. ↗

2005 Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer ↗
2005 Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer ↗
2002 Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer ↗
2001 Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer ↗
2000 Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
2000 Milly Alcock, Australian actress ↗
2000 Loïc Badé, French footballer ↗
2000 Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer ↗
2000 Karina, South Korean singer ↗
1996 Dele Alli, English international footballer ↗
1996 Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter ↗
1994 Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1993 Florin Andone, Romanian footballer ↗
1991 Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer ↗
1991 Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer ↗
1991 Brennan Poole, American racing driver ↗
1990 Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
1990 Thulani Serero, South African footballer ↗
1989 Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014) ↗
1988 Milton Casco, Argentine footballer ↗
1988 Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1987 Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1987 Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1986 Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer ↗
1986 Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete ↗
1985 Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer ↗
1985 Will Minson, Australian footballer ↗
1984 Kelli Garner, American actress ↗
1984 Nikola Karabatić, French handball player ↗
1983 Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier ↗
1983 Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer ↗
1983 Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver ↗
1982 Ian Bell, English cricketer ↗
1982 Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier ↗
1981 Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model ↗
1981 Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player ↗
1981 Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer ↗
1980 Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer ↗
1980 Mark Teixeira, American baseball player ↗
1979 Malcolm Christie, English footballer ↗
1979 Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1979 Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player ↗
1979 Josh Server, American actor ↗
1978 Josh Hancock, American baseball player (died 2007) ↗
1977 Ivonne Teichmann, German runner ↗
1976 Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader ↗
1976 Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1976 Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1974 Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach ↗
1974 Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter ↗
1974 David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1974 Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1974 Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1973 Olivier Magne, French rugby player ↗
1973 Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer ↗
1972 Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (died 2016) ↗
1972 Allan Théo, French singer ↗
1972 Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager ↗
1971 Oliver Riedel, German bass player ↗
1970 Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager ↗
1970 Whigfield, Danish singer and songwriter ↗
1969 Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter ↗
1969 Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler ↗
1969 Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier ↗
1968 Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author ↗
1966 Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager ↗
1966 Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
1966 Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1964 Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1964 John Cryer, English journalist and politician ↗
1964 Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist ↗
1964 Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach ↗
1964 Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner ↗
1963 Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire ↗
1963 Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager ↗
1963 Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player ↗
1963 Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek singer ↗
1962 Franck Ducheix, French fencer ↗
1962 Mark Lawson, English journalist and author ↗
1961 Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician ↗
1961 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993) ↗
1961 Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist ↗
1960 Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter ↗
1959 Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1959 Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge ↗
1959 Zahid Maleque, Bangladeshi politician ↗
1958 Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001) ↗
1958 Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter ↗
1958 Wayne Wigham, Australian rugby league player ↗
1955 Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician ↗
1955 Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (died 1993) ↗
1955 Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach (died 2025) ↗
1954 Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic ↗
1954 Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach ↗
1954 Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer ↗
1954 David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic ↗
1954 Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist ↗
1954 Willie Royster, American baseball player (died 2015) ↗
1953 Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium ↗
1953 Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic ↗
1952 Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist ↗
1952 Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic ↗
1952 Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster ↗
1951 Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (died 2007) ↗
1950 Bill Irwin, American actor and clown ↗
1949 Dorothy Allison, American writer (died 2024) ↗
1949 Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (died 2011) ↗
1947 Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (died 2016) ↗
1947 Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter ↗
1947 Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (died 2004) ↗
1947 Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director ↗
1947 Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (died 2015) ↗
1946 Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (died 2015) ↗
1946 Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host ↗
1945 John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic ↗
1944 Peter Barfuß, German footballer ↗
1944 John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1943 John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician ↗
1943 Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer (died 2019) ↗
1942 Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014) ↗
1942 Hattie Gossett, American writer ↗
1942 James Underwood, English pathologist and academic ↗
1941 Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author ↗
1941 Shirley Stelfox, English actress (died 2015) ↗
1940 Col Firmin, Australian politician (died 2013) ↗
1940 Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (died 1998) ↗
1939 Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist (died 2022) ↗
1939 Louise Lasser, American actress ↗
1938 Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (died 2013) ↗
1938 Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (died 2007) ↗
1938 Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman ↗
1937 Jill Gascoine, English actress and author (died 2020) ↗
1936 Brian Noble, English bishop (died 2019) ↗
1935 Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (died 1997) ↗
1934 Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014) ↗
1934 Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright (died 2022) ↗
1933 Tony Brown, American journalist and academic ↗
1932 Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer ↗
1931 Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2024) ↗
1930 Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury ↗
1930 Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower (died 2018) ↗
1930 Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (died 1997) ↗
1928 Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (died 2024) ↗
1928 Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (died 2017) ↗
1928 Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013) ↗
1927 Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian ↗
1926 David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (died 2014) ↗
1926 Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2011) ↗
1926 Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2007) ↗
1925 Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (died 2000) ↗
1925 Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (died 1965) ↗
1925 Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (died 2001) ↗
1925 Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (died 1997) ↗
1924 Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (died 2014) ↗
1923 George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (died 1980) ↗
1922 Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (died 2015) ↗
1921 Jim Hearn, American baseball player (died 1998) ↗
1921 Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2008) ↗
1920 Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013) ↗
1920 William Royer, American soldier and politician (died 2013) ↗
1919 Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (died 2015) ↗
1918 Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (died 2003) ↗
1917 David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2005)[better source needed] ↗
1916 Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (died 1983) ↗
1916 Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (died 2001) ↗
1914 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 1987) ↗
1914 Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2003) ↗
1914 Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (died 1988) ↗
1913 Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (died 2006) ↗
1912 John Levy, American bassist and businessman (died 2012) ↗
1910 António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996) ↗
1908 Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (died 2007) ↗
1908 Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1997) ↗
1908 Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (died 1992) ↗
1908 Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (died 1997) ↗
1907 Paul Douglas, American actor (died 1959) ↗
1906 Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (died 2005) ↗
1905 Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (died 1937) ↗
1904 K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor (died 1947) ↗
1903 Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (died 1930) ↗
1900 Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (died 1989) ↗
1899 Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic (died 1975) ↗
1896 Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (died 1967) ↗
1893 Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (died 1971) ↗
1887 Jamini Roy, Indian painter (died 1972) ↗
1879 Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician (died 1935) ↗
1878 Percy Lane Oliver, British pioneer of volunteer blood donation (died 1944) ↗
1876 Paul Henry, Irish painter (died 1958) ↗
1876 Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (died 1940) ↗
1873 Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1955) ↗
1872 Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Albanian poet, rilindas and author of national anthem of Albania (died 1947) ↗
1871 Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner (died 1940) ↗
1869 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (died 1943) ↗
1867 Mark Keppel, American educator (died 1928) ↗
1866 Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1953) ↗
1864 Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (died 1943) ↗
1862 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (died 1938) ↗
1862 Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (died 1948) ↗
1859 Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author (died 1939) ↗
1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1903) ↗
1854 Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer (died 1938) ↗
1837 Elmer E. Ellsworth, American army officer and law clerk (died 1861) ↗
1830 John Douglas, English architect (died 1911) ↗
1827 Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (died 1890) ↗
1825 Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist (died 1864) ↗
1819 Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (died 1895) ↗
1798 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (died 1854) ↗
1794 Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1865) ↗
1770 George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1827) ↗
1755 James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (died 1824) ↗
1749 Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1803) ↗
1722 Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (died 1771) ↗
1721 David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary (died 1808) ↗
1715 John Alcock, English organist and composer (died 1806) ↗
1683 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (died 1738) ↗
1658 James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (died 1712) ↗
1644 Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (died 1724) ↗
1592 John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (died 1632) ↗
1591 Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (died 1650) ↗
1493 George I, Duke of Pomerania (died 1531) ↗
1374 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398) ↗
1370 Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1428) ↗
1357 John I of Portugal (died 1433) ↗
1348 Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1385) ↗
1184 William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (died 1213) ↗
145 Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (probable; died 211) ↗

2025 Mike Berry, British singer and actor (born 1942) ↗
2024 Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer (born 1994) ↗
2020 John Horton Conway, English mathematician (born 1937) ↗
2017 J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946) ↗
2017 Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945) ↗
2015 Jimmy Gunn, American football player (born 1948) ↗
2015 Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1952) ↗
2015 François Maspero, French journalist and author (born 1932) ↗
2015 Hanut Singh, Indian general (born 1933) ↗
2015 Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1932) ↗
2014 Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (born 1926) ↗
2014 Edna Doré, English actress (born 1921) ↗
2014 Bill Henry, American baseball player (born 1927) ↗
2014 Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1944) ↗
2014 Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (born 1914) ↗
2014 Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (born 1921) ↗
2014 Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944) ↗
2013 Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1953) ↗
2013 Sue Draheim, American fiddler (born1949) ↗
2013 Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1922) ↗
2013 Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (born 1927) ↗
2013 Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (born 1916) ↗
2013 Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (born 1944) ↗
2013 Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (born 1925) ↗
2013 Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (born 1923) ↗
2013 Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1925) ↗
2012 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (born 1916) ↗
2012 Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (born 1938) ↗
2012 Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (born 1915) ↗
2012 Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (born 1924) ↗
2012 Agustin Roman, American bishop (born 1928) ↗
2011 Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (born 1981) ↗
2010 Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (born 1948) ↗
2009 Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (born 1914) ↗
2009 Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (born 1912) ↗
2009 Corín Tellado, Spanish author (born 1927) ↗
2008 Merlin German, American sergeant (born 1985) ↗
2007 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (born 1922) ↗
2007 Loïc Leferme, French diver (born 1970) ↗
2007 Janet McDonald, American lawyer and author (born 1954) ↗
2007 Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (born 1920) ↗
2007 Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1922) ↗
2006 June Pointer, American singer (born 1953) ↗
2006 DeShaun Holton, American rapper and actor (born 1973) ↗
2005 André François, Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (born 1915) ↗
2005 Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (born 1907) ↗
2003 Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (born 1900) ↗
2001 Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (born 1921) ↗
2000 Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (born 1945) ↗
1999 William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (born 1911) ↗
1997 Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (born 1899) ↗
1997 Wang Xiaobo, contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (born 1952) ↗
1996 Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (born 1988) ↗
1992 James Brown, American actor and singer (born 1920) ↗
1992 Eve Merriam, American author and poet (born 1916) ↗
1992 Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, sculptor, and engraver (born 1920) ↗
1991 Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (born 1915) ↗
1991 Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harp player (born 1913) ↗
1990 Harold Ballard, Canadian businessman (born 1903) ↗
1987 Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (born 1903) ↗
1987 Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (born 1919) ↗
1985 Bunny Ahearne, Irish-born English businessman (born 1900) ↗
1985 John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (born 1898) ↗
1985 Enver Hoxha, Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908) ↗
1984 Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1910) ↗
1983 Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (born 1904) ↗
1981 Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (born 1895) ↗
1980 Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish journalist and producer (born 1935) ↗
1977 Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (born 1900) ↗
1977 Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Indian author and activist (born 1921) ↗
1974 Ernst Ziegler, German actor (born 1894) ↗
1970 Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (born 1923) ↗
1970 John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (born 1905) ↗
1967 Thomas Farrell, American general (born 1891) ↗
1967 Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1911) ↗
1962 Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (born 1900) ↗
1962 George Poage, American hurdler and educator (born 1880) ↗
1962 Axel Revold, Norwegian painter (born 1887) ↗
1960 Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (born 1878) ↗
1958 Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (born 1875) ↗
1954 Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (born 1895) ↗
1953 Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (born 1869) ↗
1939 Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (born 1864) ↗
1926 Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (born 1849) ↗
1918 Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (born 1841) ↗
1916 Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (born 1864) ↗
1908 Henry Bird, English chess player and author (born 1829) ↗
1906 Ling Ma – American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1847) ↗
1906 Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (born 1839) ↗
1903 Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (born 1878) ↗
1902 Wade Hampton III, Confederate general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (born 1818) ↗
1895 Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (born 1830) ↗
1894 Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (born 1832) ↗
1890 David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (born 1808) ↗
1890 Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (born 1862) ↗
1873 Edward Canby, American general (born 1817) ↗
1870 Justo José de Urquiza, Argentine general, politician and first constitutional president of Argentina (born 1801) ↗
1861 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (born 1824) ↗
1856 Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (born 1831) ↗
1798 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (born 1725) ↗
1783 Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1718) ↗
1723 John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (born 1650) ↗
1712 Richard Simon, French priest and critic (born 1638) ↗
1626 Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (born 1568) ↗
1612 Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (born 1535) ↗
1612 Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (born 1566) ↗
1609 John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, English noble (born 1533) ↗
1587 Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (born 1530) ↗
1554 Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (born 1521) ↗
1512 Gaston de Foix, French military commander (born 1489) ↗
1447 Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377) ↗
1349 Ramadan ibn Alauddin, first known Muslim from Korea ↗
1240 Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (born 1172) ↗
1165 Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia ↗
1079 Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (born 1030) ↗
1077 Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (born 1014) ↗
1034 Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (born 968) ↗
924 Herman I, chancellor and archbishop of Cologne ↗
678 Donus, pope of the Catholic Church (born 610) ↗
618 Yang Guang, Chinese emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 569) ↗