On This Day: April 13 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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42 Events 212 Births 111 Deaths

2025 Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf. ↗
2024 Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia. ↗
2023 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day. ↗
2014 Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park, Kansas. ↗
2013 Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with the President Mahmoud Abbas. ↗
2009 A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland. ↗
2006 The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army ↗
1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament. ↗
1996 Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon. ↗
1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. ↗
1976 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history. ↗
1975 An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. ↗
1972 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan. ↗
1972 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins. ↗
1970 An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon. ↗
1964 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. ↗
1960 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. ↗
1953 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. ↗
1948 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre. ↗
1945 World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany. ↗
1945 World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna. ↗
1943 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility. ↗
1943 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth. ↗
1941 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. ↗
1924 A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople. ↗
1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured. ↗
1909 The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. ↗
1873 The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax, Louisiana, while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan. ↗
1870 The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded. ↗
1865 American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union forces. ↗
1861 American Civil War: Union forces surrender Fort Sumter to Confederate forces. ↗
1849 Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly. ↗
1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey. ↗
1742 George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland. ↗
1699 The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. ↗
1613 Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father. ↗
1612 Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō in a duel at Funajima island. ↗
1455 Thirteen Years' War: the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof. ↗
1204 Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. ↗
1175 Saladin routs his Muslim opponents, the Zengids, in the battle of the Horns of Hama, consolidating his control over Syria except for Aleppo. ↗
1111 Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. ↗

2002 Karl Hein, Estonian footballer ↗
2001 Neco Williams, Welsh footballer ↗
2000 Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
2000 Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1999 Alessandro Bastoni, Italian footballer ↗
1999 András Schäfer, Hungarian footballer ↗
1997 Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer ↗
1997 Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer ↗
1996 Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer ↗
1994 Kahraba, Egyptian footballer ↗
1993 Melvin Gordon, American football player ↗
1993 Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player ↗
1992 Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer ↗
1991 Josh Gordon, American football player ↗
1989 Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player ↗
1988 Allison Williams, American actress and singer ↗
1988 Anderson, Brazilian footballer ↗
1987 Steven De Vuyst, Belgian politician ↗
1987 John-Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter ↗
1986 Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player ↗
1984 Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer ↗
1983 Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer ↗
1983 Hunter Pence, American baseball player ↗
1982 Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress ↗
1982 Ty Dolla Sign, American singer, songwriter, and musician ↗
1980 Kelli Giddish, American actress ↗
1980 Quentin Richardson, American basketball player ↗
1979 Baron Davis, American basketball player ↗
1978 Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer ↗
1977 Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician ↗
1976 Jonathan Brandis, American actor (died 2003) ↗
1976 Dan Campbell, American football player and coach ↗
1976 Glenn Howerton, American actor ↗
1975 Lou Bega, German singer ↗
1973 Bokeem Woodbine, American actor ↗
1972 Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1971 Franck Esposito, French swimmer ↗
1971 Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor ↗
1971 Bo Outlaw, American basketball player ↗
1970 Ricky Schroder, American actor ↗
1967 Dana Barros, American basketball player and coach ↗
1967 Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic ↗
1967 Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter ↗
1966 Mando, Greek singer ↗
1965 Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator ↗
1964 Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster ↗
1963 Garry Kasparov – Russian chess player and author ↗
1960 Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager ↗
1959 John Middendorf, American mountain climber (died 2024) ↗
1958 Jean-Marc Pilorget, French footballer and manager ↗
1956 César, Brazilian footballer (died 2024) ↗
1955 Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1955 Muwenda Mutebi II, current King of Buganda Kingdom ↗
1955 Safet Sušić, Bosnian footballer and manager ↗
1952 Gabrielle Gourdeau, Canadian writer (died 2006) ↗
1952 Jonjo O'Neill, Irish jockey and trainer ↗
1951 Leszek Borysiewicz, Welsh immunologist and academic ↗
1951 Peabo Bryson, American singer ↗
1951 Peter Davison, English actor ↗
1951 Joachim Streich, German footballer (died 2022) ↗
1951 Max Weinberg, American musician and bandleader ↗
1950 Ron Perlman, American actor ↗
1950 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2021) ↗
1950 William Sadler, American actor ↗
1949 Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician ↗
1949 Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017) ↗
1949 Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (died 2011) ↗
1948 Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral ↗
1948 Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright ↗
1948 Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter ↗
1947 Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic ↗
1947 Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer ↗
1947 Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (died 2004) ↗
1947 Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and politician (died 2019) ↗
1946 Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor ↗
1945 Judy Nunn, Australian actress and author ↗
1944 Susan Davis, Russian-American social worker and politician ↗
1943 Alan Jones, Australian rugby coach and radio host ↗
1943 Tim Krabbé, Dutch journalist and author ↗
1942 Bill Conti, American composer and conductor ↗
1941 Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1941 Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (died 1983) ↗
1940 Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English racing driver (died 1988) ↗
1940 J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1940 Vladimir Cosma, French composer, conductor and violinist ↗
1940 Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (died 2006) ↗
1940 Max Mosley, English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA (died 2021) ↗
1940 Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist ↗
1939 Seamus Heaney – Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
1939 Paul Sorvino, American actor and singer (died 2022) ↗
1938 Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter ↗
1937 Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1937 Edward Fox, English actor ↗
1937 Lanford Wilson, American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (died 2011) ↗
1934 John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2021) ↗
1932 Orlando Letelier, Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1976) ↗
1931 Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (died 2014) ↗
1931 Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (died 2001) ↗
1931 Dan Gurney, American race car driver and engineer (died 2018) ↗
1931 Jon Stone, American composer, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997) ↗
1929 Marilynn Smith, American golfer (died 2019) ↗
1928 Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (died 1999) ↗
1928 Gianni Marzotto, Italian racing driver and businessman (died 2012) ↗
1927 Rosemary Haughton, English philosopher, theologian, and author (died 2024) ↗
1927 Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (died 1983) ↗
1926 Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (died 1983) ↗
1926 John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (died 2014) ↗
1924 John T. Biggers, American painter (died 2001) ↗
1924 Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 2016) ↗
1924 Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (died 2019) ↗
1923 Don Adams, American actor and director (died 2005) ↗
1923 A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (died 2014) ↗
1922 Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (died 1994) ↗
1922 John Braine, English librarian and author (died 1986) ↗
1922 Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (died 1999) ↗
1922 Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (died 2002) ↗
1920 Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (died 1982) ↗
1920 Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2012) ↗
1920 Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2017) ↗
1920 Theodore L. Thomas, American chemical engineer, Patent attorney and writer (died 2005) ↗
1919 Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (died 2007) ↗
1919 Howard Keel, American actor and singer (died 2004) ↗
1919 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (died 1995) ↗
1917 Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (died 2007) ↗
1917 Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 2011) ↗
1916 Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (died 2006) ↗
1914 Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (died 1950) ↗
1913 Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach (died 1994) ↗
1913 Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot (died 2010) ↗
1911 Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager (died 1946) ↗
1911 Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1994) ↗
1911 Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (died 1983) ↗
1909 Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist (died 2001) ↗
1907 Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (died 2001) ↗
1906 Samuel Beckett – Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989) ↗
1906 Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1991) ↗
1905 Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (died 1964) ↗
1904 David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1987) ↗
1902 Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (died 1988) ↗
1902 Marguerite Henry, American author (died 1997) ↗
1901 Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1981) ↗
1901 Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (died 1988) ↗
1900 Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (died 2006) ↗
1900 Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (died 1976) ↗
1899 Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (died 1993) ↗
1899 Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (died 1975) ↗
1897 Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (died 1917) ↗
1896 Fred Barnett, English footballer (died 1982) ↗
1894 Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1973) ↗
1894 May Brodney, Australian labour activist (died 1973) ↗
1892 Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal (died 1984) ↗
1892 Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented Radar (died 1973) ↗
1891 Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1921) ↗
1891 Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (died 1964) ↗
1891 Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (died 1973) ↗
1890 Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (died 1949) ↗
1890 Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (died 1960) ↗
1889 Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (died 1958) ↗
1887 Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (died 1995) ↗
1885 Vean Gregg, American baseball player (died 1964) ↗
1885 Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1942) ↗
1885 György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (died 1971) ↗
1885 Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician (died 1961) ↗
1880 Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (died 1955) ↗
1879 Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (died 1943) ↗
1879 Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (died 1940) ↗
1875 Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1949) ↗
1873 John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (died 1955) ↗
1872 John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 1935) ↗
1872 Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (died 1945) ↗
1866 Butch Cassidy, American criminal (died 1908) ↗
1865 Lucie Lagerbielke, Swedish writer and painter (died 1931). ↗
1860 James Ensor, English-Belgian painter, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism (died 1949) ↗
1857 Fanny Ingvoldstad, Norwegian painter (died 1935) ↗
1856 Urania Marquard Olsen, Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (died 1932) ↗
1854 Lucy Craft Laney, American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (died 1933) ↗
1852 Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (died 1919) ↗
1851 Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (died 1928) ↗
1851 William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (died 1896) ↗
1850 Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (died 1917) ↗
1841 Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (died 1905) ↗
1832 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author and diplomat (died 1889) ↗
1828 Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (died 1906) ↗
1828 Joseph Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (died 1889) ↗
1825 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1868) ↗
1824 William Alexander, Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (died 1911) ↗
1810 Félicien David, French composer (died 1876) ↗
1808 Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (died 1889) ↗
1802 Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (died 1884) ↗
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (died 1867) ↗
1787 John Robertson, American lawyer and politician (died 1873) ↗
1784 Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (died 1877) ↗
1780 Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (died 1868) ↗
1771 Richard Trevithick, Cornish-English engineer and explorer (died 1833) ↗
1769 Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (died 1830) ↗
1764 Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1830) ↗
1747 Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (died 1793) ↗
1743 Thomas Jefferson – American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826) ↗
1735 Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (died 1791) ↗
1732 Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792) ↗
1729 Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet (died 1811) ↗
1713 Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor (died 1797) ↗
1648 Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (died 1717) ↗
1636 Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist (died 1691) ↗
1618 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (died 1693) ↗
1593 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1641) ↗
1573 Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1625) ↗
1570 Guy Fawkes, English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; died 1606) ↗
1519 Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (died 1589) ↗
1506 Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1546) ↗
1350 Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (died 1405) ↗
1229 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1294) ↗

2025 Richard Armitage, American diplomat and government official (born 1945) ↗
2025 Mario Vargas Llosa – Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936) ↗
2025 Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (born 1934) ↗
2024 Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (born 1930) ↗
2022 Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (born 1925) ↗
2022 Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (born 1921) ↗
2017 Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932) ↗
2015 Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (born 1940) ↗
2015 Günter Grass – German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927) ↗
2015 Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (born 1939) ↗
2014 Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (born 1935) ↗
2014 Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (born 1951) ↗
2013 Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (born 1924) ↗
2012 Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (born 1941) ↗
2012 Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (born 1936) ↗
2008 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (born 1911) ↗
2006 Muriel Spark – Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (born 1918) ↗
2005 Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (born 1924) ↗
2005 Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (born 1912) ↗
2004 Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (born 1962) ↗
2000 Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (born 1916) ↗
2000 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (born 1910) ↗
1999 Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (born 1924) ↗
1999 Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (born 1914) ↗
1998 Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (born 1960) ↗
1997 Bryant Bowles, American soldier and white supremacist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (born 1920) ↗
1997 Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (born 1920) ↗
1997 Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (born 1896) ↗
1997 Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (born 1903) ↗
1996 Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (born 1910) ↗
1993 Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1909) ↗
1992 Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (born 1923) ↗
1992 Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (born 1921) ↗
1992 Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (born 1968) ↗
1988 Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (born 1920) ↗
1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichordist and musicologist (born 1911) ↗
1984 Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (born 1912) ↗
1983 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (born 1934) ↗
1983 Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (born 1896) ↗
1980 Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (born 1956) ↗
1978 Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (born 1931) ↗
1978 Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (born 1900) ↗
1975 Larry Parks, American actor and singer (born 1914) ↗
1975 François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (born 1918) ↗
1971 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1949) ↗
1971 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
1969 Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (born 1901) ↗
1969 Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (born 1901) ↗
1967 Nicole Berger, French actress (born 1934) ↗
1966 Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (born 1921) ↗
1966 Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (born 1881) ↗
1966 Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (born 1884) ↗
1964 Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (born 1891) ↗
1962 Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (born 1876) ↗
1961 John A. Bennett, American soldier (born 1936) ↗
1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (born 1901) ↗
1956 Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (born 1867) ↗
1954 Samuel Jones, American high jumper (born 1880) ↗
1954 Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1890) ↗
1945 Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (born 1874) ↗
1944 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (born 1857) ↗
1942 Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (born 1883) ↗
1942 Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (born 1879) ↗
1941 Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (born 1863) ↗
1941 William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (born 1879) ↗
1938 Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1888) ↗
1936 Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1876) ↗
1927 Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (born 1866) ↗
1927 Sabás Reyes Salazar, Mexican Catholic priest (born 1888) ↗
1920 Stefanos Streit, Greek jurist, banker and politician (born 1896) ↗
1918 Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (born 1870) ↗
1917 Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1856) ↗
1912 Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (born 1886) ↗
1911 John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1852) ↗
1911 George Washington – American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (born 1827) ↗
1910 William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (born 1835) ↗
1909 Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (born 1830) ↗
1890 Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1828) ↗
1886 John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (born 1811) ↗
1882 Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (born 1809) ↗
1880 Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (born 1813) ↗
1878 Bezalel HaKohen, Russian rabbi (born 1820) ↗
1868 Tewodros II of Ethiopia (born 1818) ↗
1855 Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (born 1796) ↗
1853 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (born 1788) ↗
1853 James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (born 1788) ↗
1826 Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1763) ↗
1794 Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (born 1741) ↗
1793 Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (born 1763) ↗
1722 Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (born 1650) ↗
1716 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (born 1648) ↗
1695 Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (born 1621) ↗
1641 Richard Montagu, English bishop (born 1577) ↗
1638 Henri, Duke of Rohan (born 1579) ↗
1635 Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (born 1572) ↗
1612 Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (born 1585) ↗
1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (born 1551) ↗
1592 Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1511) ↗
1367 John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (born 1313) ↗
1275 Eleanor of England (born 1215) ↗
1213 Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany ↗
1138 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1076) ↗
1113 Ida of Lorraine, saint and noblewoman (born c. 1040) ↗
1093 Vsevolod I of Kiev (born 1030) ↗
1035 Herbert I, Count of Maine ↗
989 Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general ↗
862 Donald I, king of the Picts (born 812) ↗
814 Krum, khan of the Bulgarian Khanate ↗
799 Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (born 720) ↗
585 Hermenegild, Visigothic prince and saint ↗
548 Lý Nam Đế, Vietnamese emperor (born 503) ↗