33 Events
156 Births
73 Deaths
- 2025 At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack. ↗
- 2020 Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history. ↗
- 2016 The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming. ↗
- 2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. ↗
- 1993 Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. ↗
- 1992 A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. ↗
- 1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. ↗
- 1974 Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board. ↗
- 1970 The first Earth Day is celebrated. ↗
- 1970 Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park. ↗
- 1969 British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. ↗
- 1969 The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta. ↗
- 1966 American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. ↗
- 1954 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins. ↗
- 1951 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. ↗
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. ↗
- 1944 The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. ↗
- 1944 World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station. ↗
- 1930 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. ↗
- 1915 World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. ↗
- 1906 The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens. ↗
- 1898 Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000. ↗
- 1889 At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. ↗
- 1876 The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. ↗
- 1864 The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. ↗
- 1836 Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity. ↗
- 1809 The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. ↗
- 1529 Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas. ↗
- 1519 Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. ↗
- 1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil). ↗
- 2011 Violet McGraw, American actress ↗
- 1991 Danni Wyatt, English cricketer ↗
- 1990 Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor ↗
- 1990 Kevin Kiermaier, American baseball player ↗
- 1990 Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler ↗
- 1988 Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player ↗
- 1987 David Luiz, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1986 Amber Heard, American actress ↗
- 1986 Marshawn Lynch, American football player ↗
- 1983 Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist ↗
- 1983 Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist ↗
- 1982 Kaká, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1980 Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician ↗
- 1979 Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager ↗
- 1979 Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1978 Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach ↗
- 1976 Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1970 Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress ↗
- 1967 David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 2016) ↗
- 1967 Sherri Shepherd, American actress, comedian, and television personality ↗
- 1966 Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1966 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor ↗
- 1963 Rosalind Gill, English sociologist and academic ↗
- 1963 Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (died 2021) ↗
- 1962 Jeff Minter, British video game designer and programmer ↗
- 1962 Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1961 Jeff Hostetler, American football player ↗
- 1961 Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (died 1996) ↗
- 1960 Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia ↗
- 1959 Terry Francona, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1959 Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and comedian ↗
- 1957 Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland ↗
- 1952 Marilyn Chambers, American actress ↗
- 1951 Aivars Kalējs, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist ↗
- 1951 Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet ↗
- 1950 Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1950 Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic ↗
- 1950 Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director (died 2025) ↗
- 1949 Spencer Haywood, American basketball player ↗
- 1948 John Pritchard, English bishop ↗
- 1946 Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1972) ↗
- 1946 Paul Davies, English physicist and author ↗
- 1946 Louise Harel, Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
- 1946 Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician ↗
- 1946 Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic ↗
- 1946 John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1945 Eddy Baldewijns, Belgian politician ↗
- 1945 Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal ↗
- 1945 Demetrio Stratos, Greek-Egyptian singer-songwriter (died 1979) ↗
- 1944 Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (died 2007) ↗
- 1944 Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist ↗
- 1943 Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1943 Janet Evanovich, American author ↗
- 1943 Louise Glück, American poet (died 2023) ↗
- 1943 John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (died 2012) ↗
- 1943 Scott W. Williams, American mathematician and professor ↗
- 1942 Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic ↗
- 1942 Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol ↗
- 1941 Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician ↗
- 1939 Mel Carter, American singer and actor ↗
- 1939 John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey ↗
- 1939 Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1939 Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (died 2001) ↗
- 1939 Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance ↗
- 1938 Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (died 2015) ↗
- 1938 Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (died 2009) ↗
- 1938 Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022) ↗
- 1938 Adam Raphael, English journalist and author ↗
- 1937 Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer ↗
- 1937 Jack Nitzsche, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (died 2000) ↗
- 1936 Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017) ↗
- 1936 Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (died 1998) ↗
- 1935 Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic ↗
- 1935 Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (died 1969) ↗
- 1935 Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic ↗
- 1933 Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013) ↗
- 1931 John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2019) ↗
- 1931 Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1930 Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 2016) ↗
- 1929 Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (died 2022) ↗
- 1927 Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (died 2005) ↗
- 1926 Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (died 2018) ↗
- 1926 James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (died 1992) ↗
- 1924 Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 Peter Kane Dufault, American soldier, pilot, and poet (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 Bettie Page, American model and actress (died 2008) ↗
- 1923 Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006) ↗
- 1922 Richard Diebenkorn, American soldier and painter (died 1993) ↗
- 1922 Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) ↗
- 1922 Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist and academic (died 1973) ↗
- 1919 Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001) ↗
- 1919 Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (died 2011) ↗
- 1918 William Jay Smith, American poet and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1918 Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (died 2008) ↗
- 1917 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (died 2016) ↗
- 1917 Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (died 1992) ↗
- 1916 Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (died 1999) ↗
- 1914 Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (died 2008) ↗
- 1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (died 2002) ↗
- 1914 José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (died 1941) ↗
- 1914 Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (died 1944) ↗
- 1912 Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (died 1953) ↗
- 1912 Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
- 1910 Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (died 1971) ↗
- 1909 Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) ↗
- 1909 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (died 2001) ↗
- 1909 Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000) ↗
- 1906 Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (died 1997) ↗
- 1906 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (died 1947) ↗
- 1905 Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (died 1991) ↗
- 1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (died 1967) ↗
- 1900 Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 1988) ↗
- 1899 Vladimir Nabokov – Russian-born novelist and critic (died 1977) ↗
- 1892 Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist (died 1965) ↗
- 1891 Laura Gilpin, American photographer (died 1979) ↗
- 1891 Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (died 1965) ↗
- 1891 Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1989) ↗
- 1891 Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist (died 1927) ↗
- 1889 Richard Glücks, German SS officer (died 1945) ↗
- 1887 Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (died 1951) ↗
- 1886 Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (died 1958) ↗
- 1884 Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (died 1939) ↗
- 1879 Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (died 1939) ↗
- 1876 Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936) ↗
- 1876 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (died 1920) ↗
- 1874 Wu Peifu, Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the Beiyang Army (died 1939) ↗
- 1873 Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945) ↗
- 1872 Princess Margaret of Prussia (died 1954) ↗
- 1870 Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (died 1924) ↗
- 1858 Ethel Smyth, English composer (died 1944) ↗
- 1858 Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, Belgian art collector and art historian (died 1901) ↗
- 1854 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943) ↗
- 1852 William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (died 1912) ↗
- 1844 Lewis Powell, American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward (died 1865) ↗
- 1832 Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 1902) ↗
- 1830 Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University (died 1921) ↗
- 1816 Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (died 1897) ↗
- 1812 Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (died 1894) ↗
- 1766 Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher (died 1817) ↗
- 1744 James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1808) ↗
- 1732 John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (died 1814) ↗
- 1724 Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (died 1804) ↗
- 1711 Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (died 1762) ↗
- 1707 Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (died 1754) ↗
- 1690 John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1763) ↗
- 1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1709) ↗
- 1610 Pope Alexander VIII (died 1691) ↗
- 1592 Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1635) ↗
- 1518 Antoine of Navarre (died 1562) ↗
- 1451 Isabella I of Castile (died 1504) ↗
- 1444 Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (died 1503) ↗
- 1412 Reinhard III, Count of Hanau (1451–1452) (died 1452) ↗
- 2023 Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944) ↗
- 2022 Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951) ↗
- 2021 Adrian Garrett, American professional baseball player (born 1943) ↗
- 2020 Shirley Knight, American actress (born 1936) ↗
- 2017 Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963) ↗
- 2015 Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937) ↗
- 2014 Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (born 1926) ↗
- 2013 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941) ↗
- 2013 Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Robert Suderburg, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936) ↗
- 2012 George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (born 1927) ↗
- 2010 Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943) ↗
- 2009 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer, director and photographer (born 1914) ↗
- 2007 Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2006 Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (born 1919) ↗
- 2006 Alida Valli, Italian actress (born 1921) ↗
- 2005 Erika Fuchs, German translator (born 1906) ↗
- 2005 Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 2005 Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (born 1924) ↗
- 2003 Felice Bryant, American songwriter (born 1925) ↗
- 1999 Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (born 1926) ↗
- 1996 Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (born 1927) ↗
- 1996 Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (born 1908) ↗
- 1995 Jane Kenyon, American poet and author (born 1947) ↗
- 1994 Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States (born 1913) ↗
- 1990 Albert Salmi, American actor (born 1928) ↗
- 1989 Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) ↗
- 1988 Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (born 1917) ↗
- 1988 Irene Rich, American actress (born 1891) ↗
- 1987 Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (born 1905) ↗
- 1986 Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (born 1907) ↗
- 1985 Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (born 1900) ↗
- 1985 Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (born 1921) ↗
- 1984 Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (born 1902) ↗
- 1983 Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903) ↗
- 1980 Jane Froman, American actress and singer (born 1907) ↗
- 1980 Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (born 1902) ↗
- 1978 Will Geer, American actor (born 1902) ↗
- 1951 Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (born 1870) ↗
- 1950 Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (born 1895) ↗
- 1945 Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (born 1900) ↗
- 1945 Käthe Kollwitz – German painter and sculptor (born 1867) ↗
- 1933 Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863) ↗
- 1932 Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883) ↗
- 1929 Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (born 1848) ↗
- 1925 André Caplet, French composer and conductor (born 1878) ↗
- 1908 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1836) ↗
- 1896 Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (born 1812) ↗
- 1894 Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (born 1868) ↗
- 1893 Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (born 1825) ↗
- 1892 Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (born 1823) ↗
- 1877 James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (born 1807) ↗
- 1871 Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1806) ↗
- 1854 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (born 1786) ↗
- 1850 Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (born 1798) ↗
- 1833 Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (born 1771) ↗
- 1821 Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (born 1746) ↗
- 1806 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (born 1763) ↗
- 1778 James Hargreaves, British inventor (born 1720) ↗
- 1758 Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (born 1686) ↗
- 1699 Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (born 1646) ↗
- 1672 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (born 1598) ↗
- 1616 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1547) ↗
- 1585 Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (born 1550) ↗
- 1355 Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (born 1318) ↗
- 1322 Francis of Fabriano, Italian writer (born 1251) ↗
- 1208 Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham ↗
- 846 Wuzong, Chinese emperor (born 814) ↗
- 835 Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (born 774) ↗
- 613 Saint Theodore of Sykeon ↗
- 591 Peter III of Raqqa ↗
- 536 Pope Agapetus I ↗
- 296 Pope Caius ↗