On This Day: April 7 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice. ↗
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. ↗
2020 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan. ↗
2020 COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier. ↗
2018 Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court. ↗
2018 Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. ↗
2017 A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others. ↗
2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. ↗
2011 The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever. ↗
2011 A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing twelve children and injuring 22 others before committing suicide. ↗
2009 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. ↗
2009 Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. ↗
2005 First release of Git distributed version control system. ↗
2003 Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. ↗
2003 Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt. ↗
2001 NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. ↗
1999 Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people. ↗
1995 First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. ↗
1994 Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. ↗
1994 Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. ↗
1990 A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people. ↗
1990 John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal. ↗
1989 Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors. ↗
1988 Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. ↗
1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. ↗
1982 Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. ↗
1980 During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran. ↗
1978 Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter. ↗
1977 German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. ↗
1976 Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death. ↗
1972 Vietnam War: Communist forces overrun the South Vietnamese town of Loc Ninh. ↗
1971 Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization. ↗
1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. ↗
1968 Two-time Formula One British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheim. ↗
1965 Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C., against the termination of the Colville tribe. ↗
1964 IBM announces the System/360. ↗
1956 Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco. ↗
1955 Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. ↗
1954 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. ↗
1948 The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. ↗
1946 The Soviet Union annexes East Prussia as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. ↗
1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go. ↗
1944 In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy. ↗
1943 The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. ↗
1943 Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. ↗
1943 The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. ↗
1940 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. ↗
1939 Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania and forces King Zog I into exile. ↗
1939 Benito Mussolini invades Albania. ↗
1933 Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.) ↗
1933 Nazi Germany issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil service posts. ↗
1927 AT&T engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). ↗
1926 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. ↗
1922 Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms. ↗
1906 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. ↗
1906 The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. ↗
1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist. ↗
1862 American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee. ↗
1831 Pedro II becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil. ↗
1824 The Mechanics' Institution is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU). ↗
1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. ↗
1805 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. ↗
1798 The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and the Spanish Empire. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. ↗
1795 The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass. ↗
1790 Russo-Turkish war (1787–1792): Greek privateer Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros. ↗
1788 Settlers establish Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent settlement created by U.S. citizens in the recently organized Northwest Territory. ↗
1767 End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767). ↗
1724 Premiere performance of Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. ↗
1541 Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. ↗
1521 Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. ↗
1449 Felix V abdicates his claim to the papacy, ending the reign of the final Antipope. ↗
1348 Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University. ↗
1141 Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title "Lady of the English". ↗
529 First Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. ↗
451 Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. ↗

1997 Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player ↗
1996 Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player ↗
1994 Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater ↗
1994 Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player ↗
1994 Josh Hader, American baseball player ↗
1993 Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler ↗
1992 Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast ↗
1992 Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer ↗
1991 Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer ↗
1991 Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter ↗
1990 Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter ↗
1990 Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler ↗
1990 Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player ↗
1990 Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer ↗
1989 Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer ↗
1989 Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player ↗
1989 Teddy Riner – French judoka ↗
1988 Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer ↗
1988 Ed Speleers, English actor and producer ↗
1987 Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1987 Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete ↗
1987 Jamar Smith, American football player ↗
1986 Brooke Brodack, American comedian ↗
1986 Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist ↗
1986 Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1986 Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer ↗
1986 Choi Si-won, South Korean singer and actor ↗
1985 KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer ↗
1985 Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician ↗
1984 Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer ↗
1983 Hamish Davidson, Australian musician ↗
1983 Franck Ribéry, French footballer ↗
1983 Jon Stead, English footballer ↗
1983 Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider ↗
1983 Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player ↗
1982 Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress ↗
1982 Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler ↗
1982 Kelli Young, English singer ↗
1981 Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer ↗
1981 Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (died 2000) ↗
1981 Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress ↗
1981 Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer ↗
1980 Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer ↗
1980 Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (died 2021) ↗
1980 Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor ↗
1979 Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player ↗
1979 Patrick Crayton, American football player ↗
1979 Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1979 Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player ↗
1978 Jo Appleby, English soprano ↗
1978 Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1978 Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player ↗
1977 Tama Canning, Australian-New Zealand cricketer ↗
1977 Karin Haydu, Slovak actress ↗
1976 Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer ↗
1976 Martin Buß, German high jumper ↗
1976 Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician ↗
1976 Aaron Lohr, American actor ↗
1976 Barbara Jane Reams, American actress ↗
1976 Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor ↗
1975 Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1975 Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1975 Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist ↗
1975 Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player ↗
1975 John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
1975 Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player ↗
1973 Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer ↗
1973 Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence ↗
1973 Carole Montillet, French skier ↗
1973 Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter ↗
1973 Brett Tomko, American baseball player ↗
1972 Tim Peake, British astronaut ↗
1971 Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (died 2008) ↗
1971 Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater ↗
1970 Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator ↗
1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) ↗
1969 Ricky Watters, American football player ↗
1968 Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster ↗
1968 Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1968 Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist ↗
1968 Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper ↗
1967 Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter ↗
1967 Bodo Illgner, German footballer ↗
1967 Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player ↗
1966 Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician ↗
1966 Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer ↗
1966 Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer ↗
1966 Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player ↗
1965 Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer ↗
1965 Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet ↗
1965 Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer ↗
1965 Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach ↗
1964 Jace Alexander, American actor and director ↗
1964 Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor ↗
1964 Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1963 Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman ↗
1963 Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing ↗
1963 Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator ↗
1962 Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician ↗
1962 Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist ↗
1961 Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor ↗
1961 Pascal Olmeta, French footballer ↗
1961 Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician ↗
1960 Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor ↗
1960 Sandy Powell, English costume designer ↗
1958 Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1958 Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect ↗
1957 Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor ↗
1957 Thelma Walker, British politician ↗
1956 Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm ↗
1956 Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author ↗
1956 Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete ↗
1955 Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (died 2014) ↗
1955 Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist ↗
1954 Jackie Chan – Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1954 Tony Dorsett, American football player ↗
1953 Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist ↗
1953 Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic ↗
1952 David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic ↗
1952 Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete ↗
1952 Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer ↗
1952 Dennis Hayden, American actor ↗
1951 Bruce Gary, American drummer (died 2006) ↗
1951 Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1950 Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary ↗
1950 Neil Folberg, American-Israeli photographer ↗
1949 Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana ↗
1948 John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer ↗
1948 Arnie Robinson, American athlete (died 2020) ↗
1948 Ecaterina Andronescu, Romanian politician ↗
1947 Patricia Bennett, American singer ↗
1947 Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (died 2020) ↗
1947 Michèle Torr, French singer and author ↗
1946 Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player ↗
1946 Colette Besson, French runner and educator (died 2005) ↗
1946 Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick ↗
1946 Robert Metcalfe, American engineer and entrepreneur ↗
1946 Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate ↗
1946 Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (died 2008) ↗
1945 Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter ↗
1945 Gerry Cottle, English circus owner (died 2021) ↗
1945 Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic ↗
1945 Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author ↗
1945 Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (died 2018) ↗
1945 Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (died 2010) ↗
1945 Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer (died 2024) ↗
1944 Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist (died 2024) ↗
1944 Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (died 2012) ↗
1944 Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor ↗
1944 Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (died 2002) ↗
1944 Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany ↗
1944 Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager ↗
1943 Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1943 Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager ↗
1942 Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer ↗
1941 James Di Pasquale, American composer ↗
1941 Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator ↗
1941 Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018) ↗
1941 Gorden Kaye, English actor (died 2017) ↗
1940 Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs ↗
1939 Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1939 David Frost, English journalist and game show host (died 2013) ↗
1939 Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (died 1977) ↗
1939 Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (died 1992) ↗
1938 Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California ↗
1938 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (died 2005) ↗
1938 Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (died 2008) ↗
1938 Iris Johansen, American author ↗
1937 Charlie Thomas, American singer (died 2023) ↗
1935 Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1935 Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (died 2023) ↗
1934 Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (died 2007) ↗
1933 Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (died 2015) ↗
1933 Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (died 2004) ↗
1932 Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1931 Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (died 1989) ↗
1931 Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author (died 2023) ↗
1931 Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (died 2025) ↗
1930 Jane Priestman, English interior designer (died 2021) ↗
1930 Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (died 2009) ↗
1930 Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
1930 Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (died 2015) ↗
1929 Bob Denard, French soldier (died 2007) ↗
1929 Joe Gallo, American gangster (died 1972) ↗
1928 James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2014) ↗
1928 Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) ↗
1928 James White, Northern Irish author and educator (died 1999) ↗
1927 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (died 2003) ↗
1927 Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper (died 2004) ↗
1925 Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (died 2011) ↗
1925 Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (died 2011) ↗
1924 Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (died 2009) ↗
1922 Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (died 2003) ↗
1921 Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (died 1992) ↗
1920 Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (died 2012) ↗
1919 Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1992) ↗
1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (died 2012) ↗
1918 Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (died 2017) ↗
1917 R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (died 2012) ↗
1916 Anthony Caruso, American actor (died 2003) ↗
1915 Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1977) ↗
1915 Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1959) ↗
1915 Henry Kuttner, American author (died 1958) ↗
1914 Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995) ↗
1914 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (died 2011) ↗
1913 Louise Currie, American actress (died 2013) ↗
1913 Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (died 2007) ↗
1910 Melissanthi, Greek poet, teacher and journalist (died 1990) ↗
1909 Robert Charroux, French author and critic (died 1978) ↗
1908 Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (died 1976) ↗
1908 Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (died 1994) ↗
1904 Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (died 1996) ↗
1903 M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1965) ↗
1903 Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (died 1984) ↗
1902 Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (died 1941) ↗
1900 Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (died 1975) ↗
1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (died 1984) ↗
1899 Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972) ↗
1897 Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (died 1918) ↗
1897 Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (died 1972) ↗
1896 Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (died 1974) ↗
1895 John Bernard Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (died 1942) ↗
1895 Margarete Schön, German actress (died 1985) ↗
1893 José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (died 1970) ↗
1893 Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1969) ↗
1892 Julius Hirsch, German footballer (died 1945) ↗
1891 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (died 1958) ↗
1890 Paul Berth, Danish footballer (died 1969) ↗
1890 Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer (died 1979) ↗
1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (died 1998) ↗
1889 Gabriela Mistral – Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) ↗
1886 Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (died 1971) ↗
1884 Clement Smoot, American golfer (died 1963) ↗
1883 Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (died 1966) ↗
1882 Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (died 1971) ↗
1882 Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (died 1934) ↗
1876 Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (died 1945) ↗
1874 Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (died 1939) ↗
1873 John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (died 1934) ↗
1871 Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (died 1927) ↗
1870 Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (died 1919) ↗
1867 Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (died 1953) ↗
1860 Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (died 1951) ↗
1859 Walter Camp, American football player and coach (died 1925) ↗
1848 Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (died 1930) ↗
1817 Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot (died 1881) ↗
1811 Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1881) ↗
1803 James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (died 1859) ↗
1803 Flora Tristan, French author and activist (died 1844) ↗
1780 William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (died 1842) ↗
1772 Charles Fourier, French philosopher (died 1837) ↗
1770 William Wordsworth – English poet (died 1850) ↗
1763 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (died 1846) ↗
1727 Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (died 1806) ↗
1718 Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (died 1800) ↗
1713 Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (died 1801) ↗
1652 Pope Clement XII (died 1740) ↗
1648 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1721) ↗
1644 François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (died 1730) ↗
1613 Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (died 1675) ↗
1539 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (died 1584) ↗
1506 Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1552) ↗
1470 Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498) ↗
1330 John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (died 1352) ↗
1206 Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (died 1253) ↗

2025 William Finn, American composer and lyricist (born 1952) ↗
2025 Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957) ↗
2024 Jerry Grote, American baseball player (born 1942) ↗
2024 Joe Kinnear, Irish football player and manager (born 1946) ↗
2023 Ben Ferencz, American lawyer (born 1920) ↗
2023 Philippe Bouvatier, French cyclist (born 1964) ↗
2021 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950) ↗
2020 John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (born 1946) ↗
2020 Herb Stempel, American television personality (born 1926) ↗
2019 Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935) ↗
2017 Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941) ↗
2016 Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (born 1942) ↗
2015 Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (born 1919) ↗
2015 José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1981) ↗
2015 Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (born 1926) ↗
2015 Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (born 1983) ↗
2015 Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (born 1935) ↗
2014 George Dureau, American painter and photographer (born 1930) ↗
2014 James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (born 1926) ↗
2014 V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (born 1923) ↗
2014 Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (born 1952) ↗
2014 John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (born 1931) ↗
2014 George Shuffler, American guitarist (born 1925) ↗
2014 Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1927) ↗
2014 Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (born 1942) ↗
2013 Marty Blake, American businessman (born 1927) ↗
2013 Les Blank, American director and producer (born 1935) ↗
2013 Andy Johns, English-American record producer (born 1950) ↗
2013 Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (born 1931) ↗
2013 Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (born 1937) ↗
2013 Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (born 1935) ↗
2013 Carl Williams, American boxer (born 1959) ↗
2012 Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (born 1984) ↗
2012 Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (born 1914) ↗
2012 Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (born 1930) ↗
2012 David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (born 1917) ↗
2012 Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (born 1959) ↗
2012 Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (born 1918) ↗
2011 Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (born 1922) ↗
2009 Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (born 1947) ↗
2008 Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (born 1915) ↗
2007 Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (born 1931) ↗
2007 Barry Nelson, American actor (born 1917) ↗
2005 Cliff Allison, English race car driver (born 1932) ↗
2005 Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1922) ↗
2005 Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920) ↗
2005 Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (born 1951) ↗
2004 Victor Argo, American actor (born 1934) ↗
2004 Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (born 1901) ↗
2003 Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (born 1903) ↗
2003 David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
2002 John Agar, American actor (born 1921) ↗
2001 David Graf, American actor (born 1950) ↗
2001 Beatrice Straight, American actress (born 1914) ↗
1999 Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (born 1911) ↗
1998 Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican painter and illustrator (born 1905) ↗
1997 Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1923) ↗
1997 Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935) ↗
1995 Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (born 1927) ↗
1994 Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952) ↗
1994 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (born 1923) ↗
1994 Golo Mann, German historian and author (born 1909) ↗
1994 Ling Ma – Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (born 1953) ↗
1992 Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1903) ↗
1992 Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (born 1937) ↗
1991 Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (born 1913) ↗
1990 Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (born 1933) ↗
1986 Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (born 1912) ↗
1985 Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (born 1888) ↗
1984 Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1924) ↗
1982 Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (born 1948) ↗
1981 Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (born 1935) ↗
1981 Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (born 1899) ↗
1972 Joe Gallo, American gangster (born 1929) ↗
1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (born 1905) ↗
1968 Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (born 1893) ↗
1968 Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (born 1936) ↗
1966 Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (born 1919) ↗
1965 Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919) ↗
1960 Henri Guisan, Swiss general (born 1874) ↗
1956 Fred Appleby, English runner (born 1879) ↗
1955 Theda Bara, American actress (born 1885) ↗
1950 Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1883) ↗
1949 John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (born 1872) ↗
1947 Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (born 1863) ↗
1943 Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (born 1871) ↗
1943 Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859) ↗
1939 Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1879) ↗
1938 Suzanne Valadon, French painter (born 1865) ↗
1932 Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (born 1875) ↗
1928 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (born 1873) ↗
1922 James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born 1855) ↗
1920 Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (born 1841) ↗
1918 David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (born 1885) ↗
1918 George E. Ohr, American potter (born 1857) ↗
1917 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (born 1861) ↗
1891 P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1810) ↗
1889 Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (born 1823) ↗
1889 Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (born 1823) ↗
1885 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (born 1804) ↗
1884 Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (born 1803) ↗
1879 Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (born 1820) ↗
1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (born 1825) ↗
1858 Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (born 1781) ↗
1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (born 1762) ↗
1849 Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (born 1777) ↗
1836 William Godwin, English journalist and author (born 1756) ↗
1833 Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (born 1775) ↗
1823 Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (born 1746) ↗
1811 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (born 1757) ↗
1804 Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (born 1743) ↗
1801 Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (born 1724) ↗
1789 Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1725) ↗
1789 Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (born 1722) ↗
1782 Taksin, Thai king (born 1734) ↗
1779 Martha Ray, English singer (born 1746) ↗
1767 Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (born 1715) ↗
1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (born 1685) ↗
1761 Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (born 1701) ↗
1747 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1676) ↗
1739 Dick Turpin, English criminal (born 1705) ↗
1719 Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (born 1651) ↗
1668 William Davenant, English poet and playwright (born 1606) ↗
1663 Francis Cooke, English-American settler (born 1583) ↗
1661 Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (born 1604) ↗
1658 Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (born 1595) ↗
1651 Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (born 1603) ↗
1638 Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (born 1576) ↗
1614 El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1541) ↗
1606 Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (born 1561) ↗
1501 Minkhaung II, king of Ava (born 1446) ↗
1499 Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (born 1442) ↗
1498 Charles VIII of France (born 1470) ↗
1340 Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (born 1308) ↗
1206 Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine ↗
1201 Baha al-Din Qaraqush, regent of Egypt and builder of the Cairo Citadel ↗
924 Berengar I of Italy (born 845) ↗
821 George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (born c. 776) ↗
30 Jesus Christ (possible date of the crucifixion) (born circa 4 BC) ↗