51 Events
210 Births
101 Deaths
- 2019 One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2). ↗
- 2017 The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight. ↗
- 2011 A terrorist attack on Israel's Highway 12 near the Egyptian border kills 16 and injures 40. ↗
- 2008 The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, resigns under threat of impeachment. ↗
- 2008 War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs. ↗
- 2005 A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history. ↗
- 2003 One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws. ↗
- 1993 American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members. ↗
- 1989 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. ↗
- 1983 Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars). ↗
- 1977 Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies. ↗
- 1976 The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers. ↗
- 1976 The Soviet Union's robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon. ↗
- 1973 Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight. ↗
- 1971 Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. ↗
- 1966 Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province. ↗
- 1965 Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. ↗
- 1963 Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. ↗
- 1958 Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. ↗
- 1958 Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors. ↗
- 1950 Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists. ↗
- 1949 1949 Kemi strike: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland. ↗
- 1945 Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day. ↗
- 1945 Soviet-Japanese War: Battle of Shumshu: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on Shumshu Island and launch the Battle of Shumshu; the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands commences. ↗
- 1940 World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain, takes place. At that point, it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides. ↗
- 1938 The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ↗
- 1937 A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program. ↗
- 1933 The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the 'eighth great power'. ↗
- 1923 The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain. ↗
- 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. ↗
- 1917 A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. ↗
- 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. ↗
- 1891 A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead. ↗
- 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovers Phobos, one of Mars's moons. ↗
- 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought. ↗
- 1868 French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. ↗
- 1838 The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads. ↗
- 1826 Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu. ↗
- 1809 The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia. ↗
- 1783 A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast. ↗
- 1721 The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked. ↗
- 1634 Father Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. ↗
- 1612 The trials of the Pendle witches and Samlesbury witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begin at the Lancaster Assizes. ↗
- 1590 John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. ↗
- 1572 The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France. ↗
- 1492 The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I. ↗
- 1487 The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. ↗
- 1304 The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. ↗
- 707 Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. ↗
- 684 Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. ↗
- 2006 Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer ↗
- 1999 Cassius Stanley, American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Brian To'o, Australian-Samoan rugby league player ↗
- 1998 Clairo, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1998 Nick Fuentes, American far-right political commentator ↗
- 1997 Josephine Langford, Australian actress ↗
- 1997 Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1995 Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater ↗
- 1995 Parker McKenna Posey, American actress ↗
- 1994 Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber ↗
- 1994 Morgan Sanson, French footballer ↗
- 1994 Seiya Suzuki, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1993 Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
- 1993 Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer ↗
- 1992 Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer ↗
- 1992 Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player ↗
- 1992 Frances Bean Cobain, American visual artist and model ↗
- 1991 Liz Cambage, Australian basketball player ↗
- 1991 Richard Harmon, Canadian actor ↗
- 1989 Anna Akana, American actress, comedian, musician, and YouTuber ↗
- 1989 Yu Mengyu, Singaporean table tennis player ↗
- 1988 Jack Hobbs, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer ↗
- 1988 G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer ↗
- 1987 Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist ↗
- 1987 Justin Wilson, American baseball player ↗
- 1986 Evan Gattis, American baseball player ↗
- 1986 Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1985 Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer ↗
- 1985 Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer ↗
- 1984 Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1984 Robert Huth, German footballer ↗
- 1983 Mika, Lebanese-born English recording artist and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1983 Cameron White, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1981 César Delgado, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1981 Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer ↗
- 1980 Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1980 Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver ↗
- 1980 Ryan O'Hara, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1980 Bart Scott, American football player ↗
- 1980 Jeremy Shockey, American football player ↗
- 1979 Stuart Dew, Australian footballer ↗
- 1978 Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1977 Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1977 Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian musician and educator ↗
- 1975 Kaitlin Olson, American actress and comedian ↗
- 1974 Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic ↗
- 1971 Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1971 Richard David James, English musician and record producer ↗
- 1970 Jason Furman, American economist and politician ↗
- 1970 Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1969 Everlast, American singer, rapper, and musician ↗
- 1969 Masta Killa, American rapper ↗
- 1969 Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach ↗
- 1969 Edward Norton, American actor ↗
- 1969 Christian Slater, American actor and producer ↗
- 1967 Daler Mehndi, Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and record producer ↗
- 1967 Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1966 Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer ↗
- 1965 Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress ↗
- 1964 Craig Bierko, American actor and singer ↗
- 1964 Andi Deris, German singer and songwriter ↗
- 1964 Mark Sargent, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1964 Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1962 Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico ↗
- 1962 Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1962 Adam Storke, American actor ↗
- 1961 Huw Edwards, Welsh journalist and author ↗
- 1961 Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury ↗
- 1961 Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author ↗
- 1960 Mike LaValliere, American baseball player ↗
- 1960 Fat Lever, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1959 Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer ↗
- 1958 Didier Auriol, French race car driver ↗
- 1958 Madeleine Stowe, American actress ↗
- 1957 Carole Bouquet, French actress ↗
- 1957 Tan Dun, Chinese composer ↗
- 1957 Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1957 Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1956 John Debney, American composer and conductor ↗
- 1956 Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach ↗
- 1956 Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer ↗
- 1956 Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1956 Rainer Woelki, German cardinal ↗
- 1955 Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1955 Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer ↗
- 1954 Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician ↗
- 1953 Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1953 Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1952 Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1952 Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (died 2009) ↗
- 1952 Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach ↗
- 1950 Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor ↗
- 1949 Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1948 James Jones, English bishop ↗
- 1948 John Scarlett, English intelligence officer, former head of MI6 ↗
- 1945 Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2021) ↗
- 1945 Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician ↗
- 1945 Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (died 1994) ↗
- 1944 Paula Danziger, American author (died 2004) ↗
- 1944 Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator ↗
- 1943 Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (died 2024) ↗
- 1943 Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician ↗
- 1943 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (died 2004) ↗
- 1942 Henry G. Sanders, American actor ↗
- 1940 Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer ↗
- 1940 Gil Whitney, American journalist (died 1982) ↗
- 1939 Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter ↗
- 1939 Robert Horton, English businessman (died 2011) ↗
- 1939 Johnny Preston, American pop singer (died 2011) ↗
- 1937 Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author ↗
- 1936 Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1935 Gail Fisher, American actress (died 2000) ↗
- 1935 Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia ↗
- 1934 Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (died 2015) ↗
- 1934 Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (died 1972) ↗
- 1934 Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director ↗
- 1934 Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor (died 2020) ↗
- 1934 Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer ↗
- 1933 Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager (died 2023) ↗
- 1933 Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor ↗
- 1933 Frank Salemme, American gangster and hitman (died 2022) ↗
- 1932 Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022) ↗
- 1931 Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army (died 2019) ↗
- 1931 Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2010) ↗
- 1931 Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor (died 1985) ↗
- 1930 Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1930 Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1929 Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter ↗
- 1928 Marge Schott, American businesswoman (died 2004) ↗
- 1928 Sonny Til, American R&B singer (died 1981) ↗
- 1927 Rosalynn Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States (died 2023) ↗
- 1925 Brian Aldiss, English author and critic (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic (died 2006) ↗
- 1925 Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author (died 2011) ↗
- 1923 Katherine Victor, American actress (died 2004)[better source needed] ↗
- 1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (died 2008) ↗
- 1921 Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (died 1943) ↗
- 1921 Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (died 1999) ↗
- 1920 Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (died 2005) ↗
- 1920 Shelley Winters, American actress (died 2006) ↗
- 1919 Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (died 2010) ↗
- 1918 Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1961) ↗
- 1917 Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2006) ↗
- 1916 Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (died 2018) ↗
- 1916 Moura Lympany, English pianist (died 2005) ↗
- 1915 Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager (died 2007) ↗
- 1914 Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist (died 2017) ↗
- 1913 Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1983) ↗
- 1912 Otto Ernst Remer, German general (died 1997) ↗
- 1911 Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (died 2015) ↗
- 1911 Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (died 1963) ↗
- 1911 Maria Ulfah Santoso, Indonesian politician and women's rights activist (died 1988) ↗
- 1910 Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2001) ↗
- 1910 Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (died 1969) ↗
- 1909 Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (died 2005) ↗
- 1908 Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (died 1988) ↗
- 1908 Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener (died 1994) ↗
- 1908 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (died 1977) ↗
- 1906 Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (died 1996) ↗
- 1906 Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer (died 1971) ↗
- 1905 Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (died 1978) ↗
- 1904 Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (died 1996) ↗
- 1903 Lucienne Boyer, French singer (died 1983) ↗
- 1902 Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (died 1968) ↗
- 1902 Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (died 2003) ↗
- 1900 Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (died 1987) ↗
- 1900 Ruth Norman, American religious leader (died 1993) ↗
- 1898 Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver (died 1955) ↗
- 1896 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director (died 1933) ↗
- 1893 Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (died 1985) ↗
- 1893 Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (died 1973) ↗
- 1890 Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1960) ↗
- 1887 John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining (died 1957) ↗
- 1885 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (died 1964) ↗
- 1879 Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (died 1970) ↗
- 1870 Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (died 1918) ↗
- 1869 Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator (died 1959) ↗
- 1866 Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911) ↗
- 1857 Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (died 1926) ↗
- 1855 Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator (died 1942) ↗
- 1841 William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1919) ↗
- 1834 Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (died 1906) ↗
- 1831 Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (died 1931) ↗
- 1830 Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor of Austria from 1848-1916 (died 1916) ↗
- 1822 Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (died 1862) ↗
- 1819 Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1876) ↗
- 1807 B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (died 1893) ↗
- 1803 Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (died 1881) ↗
- 1792 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1878) ↗
- 1774 Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician (died 1809) ↗
- 1754 François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (died 1833) ↗
- 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (died 1825) ↗
- 1720 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (died 1760) ↗
- 1700 Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire (died 1740) ↗
- 1692 Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (died 1740) ↗
- 1685 Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (died 1731) ↗
- 1657 Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (died 1743) ↗
- 1629 Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (died 1672) ↗
- 1606 Maria Anna of Spain (died 1646) ↗
- 1605 Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (died 1660) ↗
- 1596 Jean Bolland, Flemish priest and hagiographer (died 1665) ↗
- 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, first child born to English parents in the Americas (date of death unknown) ↗
- 1579 Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (died 1640) ↗
- 1542 Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (died 1601) ↗
- 1497 Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543) ↗
- 1458 Lorenzo Pucci, Catholic cardinal (died 1531) ↗
- 1450 Marko Marulić, Croatian poet and author (died 1524) ↗
- 1305 Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese Shōgun (died 1358) ↗
- 2024 Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (born 1916) ↗
- 2024 Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor (born 1935) ↗
- 2024 Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (born 1935) ↗
- 2023 Lolita, the second-oldest orca in captivity (born ca. 1966) ↗
- 2023 Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (born 1923) ↗
- 2020 Ben Cross, English stage and film actor (born 1947) ↗
- 2018 Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (born 1935) ↗
- 2018 Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1938) ↗
- 2017 Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (born 1928) ↗
- 2017 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (born 1944) ↗
- 2016 Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (born 1932) ↗
- 2015 Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1943) ↗
- 2015 Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (born 1940) ↗
- 2015 Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (born 1925) ↗
- 2015 Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2014 Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933) ↗
- 2014 Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (born 1918) ↗
- 2013 Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (born 1924) ↗
- 2013 Jean Kahn, French lawyer and activist (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Albert Murray, American author and critic (born 1916) ↗
- 2012 Harrison Begay, American painter (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 John Kovatch, American football player (born 1920) ↗
- 2012 Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939) ↗
- 2012 Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (born 1927) ↗
- 2012 Jesse Robredo, Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1958) ↗
- 2010 Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (born 1931) ↗
- 2010 Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (born 1911) ↗
- 2009 Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925) ↗
- 2009 Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (born 1910) ↗
- 2009 Robert Novak, American journalist and author (born 1931) ↗
- 2007 Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1938) ↗
- 2007 Magdalen Nabb, English author (born 1947) ↗
- 2006 Fernand Gignac, French Canadian singer and actor (born 1934). ↗
- 2006 Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (born 1924) ↗
- 2005 Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (born 1982) ↗
- 2004 Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (born 1922) ↗
- 2004 Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (born 1906) ↗
- 2003 Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (born 1938) ↗
- 2002 Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (born 1918) ↗
- 2001 David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (born 1931) ↗
- 1998 Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (born 1948) ↗
- 1994 Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (born 1913) ↗
- 1990 B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (born 1904) ↗
- 1986 Harun Babunagari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist (born 1902) ↗
- 1983 Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (born 1902) ↗
- 1981 Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (born 1889) ↗
- 1979 Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (born 1913) ↗
- 1975 Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (born 1897) ↗
- 1968 Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (born 1881) ↗
- 1964 Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (born 1927) ↗
- 1961 Learned Hand, American lawyer, jurist, and philosopher (born 1872) ↗
- 1952 Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (born 1901) ↗
- 1950 Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (born 1884) ↗
- 1949 Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1900) ↗
- 1946 Che Yaoxian, Chinese communist (born 1894) ↗
- 1946 Luo Shiwen, Chinese communist (born 1904) ↗
- 1945 Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (born 1897) ↗
- 1944 Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (born 1886) ↗
- 1943 Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (born 1865) ↗
- 1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Austro-Czech composer and pianist (born 1894) ↗
- 1940 Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (born 1875) ↗
- 1919 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (born 1841) ↗
- 1886 Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (born 1795) ↗
- 1852 James Finlayson, Scottish Quaker (born 1772) ↗
- 1850 Honoré de Balzac – French novelist and playwright (born 1799) ↗
- 1842 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (born 1779) ↗
- 1823 André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (born 1769) ↗
- 1815 Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (born 1759) ↗
- 1765 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1708) ↗
- 1712 Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (born 1660) ↗
- 1707 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1640) ↗
- 1683 Charles Hart, English actor (born 1625) ↗
- 1648 Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (born 1615) ↗
- 1642 Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (born 1575) ↗
- 1634 Urbain Grandier, French priest (born 1590) ↗
- 1625 Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (born 1556) ↗
- 1620 Wanli Emperor of China (born 1563) ↗
- 1613 Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (born 1540) ↗
- 1600 Sebastiano Montelupi, Italian businessman (born 1516) ↗
- 1563 Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (born 1530) ↗
- 1559 Pope Paul IV (born 1476) ↗
- 1550 Antonio Ferramolino, Italian architect and military engineer ↗
- 1503 Pope Alexander VI (born 1431) ↗
- 1502 Knut Alvsson, Norwegian nobleman and politician (born 1455) ↗
- 1500 Alfonso of Aragon, Spanish prince (born 1481) ↗
- 1430 Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (born 1406) ↗
- 1318 Clare of Montefalco, Italian nun and saint (born 1268) ↗
- 1276 Pope Adrian V (born 1220) ↗
- 1258 Theodore II Laskaris, emperor of Nicea (Byzantine emperor in exile) ↗
- 1211 Narapatisithu, king of Burma (born 1150) ↗
- 1095 King Olaf I of Denmark ↗
- 911 Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (born 859) ↗
- 849 Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian (born 808) ↗
- 673 Kim Yu-shin, general of Silla (born 595) ↗
- 670 Fiacre, Irish hermit ↗
- 472 Ricimer, Roman general and politician (born 405) ↗
- 440 Pope Sixtus III ↗
- 353 Decentius, Roman usurper ↗