61 Events
291 Births
112 Deaths
- 2020 Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. ↗
- 2016 Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey. ↗
- 2014 Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day. ↗
- 2012 A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. ↗
- 2011 First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard. ↗
- 2008 Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. ↗
- 2007 China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. ↗
- 2006 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai. ↗
- 2002 A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering. ↗
- 1998 The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. ↗
- 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. ↗
- 1997 Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. ↗
- 1995 The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. ↗
- 1992 In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government. ↗
- 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. ↗
- 1991 Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood. ↗
- 1989 The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed. ↗
- 1988 "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park ↗
- 1988 Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war. ↗
- 1988 The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. ↗
- 1986 In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shoots and kills 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide. ↗
- 1977 Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. ↗
- 1975 Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. ↗
- 1975 ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people. ↗
- 1968 Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate. ↗
- 1962 The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. ↗
- 1960 Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence. ↗
- 1955 Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. ↗
- 1949 Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic. ↗
- 1948 Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case. ↗
- 1944 World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp. ↗
- 1944 World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive. ↗
- 1940 In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day. ↗
- 1940 World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". ↗
- 1940 World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China. ↗
- 1938 Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez. ↗
- 1926 Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established. ↗
- 1920 The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit. ↗
- 1920 The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio ↗
- 1914 World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium. ↗
- 1910 Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people. ↗
- 1905 Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan. ↗
- 1882 Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. ↗
- 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over. ↗
- 1864 Bakumatsu: Kinmon incident: The Chōshū Domain attempts to expel the Satsuma and Aizu Domains from Japan's imperial court. ↗
- 1858 Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory. ↗
- 1852 Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives. ↗
- 1794 Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. ↗
- 1775 The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona. ↗
- 1710 War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa. ↗
- 1707 The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. ↗
- 1672 Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by a mob in The Hague. ↗
- 1648 The Battle of Lens is the last major military confrontation of the Thirty Years' War, contributing to the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in October that year. ↗
- 1519 On the third day of battle, philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor. ↗
- 1467 The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias. ↗
- 1308 At the conclusion of the interrogation of the leaders of the Knights Templar, the three papal investigators, Cardinals Bérenger Frédol, Etienne de Suisy and Landolfo Brancacci, write the "Chinon Parchment", in which they affirm that the accused Templars had confessed, done penance, and were absolved of heresy. ↗
- 1191 Believing Saladin had reneged on ransom promises, Richard I of England initiates the massacre at Ayyadieh, beheading 2,700 captive Muslim soldiers and another 300 women and children seized at the Fall of Acre. ↗
- 1083 The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. ↗
- 917 Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army. ↗
- 636 Marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the Byzantine Empire and take control of the Levant. ↗
- 14 Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards while in exile. ↗
- 2003 Prince Gabriel of Belgium ↗
- 1998 Lieke Klaver, Dutch track and field athlete ↗
- 1997 Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast ↗
- 1997 Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1995 Liana Liberato, American actress ↗
- 1994 Mitchell Trubisky, American football player ↗
- 1993 Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player ↗
- 1992 Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1992 Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player ↗
- 1992 Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1992 Alex Newell, American actor and singer ↗
- 1992 Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer ↗
- 1992 Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist ↗
- 1991 Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player ↗
- 1991 Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player ↗
- 1991 Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player ↗
- 1990 Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1990 Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ ↗
- 1990 Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1990 Bradley Klahn, American tennis player ↗
- 1990 Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer ↗
- 1989 Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer ↗
- 1989 Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner ↗
- 1989 Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer ↗
- 1989 Judd Trump, English snooker player ↗
- 1989 Dean Winnard, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player ↗
- 1988 Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1988 José Zamora, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1987 Stefan Aigner, German footballer ↗
- 1987 Gunther, Austrian wrestler ↗
- 1987 Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor ↗
- 1987 Vedran Janjetović, Croatian-Australian footballer ↗
- 1987 Sido Jombati, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1987 Egon Kaur, Estonian race car driver ↗
- 1986 Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer ↗
- 1986 Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1985 Brant Daugherty, American actor ↗
- 1985 Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1985 Blake DeWitt, American baseball player ↗
- 1985 Thomas Domingo, French rugby player ↗
- 1985 Matt Hague, American baseball player ↗
- 1985 Jack King, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1985 Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1985 Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1985 Stephen Ward, Irish footballer ↗
- 1985 Mark Washington, American football player ↗
- 1984 Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1984 Pavel Eismann, Czech footballer ↗
- 1984 Laura Georges, French footballer ↗
- 1984 Jamie Hoffmann, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Ingrid Lukas, Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1983 Hamza Abdullah, American football player ↗
- 1983 Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1983 Andrew Garfield, American-English actor ↗
- 1983 Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1983 Brian Schaefering, American football player ↗
- 1983 Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer ↗
- 1982 Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1982 Aleksandr Amisulashvili, Georgian footballer ↗
- 1982 Monty Dumond, South African rugby player ↗
- 1982 Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer ↗
- 1982 Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer ↗
- 1982 Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler ↗
- 1982 Meghan Ory, Canadian actress ↗
- 1982 Richard Petiot, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer ↗
- 1982 Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1981 Ben Barnes, English actor ↗
- 1981 Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1981 Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1981 Bernard Mendy, French footballer ↗
- 1981 Craig Ochs, American football player ↗
- 1981 Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster ↗
- 1979 Sarah Borwell, English tennis player ↗
- 1979 Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1979 Cory Sullivan, American baseball player ↗
- 1978 Alberto Martín, Spanish tennis player ↗
- 1978 Emir Mkademi, Tunisian footballer ↗
- 1978 Chris Schroder, American baseball player ↗
- 1977 Paolo Bianco, Italian footballer ↗
- 1977 Wayne Brown, English footballer ↗
- 1977 Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player, coach, and physician ↗
- 1977 Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player ↗
- 1977 Stéphane Gillet, Luxembourgish footballer ↗
- 1977 Aaron Hamill, Australian footballer and coach ↗
- 1977 Ívar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer ↗
- 1977 James Ormond, English cricketer ↗
- 1977 Josh Pearce, American baseball player ↗
- 1977 Aaron Taylor, American baseball player ↗
- 1976 Chris Drury, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Cornel Frăsineanu, Romanian footballer ↗
- 1976 Tony Grant, Irish footballer ↗
- 1976 Kristen Miller, American actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1976 Fabio Ulloa, Honduran footballer ↗
- 1975 Marcin Adamski, Polish footballer and manager ↗
- 1975 Marko Martin, Estonian pianist and educator ↗
- 1975 Shaun Newton, English footballer ↗
- 1975 Elijah Williams, American football player and coach ↗
- 1974 Amy Adams, American actress ↗
- 1974 Misha Collins, American actor ↗
- 1974 Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer and coach ↗
- 1974 Andy Strachan, Australian drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1974 Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist and conductor ↗
- 1973 Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer ↗
- 1973 Alexandre Finazzi, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1973 Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer ↗
- 1973 Todd Helton, American baseball player ↗
- 1973 Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster ↗
- 1973 José Paniagua, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1973 Donn Swaby, American actor and screenwriter ↗
- 1973 Juan Becerra Acosta, Mexican journalist ↗
- 1972 Derrick Alston, American basketball player ↗
- 1972 Melvin Booker, American basketball player ↗
- 1972 Chaney Kley, American actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1972 Scott Quinnell, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster ↗
- 1972 Anna Umemiya, Japanese model and actress ↗
- 1971 Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager ↗
- 1971 Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach ↗
- 1971 Ke Huy Quan, Vietnamese-American actor ↗
- 1971 Steve Stone, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1971 David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author ↗
- 1970 Els Callens, Belgian tennis player and sportscaster ↗
- 1970 Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1969 Billy Gardell, American comedian, actor, and producer ↗
- 1969 Mark Holzemer, American baseball player and scout ↗
- 1969 Santeri Kinnunen, Finnish actor ↗
- 1968 Brett Angell, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1968 Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player ↗
- 1968 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball player and coach ↗
- 1968 Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2014) ↗
- 1968 Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
- 1968 Bai Yansong, Chinese host ↗
- 1967 Andy Benes, American baseball player ↗
- 1966 Miguel Albaladejo, Spanish director and screenwriter ↗
- 1966 Colin Cunningham, American actor ↗
- 1966 Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004) ↗
- 1966 Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy ↗
- 1966 Liu Chunyan, Chinese host and voice actress ↗
- 1965 KRS-One, American rapper and producer ↗
- 1964 Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ↗
- 1963 Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1963 Kal Daniels, American baseball player ↗
- 1963 José Cecena, Mexican baseball player ↗
- 1962 James Marsters, American actor ↗
- 1961 Amanda Sonia Berry, English businesswoman ↗
- 1960 Dom Duff, Breton singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer ↗
- 1960 Mark Langston, American baseball player ↗
- 1958 Nigel Dodds, Northern Irish lawyer and politician ↗
- 1958 Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1958 David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter ↗
- 1958 John Stehr, American journalist ↗
- 1957 Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player ↗
- 1957 Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player ↗
- 1957 Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic ↗
- 1957 Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian ↗
- 1957 Paul Johnson, American football coach ↗
- 1956 Joan Allen, American actress ↗
- 1956 Alvin Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer ↗
- 1956 Desmond Swayne, English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ↗
- 1955 Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and author ↗
- 1955 Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ↗
- 1954 Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1954 Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (died 2007) ↗
- 1954 Al Roker, American news anchor, television personality, and author ↗
- 1953 Gerry Bertier, American football player (died 1981) ↗
- 1953 Peter Horton, American actor and director ↗
- 1953 Mike Jackson, American politician ↗
- 1953 Jim Trenton, American radio host and actor ↗
- 1953 Leroy Burgess, American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, and record producer ↗
- 1952 John Emburey, English cricketer and coach ↗
- 1952 Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010) ↗
- 1952 John Hiatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1952 Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1951 Greg Bear, American author (died 2022) ↗
- 1951 DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey ↗
- 1949 Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1988) ↗
- 1949 Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1986) ↗
- 1948 John Noble, Australian actor and director ↗
- 1948 Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1947 Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator ↗
- 1947 James Pankow, American musician ↗
- 1947 Ray Wise, American actor ↗
- 1946 Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate ↗
- 1946 Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author ↗
- 1946 Connie Chung, American journalist ↗
- 1946 Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France ↗
- 1946 Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player ↗
- 1946 N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys ↗
- 1945 Roy Gardner, English businessman ↗
- 1944 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (died 1991) ↗
- 1944 Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1944 José Wilker, Brazilian actor and director (died 2014) ↗
- 1943 Roger Gale, English journalist and politician ↗
- 1943 Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor ↗
- 1942 Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (died 2008) ↗
- 1942 Fred Norman, American baseball player ↗
- 1941 Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1941 Rich Brooks, American football player and coach ↗
- 1941 Anne Evans, English soprano and actress ↗
- 1941 William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) ↗
- 1941 Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (died 2006) ↗
- 1941 Robin Oakley, English journalist and author ↗
- 1941 Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager ↗
- 1940 Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician ↗
- 1940 Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office ↗
- 1940 Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer ↗
- 1939 Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2004) ↗
- 1939 Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader ↗
- 1938 Jean-Loup Chrétien, French military officer and astronaut ↗
- 1938 Peter Day, English chemist and academic (died 2020) ↗
- 1938 Alain Vivien, French politician ↗
- 1937 Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (died 2018) ↗
- 1937 Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1937 Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist (died 2009) ↗
- 1936 Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1935 Ron Paul, American captain, physician, and politician ↗
- 1934 Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (died 2007) ↗
- 1934 Tom Mangold, German-English journalist and author ↗
- 1933 Ted Donaldson, American actor (died 2023) ↗
- 1933 George J. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1932 Anthony Ainley, English actor (died 2004) ↗
- 1932 Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (died 2009) ↗
- 1932 Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (died 1983) ↗
- 1931 Don King, American boxing promoter ↗
- 1930 Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Peter Randall, English sergeant and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2007) ↗
- 1929 Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
- 1927 John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian (died 2024) ↗
- 1927 Yootha Joyce, English actress (died 1980) ↗
- 1927 Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (died 2013) ↗
- 1927 Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger (died 2014) ↗
- 1926 Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (died 1978) ↗
- 1926 Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 George Zuverink, American baseball player (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (died 1964) ↗
- 1921 Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player (died 1978) ↗
- 1921 Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (died 1985) ↗
- 1920 H. R. Van Dongen, American illustrator (died 2010) ↗
- 1919 Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2021) ↗
- 1919 Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000) ↗
- 1918 Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (died 1974) ↗
- 1917 Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (died 1998) ↗
- 1916 Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player and chemist (died 1984) ↗
- 1915 Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (died 2007) ↗
- 1913 Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994) ↗
- 1912 John H. Michaelis, American general (died 1985) ↗
- 1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (died 1961) ↗
- 1909 André Morell, English actor (died 1978) ↗
- 1909 Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (died 1978) ↗
- 1908 Al López, American baseball player and manager (died 2005) ↗
- 1906 Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (died 1981) ↗
- 1905 Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (died 1973) ↗
- 1905 Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1969) ↗
- 1905 Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (died 1964) ↗
- 1901 Salvatore Quasimodo – Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) ↗
- 1898 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (died 1973) ↗
- 1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (died 1970) ↗
- 1896 Gostha Pal, Indian footballer (died 1976) ↗
- 1890 H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (died 1937) ↗
- 1888 Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (died 1980) ↗
- 1887 Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar (died 1959) ↗
- 1886 Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (died 1965) ↗
- 1885 Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (died 1932) ↗
- 1884 Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg (died 1976) ↗
- 1881 Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author (died 1959) ↗
- 1881 Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1943) ↗
- 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (died 1950) ↗
- 1868 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (died 1954) ↗
- 1865 Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1911) ↗
- 1860 Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (died 1934) ↗
- 1857 George Griffith, British writer (died 1906) ↗
- 1856 Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (died 1909) ↗
- 1847 Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (died 1889) ↗
- 1847 Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (died 1912) ↗
- 1845 Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (died 1916) ↗
- 1833 Benjamin Harrison – American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (died 1901) ↗
- 1799 James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar (died 1840) ↗
- 1779 Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (died 1848) ↗
- 1778 Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (died 1842) ↗
- 1720 Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (died 1785) ↗
- 1719 Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (died 1783) ↗
- 1710 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (died 1761) ↗
- 1659 Henry Every, English pirate (died 1696) ↗
- 1632 Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic (died 1704) ↗
- 1625 Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (died 1709) ↗
- 1561 Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer (died 1633) ↗
- 1517 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector (died 1586) ↗
- 1377 Shahrukh Mirza, ruler of Persia and Transoxiania (died 1447) ↗
- 2024 Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (born 1936) ↗
- 2022 Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (born 1992) ↗
- 2021 Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (born 1982) ↗
- 2018 Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (born 1923) ↗
- 2018 Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model (born 1978) ↗
- 2017 Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (born 1922) ↗
- 2015 Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (born 1941) ↗
- 2015 Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (born 1922) ↗
- 2014 Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (born 1983) ↗
- 2014 Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (born 1946) ↗
- 2014 B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) ↗
- 2014 Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (born 1925) ↗
- 2014 Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (born 1936) ↗
- 2013 Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (born 1945) ↗
- 2013 Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (born 1925) ↗
- 2013 Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (born 1918) ↗
- 2013 John W. Morris, American general (born 1921) ↗
- 2013 Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (born 1936) ↗
- 2012 Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) ↗
- 2012 Len Quested, English footballer and manager (born 1925) ↗
- 2012 Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (born 1967) ↗
- 2012 Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1955) ↗
- 2011 Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (born 1919) ↗
- 2010 Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (born 1937) ↗
- 2009 Larry Knechtel, American keyboardist and bass player (born 1940) ↗
- 2009 Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (born 1932) ↗
- 2008 Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1927) ↗
- 2008 Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1921) ↗
- 2008 Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (born 1949) ↗
- 2008 Gene Upshaw, American football player (born 1945) ↗
- 2007 Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (born 1920) ↗
- 2006 Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1977) ↗
- 2006 Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (born 1911) ↗
- 2006 S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2005 Thomas Herrion, American football player (born 1981) ↗
- 2005 Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (born 1970) ↗
- 2001 Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (born 1915) ↗
- 2001 Kim Stanley, American actress (born 1925) ↗
- 1998 Vũ Văn Mẫu, 10th and final Prime Minister of South Vietnam (born 1914) ↗
- 1997 Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (born 1909) ↗
- 1997 Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (born 1922) ↗
- 1996 Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (born 1950) ↗
- 1995 Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 1993 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (born 1912) ↗
- 1987 Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (born 1909) ↗
- 1986 Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (born 1923) ↗
- 1985 Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (born 1904) ↗
- 1985 Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (born 1897) ↗
- 1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (born 1929) ↗
- 1981 Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger striker ↗
- 1980 Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 1979 Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (born 1922) ↗
- 1976 Vera Lutz, British economist (born 1912) ↗
- 1971 Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (born 1951) ↗
- 1965 Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (born 1939) ↗
- 1963 Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (born 1879) ↗
- 1961 Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882) ↗
- 1951 İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (born 1882) ↗
- 1949 Ragnhild Kaarbø, Norwegian painter (born 1889) ↗
- 1943 William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (born 1858) ↗
- 1942 István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (born 1904) ↗
- 1939 Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (born 1845) ↗
- 1936 Edward Weston, English-American chemist (born 1850) ↗
- 1930 Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1851) ↗
- 1919 Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (born 1869) ↗
- 1917 Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835) ↗
- 1915 Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854) ↗
- 1914 Pope Pius X (born 1835) ↗
- 1912 William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829) ↗
- 1897 Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (born 1827) ↗
- 1893 Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1827) ↗
- 1887 Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (born 1860) ↗
- 1882 James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (born 1820) ↗
- 1859 Juan Bautista Ceballos, former president of Mexico (born 1811) ↗
- 1854 Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (born 1801) ↗
- 1835 Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (born 1775) ↗
- 1825 William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (born 1753) ↗
- 1823 Pope Pius VII (born 1740) ↗
- 1785 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (born 1714) ↗
- 1773 Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (born 1701) ↗
- 1707 Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born 1627) ↗
- 1701 Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician (born 1639) ↗
- 1680 William Bedloe, English spy (born 1650) ↗
- 1672 Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1623) ↗
- 1672 Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (born 1625) ↗
- 1651 Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (born 1612) ↗
- 1648 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (born 1583) ↗
- 1639 Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (born 1597) ↗
- 1611 Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (born 1548) ↗
- 1580 Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (born 1506) ↗
- 1572 Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1502) ↗
- 1528 Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (born 1473) ↗
- 1471 Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1413) ↗
- 1386 Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden ↗
- 1384 Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (born 1340) ↗
- 1348 Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1319) ↗
- 1297 William Fraser, bishop and Guardian of Scotland ↗
- 1158 Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (born 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint ↗
- 1153 Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (born 1090) ↗
- 984 Pope John XIV ↗
- 917 Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral ↗
- 768 Eadberht of Northumbria ↗
- 651 Oswine of Deira ↗
- 535 Mochta, Irish missionary and saint ↗
- 14 Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (born 12 BC) ↗