On This Day: August 26 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead. ↗
2021 During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. ↗
2018 Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. ↗
2015 Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. ↗
2014 The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. ↗
2011 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. ↗
2009 Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. ↗
2003 A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. ↗
1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. ↗
1998 The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. ↗
1997 Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. ↗
1993 Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard. ↗
1980 After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. ↗
1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. ↗
1977 The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. ↗
1972 The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. ↗
1970 The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. ↗
1969 Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16. ↗
1966 The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. ↗
1944 World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. ↗
1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. ↗
1940 World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. ↗
1936 Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved. ↗
1922 Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun. ↗
1920 The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified. ↗
1914 World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I. ↗
1914 World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. ↗
1883 The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. ↗
1863 The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland. ↗
1849 President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti. ↗
1833 The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish. ↗
1814 Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias. ↗
1813 War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). ↗
1810 The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution. ↗
1791 John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. ↗
1789 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. ↗
1778 The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. ↗
1768 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. ↗
1767 Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus. ↗
1748 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia. ↗
1648 The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day. ↗
1642 Dutch–Portuguese War: Second Battle of San Salvador: The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day Keelung, Taiwan) to surrender, ending the short-lived Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with a new Dutch administration. ↗
1542 A year and a half after leaving Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, Francisco de Orellana finishes his overland journey across South America and reaches the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast. ↗
1444 Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel. ↗
1346 Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. ↗
1303 Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate. ↗
1278 Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia. ↗
1071 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. ↗
683 The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina. ↗

2002 Lil Tecca, American rapper ↗
2001 Patrick Williams, American basketball player ↗
2000 Kyren Williams, American football player ↗
1999 Naz Reid, American basketball player ↗
1999 Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1998 Jeon Soyeon, Korean rapper and record producer ↗
1997 Cordae, American rapper ↗
1995 Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1995 Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1994 Alex Collins, American football player (died 2023) ↗
1994 Austin Gunn, American professional wrestler ↗
1993 Keke Palmer, American actress and singer ↗
1991 Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier ↗
1991 Dylan O'Brien, American actor ↗
1990 Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player ↗
1990 Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player ↗
1990 Mateo Musacchio, Argentine footballer ↗
1989 James Harden, American basketball player ↗
1988 Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1988 Evan Ross, American actor ↗
1988 Danielle Savre, American actress ↗
1988 Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1988 Lars Stindl, German footballer ↗
1987 Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (died 2014) ↗
1986 Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer ↗
1986 Saint Jhn, Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter ↗
1986 Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer ↗
1986 Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model ↗
1985 Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete ↗
1985 Brandon McDonald, American football player ↗
1985 David Price, American baseball player ↗
1983 Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer ↗
1983 Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver ↗
1983 Nicol David, Malaysian squash player ↗
1982 Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer ↗
1982 John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer ↗
1982 Jayson Nix, American baseball player ↗
1982 Noah Welch, American ice hockey player ↗
1981 Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer ↗
1981 Sebastian Bönig, German footballer ↗
1981 Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player ↗
1981 Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer ↗
1981 Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler ↗
1980 Macaulay Culkin, American actor ↗
1980 Brendan Harris, American baseball player ↗
1980 Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player ↗
1980 Chris Pine, American actor ↗
1979 Jamal Lewis, American football player ↗
1979 Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1979 Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer ↗
1977 Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer ↗
1977 Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer ↗
1977 Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
1977 Simone Motta, Italian footballer ↗
1977 Morris Peterson, American basketball player ↗
1976 Mike Colter, American actor ↗
1976 Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter ↗
1975 Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach ↗
1974 Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach ↗
1974 Meredith Eaton, American actress ↗
1973 Richard Evatt, English boxer (died 2012) ↗
1971 Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1970 Jason Little, Australian rugby union player ↗
1970 Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1970 Brett Schultz, South African cricketer ↗
1969 Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter ↗
1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist ↗
1967 Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education ↗
1966 Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach ↗
1966 Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1965 Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic ↗
1965 Chris Burke, American actor ↗
1964 Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter ↗
1964 Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach ↗
1964 Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager ↗
1964 Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager ↗
1964 Torsten Schmitz, German boxer ↗
1964 Carsten Wolf, German cyclist ↗
1964 Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO ↗
1963 David Byas, English cricketer and umpire ↗
1963 Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author ↗
1963 Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic ↗
1962 Roger Kingdom, American hurdler ↗
1961 Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022) ↗
1961 Jeff Parrett, American baseball player ↗
1960 Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader ↗
1960 Ola Ray, American model and actress ↗
1959 Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician ↗
1959 Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach ↗
1958 Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist ↗
1957 Nikky Finney, American poet and academic ↗
1957 Dr. Alban, Swedish musician ↗
1956 Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer ↗
1956 Brett Cullen, American actor ↗
1956 Mark Mangino, American football player and coach ↗
1955 Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator ↗
1955 Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator ↗
1954 Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster ↗
1954 Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman ↗
1954 Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator ↗
1953 David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia ↗
1953 Andrea Saltelli, Italian statistician and sociologist ↗
1953 Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer ↗
1952 Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1952 Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003) ↗
1952 Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator ↗
1951 Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (died 2014) ↗
1951 Bill Whitaker, American journalist ↗
1951 Edward Witten, American physicist and academic ↗
1949 Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric ↗
1949 Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2019) ↗
1947 Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007) ↗
1946 Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education ↗
1946 Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter ↗
1946 Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (died 2025) ↗
1946 Alison Steadman, English actress ↗
1945 Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security ↗
1944 Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester ↗
1944 Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
1944 Judith Rees, English geographer and academic ↗
1944 Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
1943 Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1942 Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
1942 Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018) ↗
1941 Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (died 2005) ↗
1941 Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1941 Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer ↗
1940 Michael Cockerell, English journalist ↗
1940 Vic Dana, American dancer and singer ↗
1940 Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
1940 Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter (died 2022) ↗
1939 Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (died 2007) ↗
1939 Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier ↗
1939 Bill White, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017) ↗
1938 Jet Black, English drummer (died 2022) ↗
1937 Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
1936 Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1935 Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (died 2011) ↗
1935 Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (died 2007) ↗
1934 Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020) ↗
1934 Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician ↗
1932 Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (died 2014) ↗
1931 Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (died 2009) ↗
1930 Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach (died 2023) ↗
1929 Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (died 1996) ↗
1928 Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (died 2015) ↗
1926 Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) ↗
1926 Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (died 2011) ↗
1925 Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (died 2005) ↗
1925 Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999) ↗
1925 Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013) ↗
1925 Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018) ↗
1925 Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (died 2010) ↗
1924 Alex Kellner, American baseball player (died 1996) ↗
1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (died 2013) ↗
1922 Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (died 2009) ↗
1921 Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (died 1994) ↗
1921 Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (died 2014) ↗
1920 Brant Parker, American illustrator (died 2007) ↗
1920 Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2019) ↗
1919 Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (died 2012) ↗
1918 Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (died 2020) ↗
1915 Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (died 1982) ↗
1914 Julio Cortázar – Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (died 1984) ↗
1914 Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (died 2008) ↗
1912 John Tinniswood, British supercentenarian (died 2024) ↗
1911 Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (died 1974) ↗
1910 Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997) ↗
1909 Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (died 1976) ↗
1909 Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981) ↗
1909 Gene Moore, American baseball player (died 1978) ↗
1908 Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (died 1967) ↗
1908 Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (died 1999) ↗
1906 Bunny Austin, English tennis player (died 2000) ↗
1906 Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (died 1993) ↗
1905 Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (died 1982) ↗
1904 Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (died 1986) ↗
1904 Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (died 1991) ↗
1903 Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (died 1992) ↗
1901 Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (died 1985) ↗
1901 Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (died 1945) ↗
1901 Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (died 1972) ↗
1901 Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (died 1987) ↗
1901 Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 1972) ↗
1900 Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970) ↗
1900 Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980) ↗
1898 Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (died 1979) ↗
1897 Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (died 1990) ↗
1896 Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (died 1990) ↗
1894 Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (died 1989) ↗
1891 Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (died 1960) ↗
1888 Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (died 1974) ↗
1885 Jules Romains, French author and poet (died 1972) ↗
1882 James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964) ↗
1882 Sam Hardy, English footballer (died 1966) ↗
1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918) ↗
1875 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (died 1940) ↗
1874 Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1938) ↗
1873 Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (died 1961) ↗
1865 Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946) ↗
1862 Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (died 1926) ↗
1856 Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (died 1939) ↗
1854 Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (died 1932) ↗
1824 Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (died 1885) ↗
1819 Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (died 1861) ↗
1797 Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (died 1879) ↗
1792 Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (died 1857) ↗
1783 Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (died 1817) ↗
1775 William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (died 1851) ↗
1751 Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (died 1825) ↗
1743 Antoine Lavoisier – French chemist and biologist (died 1794) ↗
1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (died 1810) ↗
1736 Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1790) ↗
1728 Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1777) ↗
1695 Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (died 1791) ↗
1694 Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (died 1755) ↗
1676 Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745) ↗
1596 Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (died 1632) ↗
1582 Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1637) ↗
1548 Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (died 1612) ↗

2024 Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1948) ↗
2024 Sid Eudy, American actor and professional wrestler (born 1960) ↗
2023 Bob Barker, American television game show host (born 1923) ↗
2020 Joe Ruby, American animator (born 1933) ↗
2018 Neil Simon, American playwright and author (born 1927) ↗
2017 Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943) ↗
2015 Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905) ↗
2015 Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939) ↗
2015 P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931) ↗
2015 Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952) ↗
2015 Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935) ↗
2014 Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (born 1954) ↗
2014 Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1950) ↗
2014 Caroline Kellett, English journalist (born 1960) ↗
2014 Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
2013 Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (born 1922) ↗
2013 John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921) ↗
2013 Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (born 1954) ↗
2013 Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (born 1950) ↗
2013 Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (born 1921) ↗
2012 Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929) ↗
2012 Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936) ↗
2012 Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943) ↗
2012 Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1940) ↗
2011 George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (born 1929) ↗
2011 Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (born 1935) ↗
2011 John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (born 1949) ↗
2010 Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (born 1918) ↗
2009 Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (born 1925) ↗
2007 Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1928) ↗
2006 Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (born 1924) ↗
2006 Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926) ↗
2006 William Garnett, American landscape photographer (born 1916) ↗
2005 Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (born 1960) ↗
2005 Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (born 1927) ↗
2005 Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (born 1949) ↗
2004 Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952) ↗
2003 Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (born 1937) ↗
2001 Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1904) ↗
2001 Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1940) ↗
2000 Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (born 1939) ↗
2000 Bunny Austin, English tennis player (born 1906) ↗
1998 Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
1995 John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (born 1934) ↗
1993 Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (born 1923) ↗
1992 Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925) ↗
1991 Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (born 1905) ↗
1990 Tang Chang, Thai artist (born 1934) ↗
1989 Irving Stone, American author (born 1903) ↗
1988 Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1957) ↗
1987 John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (born 1919) ↗
1987 Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) ↗
1986 Ted Knight, American actor (born 1923) ↗
1981 Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (born 1884) ↗
1981 Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (born 1914) ↗
1980 Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (born 1874) ↗
1980 Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (born 1908) ↗
1979 Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (born 1908) ↗
1978 Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1899) ↗
1978 José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1916) ↗
1977 H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (born 1898) ↗
1976 Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (born 1888) ↗
1975 Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1885) ↗
1974 Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (born 1902) ↗
1972 Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (born 1901) ↗
1968 Kay Francis, American actress (born 1905) ↗
1966 W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (born 1894) ↗
1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (born 1872) ↗
1956 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (born 1881) ↗
1946 Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (born 1887) ↗
1945 Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (born 1890) ↗
1944 Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (born 1909) ↗
1943 Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (born 1873) ↗
1930 Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883) ↗
1921 Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (born 1875) ↗
1921 Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1848) ↗
1921 Petro Petrenko, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1890) ↗
1910 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1842) ↗
1878 Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1846) ↗
1865 Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (born 1791) ↗
1850 Louis Philippe I of France (born 1773) ↗
1813 Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (born 1791) ↗
1810 Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (born 1753) ↗
1785 George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1716) ↗
1778 Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (born 1706) ↗
1723 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (born 1632) ↗
1714 Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (born 1654) ↗
1714 Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (born 1632) ↗
1666 Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (born 1580) ↗
1595 António, Prior of Crato (born 1531) ↗
1572 Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (born 1515) ↗
1551 Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1516) ↗
1500 Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (born 1449) ↗
1486 Ernest, Elector of Saxony (born 1441) ↗
1462 Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea ↗
1399 Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (born 1333) ↗
1349 Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (born 1290) ↗
1346 Charles II, Count of Alençon (born 1297) ↗
1346 Louis I, Count of Flanders (born 1304) ↗
1346 Louis II, Count of Blois ↗
1346 Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320) ↗
1346 John of Bohemia (born 1296) ↗
1278 Ottokar II of Bohemia (born 1233) ↗
1214 Michael IV of Constantinople ↗
887 Kōkō, emperor of Japan (born 830) ↗
787 Arechis II, duke of Benevento ↗