66 Events
200 Births
101 Deaths
- 2021 Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 68 people. ↗
- 2017 The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles (1,140 km2) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. ↗
- 2015 A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people. ↗
- 2014 Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed. ↗
- 2006 Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana. ↗
- 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage. ↗
- 1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. ↗
- 1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. ↗
- 1991 Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. ↗
- 1991 Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years. ↗
- 1986 The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L). ↗
- 1984 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar. ↗
- 1983 US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured. ↗
- 1982 The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. ↗
- 1981 South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). ↗
- 1979 The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee. ↗
- 1978 Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. ↗
- 1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. ↗
- 1977 Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100. ↗
- 1974 Martinair Flight 138 crashes into the Saptha Kanya mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, killing 191. ↗
- 1971 The PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy submarine, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971. ↗
- 1971 During a concert by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention at the Montreux Casino, an audience member fires a flare gun into the ceiling, causing a fire that destroys the venue. The incident served as the inspiration for Deep Purple's 1973 song Smoke on the Water. ↗
- 1969 Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. ↗
- 1965 Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A. ↗
- 1964 Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property. ↗
- 1956 The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time. ↗
- 1950 Korean War: Jesse L. Brown (the 1st African-American Naval aviator) is killed in action during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. ↗
- 1950 Korean War: Associated Press photographer Max Desfor photographs hundreds of Korean refugees crossing a downed bridge in the Taedong River: 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea. ↗
- 1949 Sir Duncan George Stewart, governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak, was fatally stabbed by a member of the Rukun 13. ↗
- 1948 Chinese Civil War: The SS Kiangya, carrying Nationalist refugees from Shanghai, explodes in the Huangpu River. ↗
- 1945 By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.) ↗
- 1943 World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. ↗
- 1943 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States. ↗
- 1942 World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. ↗
- 1939 World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940. ↗
- 1928 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years. ↗
- 1919 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is initiated, with an attempt to assassinate the high command of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. ↗
- 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. ↗
- 1917 The Finnish Senate submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issued a communication to Parliament declaring the independence of Finland. ↗
- 1909 In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6. ↗
- 1909 The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association. ↗
- 1906 Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. ↗
- 1893 First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland. ↗
- 1881 The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. ↗
- 1875 Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain. ↗
- 1872 The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found. ↗
- 1867 Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). ↗
- 1865 North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed two days later by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia, opening the way for General William T. Sherman's army to approach the coast. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Confederate General James Longstreet lifts his unsuccessful siege of Knoxville, Tennessee after failing to capture the city. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: The 109 electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President. ↗
- 1829 In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets sati in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. ↗
- 1808 Napoleonic Wars: Under the orders by commander Tomás de Morla, the city of Madrid surrenders to French Emperor Napoleon I after a 4 day long siege. ↗
- 1804 The United States House of Representatives adopts articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. ↗
- 1791 The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. ↗
- 1786 Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara). ↗
- 1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers. ↗
- 1745 Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising. ↗
- 1676 The Battle of Lund, becomes the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history. ↗
- 1623 50 Christians are executed in Edo, Japan, during the Great Martyrdom of Edo. ↗
- 1619 Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." ↗
- 1563 The final session of the Council of Trent is held nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545. ↗
- 1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. ↗
- 1110 An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade. ↗
- 963 The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination. ↗
- 771 Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. ↗
- 2003 Jackson Holliday, American baseball player ↗
- 2003 Kim Do-ah, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 2002 María Dueñas, Spanish violinist and composer ↗
- 1999 Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 1999 Kang Mi-na, South Korean actress and singer ↗
- 1996 Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer ↗
- 1996 Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025) ↗
- 1996 Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer ↗
- 1994 Gabriel Lundberg, Danish basketball player ↗
- 1992 Robin Bruyère, Belgian politician ↗
- 1992 Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1992 Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer ↗
- 1992 Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor ↗
- 1992 Joe Musgrove, American baseball player ↗
- 1992 Blake Snell, American baseball player ↗
- 1991 Duje Dukan, Croatian basketball player ↗
- 1991 André Roberson, American basketball player ↗
- 1991 Max Holloway, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1991 Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage ↗
- 1990 Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1990 Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1990 Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper ↗
- 1988 Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter ↗
- 1988 Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer ↗
- 1987 Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper ↗
- 1986 Kaija Udras, Estonian skier ↗
- 1986 Martell Webster, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Andrew Brackman, American baseball player ↗
- 1985 Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer ↗
- 1985 Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1984 Lindsay Felton, American actress ↗
- 1984 Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer ↗
- 1984 Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player ↗
- 1984 Jelly Roll, American singer and rapper ↗
- 1984 Joe Thomas, American football player ↗
- 1983 Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer ↗
- 1983 Chinx, American rapper (died 2015) ↗
- 1982 Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper ↗
- 1982 Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer ↗
- 1982 Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver ↗
- 1982 Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist ↗
- 1981 Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist ↗
- 1980 Brian Cook, American basketball player ↗
- 1980 Viktor, Canadian wrestler and manager ↗
- 1979 Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1979 Jay DeMerit, American soccer player ↗
- 1978 Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress ↗
- 1977 Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer ↗
- 1977 Darvis Patton, American sprinter ↗
- 1977 Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1976 Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater ↗
- 1976 Betty Lennox, American basketball player ↗
- 1974 Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1973 Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer ↗
- 1973 Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player ↗
- 1973 Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
- 1973 Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1973 Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1973 Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1973 Corliss Williamson, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1972 Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1972 Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
- 1971 Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor ↗
- 1970 Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1969 Dionne Farris, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress ↗
- 1969 Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records ↗
- 1969 Plum Sykes, English journalist and author ↗
- 1968 Tahir Dawar, Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet (died 2018) ↗
- 1967 Guillermo Amor, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1966 Fred Armisen, American actor and musician ↗
- 1966 Andy Hess, American bass player ↗
- 1966 Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist ↗
- 1966 Suzette M. Malveaux, American lawyer and academic ↗
- 1965 Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Shaun Hollamby, English race car driver and businessman ↗
- 1965 Ulf Kirsten, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1964 Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster ↗
- 1964 Chelsea Noble, American actress ↗
- 1964 Marisa Tomei, American actress ↗
- 1963 Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter ↗
- 1963 Nigel Heslop, English rugby player ↗
- 1962 Vinnie Dombroski, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
- 1962 Gary Freeman, New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1962 Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner ↗
- 1962 Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1961 Frank Reich, American football player and coach ↗
- 1961 Naomi Robson, American-Australian television host[better source needed] ↗
- 1960 David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player ↗
- 1960 Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler ↗
- 1958 Sergei Starikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1957 Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver and radio host ↗
- 1957 Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author ↗
- 1957 Lee Smith, American baseball player ↗
- 1956 Nia Griffith, Welsh educator and politician, former Shadow Secretary of State for Wales ↗
- 1956 Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1955 Philip Hammond, English businessman and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer ↗
- 1955 Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager ↗
- 1955 Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1954 Tony Todd, American actor (died 2024) ↗
- 1953 Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
- 1953 Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer and manager ↗
- 1951 Gary Rossington, American guitarist (died 2023) ↗
- 1951 Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright ↗
- 1950 Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer (died 2025) ↗
- 1949 Jeff Bridges, American actor ↗
- 1949 Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician ↗
- 1948 Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1947 Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat ↗
- 1946 Karina, Spanish singer/actress ↗
- 1945 Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut ↗
- 1944 Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1944 Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1944 François Migault, French race car driver (died 2012) ↗
- 1944 Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (died 1983) ↗
- 1942 Bob Mosley, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1941 Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach ↗
- 1940 Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1940 Gary Gilmore, American murderer (died 1977) ↗
- 1939 Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (died 2016) ↗
- 1939 Joan Brady, American-British author (died 2024) ↗
- 1938 Andre Marrou, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1938 Yvonne Minton, Australian-English soprano and actress ↗
- 1937 Max Baer Jr., American actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1936 Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist ↗
- 1936 John Giorno, American poet and performance artist (died 2019) ↗
- 1935 Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2020) ↗
- 1934 Bill Collins, Australian film critic and author (died 2019) ↗
- 1934 Victor French, American actor and director (died 1989) ↗
- 1933 Horst Buchholz, German actor (died 2003) ↗
- 1933 Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1933 Dick Ricketts, American baseball and basketball player (died 1988) ↗
- 1932 Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (died 2021) ↗
- 1931 Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) ↗
- 1931 Wally George, American radio and television host (died 2003) ↗
- 1930 Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor and comedian (died 2016) ↗
- 1930 Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (died 2013) ↗
- 1929 Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (died 2010) ↗
- 1926 Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) ↗
- 1924 John C. Portman Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (died 2017) ↗
- 1923 Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1923 John Krish, English director and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
- 1921 Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (died 2013) ↗
- 1920 Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (died 2013) ↗
- 1920 Michael Bates, English actor (died 1978) ↗
- 1920 Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (died 2013) ↗
- 1919 I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (died 2012) ↗
- 1916 Ely Jacques Kahn Jr., American journalist and author (died 1994) ↗
- 1915 Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (died 1989) ↗
- 1914 Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (died 1995) ↗
- 1914 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (died 1993) ↗
- 1913 Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (died 1978) ↗
- 1912 Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1988) ↗
- 1910 Alex North, American composer and conductor (died 1991) ↗
- 1910 R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 2009) ↗
- 1908 Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997) ↗
- 1904 Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (died 1982) ↗
- 1903 Cornell Woolrich, American author (died 1968) ↗
- 1899 Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician (died 1934) ↗
- 1899 Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (died 1953) ↗
- 1897 Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (died 1958) ↗
- 1895 Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (died 1990) ↗
- 1893 Herbert Read, English poet and critic (died 1968) ↗
- 1892 Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1975) ↗
- 1892 Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (died 1986) ↗
- 1887 Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (died 1943) ↗
- 1884 R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (died 1980) ↗
- 1883 Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (died 1969) ↗
- 1882 Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (died 1963) ↗
- 1881 Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944) ↗
- 1877 Morris Alexander, South African politician (died 1946) ↗
- 1875 Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (died 1964) ↗
- 1875 Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (died 1945) ↗
- 1875 Rainer Maria Rilke – Austrian-Swiss poet and author (died 1926) ↗
- 1868 Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1953) ↗
- 1867 Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (died 1940) ↗
- 1865 Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) (died 1915) ↗
- 1861 Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1922) ↗
- 1844 Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1914) ↗
- 1835 Samuel Butler, English author and critic (died 1902) ↗
- 1817 Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author (died 1845) ↗
- 1798 Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (died 1881) ↗
- 1795 Thomas Carlyle – Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1881) ↗
- 1777 Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (died 1849) ↗
- 1727 Johann Gottfried Zinn, German anatomist and botanist (died 1759) ↗
- 1713 Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (died 1786) ↗
- 1670 John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1742) ↗
- 1667 Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator (died 1737) ↗
- 1660 André Campra, French composer and conductor (died 1744) ↗
- 1647 Daniel Eberlin, German composer (died 1715) ↗
- 1595 Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (died 1674) ↗
- 1585 John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (died 1652) ↗
- 1580 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626) ↗
- 1575 Sister Virginia Maria, Italian nun (died 1650) ↗
- 1555 Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (died 1625) ↗
- 1506 Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (died 1558) ↗
- 1428 Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (died 1511) ↗
- 846 Hasan al-Askari 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 874) ↗
- 34 Persius, Roman poet (died 62) ↗
- 2024 Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Swedish royal (born 1937) ↗
- 2024 Brian Thompson, American insurance executive (born 1974) ↗
- 2022 Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (born 1932) ↗
- 2022 Patrick Tambay, French race car driver (born 1949) ↗
- 2017 Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (born 1938) ↗
- 2016 Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (born 1921) ↗
- 2015 Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (born 1932) ↗
- 2015 Robert Loggia, American actor and director (born 1930) ↗
- 2015 Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1940) ↗
- 2014 Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (born 1957) ↗
- 2014 V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (born 1914) ↗
- 2014 Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (born 1921) ↗
- 2014 Ian Thorpe – English lawyer and politician (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (born 1913) ↗
- 2012 Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932) ↗
- 2012 Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (born 1971) ↗
- 2012 Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (born 1917) ↗
- 2011 Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (born 1965) ↗
- 2011 Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1954) ↗
- 2011 Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (born 1931) ↗
- 2010 King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (born 1937) ↗
- 2009 Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (born 1935) ↗
- 2007 Pimp C, American rapper (born 1973) ↗
- 2006 Ling Ma – Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (born 1938) ↗
- 2006 Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1987) ↗
- 2005 Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (born 1924) ↗
- 2005 Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (born 1963) ↗
- 2004 Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (born 1943) ↗
- 2003 Iggy Katona, American race car driver (born 1916) ↗
- 2000 Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (born 1936) ↗
- 1999 Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (born 1936) ↗
- 1993 Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (born 1903) ↗
- 1993 Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1940) ↗
- 1992 Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (born 1905) ↗
- 1988 Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (born 1899) ↗
- 1987 Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (born 1933) ↗
- 1987 Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American director and screenwriter (born 1897) ↗
- 1984 Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (born 1910) ↗
- 1981 Jeanne Block, American psychologist (born 1923) ↗
- 1980 Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1934) ↗
- 1980 Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (born 1911) ↗
- 1980 Don Warrington, Canadian football player (born 1948) ↗
- 1976 Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1951) ↗
- 1976 Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913) ↗
- 1976 W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1886) ↗
- 1975 Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (born 1906) ↗
- 1971 Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (born 1904) ↗
- 1969 Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (born 1948) ↗
- 1967 Bert Lahr, American actor (born 1895) ↗
- 1963 Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (born 1882) ↗
- 1955 József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1881) ↗
- 1954 George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (born 1881) ↗
- 1950 Jesse L. Brown, 1st African-American Naval aviator (born 1926) ↗
- 1948 Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (born 1883) ↗
- 1945 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866) ↗
- 1945 Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (born 1879) ↗
- 1944 Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (born 1879) ↗
- 1942 Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (born 1885) ↗
- 1942 Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (born 1883) ↗
- 1938 Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (born 1865) ↗
- 1938 Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (born 1903) ↗
- 1935 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1864) ↗
- 1935 Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850) ↗
- 1933 Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (born 1868) ↗
- 1926 Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (born 1861) ↗
- 1902 Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (born 1851) ↗
- 1897 Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (born 1834) ↗
- 1893 John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (born 1820) ↗
- 1850 William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (born 1783) ↗
- 1845 Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (born 1786) ↗
- 1841 David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (born 1777) ↗
- 1839 John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (born 1757) ↗
- 1828 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770) ↗
- 1798 Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1737) ↗
- 1732 John Gay, English poet and playwright (born 1685) ↗
- 1696 Empress Meishō of Japan (born 1624) ↗
- 1680 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (born 1616) ↗
- 1679 Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (born 1588) ↗
- 1649 William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (born 1585) ↗
- 1642 Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585) ↗
- 1637 Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (born 1592) ↗
- 1609 Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (born 1560) ↗
- 1603 Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (born 1532) ↗
- 1585 John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (born 1515) ↗
- 1576 Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (born 1514) ↗
- 1459 Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (born 1401) ↗
- 1456 Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1401) ↗
- 1408 Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans ↗
- 1341 Janisław, Archbishop of Gniezno ↗
- 1340 Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1292) ↗
- 1334 Pope John XXII (born 1249) ↗
- 1270 Theobald II of Navarre (born 1238) ↗
- 1260 Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (born 1222) ↗
- 1214 William the Lion, Scottish king (born 1143) ↗
- 1131 Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1048) ↗
- 1075 Anno II, German archbishop and saint (born 1010) ↗
- 870 Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop ↗
- 771 Carloman I, Frankish king (born 751) ↗
- 749 John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (born 676) ↗
- 530 BCE Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (born 600 BC) ↗