On This Day: December 6 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2017 Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. ↗
2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. ↗
2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. ↗
2005 An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground. ↗
1999 A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. ↗
1998 in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. ↗
1995 The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000. ↗
1992 The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. ↗
1991 Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months. ↗
1990 A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people. ↗
1989 The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. ↗
1982 The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. ↗
1978 Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. ↗
1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. ↗
1975 The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. ↗
1973 The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.) ↗
1971 Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. ↗
1969 Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards. ↗
1967 Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. ↗
1957 Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. ↗
1956 A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. ↗
1941 World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war. ↗
1939 Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale. ↗
1933 In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression. ↗
1928 The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. ↗
1922 One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Ireland is partitioned. Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State come into existence. ↗
1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. ↗
1917 Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire. ↗
1917 Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. ↗
1917 World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. ↗
1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. ↗
1912 The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. ↗
1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. ↗
1904 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. ↗
1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. ↗
1884 The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. ↗
1882 Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century. ↗
1865 Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ↗
1803 Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution. ↗
1790 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. ↗
1745 Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. ↗
1648 Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial. ↗
1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. ↗
1492 After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. ↗
1240 Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. ↗
1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. ↗

1998 Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater ↗
1997 Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player ↗
1996 Davide Calabria, Italian footballer ↗
1996 Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer ↗
1995 A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter ↗
1994 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player ↗
1994 Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1994 Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer ↗
1993 Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer ↗
1993 Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000 ↗
1993 Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player ↗
1992 Viktor Antipin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1992 Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer ↗
1992 Johnny Manziel, American football player ↗
1991 Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player ↗
1991 Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete ↗
1991 Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player ↗
1990 Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player ↗
1989 Felix Schiller, German footballer ↗
1988 Adam Eaton, American baseball player ↗
1988 Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer ↗
1988 Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist ↗
1988 Nils Petersen, German footballer ↗
1988 Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor ↗
1986 Sean Edwards, English race car driver (died 2013) ↗
1986 Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player ↗
1985 Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player ↗
1985 Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer ↗
1985 R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer ↗
1984 Syndric Steptoe, American football player ↗
1984 Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician ↗
1984 Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland ↗
1982 Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer ↗
1982 Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist ↗
1982 Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer ↗
1982 Robbie Gould, American football player ↗
1982 Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer ↗
1982 Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver ↗
1981 Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer ↗
1980 Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (died 2014) ↗
1980 Steve Lovell, English footballer ↗
1980 Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer ↗
1979 Tim Cahill, Australian footballer ↗
1978 Chris Başak, American baseball player ↗
1978 Darrell Jackson, American football player ↗
1978 Adriana Moisés Pinto, Brazilian basketball player ↗
1978 Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player ↗
1977 Kevin Cash, American baseball player and manager ↗
1977 Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1977 Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer ↗
1976 Lindsay Price, American actress ↗
1975 Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1975 Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer ↗
1974 Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer ↗
1974 Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1972 Ewan Birney, English scientist ↗
1972 Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician ↗
1971 Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1971 José Contreras, Cuban baseball player ↗
1971 Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player ↗
1971 Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor ↗
1971 Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player ↗
1971 Ryan White, American activist (died 1990) ↗
1970 Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
1970 Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia ↗
1970 Mark Reckless, English politician ↗
1970 Jeff Rouse, American swimmer ↗
1969 Torri Higginson, Canadian actress ↗
1968 Karl Ove Knausgård – Norwegian author ↗
1968 Ali Latifiyan, Iranian writer and political theorist ↗
1968 Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player ↗
1967 Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1967 Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer ↗
1967 Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (died 2012) ↗
1966 Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete ↗
1966 Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer ↗
1965 Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1964 Mall Nukke, Estonian painter ↗
1963 Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer ↗
1962 Janine Turner, American actress ↗
1962 Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter ↗
1961 David Lovering, American drummer ↗
1961 Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (died 1996) ↗
1961 Manuel Reuter, German race car driver ↗
1960 Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer (died 2018) ↗
1959 Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic ↗
1959 Stephen Hepburn, English politician ↗
1959 Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (died 2015) ↗
1959 Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer ↗
1958 Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1957 Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999) ↗
1957 Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York ↗
1957 Bill Hanzlik, American basketball player and coach ↗
1956 Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1956 Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide ↗
1956 Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982) ↗
1955 Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician ↗
1955 Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025) ↗
1955 Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster ↗
1955 Tony Woodcock, English footballer ↗
1955 Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
1954 Nicola De Maria, Italian painter ↗
1954 Chris Stamey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer ↗
1953 Sue Carroll, English journalist (died 2011) ↗
1953 Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach ↗
1953 Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe ↗
1953 Tom Hulce, American actor ↗
1953 Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator ↗
1952 Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic (died 1999) ↗
1952 Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist ↗
1952 Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (died 2010) ↗
1951 Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer ↗
1951 Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer ↗
1950 Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician ↗
1950 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor ↗
1950 Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland ↗
1949 Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator ↗
1949 Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (died 1986) ↗
1949 Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (died 2007) ↗
1949 Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire ↗
1948 Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (died 2014) ↗
1948 Don Nickles, American businessman and politician ↗
1948 Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver ↗
1948 JoBeth Williams, American actress ↗
1947 Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1947 Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1947 Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005) ↗
1947 Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter ↗
1946 Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (died 2024) ↗
1946 Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2021) ↗
1945 Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1944 Jonathan King, English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender ↗
1943 Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2008) ↗
1943 Keith West, English rock singer-songwriter and music producer ↗
1942 Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1942 Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter ↗
1941 Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025) ↗
1941 Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator ↗
1941 Richard Speck, American murderer (died 1991) ↗
1941 Bill Thomas, American academic and politician ↗
1940 Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
1940 Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer ↗
1939 Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator ↗
1938 Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor ↗
1937 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (died 2006) ↗
1936 Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer ↗
1936 Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author ↗
1936 David Ossman, American writer and comedian ↗
1935 Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022) ↗
1934 Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015) ↗
1933 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (died 2010) ↗
1933 Donald J. Kutyna, American general ↗
1932 Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 2007) ↗
1931 Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (died 1996) ↗
1930 Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2000) ↗
1929 Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host ↗
1929 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (died 2016) ↗
1929 Frank Springer, American comic book illustrator (died 2009) ↗
1929 Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) ↗
1928 Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (died 1980) ↗
1927 Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (died 2010) ↗
1924 Wally Cox, American actor (died 1973) ↗
1922 John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944) ↗
1922 Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (died 2016) ↗
1921 Otto Graham, American football player and coach (died 2003) ↗
1921 Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (died 2004) ↗
1920 Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (died 2012) ↗
1920 Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (died 2015) ↗
1920 George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) ↗
1919 Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (died 2012) ↗
1919 Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (died 1983) ↗
1918 Tauba Biterman, Polish Holocaust survivor (died 2019) ↗
1917 Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (died 2015) ↗
1917 Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977) ↗
1917 Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 2008) ↗
1916 Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (died 1943) ↗
1916 Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (died 1982) ↗
1916 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (died 1986) ↗
1914 Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (died 1999) ↗
1913 Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (died 2005) ↗
1912 Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (died 2004) ↗
1910 David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (died 1971) ↗
1909 Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (died 2002) ↗
1909 Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1996) ↗
1908 Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (died 2000) ↗
1908 Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2003) ↗
1908 Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (died 1934) ↗
1908 Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (died 2000) ↗
1907 John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (died 1989) ↗
1905 Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (died 2001) ↗
1904 Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (died 2007) ↗
1903 Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (died 1946) ↗
1901 Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (died 1990) ↗
1900 Agnes Moorehead, American actress (died 1974) ↗
1898 Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (died 1995) ↗
1898 John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977) ↗
1898 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987) ↗
1898 Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (died 1964) ↗
1896 Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (died 1983) ↗
1893 Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (died 1984) ↗
1893 Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (died 1978) ↗
1892 Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (died 1969) ↗
1890 Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (died 1946) ↗
1890 Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (died 1951) ↗
1890 Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (died 1955) ↗
1888 Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949) ↗
1887 Lynn Fontanne, British actress (died 1983) ↗
1887 Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (died 1960) ↗
1886 Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918) ↗
1884 Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (died 1973) ↗
1882 Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (died 1954) ↗
1878 Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (died 1968) ↗
1876 Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) ↗
1875 Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (died 1946) ↗
1875 Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (died 1941) ↗
1864 William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946) ↗
1863 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (died 1914) ↗
1853 Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (died 1937) ↗
1853 Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (died 1931) ↗
1849 August von Mackensen, German field marshal (died 1945) ↗
1848 Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (died 1925) ↗
1841 Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (died 1870) ↗
1835 Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (died 1910) ↗
1833 John S. Mosby, American colonel (died 1916) ↗
1827 William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (died 1901) ↗
1823 Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900) ↗
1812 Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1884) ↗
1805 Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (died 1876) ↗
1803 Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (died 1829) ↗
1792 William II of the Netherlands (died 1849) ↗
1778 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (died 1850) ↗
1752 Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (died 1844) ↗
1732 Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (died 1818) ↗
1721 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (died 1794) ↗
1721 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (died 1809) ↗
1685 Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (died 1712) ↗
1645 Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703) ↗
1640 Claude Fleury, French historian and author (died 1723) ↗
1637 Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1714) ↗
1608 George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670) ↗
1592 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676) ↗
1586 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670) ↗
1545 Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (died 1604) ↗
1520 Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (died 1551) ↗
1478 Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (died 1529) ↗
1421 Henry VI of England (died 1471) ↗
1285 Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312) ↗
846 Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874) ↗

2024 Maggie Tabberer, Australian fashion model and television personality (born 1936) ↗
2016 Peter Vaughan, British actor (born 1923) ↗
2015 Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945) ↗
2015 Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (born 1917) ↗
2015 Nicholas Smith, British actor (born 1934) ↗
2014 Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922) ↗
2014 Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962) ↗
2014 Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923) ↗
2014 Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981) ↗
2013 Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (born 1939) ↗
2013 Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (born 1926) ↗
2013 M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (born 1942) ↗
2012 Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961) ↗
2012 Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920) ↗
2012 Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933) ↗
2012 Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951) ↗
2012 Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963) ↗
2011 Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940) ↗
2010 Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953) ↗
2006 John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (born 1922) ↗
2005 Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1932) ↗
2005 Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (born 1923) ↗
2005 Danny Williams, South African singer (born 1942) ↗
2005 William P. Yarborough, American general (born 1912) ↗
2003 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1918) ↗
2002 Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1923) ↗
2001 Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (born 1923) ↗
2000 Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (born 1920) ↗
2000 Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (born 1942) ↗
1998 César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (born 1921) ↗
1997 Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (born 1918) ↗
1996 Pete Rozelle, American businessman (born 1926) ↗
1996 Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (born 1930) ↗
1994 Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (born 1922) ↗
1994 Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (born 1933) ↗
1993 Don Ameche, American actor (born 1908) ↗
1991 Mimi Smith, English nurse (born 1906) ↗
1991 Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913) ↗
1990 Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948) ↗
1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1903) ↗
1989 Frances Bavier, American actress (born 1902) ↗
1989 Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (born 1902) ↗
1989 John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1912) ↗
1988 Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936) ↗
1985 Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (born 1917) ↗
1985 Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (born 1893) ↗
1985 Carroll Cole, American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (born 1938) ↗
1983 Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (born 1903) ↗
1983 Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (born 1914) ↗
1982 Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (born 1927) ↗
1980 Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (born 1911) ↗
1976 João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (born 1918) ↗
1974 Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (born 1904) ↗
1972 Janet Munro, English actress and singer (born 1934) ↗
1964 Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (born 1895) ↗
1961 Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925) ↗
1956 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891) ↗
1955 Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (born 1874) ↗
1951 Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (born 1892) ↗
1945 Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (born 1870) ↗
1924 Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (born 1863) ↗
1921 Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1865) ↗
1918 Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (born 1851) ↗
1892 Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816) ↗
1889 Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808) ↗
1882 Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (born 1819) ↗
1882 Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (born 1815) ↗
1879 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (born 1814) ↗
1878 Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (born 1814) ↗
1868 Ling Ma – German linguist and academic (born 1821) ↗
1867 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (born 1794) ↗
1855 William Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1789) ↗
1788 Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (born 1714) ↗
1779 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (born 1699) ↗
1771 Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (born 1682) ↗
1746 Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1665) ↗
1718 Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (born 1674) ↗
1716 Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (born 1642) ↗
1686 Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (born 1630) ↗
1675 John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (born 1602) ↗
1658 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (born 1601) ↗
1618 Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (born 1556) ↗
1616 Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (born 1552) ↗
1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (born 1495) ↗
1352 Pope Clement VI (born 1291) ↗
1306 Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270) ↗
1305 Maximus, Metropolitan of Kyiv ↗
1185 Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109) ↗
762 Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (born 710) ↗
735 Prince Toneri of Japan (born 676) ↗
343 Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (born 270) ↗