41 Events
174 Births
80 Deaths
- 2022 In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations. ↗
- 2013 At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad. ↗
- 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. ↗
- 1994 Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia. ↗
- 1975 Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. ↗
- 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. ↗
- 1973 Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people. ↗
- 1972 United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations. ↗
- 1972 The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. ↗
- 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. ↗
- 1958 The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom. ↗
- 1952 The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free". ↗
- 1952 The Bengali language movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). ↗
- 1948 NASCAR is incorporated. ↗
- 1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. ↗
- 1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga. ↗
- 1945 World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front. ↗
- 1937 The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War. ↗
- 1929 In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops. ↗
- 1925 The New Yorker publishes its first issue. ↗
- 1921 Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. ↗
- 1921 Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup. ↗
- 1919 German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany. ↗
- 1918 The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. ↗
- 1916 World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. ↗
- 1913 Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. ↗
- 1896 An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing. ↗
- 1885 The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. ↗
- 1878 The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut. ↗
- 1874 The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory. ↗
- 1861 Mariehamn, the capital city of Åland, is founded. ↗
- 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. ↗
- 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. ↗
- 1828 Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. ↗
- 1808 Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia. ↗
- 1804 The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. ↗
- 1797 A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists. ↗
- 1613 Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia. ↗
- 1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed. ↗
- 1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. ↗
- 1999 Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer ↗
- 1996 Noah Rubin, American tennis player ↗
- 1996 Sophie Turner, English actress ↗
- 1994 Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player ↗
- 1994 Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1994 Wendy, South Korean singer ↗
- 1993 Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer ↗
- 1993 Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1992 Phil Jones, English footballer ↗
- 1991 Joe Alwyn, English actor ↗
- 1991 Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer ↗
- 1991 Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer ↗
- 1991 Solar, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress ↗
- 1991 Devon Travis, American baseball player ↗
- 1990 Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1989 Ian Cole, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Federico Fernández, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1989 Jake Muzzin, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1988 Donté Greene, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Eniola Aluko, English footballer ↗
- 1987 Ashley Greene, American actress ↗
- 1987 Elliot Page, Canadian actor ↗
- 1986 Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1985 Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer ↗
- 1984 Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1984 David Odonkor, German footballer ↗
- 1984 Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer ↗
- 1984 James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1983 Braylon Edwards, American football player ↗
- 1983 Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1983 Mélanie Laurent – French actress ↗
- 1982 Andre Barrett, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1982 Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer ↗
- 1981 Tsuyoshi Wada, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1980 Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1980 Brendan Sexton III, American actor ↗
- 1980 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan ↗
- 1979 Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer ↗
- 1979 Carlito, Puerto Rican wrestler ↗
- 1979 Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer ↗
- 1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer ↗
- 1979 Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1978 Erick Barkley, American basketball player ↗
- 1977 Steve Francis, American basketball player ↗
- 1977 Rhiannon Giddens, American musician ↗
- 1976 Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter ↗
- 1976 Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1975 Scott Miller, Australian swimmer ↗
- 1974 Iván Campo, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1973 Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1973 Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1971 Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer ↗
- 1970 Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1969 James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1969 Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer ↗
- 1969 Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier ↗
- 1969 Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager ↗
- 1969 Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1967 Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach ↗
- 1967 Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician ↗
- 1965 Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist ↗
- 1964 Mark Kelly, American astronaut and politician ↗
- 1964 Scott Kelly, American astronaut ↗
- 1963 William Baldwin, American actor ↗
- 1963 Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019) ↗
- 1963 Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer ↗
- 1962 Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist ↗
- 1962 David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2008) ↗
- 1961 Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman ↗
- 1961 Elliot Hirshman, American psychologist and academic ↗
- 1960 Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria ↗
- 1959 José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter ↗
- 1958 Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1958 Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1958 Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor ↗
- 1958 Jack Coleman, American actor ↗
- 1958 Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager ↗
- 1955 Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer ↗
- 1954 Christina Rees, British politician ↗
- 1953 Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer ↗
- 1953 William Petersen, American actor and producer ↗
- 1952 Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1952 Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (died 2017) ↗
- 1951 Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (died 2006) ↗
- 1950 Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, 5th President of Ethiopia ↗
- 1949 Frank Brunner, American illustrator ↗
- 1949 Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1949 Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (died 2022) ↗
- 1947 Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1947 Olympia Snowe, American politician ↗
- 1946 Tyne Daly, American actress and singer ↗
- 1946 Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer ↗
- 1946 Alan Rickman, English actor and director (died 2016) ↗
- 1946 Bob Ryan, American journalist and author ↗
- 1945 Maurice Bembridge, English golfer (died 2024) ↗
- 1943 David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records ↗
- 1942 Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1942 Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1940 Peter Gethin, English racing driver (died 2011) ↗
- 1940 John Lewis, American activist and politician (died 2020) ↗
- 1938 Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1937 Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (died 2015) ↗
- 1937 Harald V of Norway ↗
- 1937 Gary Lockwood, American actor ↗
- 1936 Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (died 1996) ↗
- 1935 Richard A. Lupoff, American author (died 2020) ↗
- 1935 Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died 1994) ↗
- 1934 Rue McClanahan, American actress (died 2010) ↗
- 1933 Bob Rafelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1933 Nina Simone – American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2003) ↗
- 1929 Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) ↗
- 1927 Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (died 1996) ↗
- 1925 Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (died 1984) ↗
- 1925 Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (died 1980) ↗
- 1924 Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (died 2019) ↗
- 1921 Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator (died 2011) ↗
- 1921 John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (died 2002) ↗
- 1921 Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (died 2009) ↗
- 1917 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (died 1996) ↗
- 1917 Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (died 1965) ↗
- 1915 Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (died 1964) ↗
- 1915 Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (died 1967) ↗
- 1915 Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 2017) ↗
- 1914 Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (died 1999) ↗
- 1914 Zachary Scott, American actor (died 1965) ↗
- 1914 Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (died 1944) ↗
- 1912 Arline Judge, American actress and singer (died 1974) ↗
- 1910 Douglas Bader, English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) ↗
- 1909 Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2015) ↗
- 1907 W. H. Auden – English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973) ↗
- 1903 Anaïs Nin – French-American essayist and memoirist (died 1977) ↗
- 1903 Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (died 1976) ↗
- 1902 Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (died 1963) ↗
- 1900 Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (died 1988) ↗
- 1896 Nirala, Indian poet and author (died 1961) ↗
- 1895 Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) ↗
- 1894 Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (died 1955) ↗
- 1893 Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (died 1979) ↗
- 1893 Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (died 1987) ↗
- 1892 Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1949) ↗
- 1888 Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (died 1965) ↗
- 1887 Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (died 1945) ↗
- 1885 Sacha Guitry – Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (died 1957) ↗
- 1881 Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (died 1945) ↗
- 1878 Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (died 1973) ↗
- 1875 Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (died 1997) ↗
- 1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (died 1934) ↗
- 1865 John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (died 1967) ↗
- 1860 Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952) ↗
- 1844 Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (died 1937) ↗
- 1836 Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (died 1891) ↗
- 1821 Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (died 1871) ↗
- 1817 José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1893) ↗
- 1801 John Henry Newman, English cardinal (died 1890) ↗
- 1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (died 1876) ↗
- 1791 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1857) ↗
- 1788 Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (died 1873) ↗
- 1783 Catharina of Württemberg (died 1835) ↗
- 1728 Peter III of Russia (died 1762) ↗
- 1705 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (died 1781) ↗
- 1621 Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (died 1692) ↗
- 1609 Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (died 1680) ↗
- 1556 Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (died 1615) ↗
- 1541 Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1599) ↗
- 1498 Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (died 1549) ↗
- 1484 Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1535) ↗
- 1462 Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (died 1530) ↗
- 1397 Isabella of Portugal (died 1471) ↗
- 921 Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (died 1005) ↗
- 2025 Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (born 1932) ↗
- 2025 Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (born 1946) ↗
- 2024 John Bahnsen, United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (born 1934) ↗
- 2021 Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (born 1928) ↗
- 2021 Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (born 1958) ↗
- 2019 Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924) ↗
- 2019 Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942) ↗
- 2018 Billy Graham, American evangelist (born 1918) ↗
- 2017 Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926) ↗
- 2016 Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (born 1919) ↗
- 2015 Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943) ↗
- 2015 Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920) ↗
- 2014 Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1935) ↗
- 2014 Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (born 1985) ↗
- 2014 Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (born 1939) ↗
- 2013 Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (born 1925) ↗
- 2012 H. M. Darmstandler, American general (born 1922) ↗
- 2011 Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (born 1962) ↗
- 2011 Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (born 1926) ↗
- 2008 Ben Chapman, American actor (born 1928) ↗
- 2005 Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (born 1929) ↗
- 2005 Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1929) ↗
- 2004 John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1931) ↗
- 2002 John Thaw, English actor and producer (born 1942) ↗
- 1999 Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
- 1999 Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (born 1914) ↗
- 1999 Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (born 1930) ↗
- 1996 Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913) ↗
- 1995 Robert Bolt, English dramatist (born 1924) ↗
- 1994 Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (born 1913) ↗
- 1993 Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (born 1888) ↗
- 1991 Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 1991 Nutan, Indian actress (born 1936) ↗
- 1986 Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (born 1895) ↗
- 1985 Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (born 1909) ↗
- 1984 Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) ↗
- 1982 Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1897) ↗
- 1980 Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (born 1914) ↗
- 1974 Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (born 1930) ↗
- 1972 Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (born 1914) ↗
- 1972 Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (born 1891) ↗
- 1972 Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (born 1884) ↗
- 1968 Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898) ↗
- 1967 Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (born 1929) ↗
- 1965 Malcolm X, American minister and activist (born 1925) ↗
- 1958 Duncan Edwards, English footballer (born 1936) ↗
- 1947 Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (born 1881) ↗
- 1946 José Streel, Belgian journalist (born 1911) ↗
- 1945 Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (born 1902) ↗
- 1944 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French racing driver (born 1873) ↗
- 1941 Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) ↗
- 1938 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (born 1868) ↗
- 1934 Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) ↗
- 1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853) ↗
- 1919 Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1867) ↗
- 1918 Incas, last known Carolina parakeet (h. fl. 1885) ↗
- 1891 James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (born 1846) ↗
- 1888 William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1804) ↗
- 1862 Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (born 1786) ↗
- 1846 Emperor Ninkō of Japan (born 1800) ↗
- 1829 Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (born 1778) ↗
- 1824 Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (born 1781) ↗
- 1821 Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (born 1756) ↗
- 1730 Pope Benedict XIII (born 1649) ↗
- 1715 Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (born 1637) ↗
- 1677 Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632) ↗
- 1595 Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (born 1561) ↗
- 1590 Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (born 1528) ↗
- 1572 Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (born 1501) ↗
- 1554 Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (born 1498) ↗
- 1543 Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (born 1507) ↗
- 1513 Pope Julius II (born 1443) ↗
- 1471 Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (born 1396) ↗
- 1437 James I of Scotland (born 1394; assassinated) ↗
- 1267 Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus ↗
- 1211 Aymon de Briançon, archbishop of Tarentaise and crusader ↗
- 1184 Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1154) ↗
- 675 Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval ↗
- 4 Gaius Caesar, Roman consul and grandson of Augustus (born 20 BC) ↗