On This Day: February 27 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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55 Events 241 Births 83 Deaths

2019 Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir. ↗
2015 Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend. ↗
2013 A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured. ↗
2010 An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after. ↗
2008 Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later. ↗
2007 Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation. ↗
2004 A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers. ↗
2004 Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. ↗
2002 Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries. ↗
2002 Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims. ↗
2001 Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. ↗
1991 Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". ↗
1988 Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. ↗
1976 The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. ↗
1973 The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government. ↗
1971 Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions. ↗
1964 The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. ↗
1963 The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo. ↗
1962 Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm. ↗
1961 The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. ↗
1951 The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. ↗
1943 The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. ↗
1943 The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest. ↗
1942 World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. ↗
1940 Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. ↗
1939 United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes. ↗
1933 Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. ↗
1932 The Mäntsälä rebellion begins when members of the far-right Lapua Movement start shooting at the social democrats' event in Mäntsälä, Finland. ↗
1922 A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett. ↗
1921 The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. ↗
1916 Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives. ↗
1902 Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes. ↗
1900 Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg. ↗
1900 The British Labour Party is founded. ↗
1900 Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded. ↗
1898 King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt. ↗
1881 First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place. ↗
1870 The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. ↗
1864 American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. ↗
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency. ↗
1859 United States representative Daniel Sickles, after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General Philip Barton Key II, murders him in Washington, D.C. ↗
1844 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. ↗
1812 Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. ↗
1812 Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. ↗
1809 Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine. ↗
1801 Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. ↗
1782 American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America. ↗
1776 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia. ↗
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci. ↗
1617 Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea. ↗
1594 Henry IV is crowned King of France. ↗
1560 The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops. ↗
907 Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans. ↗
425 The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia. ↗
380 Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. ↗

2002 Johnny Davis, American basketball player ↗
1998 Todd Cantwell, English footballer ↗
1996 Chris Godwin, American football player ↗
1996 Ten, Thai singer and dancer ↗
1995 Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player ↗
1995 Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer ↗
1995 Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer ↗
1994 Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1993 Alphonse Areola, French footballer ↗
1992 Meyers Leonard, American basketball player ↗
1992 Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer ↗
1992 Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer ↗
1992 Callum Wilson, English footballer ↗
1991 Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer ↗
1990 Chandler Jones, American football player ↗
1990 Adam Morgan, American baseball player ↗
1990 Lindsey Morgan, American actress ↗
1989 David Button, English footballer ↗
1989 Lloyd Rigby, English footballer ↗
1988 Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1988 Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer ↗
1987 Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler ↗
1987 Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner ↗
1986 Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player ↗
1986 Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach ↗
1986 Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer ↗
1986 Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player ↗
1985 Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress ↗
1985 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer ↗
1985 Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer ↗
1985 Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer ↗
1984 James Augustine, American basketball player ↗
1984 Jumbo Díaz, Dominican baseball player ↗
1984 Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper ↗
1984 Aníbal Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1984 Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer ↗
1984 Denard Span, American baseball player ↗
1983 Devin Harris, American basketball player ↗
1983 Kate Mara, American actress ↗
1982 Ali Bastian, English actress ↗
1982 Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player ↗
1982 Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player ↗
1981 Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player ↗
1981 Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ↗
1981 Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter ↗
1980 Brandon Beemer, American actor ↗
1980 Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic ↗
1980 Bobby V, American singer-songwriter ↗
1978 James Beattie, English footballer and manager ↗
1978 Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician ↗
1978 Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist ↗
1978 Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer ↗
1976 Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist ↗
1976 Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician ↗
1976 Tony Gonzalez, American football player ↗
1976 Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager ↗
1975 Aitor González, Spanish racing driver ↗
1975 Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete ↗
1974 Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia ↗
1973 Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1972 Richard Coyle, English actor ↗
1971 Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx ↗
1971 Derren Brown, English magician and painter ↗
1971 Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland ↗
1971 David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player ↗
1971 Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
1970 Kent Desormeaux, American jockey ↗
1970 Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress ↗
1969 Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic ↗
1968 Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1967 Jony Ive, English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple ↗
1967 Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer ↗
1966 Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer ↗
1966 Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director ↗
1966 Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager ↗
1965 Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver ↗
1965 Noah Emmerich, American actor ↗
1964 Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic ↗
1963 Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist ↗
1962 Adam Baldwin, American actor ↗
1962 Grant Show, American actor ↗
1961 James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1960 Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player ↗
1960 Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter ↗
1958 Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster ↗
1958 Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire ↗
1957 Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1957 Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016) ↗
1957 Robert de Castella, Australian runner ↗
1957 Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
1957 Timothy Spall, English actor ↗
1956 Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987) ↗
1956 Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player ↗
1954 Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter ↗
1953 Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author ↗
1953 Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana ↗
1953 Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician ↗
1952 Dwight Jones, American basketball player (died 2016) ↗
1951 Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus ↗
1951 Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991) ↗
1951 Walter de Silva, Italian car designer ↗
1951 Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1950 Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician ↗
1950 Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician ↗
1949 Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (died 2024) ↗
1949 Debra Monk, American actress, singer, and writer ↗
1947 Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist ↗
1947 Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor ↗
1947 Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer ↗
1944 Ken Grimwood, American author (died 2003) ↗
1944 Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach ↗
1944 Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020) ↗
1943 Mary Frann, American actress (died 1998) ↗
1943 Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor ↗
1943 Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager ↗
1942 Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1942 Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) ↗
1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist ↗
1942 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (died 2011) ↗
1941 Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (died 2018) ↗
1940 Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ↗
1940 Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022) ↗
1940 Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011) ↗
1939 Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand ↗
1939 Peter Revson, American race car driver (died 1974) ↗
1938 Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002) ↗
1937 Barbara Babcock, American actress ↗
1936 Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023) ↗
1936 Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author ↗
1936 Roger Mahony, American cardinal ↗
1935 Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (died 2020) ↗
1935 Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator ↗
1934 Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (died 1992) ↗
1934 N. Scott Momaday, American poet and writer (died 2024) ↗
1934 Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist ↗
1933 Raymond Berry, American football player and coach ↗
1933 Malcolm Wallop, American politician (died 2011) ↗
1932 Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011) ↗
1932 David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022) ↗
1930 Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014) ↗
1930 Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003) ↗
1930 Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (died 2014) ↗
1930 Joanne Woodward, American actress ↗
1929 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008) ↗
1929 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013) ↗
1929 Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (died 1985) ↗
1928 René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022) ↗
1927 Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023) ↗
1927 Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021) ↗
1926 David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
1925 Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002) ↗
1925 Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015) ↗
1923 Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990) ↗
1922 Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977) ↗
1921 Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014) ↗
1920 Reg Simpson, English cricketer (died 2013) ↗
1919 Chick Halbert, American basketball player (died 2013) ↗
1919 Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012) ↗
1917 John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993) ↗
1915 Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001) ↗
1913 Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (died 2005) ↗
1913 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989) ↗
1913 Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (died 1984) ↗
1912 Lawrence Durrell, British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990) ↗
1912 Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999) ↗
1911 Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (died 1991) ↗
1910 Joan Bennett, American actress (died 1990) ↗
1910 Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (died 1993) ↗
1910 Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990) ↗
1910 Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995) ↗
1907 Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951) ↗
1907 Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999) ↗
1905 Tone Peruško, Croatian educator and social worker (died 1967) ↗
1905 Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968) ↗
1904 James T. Farrell, American author and poet (died 1979) ↗
1904 Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (died 1996) ↗
1904 André Leducq, French cyclist (died 1980) ↗
1903 Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (died 1980) ↗
1903 Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (died 1993) ↗
1903 Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993) ↗
1902 Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998) ↗
1902 Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999) ↗
1902 John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) ↗
1901 Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980) ↗
1901 Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (died 1974) ↗
1899 Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978) ↗
1897 Marian Anderson, American singer (died 1993) ↗
1895 Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1943) ↗
1892 William Demarest, American actor (died 1983) ↗
1891 David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (died 1971) ↗
1890 Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (died 1989) ↗
1888 Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1974) ↗
1888 Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (died 1976) ↗
1888 Stephen McKenna, English novelist (died 1967) ↗
1887 Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (died 1914) ↗
1886 Hugo Black, American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died 1971) ↗
1881 Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (died 1952) ↗
1881 L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1966) ↗
1880 Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (died 1943) ↗
1878 Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958) ↗
1877 Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (died 1952) ↗
1877 Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (died 1939) ↗
1875 Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956) ↗
1872 Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (died 1950) ↗
1869 Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (died 1970) ↗
1867 Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (died 1947) ↗
1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (died 1942) ↗
1864 Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1935) ↗
1863 Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (died 1923) ↗
1863 George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (died 1930) ↗
1859 Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (died 1936) ↗
1848 Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (died 1918) ↗
1847 Ellen Terry, English actress (died 1928) ↗
1816 William Nicholson, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (died 1865) ↗
1809 Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (died 1837) ↗
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – American poet and educator (died 1882) ↗
1799 Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877) ↗
1799 Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (died 1854) ↗
1795 José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (died 1871) ↗
1789 Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1818) ↗
1779 Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (died 1842) ↗
1767 Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (died 1855) ↗
1748 Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (died 1820) ↗
1746 Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1830) ↗
1732 Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (died 1804) ↗
1724 Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1767) ↗
1711 Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (died 1769) ↗
1703 Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (died 1744) ↗
1689 Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (died 1775) ↗
1667 Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (died 1695) ↗
1659 William Sherard, English botanist (died 1728) ↗
1630 Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (died 1671) ↗
1622 Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1654) ↗
1575 John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1616) ↗
1572 Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632) ↗
1567 William Alabaster, English poet (died 1640) ↗
1535 Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (died 1593) ↗
1500 João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548) ↗
1427 Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480) ↗
1343 Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (died 1393) ↗
272 Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (died 337) ↗

2025 Boris Spassky – Russian chess grandmaster (born 1937) ↗
2021 Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (born 1952) ↗
2019 France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935) ↗
2018 Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959) ↗
2016 Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1922) ↗
2016 James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (born 1943) ↗
2015 Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) ↗
2015 Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931) ↗
2015 Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933) ↗
2014 Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960) ↗
2014 Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934) ↗
2013 Van Cliburn, American pianist (born 1934) ↗
2013 Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1969) ↗
2013 Dale Robertson, American actor (born 1923) ↗
2013 Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1943) ↗
2012 Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921) ↗
2012 Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920) ↗
2012 Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945) ↗
2011 Frank Buckles, American soldier (born 1901) ↗
2011 Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926) ↗
2011 Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1926) ↗
2011 Gary Winick, American director and producer (born 1961) ↗
2010 Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916) ↗
2008 William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (born 1925) ↗
2008 Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929) ↗
2008 Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (born 1931) ↗
2007 Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (born 1914) ↗
2006 Otis Chandler, American publisher (born 1927) ↗
2006 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (born 1908) ↗
2006 Linda Smith, English comedian and author (born 1958) ↗
2004 Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (born 1928) ↗
2004 Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (born 1910) ↗
2003 John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1923) ↗
2003 Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (born 1928) ↗
2002 Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (born 1918) ↗
1999 Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934) ↗
1998 George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) ↗
1998 J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943) ↗
1993 Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893) ↗
1992 S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (born 1906) ↗
1989 Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) ↗
1987 Bill Holman, American cartoonist (born 1903) ↗
1987 Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (born 1921) ↗
1986 Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929) ↗
1985 Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (born 1916) ↗
1985 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902) ↗
1985 J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (born 1904) ↗
1980 George Tobias, American actor (born 1901) ↗
1977 John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (born 1905) ↗
1973 Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (born 1917) ↗
1969 Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (born 1883) ↗
1968 Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (born 1942) ↗
1964 Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (born 1897) ↗
1956 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888) ↗
1943 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (born 1859) ↗
1937 Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (born 1867) ↗
1937 Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (born 1862) ↗
1936 Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1852) ↗
1936 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849) ↗
1931 Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (born 1906) ↗
1921 Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (born 1871) ↗
1902 Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (born 1864) ↗
1892 Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (born 1821) ↗
1887 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (born 1833) ↗
1844 Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (born 1786) ↗
1795 Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1750) ↗
1784 Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (born 1710) ↗
1735 John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (born 1667) ↗
1720 Samuel Parris, English-American minister (born 1653) ↗
1712 Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1645) ↗
1706 John Evelyn, English gardener and author (born 1620) ↗
1699 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1625) ↗
1659 Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (born 1609) ↗
1641 Pau Claris, Catalan lawyer, clergyman and President of the Generalitat, founder of the Catalan Republic (born 1586) ↗
1558 Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (born 1504) ↗
1558 Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (born 1524) ↗
1483 William VIII of Montferrat (born 1420) ↗
1425 Prince Vasily I of Moscow (born 1371) ↗
1416 Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363) ↗
1167 Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop ↗
956 Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 917) ↗
906 Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman ↗
640 Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (born 580) ↗