48 Events
225 Births
85 Deaths
- 2021 Police riot in Mexico City as they try to break up a demonstration by cyclists who were protesting after a bus ran over a bicyclist. Eleven police officers are arrested. ↗
- 2020 United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial. ↗
- 2020 Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179. ↗
- 2019 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi. ↗
- 2016 New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest. ↗
- 2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57. ↗
- 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. ↗
- 2000 Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. ↗
- 1997 The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. ↗
- 1994 Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. ↗
- 1994 Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo. ↗
- 1988 Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. ↗
- 1985 Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years. ↗
- 1981 Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies. ↗
- 1975 Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship. ↗
- 1971 Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission. ↗
- 1967 Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is formally proclaimed, with Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao being appointed as its leaders. ↗
- 1963 The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law. ↗
- 1962 French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence. ↗
- 1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. ↗
- 1958 A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. ↗
- 1945 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. ↗
- 1941 World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea. ↗
- 1939 Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain. ↗
- 1933 Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. ↗
- 1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal. ↗
- 1919 Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. ↗
- 1918 Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. ↗
- 1918 SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. ↗
- 1917 The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. ↗
- 1917 The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. ↗
- 1913 Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. ↗
- 1913 Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years. ↗
- 1907 Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. ↗
- 1905 In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties. ↗
- 1901 J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, although the company would not start doing business until February 25 and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1. ↗
- 1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. ↗
- 1869 The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. ↗
- 1859 Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state. ↗
- 1852 The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. ↗
- 1818 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. ↗
- 1810 Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins. ↗
- 1783 In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. ↗
- 1597 A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. ↗
- 1576 Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. ↗
- 756 Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China and founds the short-lived state of Yan. ↗
- 62 Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. ↗
- 2 BCE Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate. ↗
- 2016 Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince ↗
- 2002 Jisung, South Korean rapper ↗
- 2002 Taehyun, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
- 2001 Kim Min-ju, South Korean actress ↗
- 1997 Patrick Roberts, English footballer ↗
- 1996 Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1995 Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer ↗
- 1993 Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1993 Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1992 Neymar, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1991 Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1991 Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer ↗
- 1990 Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player ↗
- 1990 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer ↗
- 1990 Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1989 Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player ↗
- 1989 Jeremy Sumpter, American actor ↗
- 1988 Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model ↗
- 1987 Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur ↗
- 1987 Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player ↗
- 1987 Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter ↗
- 1986 Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer ↗
- 1986 Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur ↗
- 1986 Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1986 Billy Sharp, English footballer ↗
- 1986 Reed Sorenson, American race car driver ↗
- 1986 Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer ↗
- 1985 Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1985 Laurence Maroney, American football player ↗
- 1985 Paul Vandervort, American actor, film producer, and former model ↗
- 1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1984 Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1983 Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player ↗
- 1982 Laura del Río, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1982 Kevin Everett, American football player ↗
- 1982 Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1981 Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter ↗
- 1981 Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer ↗
- 1980 Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal ↗
- 1980 Jo Swinson, Scottish politician ↗
- 1979 Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality ↗
- 1978 Brian Russell, American football player ↗
- 1978 Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist ↗
- 1977 Ben Ainslie, English sailor ↗
- 1977 Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1977 Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1976 John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager ↗
- 1976 Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor ↗
- 1975 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1973 Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1973 Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter ↗
- 1973 Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1972 Queen Mary of Denmark ↗
- 1972 Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1971 Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (died 1996) ↗
- 1971 Sara Evans, American country singer ↗
- 1970 Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach ↗
- 1970 Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach ↗
- 1970 Jeremy Rockliff, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Tasmania ↗
- 1969 Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor ↗
- 1969 Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director ↗
- 1969 Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor ↗
- 1968 Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1968 Chris Barron, American rock singer ↗
- 1968 Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver ↗
- 1967 Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1966 José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer ↗
- 1966 Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (died 1993) ↗
- 1965 Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach ↗
- 1965 Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager ↗
- 1965 Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter ↗
- 1965 Quique Sánchez Flores, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1964 Laura Linney, American actress ↗
- 1964 Ha Seung-moo, Korean poet, pastor, historical theologian ↗
- 1964 Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ↗
- 1963 Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer ↗
- 1962 Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director ↗
- 1961 Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager ↗
- 1961 Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter ↗
- 1960 Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist ↗
- 1960 Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga ↗
- 1960 Micky Hazard, English footballer ↗
- 1959 Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan ↗
- 1957 Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician (died 2021) ↗
- 1956 Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer ↗
- 1956 Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver ↗
- 1956 David Wiesner, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1956 Mao Daichi, Japanese actress ↗
- 1955 Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1954 Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1954 Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author ↗
- 1953 Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025) ↗
- 1953 John Beilein, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1953 Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager ↗
- 1952 Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (died 1986) ↗
- 1952 Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic ↗
- 1951 Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia ↗
- 1950 Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer ↗
- 1950 Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer ↗
- 1949 Kurt Beck, German politician ↗
- 1949 Maidarjavyn Ganzorig, Mongolian cosmonaut and academic (died 2021) ↗
- 1949 Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician ↗
- 1948 Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
- 1948 Christopher Guest, British-American actor and director ↗
- 1948 Barbara Hershey, American actress ↗
- 1948 Errol Morris, American director and producer ↗
- 1948 Tom Wilkinson, English actor (died 2023) ↗
- 1947 Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut (died 2023) ↗
- 1947 Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice ↗
- 1947 Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster ↗
- 1946 Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1946 Charlotte Rampling, English actress ↗
- 1945 Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ↗
- 1944 J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2019) ↗
- 1944 Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (died 1988) ↗
- 1944 Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1944 Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (died 1971) ↗
- 1943 Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc. ↗
- 1943 Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1943 Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1943 Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager ↗
- 1942 Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman ↗
- 1941 Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1941 Henson Cargill, American country music singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1941 David Selby, American actor and playwright ↗
- 1941 Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2023) ↗
- 1941 Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation ↗
- 1940 H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (died 2014) ↗
- 1940 Luke Graham, American wrestler (died 2006) ↗
- 1939 Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (died 2005) ↗
- 1939 Jane Bryant Quinn, American financial journalist ↗
- 1938 Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat ↗
- 1937 Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (died 2021) ↗
- 1937 Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) ↗
- 1937 Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner ↗
- 1937 Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician ↗
- 1937 Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (died 2006) ↗
- 1936 K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (died 2020) ↗
- 1935 Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982) ↗
- 1935 Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (died 2018) ↗
- 1934 Hank Aaron, American baseball player (died 2021) ↗
- 1934 Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1933 Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (died 2020) ↗
- 1933 B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (died 1973) ↗
- 1932 Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (died 2016) ↗
- 1929 Hal Blaine, American session drummer (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (died 2005) ↗
- 1929 Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 2008) ↗
- 1928 Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (died 1985) ↗
- 1928 Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (died 1997) ↗
- 1927 Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (died 2000) ↗
- 1927 Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (died 1977) ↗
- 1924 Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (died 2011) ↗
- 1921 Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (died 2016) ↗
- 1919 Red Buttons, American actor (died 2006) ↗
- 1919 Tim Holt, American actor (died 1973) ↗
- 1919 Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1996) ↗
- 1917 Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (died 2002) ↗
- 1917 Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (died 2012) ↗
- 1915 Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990) ↗
- 1914 William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1997) ↗
- 1914 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) ↗
- 1911 Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (died 1960) ↗
- 1910 Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1910 Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (died 2010) ↗
- 1909 Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (died 1969) ↗
- 1908 Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (died 1948) ↗
- 1908 Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (died 1932) ↗
- 1908 Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (died 1939) ↗
- 1907 Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (died 2007) ↗
- 1907 Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2000) ↗
- 1906 John Carradine, American actor (died 1988) ↗
- 1903 Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (died 1994) ↗
- 1903 Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1975) ↗
- 1900 Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1965) ↗
- 1897 Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (died 1979) ↗
- 1892 Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (died 1979) ↗
- 1891 Renato Petronio, Italian rower (died 1976) ↗
- 1889 Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (died 1962) ↗
- 1889 Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (died 1962) ↗
- 1889 Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (died 1950) ↗
- 1880 Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (died 1973) ↗
- 1878 André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (died 1935) ↗
- 1876 Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1931) ↗
- 1870 Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (died 1938) ↗
- 1866 Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1963) ↗
- 1852 Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1919) ↗
- 1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (died 1907) ↗
- 1848 Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (died 1882) ↗
- 1847 Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (died 1903) ↗
- 1840 John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (died 1921) ↗
- 1840 Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (died 1916) ↗
- 1837 Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (died 1899) ↗
- 1827 Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (died 1889) ↗
- 1810 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1880) ↗
- 1808 Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (died 1885) ↗
- 1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (died 1877) ↗
- 1795 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (died 1871) ↗
- 1788 Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1850) ↗
- 1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (died 1798) ↗
- 1725 James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1783) ↗
- 1723 John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (died 1794) ↗
- 1703 Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (died 1764) ↗
- 1650 Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (died 1708) ↗
- 1626 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (died 1696) ↗
- 1608 Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (died 1666) ↗
- 1594 Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1663) ↗
- 1589 Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (died 1669) ↗
- 1534 Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (died 1612) ↗
- 1533 Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (died 1589) ↗
- 1525 Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (died 1587) ↗
- 1519 René of Châlon, prince of Orange (died 1544) ↗
- 1505 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (died 1572) ↗
- 1438 Philip II, duke of Savoy (died 1497) ↗
- 1321 John II, marquess of Montferrat (died 1372) ↗
- 976 Sanjō, emperor of Japan (died 1017) ↗
- 2025 Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (born 1970) ↗
- 2024 Toby Keith, American country singer (born 1961) ↗
- 2023 Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (born 1943) ↗
- 2021 Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (born 1929) ↗
- 2020 Kirk Douglas, American actor (born 1916) ↗
- 2016 Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (born 1919) ↗
- 2015 K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (born 1933) ↗
- 2015 Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (born 1929) ↗
- 2014 Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 2013 Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (born 1934) ↗
- 2013 Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1924) ↗
- 2013 Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Sam Coppola, American actor (born 1932) ↗
- 2012 Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (born 1924) ↗
- 2012 Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (born 1922) ↗
- 2011 Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (born 1939) ↗
- 2011 Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (born 1921) ↗
- 2010 Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (born 1988) ↗
- 2010 Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (born 1924) ↗
- 2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (born 1918) ↗
- 2007 Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1930) ↗
- 2006 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1927) ↗
- 2005 Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (born 1937) ↗
- 2005 Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (born 1921) ↗
- 2004 John Hench, American animator (born 1908) ↗
- 2000 Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (born 1901) ↗
- 1999 Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906) ↗
- 1998 Tim Kelly, American guitarist (born 1963) ↗
- 1997 Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (born 1920) ↗
- 1997 René Huyghe, French historian and author (born 1906) ↗
- 1995 Doug McClure, American actor (born 1935) ↗
- 1993 Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (born 1922) ↗
- 1993 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909) ↗
- 1993 William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (born 1916) ↗
- 1992 Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (born 1913) ↗
- 1991 Dean Jagger, American actor (born 1903) ↗
- 1989 Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (born 1937) ↗
- 1987 William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (born 1902) ↗
- 1983 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (born 1925) ↗
- 1982 Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (born 1953) ↗
- 1981 Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (born 1919) ↗
- 1977 Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1894) ↗
- 1976 Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (born 1926) ↗
- 1972 Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (born 1887) ↗
- 1970 Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1913) ↗
- 1969 Thelma Ritter, American actress (born 1902) ↗
- 1967 Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (born 1872) ↗
- 1962 Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (born 1890) ↗
- 1957 Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (born 1890) ↗
- 1955 Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (born 1885) ↗
- 1954 Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (born 1876) ↗
- 1952 Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (born 1877) ↗
- 1948 Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born 1883) ↗
- 1946 George Arliss, English actor and playwright (born 1868) ↗
- 1941 Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (born 1864) ↗
- 1941 Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1875) ↗
- 1938 Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (born 1903) ↗
- 1937 Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1861) ↗
- 1933 Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (born 1863) ↗
- 1931 Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1849) ↗
- 1927 Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (born 1882) ↗
- 1922 Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (born 1871) ↗
- 1917 Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1860) ↗
- 1915 Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (born 1850) ↗
- 1892 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (born 1807) ↗
- 1882 Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (born 1841) ↗
- 1881 Thomas Carlyle – Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (born 1795) ↗
- 1818 Charles XIII, king of Sweden (born 1748) ↗
- 1807 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (born 1725) ↗
- 1790 William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (born 1710) ↗
- 1775 Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (born 1692) ↗
- 1766 Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (born 1705) ↗
- 1754 Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (born 1678) ↗
- 1751 Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (born 1668) ↗
- 1705 Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (born 1635) ↗
- 1661 Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1638) ↗
- 1578 Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (born 1520) ↗
- 1146 Zafadola, Arab emir of Zaragoza ↗
- 1036 Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince ↗
- 1015 Adelaide, German abbess and saint ↗
- 994 William IV, duke of Aquitaine (born 937) ↗
- 523 Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop ↗