55 Events
243 Births
90 Deaths
- 2025 The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system. ↗
- 2021 Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins. ↗
- 2020 Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. ↗
- 2018 Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. ↗
- 2016 Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured. ↗
- 2001 The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. ↗
- 1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. ↗
- 1996 Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al. ↗
- 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1987 Civil unrest broke out across Palestine. ↗
- 1986 Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. ↗
- 1982 Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. ↗
- 1978 The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ↗
- 1976 Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. ↗
- 1975 The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. ↗
- 1971 The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000. ↗
- 1971 Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. ↗
- 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing. ↗
- 1965 Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission. ↗
- 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. ↗
- 1961 The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg. ↗
- 1959 The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. ↗
- 1951 Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea. ↗
- 1950 Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. ↗
- 1945 World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. ↗
- 1942 Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. ↗
- 1941 World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate. ↗
- 1934 The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. ↗
- 1932 Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law. ↗
- 1929 Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities. ↗
- 1922 Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. ↗
- 1920 Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. ↗
- 1913 A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. ↗
- 1907 The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). ↗
- 1904 Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. ↗
- 1900 The Davis Cup competition is established. ↗
- 1895 William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. ↗
- 1893 Verdi's last opera, Falstaff premieres at La Scala, Milan. ↗
- 1889 US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. ↗
- 1870 US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama ↗
- 1849 The new Roman Republic is declared. ↗
- 1825 After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as sixth President of the United States in a contingent election. ↗
- 1822 Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola. ↗
- 1778 Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. ↗
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. ↗
- 1654 The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. ↗
- 1621 Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. ↗
- 1555 Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. ↗
- 1539 The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee. ↗
- 1098 A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch ↗
- 1003 Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. ↗
- 474 Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ↗
- 2007 Ryan Williams, American football player ↗
- 2003 Cooper DeJean, American football player ↗
- 2002 Jalen Green, American basketball player ↗
- 2001 Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1998 Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer ↗
- 1998 Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress ↗
- 1997 Jaire Alexander, American football player ↗
- 1997 Saquon Barkley, American football player ↗
- 1997 Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player ↗
- 1996 Jimmy Bennett, American actor ↗
- 1996 Kelli Berglund, American actress ↗
- 1996 Chungha, South Korean singer ↗
- 1996 Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1995 André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1995 Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer ↗
- 1995 Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer ↗
- 1993 Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1993 K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player ↗
- 1993 Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player ↗
- 1993 Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer ↗
- 1992 Avan Jogia, Canadian actor ↗
- 1991 Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (died 2017) ↗
- 1991 Logan Ryan, American football player ↗
- 1990 Randall Delgado, Panamanian baseball player ↗
- 1990 Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player ↗
- 1990 Camille Winbush, American actress ↗
- 1989 Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier ↗
- 1987 Michael B. Jordan, American actor ↗
- 1987 Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer ↗
- 1987 Rose Leslie, Scottish actress ↗
- 1987 Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete ↗
- 1985 Nigel Dawes, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player ↗
- 1985 David Gallagher, American actor ↗
- 1984 Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer ↗
- 1984 Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1984 Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
- 1983 Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1982 Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1982 Jameer Nelson, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1982 Chris Weale, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1981 Tom Hiddleston, English actor ↗
- 1981 John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member ↗
- 1981 Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler ↗
- 1981 The Rev, American musician (died 2009) ↗
- 1980 Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1980 Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress ↗
- 1980 Manu Raju, American journalist ↗
- 1979 Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1979 Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater ↗
- 1979 Ziyi Zhang – Chinese actress and model ↗
- 1977 A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1976 Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1975 Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach ↗
- 1975 Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2008) ↗
- 1975 Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player ↗
- 1974 Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Brad Maynard, American football player ↗
- 1974 Amber Valletta, American model ↗
- 1974 John Wallace, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1973 Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast ↗
- 1973 Colin Egglesfield, American actor ↗
- 1973 Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1972 Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1972 Jason Winston George, American actor and model ↗
- 1971 Sharon Case, American actress and model ↗
- 1971 Matt Gogel, American golfer ↗
- 1971 Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager ↗
- 1970 Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1969 Jimmy Smith, American football player ↗
- 1968 Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1968 Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver ↗
- 1968 Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress ↗
- 1967 Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister ↗
- 1967 Venus Lacy, American basketball player ↗
- 1967 Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1967 Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster ↗
- 1966 Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Dieter Baumann, German runner ↗
- 1965 Julie Warner, American actress ↗
- 1964 Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1964 Dewi Morris, English rugby player ↗
- 1964 Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1963 Brian Greene, American physicist ↗
- 1963 Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor ↗
- 1963 Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
- 1962 Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina ↗
- 1961 John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1960 Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1960 David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer ↗
- 1960 Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut ↗
- 1958 Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer ↗
- 1958 Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host ↗
- 1957 Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia ↗
- 1957 Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1956 Phil Ford, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1956 Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1955 Jerry Beck, American historian and author ↗
- 1955 Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1955 Charles Shaughnessy, English actor ↗
- 1954 Jo Duffy, American author ↗
- 1954 Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist ↗
- 1954 Kevin Warwick, English scientist ↗
- 1953 Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor ↗
- 1953 Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (died 1985) ↗
- 1953 Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek ↗
- 1952 Danny White, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1951 David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer ↗
- 1950 Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician ↗
- 1949 Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist ↗
- 1949 Judith Light, American actress ↗
- 1949 Marcia Garbey, Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist (died2024) ↗
- 1948 Guy Standing, English economist and academic ↗
- 1947 Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat ↗
- 1947 Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1947 Major Harris, American singer (died 2012) ↗
- 1947 Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (died 2019) ↗
- 1946 Bob Eastwood, American golfer ↗
- 1946 Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1946 Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy ↗
- 1945 Bill Bergey, American football player (died 2024) ↗
- 1945 Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model ↗
- 1945 Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine ↗
- 1945 Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic ↗
- 1944 Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician ↗
- 1944 Alice Walker – American novelist, short story writer, and poet ↗
- 1943 Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1943 Joe Pesci, American actor ↗
- 1943 Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1942 Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1941 Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer ↗
- 1941 Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician ↗
- 1940 Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1940 J. M. Coetzee – South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1939 Mahala Andrews, English vertebrae palaeontologist (died 1997) ↗
- 1939 Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1939 Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director ↗
- 1938 Raul Martirez, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (died 2024) ↗
- 1937 Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 2007) ↗
- 1937 Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister ↗
- 1936 Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (died 2019) ↗
- 1936 Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (died 2019) ↗
- 1935 Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author ↗
- 1932 Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager ↗
- 1932 Gerhard Richter – German painter and photographer ↗
- 1931 Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1989) ↗
- 1931 Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015) ↗
- 1931 Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (died 2018) ↗
- 1930 Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (died 2003) ↗
- 1929 A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014) ↗
- 1929 Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (died 2005) ↗
- 1928 Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (died 2010) ↗
- 1928 Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2005) ↗
- 1928 Roger Mudd, American journalist (died 2021) ↗
- 1927 Richard A. Long, American historian and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1926 Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2011) ↗
- 1925 John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian (died 2024) ↗
- 1925 Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (died 2001) ↗
- 1923 Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (died 1964) ↗
- 1923 Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (died 2010) ↗
- 1922 Jim Laker, English cricketer and broadcaster (died 1986) ↗
- 1922 C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (died 2005) ↗
- 1920 Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (died 1993) ↗
- 1919 John Abramovic, American basketball player (died 2000) ↗
- 1918 Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (died 2011) ↗
- 1916 Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died 1993) ↗
- 1914 Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984) ↗
- 1912 Ginette Leclerc, French actress (died 1992) ↗
- 1912 Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (died 1968) ↗
- 1911 William Orlando Darby, American general (died 1945) ↗
- 1911 Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (died 1989) ↗
- 1910 Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) ↗
- 1909 Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (died 2002) ↗
- 1909 Heather Angel, English-American actress (died 1986) ↗
- 1909 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (died 1955) ↗
- 1909 Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (died 1994) ↗
- 1907 Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (died 1988) ↗
- 1907 Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1978) ↗
- 1907 Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (died 2003) ↗
- 1906 André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (died 1999) ↗
- 1905 David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (died 1981) ↗
- 1901 Brian Donlevy, American actor (died 1972) ↗
- 1901 James Murray, American actor (died 1936) ↗
- 1898 Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (died 1927) ↗
- 1897 Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (died 1935) ↗
- 1896 Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (died 1982) ↗
- 1895 Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (died 1959) ↗
- 1893 Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1987) ↗
- 1892 Peggy Wood, American actress (died 1978) ↗
- 1891 Ronald Colman, English-American actor (died 1958) ↗
- 1891 Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (died 1964) ↗
- 1891 Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (died 1980) ↗
- 1889 Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928) ↗
- 1885 Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (died 1935) ↗
- 1885 Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (died 1960) ↗
- 1883 Jules Berry, French actor and director (died 1951) ↗
- 1880 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1959) ↗
- 1878 Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (died 1959) ↗
- 1876 Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) ↗
- 1874 Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (died 1925) ↗
- 1871 Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (died 1910) ↗
- 1867 Sōseki Natsume – Japanese author and poet (died 1916) ↗
- 1865 Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (died 1940) ↗
- 1865 Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (died 1949) ↗
- 1864 Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1941) ↗
- 1863 Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (died 1933) ↗
- 1859 Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (died 1930) ↗
- 1856 Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1921) ↗
- 1854 Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (died 1929) ↗
- 1847 Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (died 1902) ↗
- 1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (died 1929) ↗
- 1846 Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (died 1904) ↗
- 1839 Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1896) ↗
- 1837 José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (died 1872) ↗
- 1834 Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (died 1912) ↗
- 1830 Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish emperor (died 1876) ↗
- 1826 Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883) ↗
- 1815 Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (died 1894) ↗
- 1814 Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (died 1886) ↗
- 1800 Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (died 1844) ↗
- 1789 Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (died 1849) ↗
- 1783 Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1852) ↗
- 1781 Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (died 1826) ↗
- 1775 Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1856) ↗
- 1773 William Henry Harrison – American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (died 1841) ↗
- 1769 George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1848) ↗
- 1763 Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (died 1830) ↗
- 1748 Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1817) ↗
- 1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (died 1799) ↗
- 1737 Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (died 1809) ↗
- 1711 Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (died 1762) ↗
- 1666 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (died 1737) ↗
- 1651 Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (died 1727) ↗
- 1579 Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (died 1639) ↗
- 1533 Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (died 1611) ↗
- 1441 Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (died 1501) ↗
- 1344 Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (died 1363) ↗
- 1313 Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (died 1357) ↗
- 1274 Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (died 1297) ↗
- 1060 Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130) ↗
- 2025 Tom Robbins, American writer (born 1932) ↗
- 2022 Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939) ↗
- 2021 Chick Corea, American jazz composer (born 1941) ↗
- 2018 Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958) ↗
- 2018 Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969) ↗
- 2018 John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931) ↗
- 2017 André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920) ↗
- 2016 Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939) ↗
- 2016 Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (born 1948) ↗
- 2015 Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965) ↗
- 2015 Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1916) ↗
- 2014 Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918) ↗
- 2014 Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (born 1913) ↗
- 2013 Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (born 1931) ↗
- 2012 O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 John Hick, English philosopher and academic (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 2011 Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (born 1939) ↗
- 2010 Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (born 1920) ↗
- 2009 Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (born 1933) ↗
- 2008 Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (born 1943) ↗
- 2008 Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (born 1932) ↗
- 2008 Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (born 1931) ↗
- 2007 Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (born 1922) ↗
- 2007 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (born 1934) ↗
- 2006 Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (born 1922) ↗
- 2005 Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (born 1927) ↗
- 2004 Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1925) ↗
- 2003 Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1926) ↗
- 2002 Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (born 1920) ↗
- 2002 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (born 1930) ↗
- 2001 Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
- 1998 Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911) ↗
- 1995 J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (born 1905) ↗
- 1995 Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (born 1924) ↗
- 1995 David Wayne, American actor (born 1914) ↗
- 1994 Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934) ↗
- 1989 Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (born 1928) ↗
- 1984 Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1914) ↗
- 1981 M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1900) ↗
- 1981 Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925) ↗
- 1980 Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (born 1900) ↗
- 1979 Allen Tate, American poet and academic (born 1899) ↗
- 1978 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1893) ↗
- 1977 Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau (born 1894) ↗
- 1976 Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1908) ↗
- 1969 George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (born 1885) ↗
- 1966 Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (born 1884) ↗
- 1965 Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (born 1874) ↗
- 1960 Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (born 1870) ↗
- 1960 Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1877) ↗
- 1957 Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (born 1868) ↗
- 1951 Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (born 1910) ↗
- 1950 Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (born 1884) ↗
- 1945 Ella D. Barrier, American educator (born 1852) ↗
- 1942 Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (born 1883) ↗
- 1935 Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (born 1884) ↗
- 1932 Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (born 1869) ↗
- 1932 A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (born 1904) ↗
- 1930 Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (born 1846) ↗
- 1928 William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (born 1868) ↗
- 1906 Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1872) ↗
- 1903 Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (born 1816) ↗
- 1891 Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (born 1819) ↗
- 1881 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (born 1821) ↗
- 1874 Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (born 1798) ↗
- 1857 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (born 1798) ↗
- 1803 Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (born 1716) ↗
- 1777 Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (born 1706) ↗
- 1709 François Louis, Prince of Conti (born 1664) ↗
- 1675 Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (born 1613) ↗
- 1670 Frederick III of Denmark (born 1609) ↗
- 1619 Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (born 1585) ↗
- 1600 John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (born 1542) ↗
- 1588 Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (born 1526) ↗
- 1555 John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (born 1495) ↗
- 1555 Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (born 1510) ↗
- 1450 Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (born 1421) ↗
- 1407 William I, margrave of Meissen (born 1343) ↗
- 1251 Matthias II, duke of Lorraine ↗
- 1199 Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (born 1147) ↗
- 1135 Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1075) ↗
- 1014 Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general ↗
- 1011 Bernard I, Duke of Saxony ↗
- 978 Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy ↗
- 967 Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (born 916) ↗
- 966 Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (born 894) ↗