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  • 2018 Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
  • 2011 At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
  • 2009 Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • 2003 The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
  • 1990 Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
  • 1989 Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed in the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
  • 1987 About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
  • 1986 The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
  • 1984 Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
  • 1978 Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
  • 1977 The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
  • 1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
  • 1968 Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
  • 1966 Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
  • 1960 Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
  • 1946 The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
  • 1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
  • 1942 World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • 1939 The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
  • 1935 Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
  • 1933 The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • 1918 The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  • 1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • 1915 World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • 1908 The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • 1900 Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • 1859 The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
  • 1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
  • 1848 California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
  • 1835 Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
  • 1817 Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
  • 1758 During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
  • 1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1679 King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
  • 1651 Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.
  • 1536 King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
  • 1458 Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.
  • 1438 The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
  • 914 Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
  • 41 Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
  • 2012 Princess Athena of Denmark
  • 2003 Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter
  • 1999 Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
  • 1999 Tristan Wirfs, American football player
  • 1997 Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese race car driver
  • 1995 Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
  • 1994 Tommie Hoban, English footballer
  • 1992 Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
  • 1991 Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
  • 1991 Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
  • 1991 Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1991 Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
  • 1991 Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player
  • 1990 Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1989 Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer
  • 1989 Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
  • 1989 Whit Merrifield, American baseball player
  • 1989 José Quintana, Colombian baseball player
  • 1989 Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
  • 1988 Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
  • 1988 DaJuan Summers, American basketball player
  • 1987 Brian Cushing, American football player
  • 1987 Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer
  • 1987 Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1987 Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver
  • 1987 Kia Vaughn, American-Czech basketball player
  • 1987 Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
  • 1986 Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
  • 1986 Mischa Barton, English-American actress
  • 1986 Tyler Flowers, American baseball player
  • 1986 Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
  • 1986 Michael Kightly, English footballer
  • 1986 Sean McVay, American football coach
  • 1986 Mohammad Bagheri Motamed, Iranian taekwondo practitioner
  • 1986 Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor
  • 1985 Fabiana Claudino, Brazilian volleyball player
  • 1985 Trey Gilder, American basketball player
  • 1984 Justin Baldoni, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1984 Emerse Faé, French-Ivorian footballer
  • 1984 Yotam Halperin, Israeli basketball player
  • 1984 Jung Jin-sun, South Korean fencer
  • 1984 Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
  • 1984 Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer
  • 1983 Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
  • 1983 Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1983 Evgeny Drattsev, Russian swimmer
  • 1983 Craig Horner, Australian actor and musician
  • 1983 Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
  • 1983 Scott Speed, American race car driver
  • 1982 Céline Deville, French footballer
  • 1982 Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper and singer
  • 1982 Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka (died 2011)
  • 1982 Aitor Hernández, Spanish racing cyclist
  • 1981 Carrie Coon, American actress
  • 1981 Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer
  • 1981 Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
  • 1981 Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier
  • 1980 Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer
  • 1980 Suzy, Portuguese singer
  • 1979 Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
  • 1979 Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
  • 1979 Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
  • 1979 Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
  • 1978 Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
  • 1978 Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician
  • 1978 Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
  • 1977 Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
  • 1977 Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
  • 1976 Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
  • 1976 Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
  • 1975 Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
  • 1975 Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
  • 1975 Reto Hug, Swiss triathlete
  • 1975 Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
  • 1974 Cyril Despres, French rally racer
  • 1974 Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1974 Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
  • 1974 Rokia Traoré, Malian singer
  • 1972 Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1971 José Carlos Fernandez, Bolivian footballer
  • 1970 Roberto Bonano, Argentine footballer
  • 1970 Luke Egan, Australian surfer
  • 1970 Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1970 Matthew Lillard, American actor
  • 1969 Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress
  • 1969 Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro
  • 1968 Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
  • 1968 Tymerlan Huseynov, Ukrainian footballer
  • 1968 Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist
  • 1968 Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
  • 1967 Michael Kiske, German singer
  • 1967 Phil LaMarr, American actor and comedian
  • 1966 Julie Dreyfus, French actress
  • 1966 Karin Viard, French actress
  • 1965 Mike Awesome, American wrestler (died 2007)
  • 1965 Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1965 Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer-songwriter (died 2022)
  • 1965 Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
  • 1963 Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
  • 1961 Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1961 Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
  • 1961 Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
  • 1961 Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
  • 1961 William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
  • 1960 Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor
  • 1959 Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
  • 1959 Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1958 Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler (died 2014)
  • 1958 Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1958 Frank Ullrich, German biathlete
  • 1957 Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
  • 1957 Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician
  • 1956 Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia
  • 1955 Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
  • 1955 Alan Sokal, American physicist and author
  • 1955 Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
  • 1954 Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (died 1986)
  • 1953 Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
  • 1953 Moon Jae-in, South Korean politician, 19th President of South Korea
  • 1951 Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
  • 1950 Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1949 John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
  • 1949 Bart Gordon, American lawyer
  • 1949 Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (died 2013)
  • 1949 Rihoko Yoshida, Japanese voice actress
  • 1948 Michael Des Barres, the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ
  • 1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (died 2012)
  • 1947 Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
  • 1947 Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
  • 1947 Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
  • 1946 Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
  • 1945 John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
  • 1945 Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
  • 1945 Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
  • 1944 David Gerrold, American science fiction screenwriter and author
  • 1944 Gian-Franco Kasper, Swiss ski official (died 2021)
  • 1943 Barry Mealand, English footballer (died 2013)
  • 1943 Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
  • 1943 Sharon Tate, American model and actress (died 1969)
  • 1943 Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
  • 1943 Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (died 2016)
  • 1942 Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the European Parliament
  • 1942 Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (died 2008)
  • 1941 Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 Aaron Neville, American singer
  • 1941 Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940 Vito Acconci, American designer (died 2017)
  • 1940 Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
  • 1939 Renate Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter (died 2023)
  • 1939 Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1938 Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (died 1995)
  • 1937 Trevor Edwards, Welsh footballer
  • 1936 Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and singer
  • 1935 Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (died 1994)
  • 1934 Leonard Goldberg, American producer (died 2019)
  • 1934 Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (died 1976)
  • 1933 Kamran Baghirov, the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party (died 2000)
  • 1933 Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer (died 1987)
  • 1932 Éliane Radigue, French electronic music composer
  • 1931 Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (died 2012)
  • 1931 Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist (died 2019)
  • 1930 Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (died 2016)
  • 1930 Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic (died 2025)
  • 1930 John Romita Sr., American comic book artist (died 2023)
  • 1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
  • 1928 Michel Serrault, French actor (died 2007)
  • 1927 Paula Hawkins, American politician (died 2009)
  • 1926 Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)
  • 1926 Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)
  • 1925 Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
  • 1925 Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (died 2013)
  • 1924 Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (died 1991)
  • 1924 Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1988)
  • 1922 Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (died 2014)
  • 1922 Neil Franklin, English footballer (died 1996)
  • 1920 Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (died 1980)
  • 1920 Jerry Maren, American actor (died 2018)
  • 1919 Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)
  • 1919 Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (died 2009)
  • 1918 Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (died 2009)
  • 1918 Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1996)
  • 1917 Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died 2012)
  • 1917 Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (died 2012)
  • 1916 Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (died 2009)
  • 1916 Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (died 2013)
  • 1915 Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (died 1940)
  • 1915 Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (died 1991)
  • 1913 Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (died 2008)
  • 1913 Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1983)
  • 1912 Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (died 2005)
  • 1910 Doris Haddock, American political activist (died 2010)
  • 1909 Martin Lings, English author and scholar (died 2005)
  • 1909 Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (died 2005)
  • 1907 Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1999)
  • 1907 Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician (died 1994)
  • 1907 Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 1979)
  • 1906 Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer (died 1988)
  • 1905 J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (died 1995)
  • 1901 Harry Calder, South African cricketer (died 1995)
  • 1901 Cassandre, French painter (died 1968)
  • 1901 Edward Turner, English engineer (died 1973)
  • 1900 René Guillot, French writer (died 1969)
  • 1899 Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (died 1954)
  • 1897 Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director (died 1963)
  • 1895 Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (died 1976)
  • 1892 Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter (died 1970)
  • 1891 Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945)
  • 1889 Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright (died 1972)
  • 1889 Charles Hawes, American historian and author (died 1923)
  • 1889 Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II (died 1968)
  • 1888 Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter (died 1960)
  • 1888 Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (died 1958)
  • 1887 Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist (died 1967)
  • 1886 Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
  • 1885 Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (died 1948)
  • 1882 Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer (died 1968)
  • 1882 Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete (died 1927)
  • 1873 Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer (died 1942)
  • 1872 Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic (died 1928)
  • 1872 Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (died 1943)
  • 1872 Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (died 1961)
  • 1871 Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic (died 1951)
  • 1871 Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist (died 1953)
  • 1870 Herbert Kilpin, English footballer (died 1916)
  • 1869 Helena Maud Brown Cobb, American educator and missionary (died 1922)
  • 1866 Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1920)
  • 1864 Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (died 1936)
  • 1864 Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (died 1935)
  • 1863 August Adler, Czech and Austrian mathematician (died 1923)
  • 1862 Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (died 1937)
  • 1858 Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (died 1889)
  • 1856 Friedrich Grünanger, Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (died 1929)
  • 1853 Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser, German psychiatrist (died 1931)
  • 1850 Hermann Ebbinghaus, German psychologist (died 1909)
  • 1848 Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (died 1916)
  • 1843 Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (died 1918)
  • 1836 Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (died 1909)
  • 1829 Yechiel Michel Epstein, Rabbi and posek (died 1908)
  • 1828 Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist (died 1898)
  • 1816 Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and epigraphist (died 1887)
  • 1814 Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess (died 1858)
  • 1814 John Colenso, British mathematician (died 1883)
  • 1804 Delphine de Girardin, French author (died 1855)
  • 1787 Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist (died 1864)
  • 1776 E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)
  • 1763 Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician (died 1831)
  • 1761 Louis Klein, French general (died 1845)
  • 1754 Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (died 1820)
  • 1749 Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1806)
  • 1746 Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
  • 1739 Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution (died 1793)
  • 1732 Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (died 1799)
  • 1712 Frederick the Great, Prussian king (died 1786)
  • 1709 Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (died 1779)
  • 1705 Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (died 1782)
  • 1684 Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble (died 1737)
  • 1679 Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (died 1754)
  • 1674 Thomas Tanner, English bishop (died 1735)
  • 1672 Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt, German Lieutenant General (died 1731)
  • 1670 William Congreve, English playwright and poet (died 1729)
  • 1664 John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (died 1726)
  • 1643 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (died 1706)
  • 1619 Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (died 1682)
  • 1602 Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (died 1666)
  • 1547 Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (died 1578)
  • 1444 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
  • 1287 Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1345)
  • 76 Hadrian, Roman emperor (died 138)
  • 2025 Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)
  • 2019 Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)
  • 2018 Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
  • 2017 Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)
  • 2017 Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)
  • 2016 Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)
  • 2016 Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
  • 2016 Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)
  • 2015 Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
  • 2014 Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
  • 2014 Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)
  • 2011 Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)
  • 2010 Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)
  • 2008 Usha Narayanan, Burmese-born First Lady of India (born 1922)
  • 2007 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)
  • 2007 İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
  • 2007 Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)
  • 2007 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
  • 2006 Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (born 1930)
  • 2004 Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)
  • 2003 Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (born 1921)
  • 2002 Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)
  • 2001 Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police chief (born 1952)
  • 1993 Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)
  • 1993 Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)
  • 1993 Uğur Mumcu, Turkish investigative journalist (born 1942)
  • 1992 Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (born 1909)
  • 1991 Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (born 1907)
  • 1990 Madge Bellamy, American actress (born 1899)
  • 1989 Ted Bundy, American serial killer (born 1946)
  • 1988 Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)
  • 1986 L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (born 1911)
  • 1986 Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (born 1921)
  • 1983 George Cukor, American director and producer (born 1899)
  • 1982 Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (born 1918)
  • 1975 Larry Fine, American comedian (born 1902)
  • 1973 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (born 1896)
  • 1971 Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1895)
  • 1970 Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (born 1891)
  • 1966 Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (born 1909)
  • 1965 Winston Churchill – English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
  • 1962 André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (born 1885)
  • 1962 Stanley Lord, English naval captain (born 1877)
  • 1962 Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (born 1901)
  • 1961 Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (born 1884)
  • 1960 Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1886)
  • 1946 Morris Alexander, South African politician (born 1877)
  • 1943 John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1858)
  • 1939 Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (born 1867)
  • 1920 Percy French, Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (born 1854)
  • 1920 Amedeo Modigliani – Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884)
  • 1895 Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1849)
  • 1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (born 1812)
  • 1881 James Collinson, English painter (born 1825)
  • 1877 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (born 1796)
  • 1709 George Rooke, English admiral and politician (born 1650)
  • 1666 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (born 1588)
  • 1639 Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (born 1596)
  • 1626 Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)
  • 1595 Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (born 1529)
  • 1525 Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
  • 1473 Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (born 1410)
  • 1376 Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)
  • 1336 Alfonso IV of Aragon (born 1299)
  • 1125 David IV of Georgia (born 1073)
  • 1046 Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 985)
  • 901 Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
  • 817 Pope Stephen IV (born 770)
  • 41 Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)