56 Events
183 Births
106 Deaths
- 2023 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress. ↗
- 2021 Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela. ↗
- 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. ↗
- 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico. ↗
- 2016 West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed. ↗
- 2011 Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge. ↗
- 2010 Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. ↗
- 2009 A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. ↗
- 2005 The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. ↗
- 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. ↗
- 2003 Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. ↗
- 2003 Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. ↗
- 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. ↗
- 1996 An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed. ↗
- 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. ↗
- 1989 Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board. ↗
- 1982 Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. ↗
- 1981 A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". ↗
- 1977 Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. ↗
- 1975 Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband. ↗
- 1973 Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. ↗
- 1973 Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. ↗
- 1972 Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. ↗
- 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "war on poverty" in the United States. ↗
- 1961 In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria. ↗
- 1959 Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. ↗
- 1956 Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact. ↗
- 1946 Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. ↗
- 1936 Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public. ↗
- 1933 Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain. ↗
- 1926 Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch. ↗
- 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ↗
- 1920 The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union. ↗
- 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I. ↗
- 1912 The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC). ↗
- 1900 President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. ↗
- 1889 Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. ↗
- 1877 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory. ↗
- 1867 The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield. ↗
- 1835 US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time. ↗
- 1828 The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. ↗
- 1815 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. ↗
- 1811 Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. ↗
- 1806 The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg. ↗
- 1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City. ↗
- 1746 Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. ↗
- 1735 The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ↗
- 1547 The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg. ↗
- 1499 Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII. ↗
- 1454 The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador. ↗
- 1297 François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. ↗
- 871 Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. ↗
- 307 Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. ↗
- 2001 Zach Charbonnet, American football player ↗
- 2000 Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress ↗
- 1999 Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player ↗
- 1999 Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1998 Tony Bradley, American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1995 Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer ↗
- 1994 Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player ↗
- 1993 William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1993 Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer ↗
- 1992 Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Koke, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1992 Valkyrae, American online streamer ↗
- 1991 Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1991 Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer ↗
- 1991 Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer ↗
- 1991 Greg Smith, American basketball player ↗
- 1990 Blair Walsh, American football player ↗
- 1989 Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1988 Adrián López, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1988 Michael Mancienne, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player ↗
- 1987 Chris Douglas-Roberts, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Cynthia Erivo, English actress and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1987 Freddie Stroma, English actor ↗
- 1984 Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player and broadcaster ↗
- 1983 Chris Masters, American wrestler ↗
- 1982 Gaby Hoffmann, American actress ↗
- 1981 Genevieve Cortese, American actress ↗
- 1981 Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player ↗
- 1980 Sam Riley, English actor and singer ↗
- 1979 Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager ↗
- 1979 Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1979 Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer ↗
- 1979 Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer ↗
- 1979 Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director ↗
- 1978 Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player ↗
- 1977 Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer ↗
- 1976 Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress ↗
- 1973 Mike Cameron, American baseball player ↗
- 1972 Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1971 Jason Giambi, American baseball player ↗
- 1971 Andreas Kollross, Austrian politician ↗
- 1971 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach ↗
- 1967 Willie Anderson, American basketball player ↗
- 1967 R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender ↗
- 1967 Tom Watson, English politician ↗
- 1966 Maria Pitillo, American actress ↗
- 1966 Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2009) ↗
- 1966 Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1965 Michelle Forbes, American actress ↗
- 1964 Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1961 Calvin Smith, American sprinter ↗
- 1960 Dave Weckl, American drummer ↗
- 1959 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (died 2005) ↗
- 1958 Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education ↗
- 1958 Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor. (died 2024) ↗
- 1957 Dwight Clark, American football player (died 2018) ↗
- 1957 Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1957 Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (died 2023) ↗
- 1957 Calvin Natt, American basketball player ↗
- 1955 Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress ↗
- 1955 Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer ↗
- 1953 Marián Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1953 Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (died 2022) ↗
- 1952 Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator ↗
- 1952 Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic ↗
- 1951 Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ↗
- 1949 Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer ↗
- 1948 Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter ↗
- 1947 David Bowie – English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1947 Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician ↗
- 1946 Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1946 Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord ↗
- 1945 Phil Beal, English footballer ↗
- 1945 Nancy Bond, American author and academic ↗
- 1945 Kathleen Noone, American actress ↗
- 1944 Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author ↗
- 1942 Stephen Hawking – English physicist and author (died 2018) ↗
- 1942 Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan ↗
- 1942 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (died 2022) ↗
- 1941 Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1989) ↗
- 1941 Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter ↗
- 1940 Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer ↗
- 1939 Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer ↗
- 1938 Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer ↗
- 1937 Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer ↗
- 1936 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020) ↗
- 1935 Elvis Presley – American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977) ↗
- 1934 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (died 1987) ↗
- 1934 Roy Kinnear, British actor (died 1988) ↗
- 1933 Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist (died 2024) ↗
- 1933 Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1931 Bill Graham, German-American businessman (died 1991) ↗
- 1931 Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar ↗
- 1929 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (died 2020) ↗
- 1927 Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1926 Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (died 2012) ↗
- 1926 Kerwin Mathews, American actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1926 Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004) ↗
- 1926 Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022) ↗
- 1926 Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1925 Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (died 1972) ↗
- 1924 Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010) ↗
- 1924 Ron Moody, English actor and singer (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 Larry Storch, American actor and comedian(died 2022) ↗
- 1923 Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (died 2011) ↗
- 1923 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (died 1985) ↗
- 1923 Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008) ↗
- 1922 Dale D. Myers, American engineer (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Douglas Wilmer, English actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994) ↗
- 1915 Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (died 1991) ↗
- 1912 José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992) ↗
- 1912 Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014) ↗
- 1911 Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970) ↗
- 1910 Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998) ↗
- 1909 Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (died 1995) ↗
- 1909 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (died 1995) ↗
- 1909 Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (died 1995) ↗
- 1908 William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975) ↗
- 1908 Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996) ↗
- 1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997) ↗
- 1904 Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (died 1948) ↗
- 1902 Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (died 1987) ↗
- 1900 Dorothy Adams, American character actress (died 1988) ↗
- 1900 Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (died 1969) ↗
- 1899 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (died 1959) ↗
- 1897 Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (died 1977) ↗
- 1896 Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967) ↗
- 1891 Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) ↗
- 1891 Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (died 1986) ↗
- 1891 Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972) ↗
- 1888 Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972) ↗
- 1885 John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) ↗
- 1885 Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972) ↗
- 1885 A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967) ↗
- 1883 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (died 1941) ↗
- 1883 Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963) ↗
- 1881 Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (died 1960) ↗
- 1881 Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (died 1945) ↗
- 1873 Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1953) ↗
- 1871 Jeanne Adnet, French anarchist (died 1942) ↗
- 1871 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940) ↗
- 1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1930) ↗
- 1867 Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961) ↗
- 1866 William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (died 1940) ↗
- 1865 Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (died 1943) ↗
- 1864 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died 1892) ↗
- 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934) ↗
- 1860 Emma Booth-Tucker, English author (died 1903) ↗
- 1859 Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925) ↗
- 1852 James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (died 1931) ↗
- 1843 Frederick Abberline, English police officer (died 1929) ↗
- 1836 Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912) ↗
- 1830 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (died 1894) ↗
- 1824 Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889) ↗
- 1824 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (died 1861) ↗
- 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913) ↗
- 1821 James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904) ↗
- 1817 Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (died 1893) ↗
- 1812 Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871) ↗
- 1805 John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (died 1871) ↗
- 1805 Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 1878) ↗
- 1792 Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (died 1872) ↗
- 1788 Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831) ↗
- 1786 Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (died 1844) ↗
- 1763 Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834) ↗
- 1735 John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815) ↗
- 1638 Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665) ↗
- 1635 Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (died 1709) ↗
- 1632 Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (died 1694) ↗
- 1628 François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (died 1695) ↗
- 1626 Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (died 1694) ↗
- 1601 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (died 1658) ↗
- 1589 Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638) ↗
- 1587 Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (died 1616) ↗
- 1587 Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629) ↗
- 1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643) ↗
- 1529 John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (died 1595) ↗
- 1345 Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (died 1398) ↗
- 1037 Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (died 1101) ↗
- 2024 Adan Canto, Mexican actor (born 1981) ↗
- 2022 Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944) ↗
- 2021 Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922) ↗
- 2020 Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942) ↗
- 2020 Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930) ↗
- 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925) ↗
- 2017 James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939) ↗
- 2017 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934) ↗
- 2017 Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941) ↗
- 2016 Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (born 1926) ↗
- 2016 German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933) ↗
- 2015 Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) ↗
- 2015 Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (born 1921) ↗
- 2014 Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925) ↗
- 2014 Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939) ↗
- 2013 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (born 1938) ↗
- 2012 T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (born 1943) ↗
- 2012 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929) ↗
- 2011 Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2011 Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (born 1924) ↗
- 2010 Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
- 2009 Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1958) ↗
- 2008 George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923) ↗
- 2007 Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (born 1908) ↗
- 2007 Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1916) ↗
- 2007 Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922) ↗
- 2007 David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953) ↗
- 2007 Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (born 1925) ↗
- 2006 Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (born 1943) ↗
- 2003 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (born 1925) ↗
- 2002 Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
- 2002 Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (born 1932) ↗
- 2000 Hilary Smart, American sailor (born 1925) ↗
- 1998 Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (born 1905) ↗
- 1997 Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) ↗
- 1996 Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1968) ↗
- 1996 François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (born 1916) ↗
- 1994 Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (born 1915) ↗
- 1994 Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (born 1925) ↗
- 1991 Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960) ↗
- 1990 Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (born 1919) ↗
- 1990 Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (born 1911) ↗
- 1986 Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (born 1906) ↗
- 1983 Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (born 1919) ↗
- 1982 Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
- 1980 John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (born 1907) ↗
- 1976 Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1898) ↗
- 1975 Richard Tucker, American operatic tenor (born 1913) ↗
- 1963 Kay Sage, American painter (born 1898) ↗
- 1961 Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (born 1910) ↗
- 1958 Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (born 1869) ↗
- 1954 Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898) ↗
- 1953 Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (born 1883) ↗
- 1952 Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866) ↗
- 1950 Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883) ↗
- 1948 Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900) ↗
- 1944 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (born 1878) ↗
- 1943 Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (born 1879) ↗
- 1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1869) ↗
- 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and founder of the Scout movement (born 1857) ↗
- 1941 Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (born 1899) ↗
- 1938 Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (born 1880) ↗
- 1934 Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880) ↗
- 1934 Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886) ↗
- 1925 George Bellows, American painter (born 1882) ↗
- 1920 Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852) ↗
- 1918 Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (born 1827) ↗
- 1916 Rembrandt – Italian sculptor (born 1884) ↗
- 1916 Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (born 1860) ↗
- 1914 Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (born 1823) ↗
- 1896 William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (born 1825) ↗
- 1896 Paul Verlaine – French poet and writer (born 1844) ↗
- 1883 Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (born 1825) ↗
- 1880 Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (born 1811) ↗
- 1878 Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (born 1821) ↗
- 1874 Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (born 1814) ↗
- 1865 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1779) ↗
- 1854 William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (born 1768) ↗
- 1825 Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (born 1765) ↗
- 1815 Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (born 1778) ↗
- 1794 Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (born 1720) ↗
- 1789 Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703) ↗
- 1775 John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (born 1706) ↗
- 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (born 1653) ↗
- 1707 John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (born 1648) ↗
- 1642 Galileo Galilei – Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1564) ↗
- 1598 John George, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1525) ↗
- 1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (born 1510) ↗
- 1557 Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1522) ↗
- 1538 Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (born 1504) ↗
- 1456 Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (born 1381) ↗
- 1424 Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras ↗
- 1354 Charles de la Cerda, French nobleman (born 1327) ↗
- 1337 Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (born 1266) ↗
- 1198 Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1106) ↗
- 1107 Edgar, King of Scotland (born 1074) ↗
- 1079 Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (born 1009) ↗
- 926 Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury ↗
- 871 Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader ↗
- 482 Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint ↗
- 307 Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 259) ↗