On This Day: July 15 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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55 Events 243 Births 113 Deaths

2018 France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2. ↗
2016 Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup. ↗
2014 A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others. ↗
2012 South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style. ↗
2009 Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168. ↗
2009 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module. ↗
2006 Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched. ↗
2003 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. ↗
2002 "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. ↗
2002 The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life. ↗
1998 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine. ↗
1996 A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. ↗
1983 An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured. ↗
1983 Nintendo and Sega enter the console market with the respective releases of the Famicom and SG-1000 in Japan. ↗
1979 U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech". ↗
1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. ↗
1975 Aeroflot Flight E-15 crashes on approach to Batumi International Airport, killing 40. ↗
1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing Nikos Sampson as the president of Cyprus. ↗
1971 The United Red Army is founded in Japan. ↗
1966 Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. ↗
1955 Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. ↗
1954 The Boeing 367-80, the prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series, takes its first flight. ↗
1946 The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom. ↗
1942 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps. ↗
1927 Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna. ↗
1922 The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan. ↗
1920 Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. ↗
1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. ↗
1916 In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). ↗
1910 In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. ↗
1888 The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts, killing approximately 500 people in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. ↗
1870 Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. ↗
1870 Canadian Confederation: Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories. ↗
1862 American Civil War: The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. ↗
1849 The first air raid in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice ↗
1838 Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. ↗
1834 The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years. ↗
1823 A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. ↗
1815 Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. ↗
1806 Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west. ↗
1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. ↗
1789 French Revolution: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris. ↗
1741 Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska. ↗
1738 Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitsyn are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna. ↗
1640 The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, is inaugurated in Turku. ↗
1482 Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada. ↗
1410 Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order. ↗
1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. ↗
1240 Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. ↗
1207 King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton. ↗
1149 The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem. ↗
1099 First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. ↗
756 An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed. ↗
70 First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). ↗
484 BCE Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome. ↗

2008 Iain Armitage, American actor ↗
2005 JuJu Watkins, American basketball player ↗
1999 Mohamed Sobhy, Egyptian footballer ↗
1998 Noah Gragson, American racing driver ↗
1997 Jil Teichmann, Swiss tennis player ↗
1996 Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player ↗
1993 Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer ↗
1993 Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver ↗
1993 Masataka Yoshida, Japanese baseball player ↗
1992 Tobias Harris, American basketball player ↗
1992 Wayde van Niekerk – South African sprinter ↗
1991 Danilo, Brazilian footballer ↗
1991 Derrick Favors, American basketball player ↗
1991 Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer ↗
1991 Nuria Párrizas Díaz, Spanish tennis player ↗
1990 Olly Alexander, English singer and actor ↗
1990 Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player ↗
1990 Damian Lillard, American basketball player ↗
1990 Tyler Young, American racing driver ↗
1989 Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player ↗
1989 Anthony Randolph, American basketball player ↗
1986 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, American actor ↗
1986 Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1986 Kareem Rahma, Egyptian-American comedian, artist, and media entrepreneur ↗
1984 Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer ↗
1984 Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier ↗
1983 Salvatore Iovino, American racing driver ↗
1983 Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver ↗
1983 Heath Slater, American wrestler ↗
1982 Julien Canal, French racing driver ↗
1982 Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1982 Aída Yéspica, Venezuelan model and actress ↗
1981 Alou Diarra, French footballer ↗
1981 Petros Klampanis, Greek bassist and composer ↗
1981 Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer ↗
1980 Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player ↗
1980 Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1980 Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (died 2017) ↗
1979 Laura Benanti, American actress and singer ↗
1979 Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer ↗
1979 Edda Garðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer ↗
1979 Renata Kučerová, Czech tennis player ↗
1978 Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player ↗
1977 D. J. Kennington, Canadian racing driver ↗
1977 André Nel, South African cricketer ↗
1977 Lana Parrilla, American actress ↗
1977 John St. Clair, American football player ↗
1977 Ray Toro, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1976 Steve Cunningham, American boxer ↗
1976 Marco Di Vaio, Italian footballer ↗
1976 Diane Kruger, German actress and model ↗
1976 Gabriel Iglesias, Mexican-American comedian and voice actor ↗
1975 Cherry, American wrestler and manager ↗
1975 Danny Law, English cricketer ↗
1975 Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player ↗
1973 Brian Austin Green, American actor ↗
1973 Buju Banton, Jamaican singer ↗
1972 Scott Foley, American actor ↗
1970 Tarkan Gözübüyük, Turkish bass player and producer ↗
1969 Ain Tammus, Estonian footballer and coach ↗
1968 Eddie Griffin, American comedian, actor, and producer ↗
1967 Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer ↗
1967 Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (died 2015) ↗
1966 Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
1966 Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress ↗
1965 Alistair Carmichael, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland ↗
1965 Gero Miesenböck, Austrian neuroscientist and educator ↗
1965 David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ↗
1963 Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-Italian actress ↗
1963 Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1962 Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager ↗
1962 Michelle Ford, Australian swimmer ↗
1961 Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress ↗
1961 Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter ↗
1961 Forest Whitaker – American actor ↗
1959 Vincent Lindon, French actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1958 Gary Heale, English footballer and coach ↗
1958 Mac Thornberry, American lawyer and politician ↗
1957 Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (died 2025) ↗
1956 Ashoke Sen, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist ↗
1956 Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1980) ↗
1956 Nicholas Harberd, British botanist, educator, and academician ↗
1956 Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1956 Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator ↗
1956 Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1956 Wayne Taylor, South African racing driver ↗
1954 John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player ↗
1954 Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens ↗
1954 Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager ↗
1953 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician, 49th President of Haiti ↗
1953 Sultanah Haminah, Malaysian royal consort ↗
1953 Mohamad Shahrum Osman, Malaysian politician ↗
1953 Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter ↗
1952 John Cleland, British racing driver ↗
1952 Celia Imrie, English actress ↗
1952 Terry O'Quinn, American actor ↗
1952 David Pack, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1952 Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter ↗
1952 Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991) ↗
1951 Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (died 2010) ↗
1951 Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota ↗
1950 Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia ↗
1950 Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher ↗
1949 Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden ↗
1949 Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
1949 Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter ↗
1948 Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (died 2015) ↗
1948 Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic ↗
1948 Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter ↗
1947 Lydia Davis, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist ↗
1947 Pridiyathorn Devakula, Thai economist and politician, Thai Minister of Finance ↗
1947 Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019) ↗
1946 Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ↗
1946 Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei ↗
1945 David Arthur Granger, Guyanese politician, 9th President of Guyana ↗
1945 Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1945 Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 2003) ↗
1944 Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (died 2019) ↗
1944 Nigel Williams, English conservator (died 1992) ↗
1943 Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic ↗
1942 Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (died 2005) ↗
1941 Livia Gouverneur, Venezuelan activist (died 1961) ↗
1940 Chris Cord, American racing driver (died 2022) ↗
1940 Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (died 2015) ↗
1940 Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer (died 1990) ↗
1940 Robert Winston, English surgeon, academic, and politician ↗
1939 Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic ↗
1938 Bill Alsup, American racing driver (died 2016) ↗
1938 Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (died 2009) ↗
1938 Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022) ↗
1938 Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician ↗
1937 Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist (died 2009) ↗
1936 George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio (died 2016) ↗
1935 Donn Clendenon, American baseball player and lawyer (died 2005) ↗
1935 Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (died 2012) ↗
1935 Ken Kercheval, American actor and director (died 2019) ↗
1934 Harrison Birtwistle, English composer and academic (died 2022) ↗
1934 Eva Krížiková, Czech actress (died 2020) ↗
1934 Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (died 1977) ↗
1933 Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (died 2003) ↗
1933 M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (died 2024) ↗
1932 Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2010) ↗
1931 Clive Cussler, American archaeologist and author (died 2020) ↗
1931 Joanna Merlin, American actress and casting director (died 2023) ↗
1931 Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2023) ↗
1930 Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (died 2004) ↗
1930 Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (died 2013) ↗
1930 Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist ↗
1930 Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader ↗
1929 Charles Anthony, American tenor and actor (died 2012) ↗
1929 Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (died 2001) ↗
1929 Ian Stewart, Scottish racing driver (died 2017) ↗
1928 Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (died 2012) ↗
1928 Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Indian parliamentarian (died 1967) ↗
1927 Nan Martin, American actress (died 2010) ↗
1927 Carmen Zapata, American actress (died 2014) ↗
1927 Håkon Brusveen, Norwegian cross-country skier (died 2021) ↗
1926 Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author (died 2007) ↗
1926 Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (died 2003) ↗
1926 Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1926 Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat (died 2019) ↗
1925 Philip Carey, American actor (died 2009) ↗
1925 Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (died 2014) ↗
1925 D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (died 2019) ↗
1925 Evan Hultman, American politician (died 2025) ↗
1925 Antony Carbone, American actor (died 2020) ↗
1925 Pandel Savic, American football player (died 2018) ↗
1924 Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (died 2014) ↗
1924 Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist (died 2025) ↗
1922 Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) ↗
1922 Jean-Pierre Richard, French writer (died 2019) ↗
1921 Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (died 2006) ↗
1921 Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006) ↗
1919 Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (died 2012) ↗
1919 Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (died 1999) ↗
1918 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003) ↗
1918 Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic ↗
1917 Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (died 2015) ↗
1917 Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (died 2012) ↗
1917 Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (died 1979) ↗
1916 Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (died 2005) ↗
1915 Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic (died 2010) ↗
1915 Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer (died 2007) ↗
1914 Birabongse Bhanudej, Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the Thai royal family (died 1985) ↗
1914 Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (died 1999) ↗
1914 Howard Vernon, Swiss-French actor (died 1996) ↗
1913 Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963) ↗
1913 Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (died 1998) ↗
1913 Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author (died 2010) ↗
1911 Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air (died 1994) ↗
1909 Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (died 1992) ↗
1906 R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic (died 1993) ↗
1906 Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (died 1989) ↗
1905 Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (died 1974) ↗
1905 Anita Farra, Italian actress (died 2008) ↗
1904 Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (died 2007) ↗
1903 Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (died 1998) ↗
1903 K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician (died 1975) ↗
1902 Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (died 1983) ↗
1899 Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1971) ↗
1894 Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (died 1989) ↗
1893 Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (died 1969) ↗
1893 Dick Rauch, American football player and coach (died 1970) ↗
1892 Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (died 1940) ↗
1887 Wharton Esherick, American sculptor (died 1970) ↗
1883 Denny Barry Irish Republican died during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (died 1923) ↗
1880 Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician (died 1950) ↗
1871 Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet (died 1908) ↗
1867 Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (died 1936) ↗
1865 Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press (died 1922) ↗
1865 Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (died 1945) ↗
1864 Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (died 1942) ↗
1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, English political activist and suffragist (died 1928) ↗
1852 Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (died 1920) ↗
1850 Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (died 1917) ↗
1848 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (died 1923) ↗
1827 W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (died 1899) ↗
1817 Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (died 1898) ↗
1812 James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (died 1873) ↗
1808 Henry Edward Manning, English cardinal (died 1892) ↗
1800 Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (died 1878) ↗
1799 Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (died 1882) ↗
1796 Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (died 1867) ↗
1793 Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor (died 1884) ↗
1779 Clement Clarke Moore, American author, poet, and educator (died 1863) ↗
1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (died 1792) ↗
1638 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian violinist and composer (died 1693) ↗
1631 Jens Juel, Danish politician and diplomat, Governor-general of Norway (died 1700) ↗
1631 Richard Cumberland, English philosopher (died 1718) ↗
1613 Gu Yanwu, Chinese philologist and geographer (died 1682) ↗
1611 Jai Singh I, maharaja of Jaipur (died 1667) ↗
1606 Rembrandt – Dutch painter and etcher (died 1669) ↗
1600 Jan Cossiers, Flemish painter (died 1671) ↗
1573 Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House (died 1652) ↗
1478 Barbara Jagiellon, duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (died 1534) ↗
1471 Eskender, Ethiopian emperor (died 1494) ↗
1455 Queen Yun, Korean queen (died 1482) ↗
1442 Boček IV of Poděbrady, Bohemian nobleman (died 1496) ↗
1359 Antonio Correr, Italian cardinal (died 1445) ↗
1353 Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (died 1410) ↗
1273 Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (died 1352) ↗
980 Ichijō, Japanese emperor (died 1011) ↗

2021 Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (born 1956) ↗
2017 Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928) ↗
2015 Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938) ↗
2015 Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916) ↗
2015 Aubrey Morris, British actor (born 1926) ↗
2015 Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933) ↗
2014 Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933) ↗
2014 James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918) ↗
2014 Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926) ↗
2014 Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (born 1924) ↗
2013 Ninos Aho, Syrian-American poet and activist (born 1945) ↗
2013 Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (born 1944) ↗
2013 Tom Greenwell, American lawyer and judge (born 1956) ↗
2013 Earl Gros, American football player (born 1940) ↗
2013 Noël Lee, Chinese-American pianist and composer (born 1924) ↗
2013 Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (born 1986) ↗
2013 John T. Riedl, American computer scientist and academic (born 1962) ↗
2012 Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (born 1975) ↗
2012 Tsilla Chelton, Israeli-French actress (born 1919) ↗
2012 Grant Feasel, American football player (born 1960) ↗
2012 David Fraser, English general (born 1920) ↗
2012 Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (born 1917) ↗
2012 Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
2011 Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler, German landowner and politician (born 1928) ↗
2011 Googie Withers, British-Australian actress (born 1917) ↗
2010 James E. Akins, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (born 1926) ↗
2008 György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (born 1972) ↗
2006 Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (born 1937) ↗
2006 Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and academic (born 1942) ↗
2003 Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (born 1953) ↗
2003 Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (born 1904) ↗
2001 C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (born 1917) ↗
2000 Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer and educator (born 1925) ↗
1998 S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (born 1960) ↗
1997 Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (born 1924) ↗
1997 Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (born 1946) ↗
1992 Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (born 1922) ↗
1992 Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (born 1960) ↗
1991 Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (born 1933) ↗
1990 Zaim Topčić, Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (born 1920) ↗
1990 Margaret Lockwood, English actress (born 1916) ↗
1990 Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (born 1910) ↗
1989 Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (born 1956) ↗
1988 Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (born 1906) ↗
1986 Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (born 1923) ↗
1982 Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (born 1926) ↗
1981 Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1898) ↗
1979 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico (born 1911) ↗
1977 Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (born 1933) ↗
1976 Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (born 1897) ↗
1974 Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (born 1944) ↗
1969 Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (born 1885) ↗
1966 Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (born 1903) ↗
1965 Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (born 1908) ↗
1961 John Edward Brownlee, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (born 1884) ↗
1961 Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (born 1901) ↗
1960 Set Persson, Swedish politician (born 1897) ↗
1960 Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (born 1896) ↗
1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and academic (born 1880) ↗
1959 Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (born 1885) ↗
1957 James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (born 1870) ↗
1957 Vasily Maklakov, a Russian lawyer and politician (born 1869) ↗
1953 Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (born 1882) ↗
1948 John J. Pershing, American general (born 1860) ↗
1947 Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893) ↗
1946 Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1877) ↗
1944 Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (born 1885) ↗
1942 Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1910) ↗
1940 Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (born 1857) ↗
1940 Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (born 1918) ↗
1933 Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (born 1865) ↗
1933 Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (born 1890) ↗
1932 Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (born 1846) ↗
1932 Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (born 1873) ↗
1931 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (born 1868) ↗
1930 Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1845) ↗
1930 Leonora Barry, Irish-born American social activist (born 1849) ↗
1929 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (born 1874) ↗
1919 Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852) ↗
1904 Anton Chekhov – Russian playwright and short story writer (born 1860) ↗
1898 Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (born 1825) ↗
1890 Gottfried Keller – Swiss author, poet and playwright (born 1819) ↗
1885 Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (born 1837) ↗
1883 General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (born 1838) ↗
1858 Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (born 1806) ↗
1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1791) ↗
1851 Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (born 1779) ↗
1851 Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (born 1787) ↗
1844 Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (born 1772) ↗
1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (born 1802) ↗
1828 Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (born 1741) ↗
1789 Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (born 1715) ↗
1765 Charles-André van Loo, French painter (born 1705) ↗
1750 Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (born 1686) ↗
1685 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-born English general and claimant to the throne, executed (born 1649) ↗
1655 Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (born 1570) ↗
1614 Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French soldier, historian and author (born 1540) ↗
1609 Annibale Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560) ↗
1571 Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese daimyō (born 1514) ↗
1544 René of Châlon (born 1519) ↗
1542 Lisa del Giocondo, subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (born 1479) ↗
1445 Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland ↗
1410 Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (born 1360) ↗
1406 William, Duke of Austria ↗
1397 Catherine of Henneberg, German ruler (born c. 1334) ↗
1388 Agnes of Durazzo, titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (born 1313) ↗
1381 John Ball, English Lollard priest ↗
1299 King Eric II of Norway (born c. 1268) ↗
1291 Rudolf I of Germany (born 1218) ↗
1274 Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (born 1221) ↗
1015 Vladimir the Great, Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (born c. 958) ↗
998 Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī, Persian mathematician and astronomer (born 940) ↗
756 Yang Guifei, consort of Xuan Zong (born 719) ↗