73 Events
220 Births
103 Deaths
- 2016 The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed. ↗
- 2016 Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. ↗
- 2016 Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth. ↗
- 2011 A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed. ↗
- 2009 The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. ↗
- 2008 Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India. ↗
- 2005 Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. ↗
- 2005 Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people. ↗
- 1999 Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders. ↗
- 1993 Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed. ↗
- 1990 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. ↗
- 1989 A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. ↗
- 1977 The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government. ↗
- 1974 Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule. ↗
- 1971 Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. ↗
- 1968 Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. ↗
- 1963 Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. ↗
- 1963 An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead. ↗
- 1963 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan. ↗
- 1958 Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. ↗
- 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. ↗
- 1956 Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation. ↗
- 1953 Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement ↗
- 1953 Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid. ↗
- 1953 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War. ↗
- 1952 King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. ↗
- 1951 Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. ↗
- 1948 U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States. ↗
- 1947 Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. ↗
- 1946 Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport. ↗
- 1945 The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. ↗
- 1945 World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb. ↗
- 1944 World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation. ↗
- 1941 World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS. Fort St Elmo Bridge covering the harbour is demolished in the process. ↗
- 1941 World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments. ↗
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory. ↗
- 1936 Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction. ↗
- 1936 King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. ↗
- 1918 Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy. ↗
- 1908 United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation). ↗
- 1899 Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated. ↗
- 1897 Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India. ↗
- 1892 Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain. ↗
- 1891 France annexes Tahiti. ↗
- 1890 In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation. ↗
- 1887 Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement. ↗
- 1882 Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth. ↗
- 1882 The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. ↗
- 1848 The University of Wisconsin–Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin. ↗
- 1847 Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation. ↗
- 1822 José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar. ↗
- 1822 First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis. ↗
- 1814 The Swedish–Norwegian War begins. ↗
- 1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom. ↗
- 1788 New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States. ↗
- 1778 The Emigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 begins. ↗
- 1775 The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General. ↗
- 1758 French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. ↗
- 1745 The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England. ↗
- 1703 During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession. ↗
- 1581 Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II. ↗
- 1579 Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a "fair and good" bay on the coast of the Pacific Northwest (probably Oregon or Washington). ↗
- 1529 Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru. ↗
- 1509 Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne as Emperor of Vijayanagara, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. ↗
- 1309 Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans (Holy Roman Emperor) by Pope Clement V. ↗
- 1184 Erfurt latrine disaster: At a Hoftag, a meeting with local notables, organized by Henry VI, the building collapses and many of the nobles in attendance drown in the sewage pits below. ↗
- 920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at the Battle of Valdejunquera. ↗
- 811 Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. ↗
- 657 First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. ↗
- 2000 Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress ↗
- 1998 Achraf El Yakhloufi, Belgian politician ↗
- 1996 Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete ↗
- 1994 Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player ↗
- 1993 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1993 Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress ↗
- 1992 Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player ↗
- 1991 Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1991 Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler ↗
- 1989 Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress ↗
- 1988 Yurie Omi, Japanese announcer and news anchor ↗
- 1988 Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer ↗
- 1987 Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer ↗
- 1987 Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1986 Monica Raymund, American actress ↗
- 1986 Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1986 John White, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Marcus Benard, American football player ↗
- 1985 Gaël Clichy, French footballer ↗
- 1985 Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1985 Mat Gamel, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper ↗
- 1984 Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player ↗
- 1984 Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1983 Kelly Clark, American snowboarder ↗
- 1983 Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1983 Roderick Strong, American wrestler ↗
- 1983 Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player ↗
- 1983 Ken Wallace, Australian kayaker ↗
- 1983 Delonte West, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Gilad Hochman, Israeli composer ↗
- 1982 Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer ↗
- 1981 Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1981 Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1980 Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand ↗
- 1980 Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1980 Robert Gallery, American football player ↗
- 1979 Friedrich Michau, German rugby player ↗
- 1979 Derek Paravicini, English pianist ↗
- 1979 Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1979 Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1979 Juliet Rylance, English actress ↗
- 1977 Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1977 Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager ↗
- 1977 Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater ↗
- 1976 Elena Kustarova, Russian ice dancer and coach ↗
- 1975 Ingo Schultz, German sprinter ↗
- 1975 Joe Smith, American basketball player ↗
- 1975 Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ↗
- 1974 Iron & Wine, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1974 Kees Meeuws, New Zealand rugby player and coach ↗
- 1974 Dean Sturridge, English footballer and sportscaster ↗
- 1973 Kate Beckinsale, English actress ↗
- 1973 Mariano Raffo, Argentinian director and producer ↗
- 1972 Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach ↗
- 1971 Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach ↗
- 1971 Chris Harrison, American television personality ↗
- 1969 Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1969 Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh baroness and wheelchair racer ↗
- 1968 Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director ↗
- 1968 Jim Naismith, Scottish biologist and academic ↗
- 1968 Olivia Williams, English actress ↗
- 1967 Martin Baker, English organist and conductor ↗
- 1967 Tim Schafer, American video game designer, founded Double Fine Productions ↗
- 1967 Jason Statham, English actor ↗
- 1966 Angelo di Livio, Italian footballer ↗
- 1965 Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer ↗
- 1965 Jim Lindberg, American singer and guitarist ↗
- 1964 Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer ↗
- 1964 Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer (died 2020) ↗
- 1964 Anne Provoost, Belgian author ↗
- 1963 Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (died 2014) ↗
- 1963 Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler ↗
- 1961 Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1961 Andy Connell, English keyboard player and songwriter ↗
- 1961 Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1959 Rick Bragg, American author and journalist ↗
- 1959 Kevin Spacey, American actor and director ↗
- 1958 Monti Davis, American basketball player (died 2013) ↗
- 1958 Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist ↗
- 1957 Norman Baker, Scottish politician ↗
- 1957 Nana Visitor, American actress ↗
- 1956 Peter Fincham, English screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1956 Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater ↗
- 1956 Tommy Rich, American wrestler ↗
- 1956 Tim Tremlett, English cricketer and coach ↗
- 1955 Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer and coach ↗
- 1955 Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani businessman and politician, 11th President of Pakistan ↗
- 1955 Joseph Christopher, American serial killer (died 1993) ↗
- 1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (died 1994) ↗
- 1953 Felix Magath, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1953 Robert Phillips, American guitarist ↗
- 1953 Henk Bleker, Dutch politician ↗
- 1953 Earl Tatum, American professional basketball player ↗
- 1952 Glynis Breakwell, English psychologist and academic ↗
- 1951 Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011) ↗
- 1950 Nelinho, Brazilian footballer and manager ↗
- 1950 Nicholas Evans, English journalist, screenwriter, and producer (died 2022) ↗
- 1950 Susan George, English actress and producer ↗
- 1950 Anne Rafferty, English lawyer and judge ↗
- 1950 Rich Vogler, American race car driver (died 1990) ↗
- 1949 Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand ↗
- 1949 Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer ↗
- 1948 Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (died 2021) ↗
- 1948 Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater ↗
- 1946 Emilio de Villota, Spanish race car driver ↗
- 1945 Helen Mirren – English actress ↗
- 1944 Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1943 Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer ↗
- 1943 Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ↗
- 1942 Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia ↗
- 1942 Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver ↗
- 1941 Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist ↗
- 1941 Darlene Love, American singer and actress ↗
- 1941 Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025) ↗
- 1940 Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011) ↗
- 1940 Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2019) ↗
- 1940 Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1939 Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (died 2011) ↗
- 1939 John Howard, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia ↗
- 1939 Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer ↗
- 1939 Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (died 2013) ↗
- 1938 Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1938 Keith Peters, Welsh physician and academic ↗
- 1937 Ercole Spada, Italian automotive designer (died 2025) ↗
- 1936 Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1936 Lawrie McMenemy, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1934 Tommy McDonald, American football player (died 2018) ↗
- 1931 Robert Colbert, American actor ↗
- 1931 Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2006) ↗
- 1930 Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 Barbara Jefford, English actress (died 2020) ↗
- 1929 Marc Lalonde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 2023) ↗
- 1929 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Don Beauman, English race car driver (died 1955) ↗
- 1928 Francesco Cossiga, Italian academic and politician, 8th President of Italy (died 2010) ↗
- 1928 Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer and director (died 2023) ↗
- 1928 Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet (died 1980) ↗
- 1928 Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of Michael Jackson (died 2018) ↗
- 1928 Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1999) ↗
- 1928 Peter Lougheed, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Irish-born English politician (died 2025) ↗
- 1927 Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (died 2003) ↗
- 1926 James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
- 1925 Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (died 2000) ↗
- 1925 Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (died 2015) ↗
- 1925 Gene Gutowski, Polish-American film producer (died 2016) ↗
- 1925 Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2012) ↗
- 1923 Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (died 2004) ↗
- 1923 Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (died 2002) ↗
- 1922 Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010) ↗
- 1922 Jim Foglesong, American record producer (died 2013) ↗
- 1922 Jason Robards, American actor (died 2000) ↗
- 1921 Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (died 2012) ↗
- 1921 Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
- 1920 Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (died 1983) ↗
- 1919 Virginia Gilmore, American actress (died 1986) ↗
- 1919 James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist (died 2022) ↗
- 1918 Marjorie Lord, American actress (died 2015) ↗
- 1916 Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1916 Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (died 2013) ↗
- 1914 C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida (died 2002) ↗
- 1914 Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1993) ↗
- 1914 Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (died 1968) ↗
- 1913 Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1909 Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1994) ↗
- 1909 Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (died 1979) ↗
- 1908 Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (died 2002) ↗
- 1906 Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (died 1943) ↗
- 1905 Jack Morrison, Australian rugby league player (died 1994) ↗
- 1904 Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1951) ↗
- 1904 Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator (died 1981) ↗
- 1903 Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (died 1963) ↗
- 1900 Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher (died 1983) ↗
- 1897 Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (died 1974) ↗
- 1897 Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (died 1976) ↗
- 1896 Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver (died 1933) ↗
- 1895 Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (died 1964) ↗
- 1894 Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (died 1963) ↗
- 1893 George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (died 1959) ↗
- 1892 Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (died 1966) ↗
- 1890 Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1942) ↗
- 1888 Reginald Hands, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1918) ↗
- 1886 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1965) ↗
- 1885 Roy Castleton, American baseball player (died 1967) ↗
- 1885 André Maurois, French soldier and author (died 1967) ↗
- 1882 Albert Dunstan, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Victoria (died 1950) ↗
- 1880 Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (died 1951) ↗
- 1879 Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (died 1962) ↗
- 1878 Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (died 1937) ↗
- 1877 Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" (died 1940) ↗
- 1875 Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1961) ↗
- 1875 Ernesta Di Capua, Italian botanist and explorer (died 1943) ↗
- 1875 Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic (died 1939) ↗
- 1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (died 1951) ↗
- 1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (died 1939) ↗
- 1865 Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (died 1910) ↗
- 1863 Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (died 1948) ↗
- 1858 Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1943) ↗
- 1856 George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950) ↗
- 1855 Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1936) ↗
- 1854 Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist and academic (died 1918) ↗
- 1844 Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (died 1938) ↗
- 1842 Alfred Marshall, English economist and academic (died 1924) ↗
- 1841 Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian journalist and politician (died 1882) ↗
- 1838 Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (died 1865) ↗
- 1829 Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912) ↗
- 1819 Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator (died 1887) ↗
- 1802 Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 42nd President of Mexico (died 1855) ↗
- 1796 George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (died 1872) ↗
- 1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1844) ↗
- 1782 John Field, Irish pianist and composer (died 1837) ↗
- 1739 George Clinton, American general and politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (died 1812) ↗
- 1711 Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (died 1778) ↗
- 1678 Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1711) ↗
- 1502 Christian Egenolff, German printer (died 1555) ↗
- 1400 Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, English noble (died 1439) ↗
- 1030 Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (died 1079) ↗
- 2025 Tom Lehrer, American singer, comedian and mathematician (born 1928) ↗
- 2023 Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966) ↗
- 2021 Joey Jordison, American musician (born 1975) ↗
- 2020 Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916) ↗
- 2019 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944) ↗
- 2019 Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936) ↗
- 2018 Adem Demaçi, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (born 1936) ↗
- 2018 John Kline, American basketball player (born 1931) ↗
- 2017 June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917) ↗
- 2017 Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943) ↗
- 2017 Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973) ↗
- 2016 Solomon Feferman, American philosopher and mathematician (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (born 1922) ↗
- 2015 Ann Rule, American police officer and author (born 1931) ↗
- 2014 Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (born 1965) ↗
- 2014 Charles R. Larson, American admiral (born 1936) ↗
- 2014 Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (born 1938) ↗
- 2014 Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (born 1954) ↗
- 2014 Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (born 1925) ↗
- 2013 Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (born 1925) ↗
- 2013 Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) ↗
- 2013 George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1919) ↗
- 2012 Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927) ↗
- 2012 Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (born 1925) ↗
- 2012 Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942) ↗
- 2012 James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927) ↗
- 2011 Joe Arroyo, Colombian singer-songwriter and composer (born 1955) ↗
- 2011 Tom Borton, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (born 1956) ↗
- 2011 Richard Harris, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1948) ↗
- 2011 Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese author and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
- 2011 Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (born 1923) ↗
- 2010 Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (born 1945) ↗
- 2009 Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (born 1919) ↗
- 2007 Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (born 1928) ↗
- 2007 Skip Prosser, American basketball player and coach (born 1950) ↗
- 2005 Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (born 1908) ↗
- 2005 Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (born 1925) ↗
- 2005 Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1945) ↗
- 2004 William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (born 1911) ↗
- 2001 Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (born 1917) ↗
- 2001 Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (born 1913) ↗
- 2000 John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 1999 Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (born 1918) ↗
- 1999 Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1917) ↗
- 1996 Max Winter, American businessman and sports executive (born 1903) ↗
- 1995 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (born 1917) ↗
- 1995 Raymond Mailloux, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1918) ↗
- 1995 George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (born 1907) ↗
- 1994 James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (born 1901) ↗
- 1993 Matthew Ridgway, American general (born 1895) ↗
- 1992 Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (born 1943) ↗
- 1988 Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (born 1919) ↗
- 1986 W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1891) ↗
- 1984 George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (born 1901) ↗
- 1984 Ed Gein, American serial killer (born 1906) ↗
- 1971 Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (born 1923) ↗
- 1970 Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1896) ↗
- 1968 Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (born 1899) ↗
- 1964 Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (born 1884) ↗
- 1960 Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (born 1893) ↗
- 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957) ↗
- 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883) ↗
- 1952 Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919) ↗
- 1951 James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (born 1866) ↗
- 1942 Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (born 1900) ↗
- 1941 Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (born 1875) ↗
- 1934 Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1871) ↗
- 1932 Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (born 1876) ↗
- 1930 Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (born 1849) ↗
- 1926 Abraham Lincoln – American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (born 1843) ↗
- 1925 Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (born 1888) ↗
- 1925 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848) ↗
- 1925 William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (born 1860) ↗
- 1921 Howard Vernon, Australian actor (born 1848) ↗
- 1919 Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (born 1836) ↗
- 1915 James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (born 1837) ↗
- 1899 Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1845) ↗
- 1867 Otto, king of Greece (born 1815) ↗
- 1863 Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas, and 6th Governor of Tennessee (born 1793) ↗
- 1801 Maximilian Francis, archduke of Austria (born 1756) ↗
- 1723 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1660) ↗
- 1712 Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1631) ↗
- 1693 Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen of Sweden (born 1656) ↗
- 1684 Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1646) ↗
- 1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (born 1647) ↗
- 1659 Mary Frith, English criminal (born 1584) ↗
- 1630 Charles Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy (born 1562) ↗
- 1611 Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1542) ↗
- 1605 Miguel de Benavides, Spanish archbishop and sinologist (born 1552) ↗
- 1592 Armand de Gontant, French marshal (born 1524) ↗
- 1533 Atahualpa, Inca emperor abducted and murdered by Francisco Pizarro (born ca. 1500) ↗
- 1471 Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1417) ↗
- 1450 Cecily Neville, duchess of Warwick (born 1424) ↗
- 1380 Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (born 1322) ↗
- 990 Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (born 929) ↗
- 943 Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 890) ↗
- 899 Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (born 842) ↗
- 811 Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor ↗
- 342 Cheng of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 321) ↗