On This Day: June 17 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2021 Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. ↗
2017 A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. ↗
2015 Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. ↗
1994 Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. ↗
1992 A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). ↗
1991 Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. ↗
1989 Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. ↗
1987 With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct. ↗
1985 Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. ↗
1972 Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process. ↗
1971 U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the war on drugs. ↗
1967 Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. ↗
1963 The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. ↗
1963 A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. ↗
1960 The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. ↗
1958 The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. ↗
1953 Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. ↗
1952 Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land. ↗
1948 United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. ↗
1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. ↗
1940 World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster. ↗
1940 World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya from Italian forces. ↗
1940 The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. ↗
1939 Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. ↗
1933 Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. ↗
1932 Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. ↗
1930 U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law. ↗
1929 The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. ↗
1922 Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. ↗
1910 Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. ↗
1901 The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. ↗
1900 Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. ↗
1898 The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. ↗
1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. ↗
1877 American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. ↗
1876 American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. ↗
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg campaign. ↗
1861 American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia. ↗
1843 The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place. ↗
1839 In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. ↗
1795 The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic. ↗
1794 Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom. ↗
1789 In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. ↗
1775 American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. ↗
1773 Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. ↗
1767 Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. ↗
1673 French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. ↗
1665 Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War. ↗
1631 Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. ↗
1596 The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. ↗
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. ↗
1497 Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. ↗
1462 Vlad the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. ↗
1397 The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark. ↗
1300 Turku Cathedral is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I in the city of Turku (Swedish: Åbo). ↗
1242 Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. ↗
653 Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. ↗

2000 Odessa A'zion, American actress ↗
1999 Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1999 Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player ↗
1997 KJ Apa, New Zealand actor ↗
1997 Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player ↗
1995 Clément Lenglet, French footballer ↗
1995 Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model ↗
1995 Michel-Friedrich Schiefler, German politician ↗
1994 Amari Cooper, American football player ↗
1993 Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1991 Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player ↗
1990 Jordan Henderson, English footballer ↗
1990 Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player ↗
1989 Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer ↗
1989 Simone Battle, American singer and actress (died 2014) ↗
1988 Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player ↗
1988 Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer ↗
1988 Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer ↗
1987 Kendrick Lamar, American rapper ↗
1987 Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress ↗
1986 Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer ↗
1986 Helen Glover, English rower ↗
1985 Özge Akın, Turkish sprinter ↗
1985 Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player ↗
1985 Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer ↗
1984 Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter ↗
1984 Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker ↗
1983 Lee Ryan, English singer/actor ↗
1983 Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer ↗
1982 Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer ↗
1982 Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2016) ↗
1982 Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player ↗
1982 Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver ↗
1982 Arthur Darvill, English actor ↗
1982 Jodie Whittaker, English actress ↗
1981 Kyle Boller, American football player ↗
1981 Shane Watson, Australian cricketer ↗
1980 Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker ↗
1980 Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator ↗
1980 Venus Williams – American tennis player ↗
1979 Nick Rimando, American soccer player ↗
1979 Tyson Apostol, American television personality ↗
1979 Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor ↗
1978 Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer ↗
1978 Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1977 Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist ↗
1977 Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player ↗
1977 Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1976 Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist ↗
1976 Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist ↗
1975 Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1975 Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer ↗
1975 Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model ↗
1974 Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer ↗
1973 Leander Paes, Indian tennis player ↗
1971 Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer ↗
1971 Mildred Fox, Irish politician ↗
1970 Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1970 Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
1970 Jason Hanson, American football player ↗
1970 Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach ↗
1970 Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1970 Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player ↗
1969 Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner ↗
1969 Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1969 Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
1968 Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1968 Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist ↗
1967 Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress ↗
1967 Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer ↗
1966 Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author ↗
1966 Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist ↗
1966 Ken Clark, American football player (died 2013) ↗
1966 Diane Modahl, English runner ↗
1966 Jason Patric, American actor ↗
1965 Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach ↗
1965 Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster ↗
1965 Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player ↗
1964 Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver ↗
1964 Michael Gross, German swimmer ↗
1964 Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach ↗
1963 Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer ↗
1962 Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist ↗
1961 Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer ↗
1960 Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver (died 2021) ↗
1960 Thomas Haden Church, American actor ↗
1959 Carol Anderson, American author and historian ↗
1959 Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic ↗
1959 Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach ↗
1958 Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach ↗
1958 Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1958 Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1958 Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician ↗
1958 Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician ↗
1958 Daniel McVicar, American actor ↗
1957 Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1957 Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (died 2005) ↗
1957 Uģis Prauliņš, Latvian composer ↗
1956 Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player ↗
1955 Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic ↗
1955 Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1955 Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman ↗
1954 Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director ↗
1953 Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ↗
1953 Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller (died 2001) ↗
1952 Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager ↗
1952 Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education ↗
1951 Starhawk, American author and activist ↗
1951 John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
1951 Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
1949 Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987) ↗
1949 John Craven, English economist and academic ↗
1949 Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) ↗
1948 Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager ↗
1948 Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic ↗
1948 Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (died 1992) ↗
1948 Karol Sikora, English physician and academic ↗
1947 Christopher Allport, American actor (died 2008) ↗
1947 Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (died 2009) ↗
1947 Linda Chavez, American journalist and author ↗
1947 George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter ↗
1947 Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
1947 Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (died 2000) ↗
1946 Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright ↗
1945 Tommy Franks, American general ↗
1945 Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London ↗
1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster ↗
1945 Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (died 2018) ↗
1944 Randy Johnson, American football player (died 2009) ↗
1944 Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1943 Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ↗
1943 Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1943 Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author ↗
1943 Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot ↗
1942 Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1942 Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician ↗
1942 Roger Steffens, American actor and producer ↗
1941 Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (died 2012) ↗
1940 George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1940 Bobby Bell, American football player ↗
1940 Chuck Rainey, American bassist ↗
1937 Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
1937 Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher ↗
1937 Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009) ↗
1936 Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (died 2018) ↗
1936 Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1933 Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (died 2006) ↗
1933 Christian Ferras, French violinist (died 1982) ↗
1933 Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (died 1970) ↗
1932 Derek Ibbotson, English runner (died 2017) ↗
1932 John Murtha, American colonel and politician (died 2010) ↗
1931 John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (died 2020) ↗
1930 Cliff Gallup, American guitarist (died 1988) ↗
1930 Brian Statham, English cricketer (died 2000) ↗
1929 Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2016) ↗
1929 Tigran Petrosian – Armenian chess player (died 1984) ↗
1928 Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (died 2011) ↗
1927 Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor (died 2019) ↗
1927 Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 1981) ↗
1925 Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) ↗
1923 Elroy Hirsch, American football player (died 2004) ↗
1923 Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (died 2014) ↗
1923 Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (died 1999) ↗
1922 John Amis, English journalist and critic (died 2013) ↗
1920 Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (died 1981) ↗
1920 Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (died 2015) ↗
1920 François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
1920 Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (died 2018) ↗
1919 William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (died 2011) ↗
1919 John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (died 2016) ↗
1919 Beryl Reid, English actress (died 1996) ↗
1918 Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (died 1992) ↗
1917 Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (died 2010) ↗
1916 Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) ↗
1915 David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973) ↗
1915 Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981) ↗
1914 John Hersey, American journalist and author (died 1993) ↗
1910 Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1968) ↗
1910 George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (died 1996) ↗
1909 Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (died 2004) ↗
1909 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (died 2004) ↗
1907 Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990) ↗
1904 Ralph Bellamy, American actor (died 1991) ↗
1904 J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (died 1988) ↗
1904 Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (died 1989) ↗
1903 Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (died 1977) ↗
1902 Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (died 1989) ↗
1902 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (died 1982) ↗
1900 Martin Bormann, German politician (died 1945) ↗
1900 Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (died 2000) ↗
1898 M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (died 1972) ↗
1898 Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (died 1961) ↗
1898 Joe McKelvey, Executed Irish republican (died 1922) ↗
1898 Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009) ↗
1897 Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (died 1911) ↗
1888 Heinz Guderian, German general (died 1954) ↗
1882 Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1918) ↗
1882 Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1971) ↗
1881 Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955) ↗
1880 Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (died 1964) ↗
1876 William Carr, American rower (died 1942) ↗
1876 Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922) ↗
1871 James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938) ↗
1867 Flora Finch, English-American actress (died 1940) ↗
1867 John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (died 1948) ↗
1867 Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (died 1922) ↗
1865 Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician (died 1915) ↗
1863 Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg (died 1934) ↗
1861 Pete Browning, American baseball player (died 1905) ↗
1861 Omar Bundy, American general (died 1940) ↗
1858 Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1914) ↗
1833 Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president (died 1893) ↗
1832 William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919) ↗
1821 E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (died 1888) ↗
1818 Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (died 1893) ↗
1818 Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (died 1877) ↗
1811 Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (died 1879) ↗
1810 Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (died 1876) ↗
1808 Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845) ↗
1800 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (died 1867) ↗
1778 Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer (died 1853) ↗
1718 George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1796) ↗
1714 César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (died 1784) ↗
1704 John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (died 1780) ↗
1693 Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (died 1775) ↗
1691 Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (died 1765) ↗
1682 Charles XII, Swedish king (died 1718) ↗
1631 Gauharara Begum, Mughal princess (died 1706) ↗
1610 Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (born 1662) ↗
1604 John Maurice, Dutch nobleman (died 1679) ↗
1603 Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (died 1663) ↗
1571 Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (died 1641) ↗
1530 François de Montmorency, French nobleman (died 1579) ↗
1239 Edward I, English king (died 1307) ↗
801 Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (died 855) ↗

2021 Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924) ↗
2020 Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928) ↗
2019 Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924) ↗
2019 Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951) ↗
2017 Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948) ↗
2015 Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937) ↗
2015 John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935) ↗
2015 Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924) ↗
2015 Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920) ↗
2015 Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973) ↗
2014 Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933) ↗
2014 Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954) ↗
2014 Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938) ↗
2014 Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923) ↗
2014 Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928) ↗
2013 Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (born 1948) ↗
2013 Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (born 1930) ↗
2013 Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (born 1927) ↗
2013 Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (born 1923) ↗
2013 James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (born 1934) ↗
2012 Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (born 1971) ↗
2012 Patricia Brown, American baseball player (born 1931) ↗
2012 Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925) ↗
2012 Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965) ↗
2012 Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956) ↗
2011 Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (born 1928) ↗
2009 Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929) ↗
2009 Darrell Powers, American sergeant (born 1923) ↗
2008 Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (born 1922) ↗
2007 Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (born 1944) ↗
2007 Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1933) ↗
2006 Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (born 1962) ↗
2004 Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926) ↗
2002 Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1943) ↗
2002 Fritz Walter, German footballer (born 1920) ↗
2001 Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) ↗
2001 Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (born 1925) ↗
2000 Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931) ↗
1999 Basil Hume, English cardinal (born 1923) ↗
1996 Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (born 1922) ↗
1996 Curt Swan, American illustrator (born 1920) ↗
1987 Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936) ↗
1986 Kate Smith, American singer (born 1907) ↗
1985 John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) ↗
1983 Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (born 1923) ↗
1982 Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (born 1920) ↗
1981 Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (born 1889) ↗
1981 Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (born 1889) ↗
1979 Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (born 1898) ↗
1979 Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (born 1888) ↗
1975 James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893) ↗
1974 Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (born 1889) ↗
1968 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1901) ↗
1963 Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (born 1882) ↗
1961 Jeff Chandler, American actor (born 1918) ↗
1957 Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (born 1873) ↗
1957 J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (born 1888) ↗
1956 Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (born 1878) ↗
1956 Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (born 1892) ↗
1956 Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (born 1926) ↗
1954 Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920) ↗
1952 Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (born 1914) ↗
1942 Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853) ↗
1941 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (born 1862) ↗
1941 Đorđe Bogić, protopresbyter of the Serbian Orthodox Church, victim of Genocide of Serbs (born 1911) ↗
1940 Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865) ↗
1939 Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1893) ↗
1939 Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (born 1908) ↗
1936 Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1883) ↗
1914 Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (born 1869) ↗
1904 Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (born 1839) ↗
1898 Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (born 1833) ↗
1889 Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (born ~1840) ↗
1866 Joseph Méry, French poet and author (born 1798) ↗
1839 Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774) ↗
1821 Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (born 1785) ↗
1813 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1726) ↗
1797 Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (born 1742) ↗
1775 John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (born 1722) ↗
1771 Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (born 1722) ↗
1762 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (born 1674) ↗
1740 Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1687) ↗
1734 Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1653) ↗
1719 Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (born 1672) ↗
1696 John III Sobieski, Polish king (born 1629) ↗
1694 Philip Howard, English cardinal (born 1629) ↗
1674 Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (born 1598) ↗
1649 Injo of Joseon, Korean king (born 1595) ↗
1631 Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal princess (born 1593) ↗
1565 Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (born 1536) ↗
1501 John I Albert, Polish king (born 1459) ↗
1463 Catherine of Portugal, Portuguese princess (born 1436) ↗
1400 Jan of Jenštejn, archbishop of Prague (born 1348) ↗
1361 Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (born 1301) ↗
1219 David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon ↗
1207 Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (born 1130) ↗
1091 Dirk V, count of Holland (born 1052) ↗
1025 Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (born 967) ↗
900 Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor ↗
850 Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese empress (born 786) ↗
811 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese shōgun (born 758) ↗
676 Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
656 Uthman, caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (born 579) ↗