45 Events
239 Births
108 Deaths
- 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq. ↗
- 2012 A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. ↗
- 2007 Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. ↗
- 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. ↗
- 2002 Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. ↗
- 1995 Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. ↗
- 1995 The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937. ↗
- 1987 Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England. ↗
- 1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1976 The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin. ↗
- 1975 Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St. Peter's Square in the largest ordination in history ↗
- 1974 Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill. ↗
- 1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. ↗
- 1972 The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. ↗
- 1972 A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13. ↗
- 1971 Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space. ↗
- 1956 The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. ↗
- 1952 The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952. ↗
- 1950 Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea. ↗
- 1945 The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia. ↗
- 1927 The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. ↗
- 1922 France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes". ↗
- 1916 British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising. ↗
- 1915 The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history. ↗
- 1889 Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time. ↗
- 1888 George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. ↗
- 1881 In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam. ↗
- 1880 France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie". ↗
- 1874 Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year. ↗
- 1864 At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec. ↗
- 1850 Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece. ↗
- 1807 Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos. ↗
- 1786 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. ↗
- 1764 One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h). ↗
- 1659 At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy. ↗
- 1644 Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge. ↗
- 1620 English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound. ↗
- 1613 The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground. ↗
- 1534 Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. ↗
- 1457 The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire ↗
- 1444 Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll. ↗
- 1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war. ↗
- 1170 A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch. ↗
- 1149 Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. ↗
- 226 Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei. ↗
- 2006 Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor ↗
- 2003 Jude Bellingham, English footballer ↗
- 2002 Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 2001 Julian Champagnie, American basketball player ↗
- 2001 Gunnar Henderson, American baseball player ↗
- 2001 Aaron Schoupp, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1998 Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player ↗
- 1996 Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1994 Camila Mendes, American actress and model ↗
- 1993 Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor ↗
- 1993 Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1991 Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer ↗
- 1991 Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player ↗
- 1991 Addison Timlin, American actress ↗
- 1990 Kim Little, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1990 Yann M'Vila, French footballer ↗
- 1988 Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1986 José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1986 Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1985 Quintin Demps, American football player ↗
- 1984 Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper ↗
- 1983 Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer ↗
- 1983 Jeremy Powers, American cyclist ↗
- 1982 Colin Jost, American comedian ↗
- 1982 Dusty Hughes, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Lily Rabe, American actress ↗
- 1982 O. J. Hogans, American sprinter ↗
- 1981 Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1981 Joe Johnson, American basketball player ↗
- 1981 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (died 2005) ↗
- 1981 Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator ↗
- 1980 Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress ↗
- 1979 Matthew Bode, Australian footballer ↗
- 1979 Andy O'Brien, English footballer ↗
- 1979 Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer ↗
- 1978 Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
- 1977 Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
- 1977 Zuleikha Robinson, English actress ↗
- 1976 Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver ↗
- 1976 Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1973 Lance Barber, American actor ↗
- 1973 George Hincapie, American cyclist ↗
- 1971 Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1970 Edda Mutter, German alpine skier ↗
- 1970 Melanie Paschke, German sprinter ↗
- 1970 Emily Skinner, American actress and singer ↗
- 1969 Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (died 2010) ↗
- 1969 Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager ↗
- 1969 Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician ↗
- 1968 Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician ↗
- 1968 Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1967 Jeff Burton, American race car driver ↗
- 1967 Melora Hardin, American actress and singer ↗
- 1967 Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer ↗
- 1966 Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist ↗
- 1965 Tripp Eisen, American guitarist ↗
- 1965 Paul Jarvis, English cricketer ↗
- 1965 Daniel Larson, American politician ↗
- 1964 Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2025) ↗
- 1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist ↗
- 1963 Judith Hoag, American actress and educator ↗
- 1962 Amanda Donohoe, English actress ↗
- 1962 Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician ↗
- 1962 George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut ↗
- 1961 Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
- 1958 Dieter Althaus, German politician ↗
- 1958 Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner ↗
- 1957 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan ↗
- 1957 María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress ↗
- 1957 Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1957 Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia ↗
- 1957 Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic ↗
- 1956 Nick Fry, English economist and businessman ↗
- 1956 David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter ↗
- 1956 Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and manager ↗
- 1956 Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal ↗
- 1956 Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (died 2012) ↗
- 1955 Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut ↗
- 1954 Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1954 Léo Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1953 Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1953 Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist ↗
- 1951 Craig Sager, American sportscaster (died 2016) ↗
- 1950 Bobby London, American illustrator ↗
- 1950 Don Moen, American singer and songwriter ↗
- 1950 Michael Whelan, American artist ↗
- 1949 Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1949 Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona ↗
- 1949 Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture ↗
- 1948 Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (died 2012) ↗
- 1948 Fred Grandy, American actor and politician ↗
- 1948 Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1948 Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician ↗
- 1947 Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (died 2024) ↗
- 1946 Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama ↗
- 1946 Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (died 2004) ↗
- 1945 Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka ↗
- 1944 Gary Busey, American actor ↗
- 1944 Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021) ↗
- 1944 Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician ↗
- 1944 Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal ↗
- 1943 Little Eva, American singer (died 2003) ↗
- 1943 Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (died 2017) ↗
- 1942 Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter (died 2025) ↗
- 1942 Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (died 2019) ↗
- 1941 John Boccabella, American baseball player ↗
- 1941 Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (died 1998) ↗
- 1940 Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer ↗
- 1940 John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2021) ↗
- 1939 Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1939 Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach ↗
- 1936 Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (died 2011) ↗
- 1936 Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (died 1992) ↗
- 1935 Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (died 2011) ↗
- 1935 Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2020) ↗
- 1934 Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010) ↗
- 1933 Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (died 2010) ↗
- 1933 John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1932 Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2020) ↗
- 1931 Sevim Burak, Turkish author (died 1983) ↗
- 1930 Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 Robert Evans, American actor and producer (died 2019) ↗
- 1930 Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician (died 2023) ↗
- 1930 Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (died 2013) ↗
- 1929 Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 Pete George, American weightlifter (died 2021) ↗
- 1929 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (died 2006) ↗
- 1928 Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (died 1999) ↗
- 1928 Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator (died 2023) ↗
- 1928 Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (died 2005) ↗
- 1927 Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
- 1927 Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician ↗
- 1926 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (died 2006) ↗
- 1926 Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general (died 2023) ↗
- 1926 Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician (died 2021) ↗
- 1926 Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player (died 2023) ↗
- 1925 Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (died 2019) ↗
- 1925 Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023) ↗
- 1925 Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999) ↗
- 1925 Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (died 2014) ↗
- 1925 Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021) ↗
- 1924 Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (died 2015) ↗
- 1924 Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (died 2004) ↗
- 1924 Philip H. Hoff, American politician (died 2018) ↗
- 1923 Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator (died 2019) ↗
- 1922 Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (died 2001) ↗
- 1922 Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (died 1991) ↗
- 1922 John William Vessey, Jr., American general (died 2016) ↗
- 1921 Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (died 2000) ↗
- 1921 Jean Kent, English actress (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (died 2009) ↗
- 1921 Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (died 1960) ↗
- 1920 César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1995) ↗
- 1920 Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (died 2013) ↗
- 1920 Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 David Snellgrove, British tibetologist (died 2016) ↗
- 1919 Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008) ↗
- 1919 Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017) ↗
- 1919 Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008) ↗
- 1919 Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983) ↗
- 1919 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006) ↗
- 1918 Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (died 2011) ↗
- 1918 Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (died 2016) ↗
- 1918 Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (died 2019) ↗
- 1917 Ling Yun, Chinese politician (died 2018) ↗
- 1916 Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (died 2005) ↗
- 1914 Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (died 1996) ↗
- 1914 Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (died 1976) ↗
- 1913 Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (died 1992) ↗
- 1912 José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1958) ↗
- 1912 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (died 2004) ↗
- 1912 John Toland, American historian and author (died 2004) ↗
- 1911 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (died 2004) ↗
- 1911 Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (died 1995) ↗
- 1911 Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (died 1975) ↗
- 1910 Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (died 1969) ↗
- 1910 Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (died 1993) ↗
- 1909 Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (died 1956) ↗
- 1908 Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (died 1975) ↗
- 1908 Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (died 1963) ↗
- 1906 Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (died 1945) ↗
- 1906 Heinz Harmel, German general (died 2000) ↗
- 1904 Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (died 1956) ↗
- 1903 Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (died 1942) ↗
- 1901 Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (died 1967) ↗
- 1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (died 1944) ↗
- 1898 Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (died 1986) ↗
- 1897 Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (died 2001) ↗
- 1893 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (died 1972) ↗
- 1893 Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (died 1958) ↗
- 1890 Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (died 1970) ↗
- 1890 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (died 2005) ↗
- 1889 Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (died 1961) ↗
- 1888 Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (died 1927) ↗
- 1886 Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963) ↗
- 1885 Izidor Kürschner, Hungarian football player and coach (died 1941) ↗
- 1882 Henry Hawtrey, English runner (died 1961) ↗
- 1882 Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (died 1947) ↗
- 1881 Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (died 1929) ↗
- 1881 Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (died 1959) ↗
- 1880 Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944) ↗
- 1879 Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (died 1970) ↗
- 1873 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (died 1938) ↗
- 1870 Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (died 1926) ↗
- 1868 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (died 1938) ↗
- 1866 Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (died 1939) ↗
- 1863 Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1934) ↗
- 1861 William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (died 1939) ↗
- 1858 George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (died 1928) ↗
- 1858 Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (died 1932) ↗
- 1849 Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (died 1910) ↗
- 1849 Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (died 1915) ↗
- 1849 John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (died 1926) ↗
- 1844 Peter I of Serbia (died 1921) ↗
- 1835 Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (died 1894) ↗
- 1833 Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (died 1900) ↗
- 1819 Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (died 1902) ↗
- 1818 Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1878) ↗
- 1803 John Newton Brown, American minister and author (died 1868) ↗
- 1801 Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (died 1850) ↗
- 1798 Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (died 1871) ↗
- 1798 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837) ↗
- 1793 Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (died 1857) ↗
- 1787 Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (died 1820) ↗
- 1768 Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (died 1831) ↗
- 1746 Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (died 1818) ↗
- 1686 Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist (died 1743) ↗
- 1621 Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (died 1669) ↗
- 1596 Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (died 1680) ↗
- 1543 Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1604) ↗
- 1528 Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1589) ↗
- 1525 Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (died 1585) ↗
- 1517 Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585) ↗
- 1488 Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (died 1560) ↗
- 1482 Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (died 1517) ↗
- 1443 Anthony Browne, English knight (died 1506) ↗
- 1398 John II of Aragon and Navarre (died 1479) ↗
- 1326 Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1389) ↗
- 1136 Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173) ↗
- 2025 Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (born 1927) ↗
- 2024 Princess Lalla Latifa, Princess Dowager of Morocco (born 1946) ↗
- 2023 Alan Arkin, American actor (born 1934) ↗
- 2022 Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923) ↗
- 2021 Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932) ↗
- 2020 Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2020 Stepa J. Groggs, American rap artist (born 1988) ↗
- 2020 Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986) ↗
- 2018 Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 2017 Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943) ↗
- 2017 Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957) ↗
- 2016 Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933) ↗
- 2015 Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950) ↗
- 2015 Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927) ↗
- 2014 Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (born 1960) ↗
- 2014 Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947) ↗
- 2013 Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (born 1937) ↗
- 2013 Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (born 1922) ↗
- 2013 Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (born 1956) ↗
- 2012 Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919) ↗
- 2012 Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911) ↗
- 2012 Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926) ↗
- 2011 K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (born 1904) ↗
- 2009 Joe Bowman, American, target shooter and boot-maker (born 1925) ↗
- 2007 Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (born 1930) ↗
- 2007 Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (born 1943) ↗
- 2006 Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1959) ↗
- 2006 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919) ↗
- 2006 Randy Walker, American football player and coach (born 1954) ↗
- 2004 Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (born 1935) ↗
- 2004 Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1912) ↗
- 2003 Katharine Hepburn, American actress (born 1907) ↗
- 2002 Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (born 1928) ↗
- 2000 Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (born 1922) ↗
- 2000 Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (born 1913) ↗
- 1999 Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (born 1950) ↗
- 1999 Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (born 1937) ↗
- 1998 Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936) ↗
- 1997 William Hickey, American actor (born 1927) ↗
- 1997 Marjorie Linklater, Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (born 1909) ↗
- 1995 Lana Turner, American actress (born 1921) ↗
- 1994 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (born 1908) ↗
- 1993 Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946) ↗
- 1992 Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919) ↗
- 1990 Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916) ↗
- 1986 Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (born 1897) ↗
- 1982 Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (born 1914) ↗
- 1982 Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886) ↗
- 1981 Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (born 1912) ↗
- 1980 Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (born 1903) ↗
- 1979 Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945) ↗
- 1978 Bob Crane, American actor (born 1928) ↗
- 1975 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947) ↗
- 1971 Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (born 1908) ↗
- 1969 Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919) ↗
- 1967 Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (born 1906) ↗
- 1967 Jayne Mansfield, American actress (born 1933) ↗
- 1964 Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1928) ↗
- 1962 Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883) ↗
- 1960 Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885) ↗
- 1955 Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (born 1881) ↗
- 1949 Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1860) ↗
- 1942 Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1864) ↗
- 1941 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860) ↗
- 1940 Paul Klee – Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1879) ↗
- 1936 János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (born 1872) ↗
- 1935 Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873) ↗
- 1933 Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887) ↗
- 1931 Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (born 1850) ↗
- 1919 José Hernández – José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (born 1864) ↗
- 1907 Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (born 1837) ↗
- 1900 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827) ↗
- 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (born 1825) ↗
- 1875 Ferdinand I of Austria (born 1793) ↗
- 1873 Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824) ↗
- 1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning – English poet and translator (born 1806) ↗
- 1860 Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (born 1793) ↗
- 1855 John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (born 1803) ↗
- 1853 Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (born 1797) ↗
- 1852 Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777) ↗
- 1840 Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (born 1775) ↗
- 1831 Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (born 1757) ↗
- 1779 Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (born 1728) ↗
- 1764 Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693) ↗
- 1744 André Campra, French composer and conductor (born 1660) ↗
- 1729 Edward Taylor, American-English poet, pastor, and physician (born circa 1642) ↗
- 1725 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1657) ↗
- 1646 Laughlin Ó Cellaigh, Gaelic-Irish Lord ↗
- 1626 Scipione Cobelluzzi, Italian cardinal and archivist (born 1564) ↗
- 1594 Niels Kaas, Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (born 1535) ↗
- 1575 Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (born 1515) ↗
- 1520 Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (born 1466) ↗
- 1509 Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (born 1443) ↗
- 1432 Janus of Cyprus (born 1375) ↗
- 1374 Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer ↗
- 1344 Joan of Savoy, duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (born 1310) ↗
- 1315 Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (born 1235) ↗
- 1293 Henry of Ghent, philosopher (born c.1217) ↗
- 1252 Abel, King of Denmark (born 1218) ↗
- 1153 Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles ↗
- 1149 Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (born 1115) ↗
- 1059 Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (born 995) ↗
- 976 Gero, archbishop of Cologne ↗
- 884 Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty ↗
- 226 Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (born 187) ↗