On This Day: June 30 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country. ↗
2021 The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30. ↗
2020 The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediately comes into effect after gazettal. ↗
2019 Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). ↗
2015 A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths. ↗
2013 Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. ↗
2013 Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. ↗
2009 Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. ↗
2007 A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. ↗
1994 During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board. ↗
1993 Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act. ↗
1990 East and West Germany merge their economies. ↗
1989 A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. ↗
1986 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. ↗
1985 Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. ↗
1977 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. ↗
1974 The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. ↗
1973 Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation. ↗
1972 The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. ↗
1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. ↗
1968 Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. ↗
1966 The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. ↗
1963 Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. ↗
1960 Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). ↗
1959 A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. ↗
1956 A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. ↗
1953 The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. ↗
1944 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. ↗
1937 The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London. ↗
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. ↗
1934 The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. ↗
1922 In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. ↗
1921 U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States. ↗
1916 World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France. ↗
1912 The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan. ↗
1908 The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia. ↗
1906 The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. ↗
1905 Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik. ↗
1900 A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured. ↗
1892 The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ↗
1886 The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4. ↗
1882 Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. ↗
1864 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation". ↗
1860 The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. ↗
1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. ↗
1805 Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized. ↗
1794 Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery. ↗
1758 Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia. ↗
1703 The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force. ↗
1688 The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. ↗
1651 The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory. ↗
1632 The University of Tartu is founded. ↗
1598 The Spanish-held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. ↗
1559 King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. ↗
1521 Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. ↗
1422 Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. ↗
763 The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. ↗
296 Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. ↗

1998 Tom Davies, English footballer ↗
1997 A. J. Brown, American football player ↗
1997 Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player ↗
1995 bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1993 Trea Turner, American baseball player ↗
1989 Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner ↗
1989 Steffen Liebig, German rugby player ↗
1989 David Myers, Australian footballer ↗
1988 Jacksfilms, American YouTuber ↗
1988 Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach ↗
1987 Ryan Cook, American baseball player ↗
1987 Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner ↗
1986 Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress ↗
1986 Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer ↗
1986 Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer ↗
1986 Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman ↗
1985 Trevor Ariza, American basketball player ↗
1985 Michael Phelps – American swimmer ↗
1985 Cody Rhodes, American wrestler ↗
1985 Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer ↗
1984 Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1984 Dax Harwood, American wrestler ↗
1984 Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia ↗
1983 Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist ↗
1983 Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter ↗
1983 Cheryl, English singer and TV personality ↗
1982 Lizzy Caplan, American actress ↗
1982 Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer ↗
1981 Can Artam, Turkish race car driver ↗
1981 Matt Kirk, Canadian football player ↗
1981 Desi Lydic, American comedian and actress ↗
1981 Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower ↗
1981 Ben Utecht, American football player ↗
1980 Rade Prica, Swedish footballer ↗
1980 Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer ↗
1980 Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer ↗
1979 Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist ↗
1978 Ben Cousins, Australian footballer ↗
1978 Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner ↗
1978 Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer ↗
1975 James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer ↗
1975 Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver ↗
1974 Katrin Auer, Austrian politician ↗
1974 Hezekiél Sepeng, South African runner ↗
1973 Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player ↗
1973 Frank Rost, German footballer and manager ↗
1972 Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer ↗
1972 Molly Parker, Canadian actress ↗
1971 Monica Potter, American actress ↗
1970 Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter ↗
1970 Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1970 Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager ↗
1969 Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician ↗
1969 Uta Rohländer, German sprinter ↗
1969 Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
1968 Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1967 Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower ↗
1967 David Busst, English footballer and manager ↗
1967 Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic ↗
1966 Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor ↗
1965 Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1965 Cho Jae-hyun, South Korean actor ↗
1965 Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach ↗
1965 Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster ↗
1965 Mitch Richmond, American basketball player ↗
1964 Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg ↗
1964 Mark Waters, American director and producer ↗
1963 Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter ↗
1963 Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1963 Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter ↗
1962 Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player (died 2020) ↗
1962 Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1961 Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer ↗
1961 Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer ↗
1960 Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland ↗
1960 Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer ↗
1959 Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor ↗
1959 Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic ↗
1959 Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1959 Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager ↗
1959 Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician ↗
1958 Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach ↗
1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer ↗
1957 Bud Black, American baseball player and manager ↗
1957 Sterling Marlin, American race car driver ↗
1956 Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach ↗
1956 David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe ↗
1956 David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian ↗
1955 Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer ↗
1955 Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia ↗
1954 Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor ↗
1954 Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (died 2004) ↗
1954 Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia ↗
1954 Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia ↗
1953 Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer ↗
1952 Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic ↗
1952 David Garrison, American actor and singer ↗
1951 Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer ↗
1949 Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager ↗
1949 Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1949 Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (died 1981) ↗
1944 Terry Funk, American wrestler (died 2023) ↗
1944 Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author ↗
1944 Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1943 Florence Ballard, American pop/soul singer (died 1976) ↗
1943 Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter ↗
1942 Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer ↗
1942 Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1941 Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author ↗
1940 Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007) ↗
1939 Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer ↗
1939 Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
1939 José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (died 2014) ↗
1938 Billy Mills, American distance runner ↗
1938 Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (died 2024) ↗
1937 Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1936 Assia Djebar – Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015) ↗
1936 Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer ↗
1936 Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1936 Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) ↗
1935 John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (died 1966) ↗
1934 Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (died 1997) ↗
1933 Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (died 2011) ↗
1933 Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (died 2011) ↗
1933 M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player ↗
1933 Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) ↗
1933 Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (died 2016) ↗
1931 Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2013) ↗
1931 Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007) ↗
1931 Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge (died 2023) ↗
1931 Kaye Vaughan, American football player (died 2023) ↗
1930 Ben Atchley, American politician (died 2018) ↗
1930 Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2021) ↗
1930 Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (died 2018) ↗
1929 Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (died 2023) ↗
1928 Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (died 2021) ↗
1928 Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator (died 2024) ↗
1927 Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021) ↗
1927 James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998) ↗
1927 Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022) ↗
1927 Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021) ↗
1926 Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) ↗
1925 Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (died 2010) ↗
1925 Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (died 2020) ↗
1924 Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (died 1990) ↗
1921 Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (died 2017) ↗
1920 Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (died 2011) ↗
1919 Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007) ↗
1917 Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975) ↗
1917 Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010) ↗
1917 Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016) ↗
1914 Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (died 2001) ↗
1914 Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (died 1994) ↗
1913 Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007) ↗
1913 Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (died 1967) ↗
1912 Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (died 2003) ↗
1912 Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1971) ↗
1912 María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (died 2009) ↗
1911 Czesław Miłosz – Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) ↗
1911 Nagarjun, Indian poet (died 1998) ↗
1909 Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (died 2001) ↗
1908 Winston Graham, English author (died 2003) ↗
1908 Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (died 1996) ↗
1908 Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999) ↗
1907 Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (died 1950) ↗
1906 Anthony Mann, American actor and director (died 1967) ↗
1905 John Van Ryn, American tennis player (died 1999) ↗
1904 Marianne Angermann, German–Spanish–New Zealand biochemist (died 1977) ↗
1899 Madge Bellamy, American actress (died 1990) ↗
1895 Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983) ↗
1893 Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (died 1956) ↗
1893 Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician, chief decision maker and head of state of the GDR (East Germany) (died 1973) ↗
1892 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (died 1963) ↗
1891 Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953) ↗
1891 Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (died 1966) ↗
1891 Stanley Spencer, English painter (died 1959) ↗
1890 Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1962) ↗
1889 Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (died 1965) ↗
1884 Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (died 1966) ↗
1864 Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (died 1945) ↗
1843 Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (died 1929) ↗
1817 Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (died 1911) ↗
1807 Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1887) ↗
1803 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (died 1849) ↗
1791 Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (died 1841) ↗
1789 Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (died 1863) ↗
1755 Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829) ↗
1722 Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (died 1795) ↗
1688 Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (died 1756) ↗
1685 John Gay, English poet and playwright (died 1732) ↗
1641 Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (died 1719) ↗
1588 Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (died 1649) ↗
1533 Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (died 1578) ↗
1503 John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1554) ↗
1478 John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (died 1497) ↗
1470 Charles VIII of France (died 1498) ↗
1468 John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) ↗
1286 John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (died 1347) ↗

2025 Kenneth Colley, English actor (born 1937) ↗
2025 Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator (born 1951) ↗
2021 Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (born 1971) ↗
2018 Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (born 1996) ↗
2017 Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933) ↗
2017 Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927) ↗
2015 Charles W. Bagnal, American general (born 1934) ↗
2015 Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945) ↗
2015 Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (born 1956) ↗
2015 Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (born 1925) ↗
2014 Frank Cashen, American businessman (born 1925) ↗
2014 Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930) ↗
2014 Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (born 1960) ↗
2013 Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (born 1917) ↗
2013 Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (born 1963) ↗
2013 Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (born 1942) ↗
2013 Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (born 1968) ↗
2013 Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (born 1920) ↗
2012 Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942) ↗
2012 Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915) ↗
2012 Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (born 1966) ↗
2009 Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940) ↗
2009 Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (born 1933) ↗
2007 Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (born 1943) ↗
2004 Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (born 1916) ↗
2003 Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (born 1924) ↗
2003 Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (born 1915) ↗
2002 Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (born 1910) ↗
2001 Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924) ↗
2001 Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937) ↗
1996 Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (born 1932) ↗
1995 Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (born 1921) ↗
1995 Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (born 1906) ↗
1985 Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (born 1933) ↗
1984 Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (born 1905) ↗
1976 Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) ↗
1974 Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (born 1904) ↗
1973 Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (born 1904) ↗
1973 Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (born 1903) ↗
1971 Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1943) ↗
1971 Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (born 1900) ↗
1971 Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (born 1928) ↗
1971 Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1938) ↗
1971 Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (born 1933) ↗
1971 Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935) ↗
1968 Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (born 1893) ↗
1966 Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906) ↗
1966 Ling Ma – English author of detective fiction (born 1904) ↗
1961 Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873) ↗
1959 José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (born 1882) ↗
1956 Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (born 1880) ↗
1954 Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1873) ↗
1953 Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1874) ↗
1953 Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (born 1874) ↗
1951 Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (born 1884) ↗
1949 Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (born 1868) ↗
1948 Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (born 1879) ↗
1941 Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (born 1909) ↗
1941 Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (born 1875) ↗
1934 Karl Ernst, German soldier and SA commander (born 1904) ↗
1934 Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (born 1885) ↗
1934 Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1862) ↗
1934 Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant, politician, and early leader of the Nazi Party (born 1892) ↗
1934 Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (born 1882) ↗
1932 Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890) ↗
1919 John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1842) ↗
1917 Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (born 1861) ↗
1917 Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 1825) ↗
1916 Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (born 1847) ↗
1913 Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (born 1873) ↗
1908 Thomas Hill, American painter (born 1829) ↗
1890 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (born 1819) ↗
1882 James A. Garfield – American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (born 1841) ↗
1882 Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (born 1827) ↗
1857 Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (born 1802) ↗
1796 Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1724) ↗
1785 Ian Thorpe – English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (born 1696) ↗
1709 Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (born 1660) ↗
1708 Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (born 1684) ↗
1704 John Quelch, English pirate (born 1665) ↗
1670 Henrietta of England (born 1644) ↗
1666 Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (born 1620) ↗
1660 William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (born 1575) ↗
1649 Simon Vouet, French painter (born 1590) ↗
1607 Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1538) ↗
1538 Charles II, Duke of Guelders (born 1467) ↗
1522 Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (born 1455) ↗
1364 Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (born 1297) ↗
1337 Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1290) ↗
1278 Pierre de la Broce, French courtier ↗
1224 Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (born 1185) ↗
1181 Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Welsh politician (born 1147) ↗
1066 St.Theobald Of Provins ↗
888 Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury ↗
710 Erentrude, Frankish abbess ↗
350 Nepotianus, Roman ruler ↗