47 Events
134 Births
80 Deaths
- 2023 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. ↗
- 2007 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. ↗
- 2007 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station. ↗
- 2004 The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882. ↗
- 2001 Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. ↗
- 1995 Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. ↗
- 1992 The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ↗
- 1992 GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three. ↗
- 1987 New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. ↗
- 1984 Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales. ↗
- 1983 Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 loses one of its propellers in flight resulting in damage to the flight controls. The Lockheed L-188 Electra makes an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport and there are no injuries. ↗
- 1982 Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. ↗
- 1982 VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people. ↗
- 1972 Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. ↗
- 1968 James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport. ↗
- 1967 Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded. ↗
- 1966 An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. ↗
- 1966 Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. ↗
- 1961 Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster. ↗
- 1959 USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. ↗
- 1953 An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, United States, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes. ↗
- 1953 The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons. ↗
- 1949 George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States ↗
- 1943 World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins. ↗
- 1942 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. ↗
- 1941 World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant. ↗
- 1940 World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian campaign. ↗
- 1929 Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1928 Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace"). ↗
- 1924 British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing. ↗
- 1906 Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value. ↗
- 1887 Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator. ↗
- 1867 Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich). ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along with the Battle of Port Republic the next day, prevents Union forces from reinforcing General George B. McClellan in his Peninsula campaign. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. ↗
- 1856 A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island. ↗
- 1794 Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France. ↗
- 1789 James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress. ↗
- 1783 Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. ↗
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières. ↗
- 1772 Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire and the Dutch Republic. ↗
- 1663 Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain. ↗
- 1191 King Richard I of England arrives in Acre, beginning the Third Crusade. ↗
- 1042 Edward the Confessor becomes King of England – the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king. ↗
- 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. ↗
- 452 Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome. ↗
- 218 Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. ↗
- 2004 Francesca Capaldi, American actress ↗
- 1997 Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player ↗
- 1995 Ferland Mendy, French footballer ↗
- 1994 Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler ↗
- 1989 Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player ↗
- 1986 Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor ↗
- 1984 Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer and manager ↗
- 1983 Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles. ↗
- 1982 Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player ↗
- 1981 Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (died 2019) ↗
- 1978 Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress ↗
- 1977 Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer ↗
- 1976 Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player ↗
- 1975 Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster ↗
- 1974 Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner ↗
- 1971 Bernard Grech, Maltese lawyer and politician ↗
- 1970 Kelli Williams, American actress and director ↗
- 1967 Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic ↗
- 1966 Julianna Margulies, American actress ↗
- 1965 Kevin Farley, American screenwriter ↗
- 1964 Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach ↗
- 1961 Mary Bonauto, American lawyer and gay rights activist ↗
- 1960 Neil Baker, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1960 Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1960 Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1959 Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher ↗
- 1958 Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic ↗
- 1957 Scott Adams, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1955 Tim Berners-Lee – Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web ↗
- 1955 José Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1954 Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (died 2013) ↗
- 1954 Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician ↗
- 1953 Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia ↗
- 1951 Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter ↗
- 1950 Kathy Baker, American actress ↗
- 1950 Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer ↗
- 1949 Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator ↗
- 1949 Hildegard Falck, German runner ↗
- 1947 Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter ↗
- 1947 Sara Paretsky, American author ↗
- 1947 Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1946 Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach ↗
- 1945 Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (died 2014) ↗
- 1945 Derek Underwood, English cricketer (died 2024) ↗
- 1944 Marc Ouellet, Canadian archbishop and cardinal ↗
- 1944 Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1943 Colin Baker, English actor ↗
- 1943 William Calley, American military officer ↗
- 1943 Willie Davenport, American hurdler (died 2002) ↗
- 1942 Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (died 2021) ↗
- 1941 Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (died 1981) ↗
- 1941 George Pell, Australian cardinal (died 2023) ↗
- 1940 Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress ↗
- 1939 Herb Adderley, American football player (died 2020) ↗
- 1938 Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal ↗
- 1937 Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright ↗
- 1936 James Darren, American actor (died 2024) ↗
- 1936 Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015) ↗
- 1934 Millicent Martin, English actress and singer ↗
- 1933 Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (died 2014) ↗
- 1932 Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2021) ↗
- 1932 Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (died 2017) ↗
- 1931 Dana Wynter, British actress (died 2011) ↗
- 1930 Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1930 Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1993) ↗
- 1929 Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (died 2024) ↗
- 1928 Mimi Mariani, Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971) ↗
- 1928 J. R. P. Suriyapperuma, Sri Lankan politician (died 2025) ↗
- 1927 Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer (died 2020) ↗
- 1925 George H. W. Bush – American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (died 2018) ↗
- 1924 Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (died 1986) ↗
- 1921 Olga Nardone, American actress (died 2010) ↗
- 1921 LeRoy Neiman, American painter (died 2012) ↗
- 1921 Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (died 1993) ↗
- 1921 Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (died 2008) ↗
- 1920 Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (died 1995) ↗
- 1919 John R. Deane, Jr., American general (died 2013) ↗
- 1918 George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (died 1994) ↗
- 1918 Robert Preston, American actor and singer (died 1987) ↗
- 1918 John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic (died 2016) ↗
- 1917 Byron White, American football player, lawyer and judge (died 2002) ↗
- 1916 Francis Crick – English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) ↗
- 1916 Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007) ↗
- 1916 Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (died 1992) ↗
- 1915 Seán McCaughey, Irish Republican Army leader, died on hunger strike (died 1946) ↗
- 1915 Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 2015) ↗
- 1912 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (died 2004) ↗
- 1912 Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989) ↗
- 1912 Harry Holtzman, American painter (died 1987) ↗
- 1911 Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 1986) ↗
- 1910 John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (died 1971) ↗
- 1910 Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (died 2003) ↗
- 1903 Ralph Yarborough, American lawyer and politician (died 1996) ↗
- 1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (died 1987) ↗
- 1900 Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (died 1945) ↗
- 1899 Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator (died 1970) ↗
- 1899 Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (died 1945) ↗
- 1897 John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (died 1974) ↗
- 1895 Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978) ↗
- 1894 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (died 1942) ↗
- 1893 Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (died 1968) ↗
- 1893 Gaby Morlay, French actress (died 1964) ↗
- 1891 William Funnell, Australian public servant (died 1962) ↗
- 1885 Karl Genzken, German physician (died 1957) ↗
- 1878 Evan Roberts, Welsh Revivalist minister (died 1951) ↗
- 1876 Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (died 1958) ↗
- 1872 Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1949) ↗
- 1868 Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (died 1942) ↗
- 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (died 1959) ↗
- 1860 Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (died 1940) ↗
- 1858 Charlotte Scott, English mathematician (died 1931) ↗
- 1855 George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (died 1924) ↗
- 1854 Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 1921) ↗
- 1852 Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (died 1925) ↗
- 1851 Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (died 1940) ↗
- 1842 John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1918) ↗
- 1831 Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1917) ↗
- 1829 John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (died 1896) ↗
- 1810 Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (died 1856) ↗
- 1788 Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (died 1869) ↗
- 1776 Thomas Rickman, English architect and architectural antiquary (died 1841) ↗
- 1757 Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (died 1824) ↗
- 1745 Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (died 1818) ↗
- 1724 John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (died 1794) ↗
- 1717 John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (died 1795) ↗
- 1671 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (died 1751) ↗
- 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1712) ↗
- 1593 George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania (died 1648) ↗
- 1508 Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (died 1586) ↗
- 862 Emperor Xizong of Tang (died 888) ↗
- 2024 Ramoji Rao, Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (born 1936) ↗
- 2024 Chet Walker, American basketball player (born 1940) ↗
- 2023 Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930) ↗
- 2022 Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935) ↗
- 2019 Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971) ↗
- 2018 Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956) ↗
- 2015 Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (born 1932) ↗
- 2014 Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903) ↗
- 2014 Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (born 1948) ↗
- 2013 Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1948) ↗
- 2013 Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (born 1942) ↗
- 2012 Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1940) ↗
- 2012 Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (born 1926) ↗
- 2010 Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (born 1940) ↗
- 2009 Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935) ↗
- 2006 Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (born 1941) ↗
- 2006 Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (born 1919) ↗
- 2004 Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1930) ↗
- 2004 Mack Jones, American baseball player (born 1938) ↗
- 2001 Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (born 1935) ↗
- 2000 Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
- 1998 Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (born 1943) ↗
- 1998 Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (born 1903) ↗
- 1997 George Turner, Australian author and critic (born 1916) ↗
- 1997 Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (born 1948) ↗
- 1995 Juan Carlos Onganía, Argentine general and politician, 35th President of Argentina (born 1914) ↗
- 1987 Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (born 1907) ↗
- 1984 Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (born 1895) ↗
- 1982 Satchel Paige, American baseball player (born 1906) ↗
- 1976 Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (born 1894) ↗
- 1971 J. I. Rodale, American author and playwright (born 1898) ↗
- 1970 Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (born 1908) ↗
- 1969 Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (born 1885) ↗
- 1969 Robert Taylor, American actor (born 1911) ↗
- 1968 Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (born 1909) ↗
- 1968 Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian racing driver (born 1933) ↗
- 1966 Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (born 1890) ↗
- 1956 Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (born 1883) ↗
- 1951 Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1874) ↗
- 1919 Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (born 1851) ↗
- 1913 Emily Davison, English suffragette (born 1872) ↗
- 1899 Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (born 1863) ↗
- 1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (born 1844) ↗
- 1885 Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (born 1799) ↗
- 1876 George Sand, French author and playwright (born 1804) ↗
- 1874 Cochise, American tribal chief (born 1805) ↗
- 1857 Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (born 1803) ↗
- 1846 Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (born 1799) ↗
- 1845 Andrew Jackson – American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (born 1767) ↗
- 1835 Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (born 1761) ↗
- 1831 Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (born 1755) ↗
- 1809 Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737) ↗
- 1795 Louis XVII of France (born 1785) ↗
- 1771 George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1716) ↗
- 1768 Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (born 1717) ↗
- 1727 August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (born 1663) ↗
- 1716 Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 1658) ↗
- 1714 Sophia of Hanover, German nobility, ancestress of all British Monarchs since 1714 (born 1630) ↗
- 1651 Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1604) ↗
- 1628 Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (born 1547) ↗
- 1621 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (born 1567) ↗
- 1612 Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (born 1562) ↗
- 1611 Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (born 1552) ↗
- 1600 Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (born 1565) ↗
- 1505 Hongzhi Emperor of China (born 1470) ↗
- 1501 George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1440) ↗
- 1492 Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (born 1437) ↗
- 1476 George Neville, English archbishop and academic (born 1432) ↗
- 1405 Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (born c. 1350) ↗
- 1405 Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (born 1385) ↗
- 1384 Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1333) ↗
- 1383 Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (born 1338) ↗
- 1376 Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (born 1330) ↗
- 1290 Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (born 1266) ↗
- 1154 William of York, English archbishop and saint ↗
- 1042 Harthacnut, English-Danish king (born 1018) ↗
- 951 Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (born 885) ↗
- 696 Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697) ↗
- 632 Muhammad, the central figure of Islam. (born 570/571) ↗