44 Events
192 Births
103 Deaths
- 2013 A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area. ↗
- 2005 James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. ↗
- 2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling. ↗
- 2005 Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur. ↗
- 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. ↗
- 1991 United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board. ↗
- 1986 The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1985 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. ↗
- 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. ↗
- 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. ↗
- 1972 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. ↗
- 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. ↗
- 1958 Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time. ↗
- 1953 A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people. ↗
- 1945 World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. ↗
- 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. ↗
- 1944 A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. ↗
- 1943 World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. ↗
- 1942 World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. ↗
- 1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden. ↗
- 1939 In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. ↗
- 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. ↗
- 1924 The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. ↗
- 1924 The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. ↗
- 1923 US magazine Time publishes its first issue. ↗
- 1918 Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi. ↗
- 1913 Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. ↗
- 1891 Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world. ↗
- 1878 The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano. ↗
- 1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette. ↗
- 1875 Bizet's opera Carmen is first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. ↗
- 1873 Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail. ↗
- 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. ↗
- 1859 The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes. ↗
- 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. ↗
- 1849 The Territory of Minnesota is created. ↗
- 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. ↗
- 1799 The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. ↗
- 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia. ↗
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. ↗
- 1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. ↗
- 1575 Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi. ↗
- 724 Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. ↗
- 473 Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. ↗
- 2001 Jvke, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 2000 Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player ↗
- 1999 Corey Kispert, American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Jayson Tatum, American basketball player ↗
- 1997 Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1997 David Neres, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1996 Cameron Johnson, American basketball player ↗
- 1996 Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer ↗
- 1995 Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer ↗
- 1995 Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress ↗
- 1994 Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player ↗
- 1994 Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress ↗
- 1993 Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player ↗
- 1993 Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker ↗
- 1993 Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer ↗
- 1993 Michael Thomas, American football player ↗
- 1992 Brett Yang, member of violin duo TwoSet Violin ↗
- 1991 Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1991 Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress ↗
- 1990 Vlado Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player ↗
- 1989 Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1988 Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player ↗
- 1988 Michael Morrison, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1988 Max Waller, English cricketer ↗
- 1987 Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer ↗
- 1987 Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer ↗
- 1987 Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Jed Collins, American football player ↗
- 1986 Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1986 Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1985 Toby Turner, American Internet personality ↗
- 1984 Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player ↗
- 1984 Santonio Holmes, American football player ↗
- 1984 Ivar, American wrestler ↗
- 1984 Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1983 Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer ↗
- 1983 Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer ↗
- 1982 Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer ↗
- 1982 Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer ↗
- 1982 Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1981 Lil' Flip, American rapper, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1981 Julius Malema, South African politician ↗
- 1981 Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer ↗
- 1980 Katherine Waterston, English-American actress ↗
- 1979 Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1977 Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1977 Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host ↗
- 1976 Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician ↗
- 1976 Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer ↗
- 1976 Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017) ↗
- 1976 Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
- 1975 Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter ↗
- 1974 David Faustino, American actor ↗
- 1973 Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg ↗
- 1972 Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster ↗
- 1972 Martin Procházka, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1971 Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author ↗
- 1971 Tyler Florence, American chef and author ↗
- 1970 Julie Bowen, American actress ↗
- 1970 Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach ↗
- 1968 Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist ↗
- 1968 Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1966 Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor ↗
- 1966 Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1965 Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager ↗
- 1964 Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist ↗
- 1964 Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985 ↗
- 1964 Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler ↗
- 1963 Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia ↗
- 1963 Martín Fiz, Spanish runner ↗
- 1962 Glen E. Friedman, American photographer ↗
- 1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee – Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper ↗
- 1962 Herschel Walker, American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist ↗
- 1961 Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer ↗
- 1961 John Matteson, American biographer ↗
- 1961 Perry McCarthy, English race car driver ↗
- 1961 Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower ↗
- 1960 Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1959 Ira Glass, American radio host and producer ↗
- 1959 Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach ↗
- 1958 Johnny Moore, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1958 Miranda Richardson, English actress ↗
- 1957 Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author ↗
- 1957 Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer ↗
- 1956 Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager ↗
- 1956 John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020) ↗
- 1955 John Ribot, Australian rugby league player and administrator ↗
- 1955 Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director ↗
- 1954 Keith Fergus, American golfer ↗
- 1954 Robert Gossett, American actor ↗
- 1954 John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1954 Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1953 Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1953 Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach ↗
- 1952 Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (died 2008) ↗
- 1951 Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013) ↗
- 1951 Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1951 Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician ↗
- 1950 Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and screenwriter ↗
- 1950 Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician ↗
- 1949 Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author ↗
- 1949 Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut ↗
- 1949 Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (died 2011) ↗
- 1948 Snowy White, English guitarist ↗
- 1948 Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022) ↗
- 1947 Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic (died 2021) ↗
- 1947 Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1947 Willie Wise, American basketball player ↗
- 1945 George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1945 Hattie Winston, American actress ↗
- 1941 Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1940 Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist (died 2021) ↗
- 1940 Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986) ↗
- 1940 Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010) ↗
- 1939 Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (died 2003) ↗
- 1939 M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999) ↗
- 1935 Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player ↗
- 1935 Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic ↗
- 1935 Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015) ↗
- 1934 Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023) ↗
- 1934 Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (died 1976) ↗
- 1933 Lee Radziwill, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019) ↗
- 1932 Roy Fisher, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1930 Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025) ↗
- 1927 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016) ↗
- 1926 James Merrill, American poet and playwright (died 1995) ↗
- 1924 Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 2025) ↗
- 1923 Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009) ↗
- 1923 Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (died 2005) ↗
- 1923 Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) ↗
- 1922 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002) ↗
- 1921 Diana Barrymore, American actress (died 1960) ↗
- 1920 Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (died 1994) ↗
- 1920 James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005) ↗
- 1920 Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011) ↗
- 1918 Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) ↗
- 1917 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952) ↗
- 1916 Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006) ↗
- 1914 Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973) ↗
- 1913 Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (died 1972) ↗
- 1913 Harold J. Stone, American actor (died 2005) ↗
- 1911 Jean Harlow, American actress (died 1937) ↗
- 1911 Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982) ↗
- 1906 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (died 1991) ↗
- 1903 Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (died 1967) ↗
- 1902 Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (died 1987) ↗
- 1901 Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (died 2011) ↗
- 1900 Edna Best, British stage and film actress (died 1974) ↗
- 1898 Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962) ↗
- 1895 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) ↗
- 1895 Matthew Ridgway, American general (died 1993) ↗
- 1893 Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (died 1998) ↗
- 1891 Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 1949) ↗
- 1887 Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (died 1915) ↗
- 1883 Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (died 1971) ↗
- 1883 Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (died 1977) ↗
- 1882 Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974) ↗
- 1882 Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949) ↗
- 1880 Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (died 1962) ↗
- 1880 Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946) ↗
- 1873 William Green, American union leader and politician (died 1952) ↗
- 1872 Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (died 1941) ↗
- 1871 Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (died 1957) ↗
- 1869 Henry Wood, English conductor (died 1944) ↗
- 1868 Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (died 1951) ↗
- 1866 Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914) ↗
- 1860 John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (died 1925) ↗
- 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922) ↗
- 1845 Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918) ↗
- 1841 John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914) ↗
- 1839 Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904) ↗
- 1831 George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897) ↗
- 1825 Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879) ↗
- 1819 Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912) ↗
- 1816 William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (died 1858) ↗
- 1805 Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (died 1861) ↗
- 1803 Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889) ↗
- 1800 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862) ↗
- 1793 William Macready, English actor and manager (died 1873) ↗
- 1778 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841) ↗
- 1756 William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836) ↗
- 1678 Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (died 1747) ↗
- 1652 Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (died 1685) ↗
- 1606 Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (died 1687) ↗
- 1589 Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676) ↗
- 1583 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648) ↗
- 1520 Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575) ↗
- 1506 Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (died 1555) ↗
- 1455 John II of Portugal (died 1495) ↗
- 1455 Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (died 1505) ↗
- 2023 Kenzaburō Ōe – Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935) ↗
- 2023 Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961) ↗
- 2020 Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928) ↗
- 2019 Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930) ↗
- 2018 Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929) ↗
- 2018 Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943) ↗
- 2018 Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969) ↗
- 2018 David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942) ↗
- 2017 René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943) ↗
- 2016 Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968) ↗
- 2016 Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973) ↗
- 2016 Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962) ↗
- 2016 Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914) ↗
- 2016 Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983) ↗
- 2015 Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925) ↗
- 2015 M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940) ↗
- 2013 Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (born 1940) ↗
- 2013 James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944) ↗
- 2012 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929) ↗
- 2012 Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947) ↗
- 2012 Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931) ↗
- 2011 May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923) ↗
- 2010 Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956) ↗
- 2010 Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913) ↗
- 2009 Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935) ↗
- 2008 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921) ↗
- 2008 Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923) ↗
- 2007 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920) ↗
- 2006 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923) ↗
- 2006 Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918) ↗
- 2006 William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (born 1914) ↗
- 2005 Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928) ↗
- 2003 Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933) ↗
- 2003 Ling Ma – American linguist, photographer, and explorer (born 1913) ↗
- 2003 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904) ↗
- 2002 G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1951) ↗
- 2001 Louis Edmonds, American actor (born 1923) ↗
- 2001 Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (born 1923) ↗
- 2000 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904) ↗
- 1999 Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904) ↗
- 1999 Lee Philips, American actor and director (born 1927) ↗
- 1998 Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1915) ↗
- 1996 Marguerite Duras, French author and director (born 1914) ↗
- 1996 John Krol, American cardinal (born 1910) ↗
- 1995 Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907) ↗
- 1994 John Edward Williams, American author and academic (born 1922) ↗
- 1993 Mel Bradford, American author and critic (born 1934) ↗
- 1993 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (born 1910) ↗
- 1993 Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1903) ↗
- 1993 Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (born 1906) ↗
- 1991 Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (born 1895) ↗
- 1991 William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909) ↗
- 1990 Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (born 1898) ↗
- 1988 Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (born 1918) ↗
- 1988 Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889) ↗
- 1987 Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911) ↗
- 1983 Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907) ↗
- 1982 Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896) ↗
- 1982 Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936) ↗
- 1981 Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (born 1895) ↗
- 1966 Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (born 1895) ↗
- 1966 William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887) ↗
- 1966 Alice Pearce, American actress (born 1917) ↗
- 1961 Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (born 1903) ↗
- 1961 Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (born 1887) ↗
- 1959 Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906) ↗
- 1949 Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (born 1862) ↗
- 1943 George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (born 1877) ↗
- 1932 Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864) ↗
- 1929 Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874) ↗
- 1927 Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1878) ↗
- 1927 J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (born 1884) ↗
- 1905 Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830) ↗
- 1901 George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (born 1826) ↗
- 1894 Ned Williamson, American baseball player (born 1857) ↗
- 1850 Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (born 1806) ↗
- 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (born 1728) ↗
- 1789 Ghulam Kadir, leader of the Afghan Rohilla ↗
- 1768 Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (born 1686) ↗
- 1765 William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (born 1687) ↗
- 1744 Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (born 1674) ↗
- 1703 Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (born 1635) ↗
- 1700 Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (born 1670) ↗
- 1616 Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1538) ↗
- 1611 William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (born 1552) ↗
- 1592 Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born 1499) ↗
- 1588 Henry XI, duke of Legnica (born 1539) ↗
- 1578 Sebastiano Venier, doge of Venice (born 1496) ↗
- 1578 Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu, Ottoman Greek magnate ↗
- 1554 John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1503) ↗
- 1542 Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV ↗
- 1459 Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (born 1397) ↗
- 1383 Hugh III, Italian nobleman ↗
- 1323 Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English military leader ↗
- 1311 Antony Bek, bishop of Durham ↗
- 1239 Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1187) ↗
- 1195 Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (born c. 1125) ↗
- 1009 Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (born 983) ↗
- 532 Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (born c. 460) ↗