On This Day: March 31 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South. ↗
2018 Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution. ↗
2018 Baldi's Basics in education and learning was publicly released. ↗
2016 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station. ↗
2005 The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory. ↗
2004 Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed. ↗
1998 Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license. ↗
1995 Selena is murdered by her fan club president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas. ↗
1995 TAROM Flight 371, an Airbus A310-300, crashes near Balotesti, Romania, killing all 60 people on board. ↗
1993 The Macao Basic Law is adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress of China to take effect December 20, 1999. Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao ↗
1992 The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California. ↗
1992 The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow. ↗
1991 Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
1991 The Warsaw Pact formally disbands. ↗
1990 Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax. ↗
1986 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167. ↗
1980 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors. ↗
1970 Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. ↗
1968 American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." ↗
1966 The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. ↗
1966 The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election. ↗
1964 Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship. ↗
1959 The 14th Dalai Lama crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. ↗
1958 In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. ↗
1957 Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government. ↗
1951 Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. ↗
1949 The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada. ↗
1945 World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands. ↗
1942 World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession. ↗
1939 Events preceding World War II in Europe: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pledges British military support to the Second Polish Republic in the event of an invasion by Nazi Germany. ↗
1933 The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States. ↗
1931 An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000. ↗
1931 A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne. ↗
1930 The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years. ↗
1921 The Royal Australian Air Force is formed. ↗
1918 Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed. ↗
1918 Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time. ↗
1917 According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions. ↗
1913 The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert. ↗
1909 Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. ↗
1906 The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States. ↗
1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. ↗
1901 Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague. ↗
1899 Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces. ↗
1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened. ↗
1885 The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate. ↗
1854 Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade. ↗
1814 The Sixth Coalition occupies Paris after Napoleon's Grande Armée capitulates. ↗
1774 American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act. ↗
1761 The 1761 Lisbon earthquake strikes off the Iberian Peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 8.5, six years after another quake destroyed the city. ↗
1717 A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy. ↗
1706 The last session of history of the Catalan Courts, the parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia, ends. Catalonia's constitutional modernisation passed by the Courts aims to improve the guarantee of individual, political and economic rights (among them, the secrecy of correspondence). ↗
1657 The Long Parliament presents the Humble Petition and Advice offering Oliver Cromwell the British throne, which he eventually declines. ↗
1521 Ferdinand Magellan and fifty of his men came ashore to present-day Limasawa to participate in the first Catholic mass in the Philippines. ↗
1492 Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile sign the Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, ordering all Jews in their kingdoms to either convert to Christianity or leave the country. ↗
1174 A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, is revealed in Cairo, involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet Umara al-Yamani. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks. ↗
1146 Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. ↗
307 After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. ↗

2005 Reed Baker-Whiting, American professional footballer ↗
2004 Samson Baidoo, Austrian professional footballer ↗
2004 Mateo Sanabria, Argentine professional footballer ↗
2004 Alex Luna, Argentine professional footballer ↗
1999 Japhet Tanganga, English footballer ↗
1999 Brooke Scullion, Irish Singer ↗
1999 Jens Odgaard, Danish professional footballer ↗
1999 Denys Strekalin, Ukrainian-born pair skater ↗
1999 Adam Chrzanowski, Polish professional footballer ↗
1999 Santiago Chocobares, Argentine rugby union player ↗
1999 Ballou Tabla, Canadian professional soccer player ↗
1999 Elžbieta Kropa, Lithuanian figure skater ↗
1999 Edon Zhegrova, professional footballer ↗
1999 Shiann Salmon, Jamaican track and field athlete ↗
1999 Ben Williams, Welsh professional footballer ↗
1999 Luca Pizzul, Italian professional footballer ↗
1999 Sander Raieste, Estonian professional basketball player ↗
1999 Jonas Røndbjerg, Danish ice hockey player ↗
1999 Adele Tan, Singaporean sports shooter ↗
1999 Nuno Pina, Portuguese football player ↗
1999 Tereza Jančová, Slovakian skier ↗
1999 Maren Lutz, German female canoeist ↗
1999 Shehana Vithana, Sri Lankan-Australian professional squash player ↗
1999 Providence Cowdrill, English cricketer ↗
1999 Ricardo Felipe, Brazilian footballer ↗
1999 Dimitris Dalakouras, Greek professional footballer ↗
1998 Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1996 Liza Koshy, American actress, comedian, and television host ↗
1995 Fiona Brown, footballer ↗
1994 Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee ↗
1994 Tyler Wright, Australian surfer ↗
1994 Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist ↗
1993 Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer ↗
1992 Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer ↗
1992 Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer ↗
1991 Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer ↗
1991 Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer ↗
1990 George Iloka, American football player ↗
1990 Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (died 2019) ↗
1990 Sandra Roma, Swedish tennis player ↗
1989 Alberto Martín Romo García Adámez, Spanish footballer ↗
1989 Nejc Vidmar, Slovenian footballer ↗
1989 Liu Zige, Chinese swimmer ↗
1988 Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer ↗
1988 Conrad Sewell, Australian singer and songwriter ↗
1988 Dorin Dickerson, American football player ↗
1988 DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player ↗
1988 Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer ↗
1987 Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer ↗
1987 Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer ↗
1987 Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer ↗
1987 Koneru Humpy – Indian chess player ↗
1987 Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player ↗
1987 Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater ↗
1986 Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer ↗
1986 James King, Scottish rugby player ↗
1986 Paulo Machado, Portuguese footballer ↗
1985 Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1985 Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player ↗
1985 Jesper Hansen, Danish footballer ↗
1985 Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver ↗
1985 Kory Sheets, American football player ↗
1985 Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler ↗
1984 David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1984 Eddie Johnson, American soccer player ↗
1984 James Jones, American football player ↗
1984 Martins Dukurs, Latvian sled racer ↗
1984 Kaie Kand, Estonian heptathlete ↗
1984 Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer ↗
1984 Ed Williamson, English rugby player ↗
1983 Hashim Amla, South African cricketer ↗
1983 Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician ↗
1983 Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician ↗
1983 Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast ↗
1983 Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player ↗
1982 Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer ↗
1982 Mira Bellwether, American author, artist, and sex educator ↗
1982 Bam Childress, American football player ↗
1982 Brian Tyree Henry, American actor ↗
1982 Audrey Kawasaki, American painter ↗
1982 Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player ↗
1981 Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1981 Thomas Chatelle, Belgian footballer ↗
1981 Han Tae-you, South Korean footballer ↗
1981 Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer ↗
1981 Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer ↗
1980 Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer ↗
1980 Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger ↗
1980 Matias Concha, Swedish footballer ↗
1980 Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ↗
1980 Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1980 Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer ↗
1979 Omri Afek, Israeli footballer ↗
1979 Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach ↗
1979 Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer ↗
1979 Charlie Manning, American baseball player ↗
1979 Jonna Mendes, American skier ↗
1979 Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player ↗
1978 Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer ↗
1978 Stephen Clemence, English footballer and manager ↗
1978 Jarrod Cooper, American football player ↗
1978 Jérôme Rothen, French footballer ↗
1977 Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer ↗
1977 Garth Tander, Australian race car driver ↗
1976 Howard Frier, American basketball player ↗
1976 Igors Sļesarčuks, Latvian-Russian footballer ↗
1976 Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer ↗
1975 Makis Dreliozis, Greek basketball player ↗
1975 Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1975 Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach ↗
1975 Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player ↗
1975 Ryan Rupe, American baseball player ↗
1974 Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1974 Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter ↗
1974 Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player ↗
1974 Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer ↗
1973 Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer ↗
1972 Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter ↗
1972 Andrew Bowen, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1972 Luca Gentili, Italian footballer and coach ↗
1972 Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower ↗
1972 Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs ↗
1971 Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer ↗
1971 Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee ↗
1971 Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1971 Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1971 Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor ↗
1970 Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia ↗
1970 Linn Skåber, Norwegian actress and writer ↗
1969 Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (died 2018) ↗
1969 Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician ↗
1969 Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1968 César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer ↗
1966 Roger Black, English runner and journalist ↗
1966 Nick Firestone, American race car driver ↗
1965 Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1965 Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach ↗
1965 Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (died 2006) ↗
1965 William McNamara, American actor and producer ↗
1965 Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter ↗
1964 Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician ↗
1963 Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer ↗
1962 Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician ↗
1962 Georgios Stefanopoulos, Greek boxer ↗
1961 Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player ↗
1961 Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer ↗
1959 Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator ↗
1958 Andrea Kuntzl, Austrian politician ↗
1957 Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ↗
1955 Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro ↗
1955 Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter ↗
1953 Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (died 2014) ↗
1950 András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author (died 2023) ↗
1950 Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor ↗
1950 Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic (died 2016) ↗
1949 Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023) ↗
1948 Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba ↗
1948 Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1948 Rhea Perlman, American actress ↗
1948 Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist ↗
1947 Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic ↗
1947 Wendy Overton, American tennis player ↗
1947 Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer ↗
1947 Don Foster, English academic and politician ↗
1947 César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia ↗
1947 Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (died 2011) ↗
1946 Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1984) ↗
1946 Bob Russell, English politician ↗
1945 Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer ↗
1945 Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian ↗
1945 Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (died 1995) ↗
1944 Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Angus King, American politician ↗
1944 Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025) ↗
1943 Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter ↗
1943 Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer ↗
1943 Christopher Walken, American actor ↗
1942 Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician ↗
1942 Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (died 2013) ↗
1942 Michael Savage, American far-right radio host and author ↗
1941 Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995) ↗
1941 Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (died 2013) ↗
1940 Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (died 2013) ↗
1940 Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician ↗
1940 Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician ↗
1939 Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (died 1993) ↗
1939 Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020) ↗
1939 Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (died 2013) ↗
1939 Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer ↗
1939 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer (died 2024) ↗
1938 Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic (died 2017) ↗
1938 Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala (died 2019) ↗
1938 Antje Gleichfeld, German runner ↗
1938 Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2005) ↗
1938 Jimmy Johnson, American football player (died 2024) ↗
1938 Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (died 2005) ↗
1938 Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2018) ↗
1938 David Steel, Scottish academic and politician ↗
1936 Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist ↗
1936 Walter E. Williams, American economist and academic (died 2020) ↗
1935 Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer ↗
1935 Judith Rossner, American author (died 2005) ↗
1934 Richard Chamberlain, American actor (died 2025) ↗
1934 Shirley Jones, American actress and singer ↗
1934 John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016) ↗
1934 Grigory Nelyubov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 1966) ↗
1934 Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1934 Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author (died 2009) ↗
1933 Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (died 1999) ↗
1933 Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (died 1983) ↗
1932 John Jakes, American author (died 2023) ↗
1932 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1931 Miller Barber, American golfer (died 2013) ↗
1931 Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (died 1997) ↗
1930 Yehuda Nir, Polish-American psychiatrist (died 2014) ↗
1930 Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (died 2015) ↗
1929 Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (died 2007) ↗
1929 Bert Fields, American lawyer and author (died 2022) ↗
1928 Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975) ↗
1928 Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2016) ↗
1927 Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (died 1993) ↗
1927 William Daniels, American actor ↗
1927 Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal (died 2021) ↗
1927 Vladimir Ilyushin, Russian pilot (died 2010) ↗
1927 Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (died 2013) ↗
1927 Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1988) ↗
1926 John Fowles, English novelist (died 2005) ↗
1926 Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (died 2001) ↗
1926 Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (died 2006) ↗
1925 Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (died 1999) ↗
1924 Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (died 1998) ↗
1924 Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (died 2002) ↗
1923 Don Barksdale, American basketball player (died 1993) ↗
1923 François Sermon, Belgian footballer (died 2013) ↗
1922 Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (died 1999) ↗
1922 Patrick Magee, Irish actor (died 1982) ↗
1921 Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) ↗
1921 Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (died 2011) ↗
1921 John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (died 1997) ↗
1920 Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (died 2014) ↗
1919 Frank Akins, American football player (died 1993) ↗
1918 Ted Post, American director (died 2013) ↗
1917 Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (died 2002) ↗
1916 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (died 2012) ↗
1916 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (died 2008) ↗
1916 John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (died 1979) ↗
1915 Albert Hourani, English historian and author (died 1993) ↗
1915 Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (died 1997) ↗
1914 Octavio Paz – Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) ↗
1914 Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (died 1991) ↗
1913 Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (died 2006) ↗
1912 William Lederer, American soldier and author (died 2009) ↗
1911 Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987) ↗
1911 Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (died 1986) ↗
1908 Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (died 1999) ↗
1906 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979) ↗
1905 Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter (died 1986) ↗
1905 George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (died 1991) ↗
1900 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (died 1974) ↗
1895 Vardis Fisher, American author and academic (died 1968) ↗
1893 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1954) ↗
1893 Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian (died 1982) ↗
1891 Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (died 1976) ↗
1890 Ben Adams, American jumper (died 1961) ↗
1890 William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) ↗
1885 Pascin, Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator (died 1930) ↗
1884 Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1946) ↗
1878 Jack Johnson, American boxer (died 1946) ↗
1876 Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (died 1927) ↗
1874 Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (died 1920) ↗
1874 Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer (died 1934) ↗
1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (died 1929) ↗
1871 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (died 1922) ↗
1865 Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (died 1887) ↗
1859 Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (died 1924) ↗
1855 Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (died 1899) ↗
1851 Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1936) ↗
1847 Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (died 1904) ↗
1847 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1878) ↗
1835 John La Farge, American artist (died 1910) ↗
1833 Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (died 1896) ↗
1823 Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (died 1886) ↗
1819 Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (died 1901) ↗
1813 Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860–1862) (died 1898) ↗
1809 Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (died 1883) ↗
1809 Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (died 1864) ↗
1794 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1852) ↗
1778 Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (died 1858) ↗
1777 Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (died 1859) ↗
1747 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (died 1800) ↗
1740 Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (died 1849) ↗
1732 Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1809) ↗
1730 Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (died 1783) ↗
1723 Frederick V of Denmark (died 1766) ↗
1718 Mariana Victoria of Spain (died 1781) ↗
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach – German composer (died 1750) ↗
1675 Pope Benedict XIV (died 1758) ↗
1651 Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (died 1685) ↗
1621 Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (died 1678) ↗
1601 Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer (died 1654) ↗
1596 René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1650) ↗
1536 Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (died 1565) ↗
1519 Henry II of France (died 1559) ↗
1504 Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (died 1552) ↗
1499 Pope Pius IV (died 1565) ↗
1360 Philippa of Lancaster (died 1415) ↗

2025 Sian Barbara Allen, American television actress (born 1946) ↗
2025 Betty Webb, English code breaker (born 1923) ↗
2024 Barbara Rush, American actress (born 1927) ↗
2022 Shirley Burkovich, former American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player (born 1933) ↗
2022 Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (born 1943) ↗
2022 Moana Jackson, New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law (born 1945) ↗
2022 Tullio Moneta, Italian mercenary and actor (born 1937) ↗
2021 Ken Reitz, American baseball player (born 1951) ↗
2021 Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (born 1952) ↗
2020 Gita Ramjee, Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher (born 1956) ↗
2019 Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (born 1985) ↗
2018 Nick Newton, inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks (born 1933) ↗
2017 Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (born 1951) ↗
2017 James Rosenquist, American artist (born 1933) ↗
2016 Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1930) ↗
2016 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927) ↗
2016 Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950) ↗
2016 Imre Kertész – Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929) ↗
2016 Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (born 1932) ↗
2015 Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (born 1931) ↗
2015 Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1983) ↗
2015 Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (born 1937) ↗
2015 Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (born 1934) ↗
2014 Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (born 1931) ↗
2014 Roger Somville, Belgian painter (born 1923) ↗
2013 Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (born 1920) ↗
2013 Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (born 1936) ↗
2013 Bob Clarke, American illustrator (born 1926) ↗
2013 Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (born 1917) ↗
2013 Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (born 1980) ↗
2012 Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (born 1943) ↗
2012 Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (born 1914) ↗
2012 Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (born 1914) ↗
2012 Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (born 1930) ↗
2012 Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (born 1928) ↗
2012 Halbert White, American economist and academic (born 1950) ↗
2011 Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (born 1922) ↗
2011 Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (born 1935) ↗
2011 Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (born 1920) ↗
2011 Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1921) ↗
2011 Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (born 1941) ↗
2011 Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1927) ↗
2010 Jerald terHorst, American journalist (born 1922) ↗
2010 Roger Addison, Welsh rugby union player (born 1945) ↗
2009 Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (born 1927) ↗
2009 Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (born 1911) ↗
2008 Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1911) ↗
2008 Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (born 1926) ↗
2007 Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (born 1921) ↗
2006 Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (born 1931) ↗
2005 Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (born 1951) ↗
2005 Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1905) ↗
2005 Frank Perdue, American businessman (born 1920) ↗
2004 Scott Helvenston, American soldier (born 1965) ↗
2003 Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1907) ↗
2003 Anne Gwynne, American actress (born 1918) ↗
2003 Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1949) ↗
2002 Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1928) ↗
2002 Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (born 1924) ↗
2002 Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (born 1913) ↗
2001 David Rocastle, English footballer (born 1967) ↗
2001 Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915) ↗
2000 Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer and photojournalist (born 1908) ↗
2000 Adrian Fisher, English guitarist and member of the band Toby (born 1952) ↗
1999 Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (born 1922) ↗
1998 Bella Abzug, American lawyer, activist, and politician (born 1920) ↗
1998 Tim Flock, American race car driver (born 1924) ↗
1998 Joel Ryce-Menuhin, American pianist (born 1933) ↗
1997 Stephen Kalong Ningkan, first Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia. ↗
1996 Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (born 1905) ↗
1996 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958) ↗
1995 Selena, American singer-songwriter (born 1971) ↗
1993 Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (born 1965) ↗
1993 Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (born 1900) ↗
1991 Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou, Greek columnist, political and social analyst and historian (born 1905) ↗
1988 William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908) ↗
1986 Jerry Paris, American actor and director (born 1925) ↗
1983 Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (born 1902) ↗
1981 Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (born 1889) ↗
1980 Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (born 1905) ↗
1980 Jesse Owens – American sprinter and long jumper (born 1913) ↗
1978 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (born 1905) ↗
1978 Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (born 1899) ↗
1976 Paul Strand, American photographer and director (born 1890) ↗
1975 Percy Alliss, English golfer (born 1897) ↗
1970 Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (born 1894) ↗
1968 Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (born 1885) ↗
1961 Pyrros Spyromilios, officer of the Greek Navy and director of the Greek Radio Orchestra (born 1913) ↗
1956 Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (born 1884) ↗
1956 Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (born 1893) ↗
1952 Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1877) ↗
1950 Robert Natus, Estonian architect (born 1890) ↗
1945 Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (born 1884) ↗
1945 Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) ↗
1944 Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (born 1885) ↗
1939 Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (born 1887) ↗
1935 Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (born 1885) ↗
1931 Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888) ↗
1930 Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1836) ↗
1927 Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (born 1858) ↗
1924 George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (born 1855) ↗
1920 Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, Bengali Islamic scholar and author (born 1869) ↗
1917 Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854) ↗
1915 Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (born 1882) ↗
1913 J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (born 1837) ↗
1910 Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (born 1856) ↗
1907 Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1823) ↗
1885 Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (born 1819) ↗
1880 Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (born 1835) ↗
1877 Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1801) ↗
1855 Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1816) ↗
1850 John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (born 1782) ↗
1837 John Constable, English painter and educator (born 1776) ↗
1797 Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (born 1745) ↗
1741 Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (born 1668) ↗
1723 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1661) ↗
1671 Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (born 1637) ↗
1631 John Donne, English lawyer and poet (born 1572) ↗
1622 Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Royal Governor of La Florida (born 1554) ↗
1621 Philip III, Spanish king (born 1578) ↗
1567 Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1504) ↗
1547 Francis I, French king (born 1494) ↗
1491 Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (born 1411) ↗
1462 Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople ↗
1342 Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian friar ↗
1340 Ivan I of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (born 1288) ↗
1251 William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat ↗
1241 Pousa, voivode of Transylvania ↗
963 Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (born 906) ↗
528 Xiaoming, emperor of Northern Wei (born 510) ↗
32 BCE Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman of the Equestrian order (born 109 BC) ↗