On This Day: May 15 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2024 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová. ↗
2023 The UN commemorates the Palestinian Nakba Day for the first time. ↗
2013 An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. ↗
2010 Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. ↗
2008 California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. ↗
2004 Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles". ↗
2001 A CSX EMD SD40-2 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton. The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable. ↗
1997 The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. ↗
1997 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. ↗
1991 Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister. ↗
1988 Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. ↗
1976 Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes near Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, killing 52. ↗
1974 Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. ↗
1972 The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. ↗
1970 President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. ↗
1963 Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. ↗
1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. ↗
1948 Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. ↗
1945 World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. ↗
1943 Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). ↗
1942 World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. ↗
1941 First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. ↗
1940 USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. ↗
1940 World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. ↗
1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant. ↗
1934 A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeded in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima. ↗
1933 All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. ↗
1932 In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. ↗
1929 A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. ↗
1919 The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. ↗
1919 Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. ↗
1918 The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from Russian troops. ↗
1916 A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is infamously lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder. ↗
1911 In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. ↗
1911 More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. ↗
1905 The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States. ↗
1891 Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. ↗
1864 American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. ↗
1851 The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. ↗
1850 The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. ↗
1849 The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished. ↗
1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. ↗
1817 Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ↗
1791 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. ↗
1725 Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd. ↗
1648 The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty. ↗
1618 Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). ↗
1602 Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. ↗
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. ↗
1525 Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. ↗
1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. ↗
1194 Michael the Syrian reconsecrates the Mor Bar Sauma Monastery, which he reconstructed after its destruction by a fire. The monastery stays a center of the Syriac Orthodox Church until the end of the thirteenth century. ↗
756 Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain. ↗
589 King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. ↗
392 Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. ↗
221 Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. ↗

2006 Haerin, Korean singer ↗
2002 Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor ↗
2000 Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player ↗
1999 Anastasia Gasanova, Russian tennis player ↗
1998 Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player ↗
1997 Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer ↗
1997 Scott Drinkwater, Australian rugby league player ↗
1996 Birdy, English singer-songwriter ↗
1993 Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1993 Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer ↗
1990 Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1990 Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist ↗
1990 Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model ↗
1989 Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer ↗
1989 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer ↗
1988 Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player ↗
1988 Scott Laird, English footballer ↗
1987 David Adams, American baseball player ↗
1987 Michael Brantley, American baseball player ↗
1987 Brian Dozier, American baseball player ↗
1987 Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player ↗
1987 Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player ↗
1987 Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player ↗
1987 Andy Murray – Scottish tennis player ↗
1986 Thomas Brown, American football player ↗
1986 Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer ↗
1986 Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer ↗
1985 Cristiane, Brazilian footballer ↗
1985 Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver ↗
1985 Laura Harvey, English football coach ↗
1985 Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor ↗
1985 Denis Onyango, Ugandan football goalkeeper ↗
1985 Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower ↗
1984 Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1984 Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver ↗
1984 Samantha Noble, Australian actress ↗
1984 Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player ↗
1984 Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer ↗
1982 Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter ↗
1982 Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1982 Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player ↗
1982 Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer ↗
1981 Patrice Evra, French footballer ↗
1981 Paul Konchesky, English international footballer ↗
1981 Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player ↗
1981 Zara Phillips, English equestrian ↗
1981 Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer ↗
1980 Josh Beckett, American baseball player ↗
1979 Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer ↗
1979 Daniel Caines, English sprinter ↗
1979 Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1979 Ryan Max Riley, American skier ↗
1979 Robert Royal, American football player ↗
1979 Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist ↗
1978 Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician ↗
1978 Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player ↗
1978 Edu, Brazilian footballer ↗
1978 David Krumholtz, American actor ↗
1976 Torraye Braggs, American basketball player ↗
1976 Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer ↗
1976 Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer ↗
1976 Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach ↗
1976 Anže Logar, Slovenian politician ↗
1976 Tyler Walker, American baseball player ↗
1975 Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1975 Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician ↗
1975 Janne Seurujärvi, Finnish Sami politician, first Sami ever to be elected to the Finnish Parliament ↗
1974 Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician ↗
1974 Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author ↗
1974 Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager ↗
1974 Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer ↗
1972 Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland ↗
1972 David Charvet, French actor and singer ↗
1971 Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player ↗
1970 Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1970 Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1970 Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1970 Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter ↗
1970 Rod Smith, American football player ↗
1970 Ben Wallace, English captain and politician ↗
1969 Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (died 2011) ↗
1969 Kari Baadstrand Sandnes, Norwegian politician ↗
1969 Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1968 Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade ↗
1968 Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster ↗
1967 Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player ↗
1967 Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author ↗
1967 John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1967 Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress ↗
1966 Jiří Němec, Czech footballer ↗
1965 André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1965 Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player ↗
1964 Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark ↗
1963 Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer ↗
1962 Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer ↗
1961 Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist. ↗
1960 Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer ↗
1960 Rob Bowman, American director and producer ↗
1960 R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician ↗
1960 Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach ↗
1959 Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician ↗
1959 Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver ↗
1959 Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter ↗
1958 Jason Graae, American musical theater actor ↗
1958 Ruth Marcus, American journalist ↗
1958 Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler ↗
1957 Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic ↗
1957 Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician ↗
1957 Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler ↗
1956 Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour ↗
1956 Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster ↗
1956 Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer (died 2023) ↗
1955 Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (died 2013) ↗
1955 Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician ↗
1954 Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic ↗
1954 Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster ↗
1953 George Brett, American baseball player and coach ↗
1953 Athene Donald, English physicist and academic ↗
1953 Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1952 Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1951 Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1951 Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic ↗
1951 Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1950 Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (died 2004) ↗
1950 Jim Simons, American golfer (died 2005) ↗
1949 Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1949 Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic ↗
1948 Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player ↗
1948 Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
1948 Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas ↗
1947 Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer ↗
1946 Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist ↗
1945 Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic ↗
1945 Jerry Quarry, American boxer (died 1999) ↗
1944 Bill Alter, American police officer and politician ↗
1944 Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1943 Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician ↗
1943 Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (died 2004) ↗
1942 Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1942 Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia ↗
1942 Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania ↗
1942 K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2020) ↗
1941 Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (died 2006) ↗
1940 Roger Ailes, American businessman (died 2017) ↗
1940 Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer ↗
1940 Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach ↗
1939 Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator ↗
1938 Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2017) ↗
1938 Nancy Garden, American author (died 2014) ↗
1937 Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (died 2022) ↗
1937 Karin Krog, Norwegian singer ↗
1937 Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 2020) ↗
1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer ↗
1936 Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (died 1977) ↗
1936 Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator ↗
1936 Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (died 2003) ↗
1935 Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (died 2019) ↗
1935 Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer (died 2021) ↗
1935 Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008) ↗
1935 Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen ↗
1931 Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2013) ↗
1931 James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (died 2021) ↗
1930 Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor ↗
1926 Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 2006) ↗
1926 Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2001) ↗
1926 Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
1925 Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (died 2015) ↗
1925 Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (died 2014) ↗
1925 Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (died 2014) ↗
1925 Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (died 2008) ↗
1924 Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (died 1971) ↗
1923 Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (died 2004) ↗
1923 John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (died 2003) ↗
1922 Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (died 2013) ↗
1922 Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author (died 2021) ↗
1921 Federico Krutwig, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (died 1998) ↗
1920 Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (died 1985) ↗
1918 Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008) ↗
1918 Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) ↗
1918 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (died 2009) ↗
1916 Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (died 2014) ↗
1915 Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (died 2006) ↗
1915 Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009) ↗
1915 Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (died 1993) ↗
1914 Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) ↗
1914 Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 2000) ↗
1914 Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (died 1979) ↗
1912 Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (died 2003) ↗
1911 Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (died 1991) ↗
1911 Herta Oberheuser, German physician (died 1978) ↗
1910 Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (died 2005) ↗
1909 James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984) ↗
1909 Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1992) ↗
1907 Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (died 1931) ↗
1905 Joseph Cotten, American actor (died 1994) ↗
1905 Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (died 1976) ↗
1905 Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (died 1970) ↗
1904 Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (died 1999) ↗
1903 Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (died 1998) ↗
1902 Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (died 1976) ↗
1902 Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (died 1937) ↗
1901 Xavier Herbert, Australian author (died 1984) ↗
1901 Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1983) ↗
1900 Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (died 1986) ↗
1899 Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (died 1970) ↗
1898 Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (died 1992) ↗
1895 Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (died 1972) ↗
1895 William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (died 1941) ↗
1894 Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (died 1973) ↗
1893 José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (died 1959) ↗
1892 Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (died 1977) ↗
1892 Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (died 1969) ↗
1891 Mikhail Bulgakov – Russian novelist and playwright (died 1940) ↗
1891 Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (died 1960) ↗
1891 Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (died 1971) ↗
1890 Katherine Anne Porter – American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (died 1980) ↗
1882 Walter White, Scottish international footballer (died 1950) ↗
1873 Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (died 1963) ↗
1869 Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (died 1945) ↗
1869 John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (died 1921) ↗
1863 Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (died 1936) ↗
1862 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (died 1931) ↗
1859 Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906) ↗
1857 Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (died 1911) ↗
1856 L. Frank Baum, American novelist (died 1919) ↗
1856 Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (died 1917) ↗
1854 Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (died 1929) ↗
1848 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1926) ↗
1848 Carl Wernicke, German neuropathologist. (died 1905) ↗
1845 Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist (died 1916) ↗
1841 Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (died 1912) ↗
1817 Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (died 1905) ↗
1808 Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (died 1870) ↗
1805 Samuel Carter, English railway solicitor and Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1878) ↗
1803 Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (died 1869) ↗
1786 Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (died 1864) ↗
1773 Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (died 1859) ↗
1770 Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1843) ↗
1759 Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1824) ↗
1749 Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (died 1820) ↗
1720 Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (died 1792) ↗
1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (died 1762) ↗
1645 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (died 1689) ↗
1633 Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (died 1707) ↗
1608 René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642) ↗
1567 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (died 1643) ↗
1565 Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect (died 1621) ↗
1531 Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (died 1581)[citation needed] ↗
1397 Sejong the Great, Korean king of Joseon (died 1450) ↗

2025 Robert Walls, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1950) ↗
2024 Kamla Beniwal, Indian politician (born 1927) ↗
2022 Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950) ↗
2022 Kay Mellor, English actress (born 1951) ↗
2021 Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (born 1937) ↗
2020 Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933) ↗
2017 Herbert R. Axelrod American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (born 1927) ↗
2015 Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (born 1914) ↗
2015 Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (born 1945) ↗
2015 Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928) ↗
2015 Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (born 1944) ↗
2014 Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940) ↗
2014 Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
2013 Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1946) ↗
2012 Carlos Fuentes – Mexican novelist and essayist (born 1928) ↗
2012 Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (born 1924) ↗
2012 Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1918) ↗
2010 Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (born 1987) ↗
2010 Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950) ↗
2009 Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (born 1923) ↗
2009 Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (born 1964) ↗
2008 Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1956) ↗
2008 Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (born 1919) ↗
2008 Will Elder, American illustrator (born 1921) ↗
2007 Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933) ↗
2006 Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (born 1961) ↗
2003 June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (born 1929) ↗
1998 Earl Manigault, American basketball player (born 1944) ↗
1998 Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1919) ↗
1996 Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (born 1910) ↗
1995 Eric Porter, English actor (born 1928) ↗
1994 Gilbert Roland, American actor (born 1905) ↗
1993 Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (born 1933) ↗
1991 Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (born 1956) ↗
1991 Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (born 1901) ↗
1991 Fritz Riess, German race car driver (born 1922) ↗
1989 Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (born 1908) ↗
1989 Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (born 1910) ↗
1986 Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (born 1958) ↗
1986 Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (born 1915) ↗
1985 Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (born 1947) ↗
1984 Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (born 1912) ↗
1982 Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (born 1946) ↗
1980 Gordon Prange, American historian and author (born 1910) ↗
1978 Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894) ↗
1971 Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (born 1900) ↗
1969 Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1890) ↗
1967 Edward Hopper – American painter (born 1882) ↗
1967 Italo Mus, Italian painter (born 1892) ↗
1965 Pio Pion, Italian businessman (born 1887) ↗
1964 Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (born 1879) ↗
1963 John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (born 1884) ↗
1957 Keith Andrews, American race car driver (born 1920) ↗
1957 Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1892) ↗
1956 Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (born 1886) ↗
1955 Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (born 1881) ↗
1954 William March, American soldier and author (born 1893) ↗
1948 Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (born 1886) ↗
1945 Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (born 1881) ↗
1945 Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (born 1886) ↗
1937 Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1864) ↗
1935 Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (born 1878) ↗
1928 Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (born 1845) ↗
1926 Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (born 1850) ↗
1924 Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852) ↗
1919 Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (born 1888) ↗
1914 Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (born 1863) ↗
1886 Emily Dickinson – American poet and author (born 1830) ↗
1879 Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (born 1803) ↗
1845 Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (born 1800) ↗
1773 Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (born 1710) ↗
1740 Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (born 1680) ↗
1700 John Hale, American minister (born 1636) ↗
1699 Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1631) ↗
1698 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (born 1642) ↗
1634 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (born 1585) ↗
1615 Henry Bromley, English politician (born 1560) ↗
1609 Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (born 1557) ↗
1585 Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (born 1535) ↗
1470 Charles VIII, king of Sweden (born 1409) ↗
1464 Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (born 1436) ↗
1461 Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (born c. 1410) ↗
1268 Peter II, count of Savoy (born 1203) ↗
1175 Mleh, prince of Armenia ↗
1174 Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (born 1118) ↗
1157 Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1099) ↗
1036 Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 1008) ↗
973 Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells ↗
926 Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (born 885) ↗
913 Hatto I, German archbishop (born 850) ↗
884 Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 830) ↗
558 Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (born 476) ↗
392 Valentinian II, Roman emperor (born 371) ↗