51 Events
176 Births
113 Deaths
- 2023 Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia. ↗
- 2023 Ethnic violence breaks out between the Meitei and the Kuki Zo people in the state of Manipur. ↗
- 2021 Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses. ↗
- 2016 Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings. ↗
- 2015 Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. ↗
- 2007 The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". ↗
- 2006 Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia, killing 113 people. ↗
- 2001 The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. ↗
- 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet. ↗
- 1999 The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 484 ± 32 kilometres per hour (301 ± 20 mph). In meteorology, the term "May 3" is synonymous with the F5 tornado. ↗
- 1999 Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War. ↗
- 1987 A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega. ↗
- 1986 Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. ↗
- 1979 Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, she becomes the first female British Prime Minister. ↗
- 1978 The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. ↗
- 1971 Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989. ↗
- 1968 Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas. ↗
- 1963 The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement. ↗
- 1957 Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. ↗
- 1953 Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman. ↗
- 1952 Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole. ↗
- 1952 The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network. ↗
- 1951 London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain. ↗
- 1951 The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. ↗
- 1948 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. ↗
- 1947 New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay. ↗
- 1942 World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia. ↗
- 1939 The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. ↗
- 1928 The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days. ↗
- 1921 Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. ↗
- 1921 West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. ↗
- 1920 A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. ↗
- 1913 Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. ↗
- 1901 The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida. ↗
- 1855 American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. ↗
- 1849 The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49. ↗
- 1848 The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire. ↗
- 1837 The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece. ↗
- 1830 The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. ↗
- 1815 Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war. ↗
- 1808 Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. ↗
- 1808 Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill. ↗
- 1802 Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government. ↗
- 1791 The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ↗
- 1715 A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy. ↗
- 1616 Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war. ↗
- 1568 Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards. ↗
- 1491 Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. ↗
- 1481 The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ↗
- 752 Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. ↗
- 2003 Florian Wirtz, German footballer ↗
- 2001 Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer ↗
- 1999 Tom Hartley, English cricketer ↗
- 1999 Ella Langley, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1997 Desiigner, American rapper ↗
- 1997 Dwayne Haskins, American football player (died 2022) ↗
- 1996 Mary Cain, American runner ↗
- 1996 Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1996 Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian-American basketball player ↗
- 1996 Noah Munck, American actor ↗
- 1995 Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (died 2016) ↗
- 1995 Anwar El Ghazi, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1995 Austin Meadows, American baseball player ↗
- 1991 Samuel Seo, South Korean musician ↗
- 1990 Harvey Guillén, American actor ↗
- 1990 Brooks Koepka, American golfer ↗
- 1990 James Pattinson, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1989 Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1989 Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer ↗
- 1988 Ben Revere, American baseball player ↗
- 1988 Paddy Holohan, Irish mixed martial artist ↗
- 1987 Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress ↗
- 1986 Homer Bailey, American baseball player ↗
- 1986 Pom Klementieff, French actress ↗
- 1985 Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1985 Robin Tonniau, Belgian politician ↗
- 1983 Joseph Addai, American football player ↗
- 1983 Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1983 Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (died 2015) ↗
- 1982 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player ↗
- 1978 Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1978 Lawrence Tynes, American football player ↗
- 1977 Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter ↗
- 1977 Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1977 Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1977 Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach ↗
- 1976 Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach ↗
- 1976 Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach ↗
- 1975 Willie Geist, American television journalist and host ↗
- 1975 Christina Hendricks, American actress and model ↗
- 1975 Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (died 2024) ↗
- 1973 Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host ↗
- 1972 Steve Barclay, English lawyer and politician ↗
- 1971 Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party ↗
- 1967 Daniel Anderson, Australian rugby league coach and manager ↗
- 1967 Kenny Hotz, Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian ↗
- 1965 Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch ↗
- 1965 Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer ↗
- 1965 John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach ↗
- 1965 Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman ↗
- 1964 Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1964 Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager ↗
- 1963 Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1963 Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic ↗
- 1961 Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1961 David Vitter, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1961 Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician ↗
- 1960 Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator ↗
- 1959 Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh ↗
- 1959 Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1958 Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1958 Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster ↗
- 1957 Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1955 Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist ↗
- 1955 David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (died 2004) ↗
- 1954 Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter (died 2024) ↗
- 1952 Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician ↗
- 1952 Joseph W. Tobin, American cardinal ↗
- 1951 Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1951 Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan ↗
- 1951 Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist ↗
- 1950 Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter ↗
- 1949 Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic ↗
- 1949 Ron Wyden, American academic and politician ↗
- 1948 Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer (died 2008) ↗
- 1947 Doug Henning, Canadian magician (died 2000) ↗
- 1946 Norm Chow, American football player and coach ↗
- 1946 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (died 2024) ↗
- 1945 Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager ↗
- 1943 Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho ↗
- 1943 Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer (died 1985) ↗
- 1942 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach (died 2016) ↗
- 1942 Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho ↗
- 1941 Nona Gaprindashvili, Georgian chess player, Women's World Champion, 1962-1978 ↗
- 1940 David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2019) ↗
- 1940 Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
- 1938 Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist (died 2017) ↗
- 1935 Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company (died 2021) ↗
- 1934 Henry Cooper, English boxer and sportscaster (died 2011) ↗
- 1934 Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
- 1934 Frankie Valli, American singer and actor ↗
- 1933 James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006) ↗
- 1933 Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) ↗
- 1932 Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (died 2017) ↗
- 1930 Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (died 2014) ↗
- 1929 Helen Walulik, American baseball player (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (died 2003) ↗
- 1928 Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (died 2001) ↗
- 1925 Marilyn Fisher Lundy, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (died 2000) ↗
- 1924 Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (died 2001) ↗
- 1923 Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2019) ↗
- 1922 Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (died 2000) ↗
- 1921 Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (died 1989) ↗
- 1920 John Lewis, American pianist and composer (died 2001) ↗
- 1919 Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (died 2014) ↗
- 1918 Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (died 2003) ↗
- 1917 Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (died 2006) ↗
- 1917 George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1917 Kiro Gligorov, Macedonian politician and first president of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2012) ↗
- 1915 Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (died 2003) ↗
- 1914 Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet (died 2018) ↗
- 1913 William Inge, American playwright and novelist (died 1973) ↗
- 1912 Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (died 1980) ↗
- 1912 May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (died 1995) ↗
- 1910 Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (died 2011) ↗
- 1906 Mary Astor, American actress (died 1987) ↗
- 1906 Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (died 1975) ↗
- 1905 Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (died 1986) ↗
- 1903 Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (died 1977) ↗
- 1902 Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984) ↗
- 1898 Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (died 1987) ↗
- 1898 Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (died 1978) ↗
- 1897 William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (died 1989) ↗
- 1896 Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (died 1917) ↗
- 1896 V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (died 1974) ↗
- 1896 Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (died 1990) ↗
- 1895 Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (died 1987) ↗
- 1893 Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (died 1975) ↗
- 1892 George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) ↗
- 1892 Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic (died 1970) ↗
- 1891 Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (died 1969) ↗
- 1891 Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher (died 1963) ↗
- 1889 Beulah Bondi, American actress (died 1981) ↗
- 1889 Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (died 1972) ↗
- 1887 Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (died 1954) ↗
- 1886 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (died 1971) ↗
- 1879 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (died 1950) ↗
- 1877 Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (died 1925) ↗
- 1874 François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty (died 1934) ↗
- 1874 Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (died 1954) ↗
- 1873 Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1945) ↗
- 1871 Emmett Dalton, American criminal (died 1937) ↗
- 1870 Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1948) ↗
- 1867 Andy Bowen, American boxer (died 1894) ↗
- 1867 J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (died 1944) ↗
- 1860 Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1940) ↗
- 1859 August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (died 1931) ↗
- 1854 George Gore, American baseball player and manager (died 1933) ↗
- 1849 Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (died 1914) ↗
- 1849 Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1929) ↗
- 1844 Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (died 1901) ↗
- 1826 Charles XV of Sweden (died 1872) ↗
- 1814 Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1892) ↗
- 1783 José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (died 1858) ↗
- 1768 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (died 1838) ↗
- 1764 Princess Élisabeth of France (died 1794) ↗
- 1761 August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (died 1819) ↗
- 1729 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (died 1774) ↗
- 1695 Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (died 1771) ↗
- 1678 Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (died 1747) ↗
- 1662 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (died 1736) ↗
- 1632 Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and candidate for sainthood, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (died 1668) ↗
- 1536 Stephan Praetorius, German theologian (died 1603) ↗
- 1481 Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (died 1534) ↗
- 1479 Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1552) ↗
- 1469 Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (died 1527) ↗
- 1461 Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (died 1521) ↗
- 1446 Margaret of York (died 1503) ↗
- 1428 Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (died 1495) ↗
- 1415 Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1495) ↗
- 1276 Louis, Count of Évreux, son of King Philip III of France (died 1319) ↗
- 1238 Emilia Bicchieri, Italian saint (died 1314) ↗
- 612 Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (died 641) ↗
- 490 Kʼan Joy Chitam I, ruler of Palenque (died 565) ↗
- 2024 Dick Rutan, American military aviator and officer (born 1938) ↗
- 2021 Lloyd Price, American R&B vocalist (born 1933) ↗
- 2020 Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (born 1926) ↗
- 2020 Dave Greenfield, English rock keyboardist (born 1949) ↗
- 2017 Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942) ↗
- 2016 Ian Deans, Canadian politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2016 Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (born 1950) ↗
- 2015 Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (born 1986) ↗
- 2015 Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (born 1915) ↗
- 2014 Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (born 1930) ↗
- 2014 Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (born 1934) ↗
- 2013 Joe Astroth, American baseball player (born 1922) ↗
- 2013 Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (born 1926) ↗
- 2013 Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (born 1943) ↗
- 2013 Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (born 1924) ↗
- 2013 Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (born 1958) ↗
- 2013 David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (born 1909) ↗
- 2013 Curtis Rouse, American football player (born 1960) ↗
- 2013 Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (born 1958) ↗
- 2012 Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1922) ↗
- 2011 Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (born 1922) ↗
- 2011 Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (born 1936) ↗
- 2011 Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (born 1927) ↗
- 2010 Roy Carrier, American accordion player (born 1947) ↗
- 2010 Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (born 1920) ↗
- 2010 Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (born 1923) ↗
- 2009 Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (born 1928) ↗
- 2009 Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (born 1931) ↗
- 2008 Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1926) ↗
- 2007 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (born 1913) ↗
- 2007 Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923) ↗
- 2007 Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (born 1932) ↗
- 2006 Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (born 1921) ↗
- 2006 Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (born 1949) ↗
- 2006 Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (born 1932) ↗
- 2004 Ken Downing, English race car driver (born 1917) ↗
- 2004 Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1928) ↗
- 2003 Suzy Parker, American model and actress (born 1932) ↗
- 2002 Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (born 1910) ↗
- 2002 Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1928) ↗
- 2000 Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (born 1901) ↗
- 2000 John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (born 1920) ↗
- 1999 Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (born 1927) ↗
- 1999 Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1967) ↗
- 1999 Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (born 1920) ↗
- 1998 Gene Raymond, American actor (born 1908) ↗
- 1997 Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (born 1976) ↗
- 1997 Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1927) ↗
- 1996 Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (born 1921) ↗
- 1996 Alex Kellner, American baseball player (born 1924) ↗
- 1996 Jack Weston, American actor (born 1924) ↗
- 1996 Keith Daniel Williams, American rapist and triple murderer (born 1947) ↗
- 1992 George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (born 1902) ↗
- 1991 Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
- 1989 Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (born 1926) ↗
- 1988 Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1908) ↗
- 1987 Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (born 1933) ↗
- 1986 Robert Alda, American actor (born 1914) ↗
- 1981 Nargis, Indian actress (born 1929) ↗
- 1978 Bill Downs, American journalist (born 1914) ↗
- 1972 Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (born 1898) ↗
- 1972 Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (born 1883) ↗
- 1972 Bruce Cabot, American actor (born 1904) ↗
- 1970 Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (born 1918) ↗
- 1969 Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (born 1897) ↗
- 1958 Frank Foster, English cricketer (born 1889) ↗
- 1949 Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (born 1888) ↗
- 1948 Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (born 1876) ↗
- 1943 Harry Miller, American engineer (born 1875) ↗
- 1942 Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1873) ↗
- 1939 Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (born 1873) ↗
- 1935 Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (born 1863) ↗
- 1932 Charles Fort, American journalist and author (born 1874) ↗
- 1925 Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (born 1841) ↗
- 1921 Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (born 1883) ↗
- 1919 Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (born 1854) ↗
- 1918 Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863) ↗
- 1916 Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (born 1858) ↗
- 1916 Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (born 1878) ↗
- 1916 Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (born 1879) ↗
- 1910 Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (born 1871) ↗
- 1882 Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (born 1806) ↗
- 1856 Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (born 1803) ↗
- 1856 Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (born 1788) ↗
- 1839 Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (born 1771) ↗
- 1793 Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (born 1720) ↗
- 1779 John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1714) ↗
- 1764 Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1712) ↗
- 1763 George Psalmanazar, French-English author (born 1679) ↗
- 1758 Pope Benedict XIV (born 1675) ↗
- 1752 Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (born 1692) ↗
- 1750 John Willison, Scottish minister and author (born 1680) ↗
- 1724 John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (born 1662) ↗
- 1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1644) ↗
- 1693 Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (born 1607) ↗
- 1679 James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (born 1613) ↗
- 1621 Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (born 1541) ↗
- 1606 Henry Garnet, English priest and author (born 1555) ↗
- 1589 Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1528) ↗
- 1534 Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (born 1481) ↗
- 1524 Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (born 1481) ↗
- 1501 John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (born 1463) ↗
- 1481 Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (born 1432) ↗
- 1410 Antipope Alexander V ↗
- 1330 Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1282) ↗
- 1294 John I, Duke of Brabant (born 1252) ↗
- 1270 Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206) ↗
- 1152 Matilda of Boulogne (born 1105) ↗
- 738 Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw) ↗
- 678 Tōchi, Japanese princess ↗