65 Events
230 Births
127 Deaths
- 2024 Donald Trump is convicted of falsifying business records in his New York trial, the first time a former President of the United States has been found guilty in a criminal case. ↗
- 2020 The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. ↗
- 2013 Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage. ↗
- 2012 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. ↗
- 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted. ↗
- 2008 TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people. ↗
- 2003 Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards. ↗
- 1998 The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500. ↗
- 1998 Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent. ↗
- 1990 Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia. ↗
- 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. ↗
- 1982 Cold War: Spain joins NATO. ↗
- 1979 Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. ↗
- 1975 European Space Agency is established. ↗
- 1974 The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service. ↗
- 1972 The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1972 In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. ↗
- 1971 Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. ↗
- 1968 Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France. ↗
- 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. ↗
- 1966 Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. ↗
- 1963 A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem. ↗
- 1961 The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ↗
- 1961 Viasa Flight 897 crashes after takeoff from Lisbon Airport, killing 61. ↗
- 1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham. ↗
- 1958 Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. ↗
- 1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. ↗
- 1943 The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp. ↗
- 1942 World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany. ↗
- 1941 World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag. ↗
- 1937 Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators. ↗
- 1925 May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. ↗
- 1922 The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. ↗
- 1914 The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. ↗
- 1913 The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation. ↗
- 1911 At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race. ↗
- 1899 Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona. ↗
- 1883 In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge. ↗
- 1876 Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V. ↗
- 1876 The secret decree of Ems Ukaz, issued by Russian Tsar Alexander II in the German city of Bad Ems, was aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language publications in the Russian Empire. ↗
- 1868 Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group). ↗
- 1866 Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from retreating Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard. ↗
- 1854 The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska. ↗
- 1845 The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country. ↗
- 1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert. ↗
- 1834 Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer". ↗
- 1815 The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives. ↗
- 1814 The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power. ↗
- 1806 Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. ↗
- 1796 War of the First Coalition: In the Battle of Borghetto, Napoleon Bonaparte manages to cross the Mincio River against the Austrian army. This crossing forces the Austrians to abandon Lombardy and retreat to the Tyrol, leaving the fortress of Mantua as the sole remaining Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy. ↗
- 1723 Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity. ↗
- 1642 From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament. ↗
- 1635 Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed. ↗
- 1631 Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper. ↗
- 1588 The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. ↗
- 1574 Henry III becomes King of France. ↗
- 1539 In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold. ↗
- 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives. ↗
- 1510 During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion. ↗
- 1434 Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great. ↗
- 1431 Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. ↗
- 1416 The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy. ↗
- 1381 Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England. ↗
- 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi). ↗
- 2002 Natty, Thai singer based in South Korea ↗
- 2000 Jared S. Gilmore, American actor ↗
- 1999 Eddie Nketiah, English footballer ↗
- 1999 Guanyu Zhou, Chinese race car driver ↗
- 1997 Jung Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 1997 Charlie Hall, American actor ↗
- 1997 Jake Short, American actor ↗
- 1996 Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player ↗
- 1994 Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Harrison Barnes, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Danielle Harold, English actress ↗
- 1992 Jeremy Lamb, American basketball player ↗
- 1991 Jonathan Fox, English swimmer ↗
- 1990 Im Yoon-ah, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 1990 Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Zack Wheeler, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter ↗
- 1989 Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player ↗
- 1986 Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer ↗
- 1986 Will Peltz, American actor ↗
- 1985 Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (died 2013) ↗
- 1985 Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer ↗
- 1985 Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer ↗
- 1984 Matt Maguire, Australian footballer ↗
- 1984 Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (died 2007) ↗
- 1982 James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player ↗
- 1981 Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1981 Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver ↗
- 1981 Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer ↗
- 1981 Remy Ma, American rapper ↗
- 1981 Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player ↗
- 1981 Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1980 Steven Gerrard, English international footballer and manager ↗
- 1980 Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player ↗
- 1980 Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author ↗
- 1979 Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1979 Clint Bowyer, American race car driver ↗
- 1979 Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1977 Rachael Stirling, English actress ↗
- 1977 Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer ↗
- 1976 Arna Lára Jónsdóttir, Icelandic politician ↗
- 1976 Rasho Nesterović, basketball player ↗
- 1976 Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach ↗
- 1976 Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner ↗
- 1975 Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player ↗
- 1975 Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1975 Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach ↗
- 1975 CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1975 Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman ↗
- 1974 Big L, American rapper (died 1999) ↗
- 1974 Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer ↗
- 1974 Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor ↗
- 1974 David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1972 Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1971 Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach ↗
- 1971 Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1971 Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1971 Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician ↗
- 1971 Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1969 Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1969 Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1968 Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta ↗
- 1968 Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks ↗
- 1967 Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1967 Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player ↗
- 1967 Sven Pipien, German-American bass player ↗
- 1966 Sonya Curry, mother of American basketball players ↗
- 1966 Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1966 Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1965 Troy Coker, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1965 Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1965 Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l. ↗
- 1964 Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ↗
- 1964 Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver ↗
- 1964 Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
- 1963 Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1963 Élise Lucet, French journalist ↗
- 1963 Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut ↗
- 1962 Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ↗
- 1962 Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician ↗
- 1962 Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician ↗
- 1962 Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer ↗
- 1961 Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 John Terlesky, American actor ↗
- 1961 Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer ↗
- 1959 Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1959 Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler ↗
- 1959 Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician ↗
- 1958 Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player ↗
- 1958 Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019) ↗
- 1958 Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1958 Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut ↗
- 1958 Ted McGinley, American actor ↗
- 1957 Mike Clayton, Australian golfer ↗
- 1956 Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic ↗
- 1956 Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (died 2012) ↗
- 1955 Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1955 Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic ↗
- 1955 Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge ↗
- 1955 Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic ↗
- 1955 Jake Roberts, American professional wrestler ↗
- 1953 Jim Hunter, Canadian skier ↗
- 1953 Colm Meaney, Irish actor ↗
- 1952 Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1952 Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster ↗
- 1951 Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter ↗
- 1951 Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay ↗
- 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director ↗
- 1950 Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris ↗
- 1950 Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician ↗
- 1950 Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author ↗
- 1949 P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1949 Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge ↗
- 1949 Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019) ↗
- 1948 Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist ↗
- 1948 Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005) ↗
- 1948 David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer ↗
- 1947 Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (died 2021) ↗
- 1946 Allan Chapman, English historian and author ↗
- 1946 Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer ↗
- 1945 Gladys Horton, American singer (died 2011) ↗
- 1944 Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1944 Meredith MacRae, American actress (died 2000) ↗
- 1944 Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman ↗
- 1943 James Chaney, American civil rights activist (died 1964) ↗
- 1943 Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer ↗
- 1943 Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist (died 2020) ↗
- 1942 John Gladwin, English bishop ↗
- 1942 Carole Stone, English journalist and author ↗
- 1940 Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (died 2015) ↗
- 1940 Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player ↗
- 1939 Michael J. Pollard, American actor (died 2019) ↗
- 1939 Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver ↗
- 1939 Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones ↗
- 1938 Billie Letts, American author and educator (died 2014) ↗
- 1937 Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician ↗
- 1937 Rick Mather, American-English architect (died 2013) ↗
- 1936 Keir Dullea, American actor ↗
- 1935 Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer ↗
- 1935 Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (died 2005) ↗
- 1934 Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019) ↗
- 1934 Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (died 2012) ↗
- 1932 Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright ↗
- 1932 Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (died 2016) ↗
- 1932 Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2018) ↗
- 1931 Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate ↗
- 1930 Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (died 2007) ↗
- 1930 Robert Ryman, American painter (died 2019) ↗
- 1929 Georges Gilson, French archbishop (died 2024) ↗
- 1928 Pro Hart, Australian painter (died 2006) ↗
- 1928 Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019) ↗
- 1927 Joan Birman, American mathematician ↗
- 1927 Clint Walker, American actor and singer (died 2018) ↗
- 1927 Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1993) ↗
- 1926 Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (died 2015) ↗
- 1925 John Henry Marks, English physician and author (died 2022) ↗
- 1924 Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Hal Clement, American author and educator (died 2003) ↗
- 1920 Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (died 1989) ↗
- 1919 René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (died 1969) ↗
- 1918 Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (died 2000) ↗
- 1918 Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (died 2007) ↗
- 1916 Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (died 1962) ↗
- 1916 Mort Meskin, American illustrator (died 1995) ↗
- 1915 Len Carney, English footballer and soldier (died 1996) ↗
- 1914 Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (died 1979) ↗
- 1912 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) ↗
- 1912 Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (died 1996) ↗
- 1912 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (died 1980) ↗
- 1912 Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (died 1996) ↗
- 1912 Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (died 2010) ↗
- 1910 Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (died 2011) ↗
- 1909 Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (died 1997) ↗
- 1909 Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (died 1988) ↗
- 1909 Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986) ↗
- 1908 Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) ↗
- 1908 Mel Blanc, American voice actor (died 1989) ↗
- 1907 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (died 2008) ↗
- 1906 Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (died 1959) ↗
- 1903 Countee Cullen, American poet and author (died 1946) ↗
- 1902 Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (died 1985) ↗
- 1901 Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (died 1969) ↗
- 1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (died 1979) ↗
- 1899 Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 1936) ↗
- 1898 John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (died 1985) ↗
- 1897 Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986) ↗
- 1896 Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977) ↗
- 1895 Maurice Tate, English cricketer (died 1956) ↗
- 1894 Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1965) ↗
- 1892 Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (died 1972) ↗
- 1890 Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1936) ↗
- 1887 Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964) ↗
- 1887 Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964) ↗
- 1886 Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964) ↗
- 1886 Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (died 1918) ↗
- 1885 Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (died 1942) ↗
- 1884 Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (died 1942) ↗
- 1883 Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (died 1930) ↗
- 1882 Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (died 1915) ↗
- 1881 Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (died 1968) ↗
- 1879 Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (died 1917) ↗
- 1879 Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (died 1975) ↗
- 1875 Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (died 1944) ↗
- 1874 Ernest Duchesne, French physician (died 1912) ↗
- 1869 Grace Andrews, American mathematician (died 1951) ↗
- 1862 Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (died 1911) ↗
- 1846 Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (died 1920) ↗
- 1845 Amadeo I, Spanish king (died 1890) ↗
- 1844 Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (died 1921) ↗
- 1835 Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913) ↗
- 1820 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (died 1890) ↗
- 1819 William McMurdo, English general (died 1894) ↗
- 1814 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876) ↗
- 1814 Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894) ↗
- 1800 Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (died 1883) ↗
- 1797 Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (died 1873) ↗
- 1768 Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (died 1815) ↗
- 1757 Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844) ↗
- 1719 Roger Newdigate, English politician (died 1806) ↗
- 1718 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1793) ↗
- 1686 Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (died 1736) ↗
- 1623 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1686) ↗
- 1599 Samuel Bochart, French Protestant biblical scholar (died 1667) ↗
- 1580 Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (died 1634) ↗
- 1464 Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (died 1515) ↗
- 1423 Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1461) ↗
- 1201 Theobald IV, count of Champagne (died 1253) ↗
- 1010 Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1063) ↗
- 2025 Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926) ↗
- 2025 Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (born 1953) ↗
- 2025 Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (born 1937) ↗
- 2025 John E. Thrasher, American politician (born 1943) ↗
- 2024 Geneviève de Galard, French nurse (born 1925) ↗
- 2024 Drew Gordon, American professional basketball player (born 1990) ↗
- 2021 Jason Dupasquier, Swiss motorcycle road racer (born 2001) ↗
- 2020 Michael Angelis, British actor (born 1944) ↗
- 2019 Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2019 Jason Marcano, Trinidadian footballer (born 1983) ↗
- 2016 Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953) ↗
- 2016 Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950) ↗
- 2015 Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969) ↗
- 2015 Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957) ↗
- 2015 L. Tom Perry, American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1922) ↗
- 2014 Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936) ↗
- 2014 Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927) ↗
- 2014 Joan Lorring, British actress (born 1926) ↗
- 2014 Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (born 1932) ↗
- 2013 Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (born 1953) ↗
- 2013 Larry Jones, American football player and coach (born 1933) ↗
- 2012 John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957) ↗
- 2012 Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2012 Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934) ↗
- 2011 Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (born 1952) ↗
- 2011 Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (born 1970) ↗
- 2011 Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (born 1942) ↗
- 2011 Clarice Taylor, American actress (born 1917) ↗
- 2011 Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921) ↗
- 2010 Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1933) ↗
- 2010 Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (born 1917) ↗
- 2009 Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926) ↗
- 2009 Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966) ↗
- 2009 Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916) ↗
- 2007 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (born 1933) ↗
- 2007 Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (born 1907) ↗
- 2007 Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (born 1927) ↗
- 2006 Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
- 2006 David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938) ↗
- 2006 Robert Sterling, American actor (born 1917) ↗
- 2005 Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (born 1945) ↗
- 2005 Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (born 1958) ↗
- 2005 Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918) ↗
- 2001 Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (born 1915) ↗
- 2000 Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1914) ↗
- 1999 Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (born 1920) ↗
- 1996 Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (born 1903) ↗
- 1996 Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (born 1961) ↗
- 1995 Drake – English footballer and manager (born 1912) ↗
- 1995 Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (born 1911) ↗
- 1995 Bobby Stokes, English footballer (born 1951) ↗
- 1994 Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899) ↗
- 1994 Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (born 1914) ↗
- 1994 Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (born 1955) ↗
- 1993 Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914) ↗
- 1986 Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (born 1940) ↗
- 1984 Manuel Buendía, Mexican journalist and political columnist (born 1926) ↗
- 1982 Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (born 1904) ↗
- 1981 Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955) ↗
- 1981 Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (born 1936) ↗
- 1980 Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (born 1942) ↗
- 1978 Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909) ↗
- 1976 Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890) ↗
- 1976 Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (born 1902) ↗
- 1975 Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born 1951) ↗
- 1975 Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908) ↗
- 1975 Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (born 1895) ↗
- 1971 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (born 1886) ↗
- 1967 Claude Rains, English-American actor (born 1889) ↗
- 1965 Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (born 1899) ↗
- 1964 Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (born 1882) ↗
- 1964 Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (born 1927) ↗
- 1964 Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (born 1898) ↗
- 1961 Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891) ↗
- 1960 Boris Pasternak – Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890) ↗
- 1957 Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (born 1921) ↗
- 1955 Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (born 1918) ↗
- 1953 Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (born 1886) ↗
- 1951 Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (born 1886) ↗
- 1949 Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (born 1874) ↗
- 1948 József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874) ↗
- 1947 Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880) ↗
- 1946 Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (born 1910) ↗
- 1941 Prajadhipok, Thai king (born 1893) ↗
- 1939 Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (born 1904) ↗
- 1934 Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (born 1848) ↗
- 1926 Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (born 1864) ↗
- 1925 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (born 1876) ↗
- 1920 Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali, Bengali writer and social activist (born 1858) ↗
- 1918 Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (born 1856) ↗
- 1912 Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867) ↗
- 1911 Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (born 1836) ↗
- 1901 Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841) ↗
- 1892 Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (born 1835) ↗
- 1875 Ling Ma – "cripple suffragette" (sic) ↗
- 1873 Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800) ↗
- 1867 Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (born 1797) ↗
- 1865 John Catron, American lawyer and judge (born 1786) ↗
- 1855 Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (born 1777) ↗
- 1832 James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (born 1765) ↗
- 1829 Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (born 1774) ↗
- 1778 Voltaire, French philosopher and author (born 1694) ↗
- 1778 José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (born ca. 1700) ↗
- 1770 François Boucher, French painter and set designer (born 1703) ↗
- 1744 Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688) ↗
- 1718 Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (born 1670) ↗
- 1712 Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (born 1645) ↗
- 1696 Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1638) ↗
- 1670 John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (born 1597) ↗
- 1640 Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (born 1577) ↗
- 1606 Guru Arjan Dev, fifth of the Sikh gurus (born 1563) ↗
- 1593 Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564) ↗
- 1574 Charles IX of France (born 1550) ↗
- 1472 Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (born 1416) ↗
- 1469 Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (born 1389) ↗
- 1434 Prokop the Great, Czech general (born 1380) ↗
- 1431 Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (born 1412) ↗
- 1416 Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (born 1379) ↗
- 1376 Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon, French noblewoman ↗
- 1347 John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (born 1290) ↗
- 1252 Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León (born 1199) ↗
- 1159 Władysław II the Exile, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (born 1105) ↗
- 1035 Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (born 980) ↗
- 947 Ma Xifan, king of Chu (born 899) ↗
- 727 Hubertus, bishop Liège ↗
- 531 Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang dynasty (born 501) ↗