55 Events
179 Births
115 Deaths
- 2019 A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured. ↗
- 2017 A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463. ↗
- 2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ↗
- 2013 The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries. ↗
- 2013 A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes near El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities (including three storm chasers) and over 150 injuries. ↗
- 2010 Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray. ↗
- 2008 Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds. ↗
- 2008 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-124 carrying the second portion of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. ↗
- 2005 Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat". ↗
- 2003 Air France retires its fleet of Concorde aircraft. ↗
- 1997 The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick. ↗
- 1991 Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission. ↗
- 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. ↗
- 1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed. ↗
- 1973 The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War. ↗
- 1973 Indian Airlines Flight 440 crashes near Palam Airport in Delhi, killing 48. ↗
- 1971 In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. ↗
- 1970 The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured. ↗
- 1962 The West Indies Federation dissolves. ↗
- 1961 The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership. ↗
- 1961 In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society. ↗
- 1955 The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation "at all deliberate speed." ↗
- 1951 The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces. ↗
- 1947 Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government. ↗
- 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia. ↗
- 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II. ↗
- 1935 A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000. ↗
- 1924 Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children. ↗
- 1921 The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300. ↗
- 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive. ↗
- 1911 The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ↗
- 1911 The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. ↗
- 1910 The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. ↗
- 1909 The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time. ↗
- 1906 The attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day instead kills 24 ↗
- 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa. ↗
- 1889 Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. ↗
- 1884 The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria. ↗
- 1879 Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. ↗
- 1859 The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time. ↗
- 1813 In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. ↗
- 1805 French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique. ↗
- 1795 French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed. ↗
- 1790 Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca. ↗
- 1790 The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. ↗
- 1775 American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina. ↗
- 1669 Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary. ↗
- 1610 The pageant London's Love to Prince Henry on the River Thames celebrates the creation of Prince Henry as Prince of Wales. ↗
- 1578 King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. ↗
- 1293 Mongols depart Java after the failed Mongol invasion against King Kertanegara of Singhasari. ↗
- 1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans. ↗
- 1215 Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. ↗
- 455 Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. ↗
- 2001 Breece Hall, American football player ↗
- 2001 Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player ↗
- 2000 Gable Steveson, American wrestler ↗
- 1998 Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver ↗
- 1997 Woo Jin-young, South Korean singer and rapper ↗
- 1997 Jeong Se-woon, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
- 1996 Normani Kordei Hamilton, American singer ↗
- 1996 Brandon Smith, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1995 Shane Bieber, American baseball player ↗
- 1995 Matthew Lodge, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1992 Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete ↗
- 1992 Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician ↗
- 1991 Azealia Banks, American singer-songwriter and rapper ↗
- 1990 Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Marco Reus, German footballer ↗
- 1986 Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper ↗
- 1986 Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist ↗
- 1985 Jordy Nelson, American football player ↗
- 1984 Andrew Bailey, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer ↗
- 1984 Nate Robinson, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Brett Firman, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1981 Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1981 Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer ↗
- 1981 Jake Peavy, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Marlies Schild, Austrian skier ↗
- 1980 Andy Hurley, American musician ↗
- 1979 Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1977 Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer ↗
- 1977 Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer ↗
- 1976 Colin Farrell, Irish actor ↗
- 1976 Matt Harpring, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1975 Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1974 Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer ↗
- 1972 Frode Estil, Norwegian skier ↗
- 1972 Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer ↗
- 1972 Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer and coach ↗
- 1972 Archie Panjabi, British actress ↗
- 1972 Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1971 Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger ↗
- 1967 Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer ↗
- 1967 Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1966 Diesel, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1966 Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee ↗
- 1965 Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer ↗
- 1964 Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman ↗
- 1964 Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach ↗
- 1964 Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs ↗
- 1964 Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, American rapper and producer ↗
- 1963 David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester ↗
- 1963 Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary ↗
- 1963 Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2003) ↗
- 1962 Dina Boluarte, Peruvian politician, 64th President of Peru ↗
- 1962 Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1961 Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1961 Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician ↗
- 1961 Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1960 Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman ↗
- 1960 Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
- 1960 Peter Winterbottom, English rugby player ↗
- 1959 Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (died 2014) ↗
- 1959 Phil Wilson, English politician ↗
- 1957 Jim Craig, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1956 Fritz Hilpert, German drummer and composer ↗
- 1956 John Young, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
- 1955 Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1955 Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
- 1954 Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer ↗
- 1954 Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (died 2000) ↗
- 1953 Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter ↗
- 1952 Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016) ↗
- 1952 Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
- 1951 Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower ↗
- 1950 Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment ↗
- 1950 Gregory Harrison, American actor ↗
- 1950 Christine Kurzhals, German politician (died 1998) ↗
- 1950 Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (died 2022) ↗
- 1949 Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer ↗
- 1948 Svetlana Alexievich – Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1948 John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer (died 1980) ↗
- 1948 Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer (died 1991) ↗
- 1948 Duncan Hunter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1947 Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1947 Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower ↗
- 1946 Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic ↗
- 1946 Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire ↗
- 1946 Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (died 2009) ↗
- 1946 Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman ↗
- 1945 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982) ↗
- 1945 Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire ↗
- 1945 Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author ↗
- 1943 Sharon Gless, American actress ↗
- 1943 Joe Namath, American football player, sportscaster, and actor ↗
- 1941 June Clark, Welsh nurse and educator ↗
- 1941 Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1941 William Nordhaus, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1940 Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach ↗
- 1940 Augie Meyers, American musician and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1940 Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator ↗
- 1939 Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author ↗
- 1938 Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003) ↗
- 1938 John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2024) ↗
- 1938 Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1935 Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2025) ↗
- 1934 Jim Hutton, American actor (died 1979) ↗
- 1933 Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author ↗
- 1932 Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (died 2012) ↗
- 1932 Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (died 1994) ↗
- 1931 John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019) ↗
- 1931 Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (died 2010) ↗
- 1930 Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer ↗
- 1930 Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (died 2011) ↗
- 1929 Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (died 2014) ↗
- 1928 Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (died 2001) ↗
- 1927 James Eberle, English admiral (died 2018) ↗
- 1927 Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Julian Beck, American actor and director (died 1986) ↗
- 1923 Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (died 2005) ↗
- 1923 Claudio Matteini, Italian football player (died 2003) ↗
- 1922 Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (died 1992) ↗
- 1921 Edna Doré, English actress (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (died 2007) ↗
- 1921 Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (died 2008) ↗
- 1921 Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (died 2006) ↗
- 1919 Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (died 1995) ↗
- 1918 Robert Osterloh, American actor (died 2001)[better source needed] ↗
- 1918 Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist (died 1982) ↗
- 1916 Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997) ↗
- 1914 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (died 2006) ↗
- 1912 Wu Chien-Shiung – Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (died 1997) ↗
- 1911 Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010) ↗
- 1909 Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2000) ↗
- 1908 Don Ameche, American actor (died 1993) ↗
- 1901 Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (died 1983) ↗
- 1900 Lucile Godbold, American athlete (died 1981) ↗
- 1898 Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (died 1993) ↗
- 1894 Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author (died 1956) ↗
- 1892 Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (died 1968) ↗
- 1892 Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician (died 1951) ↗
- 1892 Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author (died 1968) ↗
- 1892 Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (died 1934) ↗
- 1887 Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) ↗
- 1885 Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (died 1967) ↗
- 1883 Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (died 1942) ↗
- 1882 Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (died 1956) ↗
- 1879 Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (died 1952) ↗
- 1875 Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (died 1953) ↗
- 1866 John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1936) ↗
- 1863 Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (died 1942) ↗
- 1860 Walter Sickert, English painter (died 1942) ↗
- 1858 Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist (died 1932) ↗
- 1857 Pope Pius XI (died 1939) ↗
- 1852 Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (died 1919) ↗
- 1852 Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (died 1921) ↗
- 1847 William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (died 1924) ↗
- 1842 John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (died 1894) ↗
- 1838 Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (died 1900) ↗
- 1835 Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (died 1869) ↗
- 1827 Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903) ↗
- 1819 Walt Whitman – American poet, essayist, and journalist (died 1892) ↗
- 1818 John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1867) ↗
- 1815 Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania (died 1906) ↗
- 1812 Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884) ↗
- 1801 Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar (died 1887) ↗
- 1773 Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (died 1853) ↗
- 1754 Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (died 1817) ↗
- 1753 Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (died 1793) ↗
- 1732 Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (died 1812) ↗
- 1725 Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (died 1795) ↗
- 1641 Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (died 1707) ↗
- 1640 Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (died 1673) ↗
- 1613 John George II, Elector of Saxony (died 1680) ↗
- 1577 Nur Jahan, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire (died 1645) ↗
- 1556 Jerzy Radziwiłł, Catholic cardinal (died 1600) ↗
- 1535 Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (died 1607) ↗
- 1469 Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521) ↗
- 1462 Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1504) ↗
- 2025 Stanley Fischer, Israeli-American economist (born 1943) ↗
- 2024 Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer (born 1949) ↗
- 2024 Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama (born 1937) ↗
- 2022 Colin Cantwell, American concept artist and director (born 1932) ↗
- 2022 Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968) ↗
- 2022 Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug lord (born 1939) ↗
- 2022 Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931) ↗
- 2016 Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976–2016) (born 1947) ↗
- 2016 Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (born 1938) ↗
- 2016 Carla Lane, English television writer (born 1928) ↗
- 2016 Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (born 1939) ↗
- 2015 Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (born 1917) ↗
- 2014 Marilyn Beck, American journalist (born 1928) ↗
- 2014 Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (born 1952) ↗
- 2014 Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (born 1935) ↗
- 2014 Martha Hyer, American actress (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1942) ↗
- 2014 Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (born 1922) ↗
- 2013 Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (born 1926) ↗
- 2013 Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (born 1933) ↗
- 2013 Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (born 1957) ↗
- 2013 Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (born 1987) ↗
- 2013 Jean Stapleton, American actress (born 1923) ↗
- 2012 Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (born 1919) ↗
- 2012 Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (born 1916) ↗
- 2012 Paul Pietsch, German race car driver and publisher (born 1911) ↗
- 2012 Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (born 1959) ↗
- 2011 Pauline Betz, American tennis player (born 1919) ↗
- 2011 Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group (born 1977) ↗
- 2011 Derek Hodge, Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1941) ↗
- 2011 Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (born 1909) ↗
- 2011 John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (born 1918) ↗
- 2011 Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (born 1925) ↗
- 2010 Louise Bourgeois – French-American sculptor and painter (born 1911) ↗
- 2010 Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (born 1933) ↗
- 2010 William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1923) ↗
- 2010 Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (born 1947) ↗
- 2010 Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942) ↗
- 2009 Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (born 1927) ↗
- 2009 George Tiller, American physician (born 1941) ↗
- 2006 Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (born 1933) ↗
- 2006 Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914) ↗
- 2004 Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1954) ↗
- 2004 Robert Quine, American guitarist (born 1941) ↗
- 2004 Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (born 1941) ↗
- 2002 Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (born 1929) ↗
- 2001 Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (born 1907) ↗
- 2000 Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (born 1936) ↗
- 2000 A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (born 1928) ↗
- 1998 Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (born 1912) ↗
- 1996 Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (born 1920) ↗
- 1995 Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930) ↗
- 1994 Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (born 1969) ↗
- 1994 Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (born 1909) ↗
- 1993 Honey Tree Evil Eye, or, Spuds MacKenzie, Bud Light Bull Terrier mascot (born 1983) ↗
- 1989 C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (born 1901) ↗
- 1989 Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (born 1900) ↗
- 1987 John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
- 1986 Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (born 1918) ↗
- 1986 James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917) ↗
- 1985 Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (born 1921) ↗
- 1983 Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (born 1895) ↗
- 1982 Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (born 1930) ↗
- 1981 Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (born 1914) ↗
- 1978 József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925) ↗
- 1977 William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914) ↗
- 1976 Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910) ↗
- 1970 Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1929) ↗
- 1970 Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (born 1885) ↗
- 1967 Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (born 1915) ↗
- 1962 Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (born 1874) ↗
- 1960 Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (born 1882) ↗
- 1960 Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (born 1890) ↗
- 1957 Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (born 1890) ↗
- 1957 Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (born 1878) ↗
- 1954 Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (born 1873) ↗
- 1945 Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (born 1904) ↗
- 1931 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (born 1866) ↗
- 1931 Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (born 1864) ↗
- 1910 Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (born 1821) ↗
- 1909 Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (born 1852) ↗
- 1908 Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (born 1839) ↗
- 1899 Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (born 1818) ↗
- 1848 Eugénie de Guérin, French author (born 1805) ↗
- 1847 Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (born 1780) ↗
- 1846 Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (born 1780) ↗
- 1837 Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer (born 1779) ↗
- 1832 Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (born 1811) ↗
- 1831 Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (born 1757) ↗
- 1809 Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1732) ↗
- 1809 Jean Lannes, French general (born 1769) ↗
- 1747 Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1686) ↗
- 1740 Frederick William I of Prussia (born 1688) ↗
- 1680 Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (born 1650) ↗
- 1665 Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (born 1597) ↗
- 1640 Zeynab Begum, Safavid princess (date of birth unknown) ↗
- 1601 Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (born 1547) ↗
- 1594 Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (born 1518) ↗
- 1567 Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522) ↗
- 1558 Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (born 1505) ↗
- 1504 Engelbert II of Nassau (born 1451) ↗
- 1410 Martin of Aragon, Spanish king (born 1356) ↗
- 1408 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1358) ↗
- 1370 Vitalis of Assisi, Italian hermit and monk (born 1295) ↗
- 1349 Thomas Wake, English politician (born 1297) ↗
- 1329 Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (born 1261) ↗
- 1326 Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (born 1271) ↗
- 1321 Birger, king of Sweden (born 1280) ↗
- 1162 Géza II, king of Hungary (born 1130) ↗
- 1089 Sigwin von Are, archbishop of Cologne ↗
- 1076 Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, English politician (born 1050) ↗
- 960 Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (born 909) ↗
- 930 Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (born 896) ↗
- 455 Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (born 396) ↗