On This Day: October 17 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war. ↗
2019 Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. ↗
2019 The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon. ↗
2018 The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. ↗
2018 A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others. ↗
2017 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa. ↗
2004 A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. ↗
2001 Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian. ↗
2000 The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack. ↗
1994 Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. ↗
1992 Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ↗
1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people. ↗
1989 The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63. ↗
1989 The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary. ↗
1988 Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people. ↗
1980 As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican. ↗
1979 Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ↗
1979 The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education. ↗
1977 The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued. ↗
1973 OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War. ↗
1970 FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte. ↗
1969 The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. ↗
1966 The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters. ↗
1965 The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees. ↗
1961 Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters. ↗
1961 The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri. ↗
1956 The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England. ↗
1952 Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council. ↗
1945 A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release. ↗
1943 The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed. ↗
1943 Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed. ↗
1941 World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat. ↗
1940 The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery. ↗
1933 Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. ↗
1931 Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. ↗
1919 Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I ↗
1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War. ↗
1907 Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service. ↗
1861 Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre. ↗
1860 First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). ↗
1850 Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo. ↗
1814 Eight people die in the London Beer Flood. ↗
1811 The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence. ↗
1806 Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule. ↗
1800 War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao. ↗
1797 Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition. ↗
1781 American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York. ↗
1771 Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15. ↗
1713 Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne. ↗
1662 Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds. ↗
1660 The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered. ↗
1610 French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral. ↗
1604 Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus. ↗
1558 Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded. ↗
1534 Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass. ↗
1456 The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe. ↗
1448 An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo. ↗
1346 The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years. ↗
1091 London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. ↗
690 Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. ↗

2002 Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player ↗
2001 Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer ↗
1997 Robert Williams III, American basketball player ↗
1996 Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1995 Jamal Adams, American football player ↗
1995 Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player ↗
1993 Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer ↗
1993 Vincent Poirier, French basketball player ↗
1992 Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer ↗
1992 Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer ↗
1992 Anthony Gill, American basketball player ↗
1992 Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress ↗
1991 Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress ↗
1990 Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer ↗
1990 Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player ↗
1990 Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer ↗
1990 Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer ↗
1990 Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player ↗
1989 Débora García, Spanish footballer ↗
1989 Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer ↗
1989 Sophie Luck, Australian actress ↗
1989 Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist ↗
1989 David Timor, Spanish footballer ↗
1988 Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player ↗
1988 Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model ↗
1988 Marina Salas, Spanish actress ↗
1987 Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer ↗
1987 Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer ↗
1987 Elliot Grandin, French footballer ↗
1987 Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer ↗
1986 Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer ↗
1986 Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist ↗
1986 Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player ↗
1986 Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer ↗
1986 Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater ↗
1986 Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player ↗
1985 Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1985 Max Irons, English-Irish actor ↗
1985 Collins John, Dutch footballer ↗
1985 Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer ↗
1984 Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1984 Chris Lowell, American actor ↗
1984 Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer ↗
1984 Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator ↗
1984 Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist ↗
1984 Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader ↗
1984 Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist ↗
1984 Jared Tallent, Australian race walker ↗
1983 Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress ↗
1983 Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater ↗
1983 Felicity Jones, English actress ↗
1983 Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer ↗
1983 Riki Miura, Japanese actor ↗
1983 Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer ↗
1983 Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer ↗
1983 Mitch Talbot, American baseball player ↗
1983 Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer ↗
1982 Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer ↗
1982 Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer ↗
1982 Marion Rolland, French skier ↗
1981 Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer ↗
1981 Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
1981 Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist ↗
1981 Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer ↗
1981 Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist ↗
1980 Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player ↗
1980 Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer ↗
1980 Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1980 Angel Parker, American actress ↗
1980 Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver ↗
1980 Justin Shenkarow, American actor ↗
1979 Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist ↗
1979 Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022) ↗
1979 Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver ↗
1979 Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player ↗
1978 Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach ↗
1978 Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician ↗
1978 Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress ↗
1978 Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician ↗
1977 Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer ↗
1977 Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer ↗
1977 Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1977 Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1977 Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician ↗
1977 Ryan McGinley, American photographer ↗
1977 André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager ↗
1976 Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1976 Seth Etherton, American baseball player ↗
1976 Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist ↗
1976 Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach ↗
1975 Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician ↗
1975 Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1975 Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer ↗
1974 Ariel Levy, American journalist and author ↗
1974 Matthew Macfadyen, English actor ↗
1974 Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician ↗
1974 Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress ↗
1974 Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player ↗
1974 John Rocker, American baseball player ↗
1974 Darío Sala, Argentine footballer ↗
1974 Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player ↗
1974 Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer ↗
1973 Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player ↗
1973 Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach ↗
1972 Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor ↗
1972 Sharon Leal, American actress ↗
1972 Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer ↗
1972 Tarkan, German-Turkish singer ↗
1971 Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer ↗
1971 Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
1971 Martin Heinrich, American politician ↗
1971 Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005) ↗
1971 Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1970 Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer ↗
1970 John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1970 J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor ↗
1969 Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster ↗
1969 Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker ↗
1969 Wood Harris, American actor ↗
1969 Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor ↗
1969 Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1968 Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist ↗
1968 Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster ↗
1968 Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor ↗
1968 David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1967 René Dif, Danish musician ↗
1967 Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer ↗
1967 Simon Segars, English businessman ↗
1967 Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player ↗
1966 Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach ↗
1966 Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager ↗
1966 Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist ↗
1966 Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster ↗
1965 Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
1965 Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor ↗
1964 Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician ↗
1964 Gregg Wallace, English television presenter ↗
1963 Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist ↗
1963 Toby Young, English journalist and academic ↗
1962 Glenn Braggs, American baseball player ↗
1962 Jay Humphries, American basketball player ↗
1962 Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor ↗
1961 David Means, American short story writer ↗
1960 Guy Henry, English actor ↗
1960 Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer ↗
1960 Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013) ↗
1960 Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic ↗
1959 Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician ↗
1959 Ron Drummond, American author and scholar ↗
1959 Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016) ↗
1959 Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter ↗
1959 Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician ↗
1959 Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021) ↗
1959 Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic ↗
1959 Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic ↗
1958 Howard Alden, American guitarist ↗
1958 Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter ↗
1958 Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977) ↗
1958 Craig Murray, British diplomat ↗
1957 Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer ↗
1957 Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002) ↗
1957 Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer ↗
1957 Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist ↗
1957 Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster (died 2025) ↗
1957 Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist ↗
1957 Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor ↗
1956 Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1956 Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut ↗
1956 Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina ↗
1956 Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive ↗
1956 Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author ↗
1955 Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance ↗
1955 Mike Bratz, American basketball player ↗
1954 Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer ↗
1953 Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader ↗
1953 Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer ↗
1951 Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer ↗
1951 Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater ↗
1951 Roger Pontare, Swedish singer ↗
1951 Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist ↗
1950 Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal ↗
1950 Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017) ↗
1950 Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996) ↗
1949 Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020) ↗
1949 Bill Hudson, American musician and actor ↗
1948 Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer ↗
1948 Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007) ↗
1948 Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018) ↗
1948 George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025) ↗
1947 Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco ↗
1947 Gene Green, American lawyer and politician ↗
1947 Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director ↗
1947 Robert Post, American educator and academic ↗
1946 Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010) ↗
1946 Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012) ↗
1946 Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian ↗
1946 Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist ↗
1946 Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager ↗
1946 Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian ↗
1946 Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021) ↗
1946 Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic ↗
1946 Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018) ↗
1946 José Perramón, Spanish handball player ↗
1946 Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician ↗
1946 Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter ↗
1946 Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist ↗
1944 Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010) ↗
1943 Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015) ↗
1942 Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017) ↗
1942 Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1941 Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) ↗
1941 Paul Ellison, American musician ↗
1941 Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022) ↗
1940 Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor ↗
1940 Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019) ↗
1940 Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018) ↗
1939 Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1938 António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist ↗
1938 Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007) ↗
1938 Les Murray – Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019) ↗
1937 José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician ↗
1937 Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano ↗
1937 Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011) ↗
1937 Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023) ↗
1936 Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
1936 Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic ↗
1936 Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993) ↗
1936 Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018) ↗
1935 Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014) ↗
1935 Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival ↗
1935 Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022) ↗
1934 Alan Garner, English author and playwright ↗
1934 Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005) ↗
1934 Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015) ↗
1933 William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024) ↗
1933 The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985) ↗
1932 Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994) ↗
1931 José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011) ↗
1931 Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012) ↗
1931 Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008) ↗
1930 Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003) ↗
1930 Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003) ↗
1929 Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016) ↗
1928 Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007) ↗
1928 Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017) ↗
1926 Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019) ↗
1926 Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008) ↗
1926 Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011) ↗
1925 Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010) ↗
1924 Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010) ↗
1924 Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012) ↗
1924 Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991) ↗
1924 Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019) ↗
1923 Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004) ↗
1923 Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001) ↗
1922 Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001) ↗
1922 Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012) ↗
1921 Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012) ↗
1921 Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001) ↗
1921 George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996) ↗
1921 Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007) ↗
1920 Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966) ↗
1920 Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010) ↗
1920 Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999) ↗
1919 Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021) ↗
1919 Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014) ↗
1919 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005) ↗
1918 Rita Hayworth – American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987) ↗
1918 Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993) ↗
1918 Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014) ↗
1917 Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013) ↗
1917 Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999) ↗
1917 Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022) ↗
1917 Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989) ↗
1917 Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014) ↗
1917 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991) ↗
1917 Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000) ↗
1916 José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989) ↗
1915 Arthur Miller – American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
1914 Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996) ↗
1913 Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971) ↗
1913 Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006) ↗
1913 Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003) ↗
1912 Pope John Paul I (died 1978) ↗
1912 Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001) ↗
1912 Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982) ↗
1910 Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995) ↗
1910 Ester Wier, American author (died 2000) ↗
1909 Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981) ↗
1909 Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962) ↗
1909 Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992) ↗
1908 Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007) ↗
1908 Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988) ↗
1908 Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980) ↗
1908 Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969) ↗
1907 John Marley, American actor (died 1984) ↗
1906 Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987) ↗
1906 Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993) ↗
1905 Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996) ↗
1903 Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976) ↗
1903 Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940) ↗
1902 Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973) ↗
1901 Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973) ↗
1900 C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (died 1932) ↗
1900 Jean Arthur, American actress (died 1991) ↗
1900 Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (died 1968) ↗
1898 Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998) ↗
1898 Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991) ↗
1898 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971) ↗
1896 Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (died 1978) ↗
1895 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (died 1982) ↗
1895 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1958) ↗
1894 Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962) ↗
1894 Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968) ↗
1893 Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979) ↗
1892 Theodor Eicke, German SS general (died 1943) ↗
1892 Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (died 1983) ↗
1890 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (died 1928) ↗
1889 Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988) ↗
1886 Spring Byington, American actress (died 1971) ↗
1883 Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973) ↗
1883 Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966) ↗
1882 Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904) ↗
1881 Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (died 1959) ↗
1880 Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977) ↗
1878 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953) ↗
1876 Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944) ↗
1871 Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929) ↗
1867 Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956) ↗
1865 James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950) ↗
1864 Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943) ↗
1860 Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (died 1927) ↗
1859 Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (died 1935) ↗
1853 Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1920) ↗
1845 John J. Gardner, American politician (died 1921) ↗
1844 Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (died 1929) ↗
1840 André Gill, French caricaturist (died 1885) ↗
1835 Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (died 1894) ↗
1835 Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (died 1905) ↗
1833 José E. Días, Paraguayan general (died 1867) ↗
1828 Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (died 1890) ↗
1821 Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (died 1882) ↗
1817 Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (died 1898) ↗
1814 Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (died 1888) ↗
1813 Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837) ↗
1811 Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876) ↗
1810 Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880) ↗
1803 Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (died 1876) ↗
1797 Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (died 1841) ↗
1792 John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (died 1826) ↗
1785 Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (died 1816) ↗
1784 Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (died 1854) ↗
1781 Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833) ↗
1780 Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (died 1850) ↗
1779 Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (died 1808) ↗
1779 José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (died approx. 1820) ↗
1768 Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1838) ↗
1760 Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825) ↗
1759 Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814) ↗
1735 Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803) ↗
1729 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (died 1817) ↗
1725 John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797) ↗
1720 Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1795) ↗
1719 Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (died 1792) ↗
1711 Jupiter Hammon, American poet (died 1806) ↗
1688 Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (died 1726) ↗
1629 Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646) ↗
1623 Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1687) ↗
1587 Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (died 1620) ↗
1582 Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (died 1637) ↗
1577 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621) ↗
1577 Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642) ↗
1538 Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (died 1559) ↗
1500 Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (died 1591) ↗
1493 Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (died 1560) ↗
1253 Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (died 1303) ↗
503 Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (died 548) ↗

2024 Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931) ↗
2024 Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (born 1947) ↗
2024 Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (born 1926) ↗
2019 Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951) ↗
2017 Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964) ↗
2015 Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926) ↗
2015 Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946) ↗
2015 Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949) ↗
2015 Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947) ↗
2014 Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937) ↗
2014 Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943) ↗
2014 Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945) ↗
2014 Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919) ↗
2013 Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (born 1926) ↗
2013 Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (born 1944) ↗
2013 Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (born 1926) ↗
2013 Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (born 1928) ↗
2013 Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (born 1966) ↗
2012 Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951) ↗
2012 Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912) ↗
2012 Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930) ↗
2012 Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922) ↗
2012 Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936) ↗
2011 Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919) ↗
2009 Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (born 1931) ↗
2009 Vic Mizzy, American composer (born 1916) ↗
2008 Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (born 1955) ↗
2008 Levi Stubbs, American singer (born 1936) ↗
2008 Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1923) ↗
2007 Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918) ↗
2007 Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931) ↗
2007 Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939) ↗
2006 Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (born 1924) ↗
2006 Christopher Glenn, American journalist (born 1938) ↗
2004 Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952) ↗
2002 Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (born 1935) ↗
2001 Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915) ↗
2001 Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922) ↗
2001 Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926) ↗
2000 Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (born 1924) ↗
2000 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1964) ↗
1999 Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915) ↗
1998 Joan Hickson, English actress (born 1906) ↗
1998 Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920) ↗
1997 Larry Jennings, American magician and author (born 1933) ↗
1996 Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (born 1966) ↗
1993 Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1963) ↗
1992 Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (born 1912) ↗
1992 Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919) ↗
1987 Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1925) ↗
1983 Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905) ↗
1981 Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (born 1927) ↗
1981 Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (born 1895) ↗
1981 Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (born 1887) ↗
1979 S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (born 1904) ↗
1979 John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (born 1898) ↗
1979 Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (born 1909) ↗
1978 George Clark, American race car driver (born 1890) ↗
1978 Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (born 1887) ↗
1973 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (born 1926) ↗
1972 Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914) ↗
1972 George, Crown Prince of Serbia (born 1887) ↗
1970 Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1921) ↗
1970 Vola Vale, American actress (born 1897) ↗
1970 Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (born 1890) ↗
1967 Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906) ↗
1966 Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883) ↗
1966 Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917) ↗
1965 Bart King, American cricketer (born 1873) ↗
1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865) ↗
1962 Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882) ↗
1958 Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born 1896) ↗
1958 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1876) ↗
1957 Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (born 1884) ↗
1956 Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (born 1920) ↗
1955 Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (born 1873) ↗
1948 Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (born 1869) ↗
1938 Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854) ↗
1937 J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (born 1862) ↗
1931 Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (born 1884) ↗
1928 Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (born 1853) ↗
1920 Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881) ↗
1918 Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (born 1886) ↗
1910 Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819) ↗
1893 Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (born 1808) ↗
1889 Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1828) ↗
1887 Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824) ↗
1868 Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (born 1775) ↗
1849 Frédéric Chopin – Polish pianist and composer (born 1810) ↗
1837 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1778) ↗
1836 Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (born 1782) ↗
1806 Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758) ↗
1786 Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1723) ↗
1781 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (born 1705) ↗
1780 William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (born 1705) ↗
1776 Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (born 1681) ↗
1757 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (born 1683) ↗
1690 Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (born 1647) ↗
1673 Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1630) ↗
1660 Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (born 1601) ↗
1616 John Pitts, English priest and scholar (born 1560) ↗
1587 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541) ↗
1586 Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (born 1554) ↗
1575 Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (born 1511) ↗
1552 Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498) ↗
1528 Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World ↗
1485 John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports ↗
1456 Nicolas Grenon, French composer (born 1375) ↗
1346 John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray ↗
1346 Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn ↗
1277 Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (born c. 1254) ↗
1271 Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet ↗
866 Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (born 836) ↗
532 Pope Boniface II ↗
33 Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (born 14 BC) ↗