46 Events
233 Births
117 Deaths
- 2025 The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students. ↗
- 2022 Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ↗
- 2018 The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process. ↗
- 2010 Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. ↗
- 2007 Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. ↗
- 1995 The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. ↗
- 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. ↗
- 1987 Fiji becomes a republic. ↗
- 1985 Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. ↗
- 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. ↗
- 1981 NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. ↗
- 1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. ↗
- 1977 The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. ↗
- 1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. ↗
- 1976 Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. ↗
- 1976 Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu. ↗
- 1973 Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. ↗
- 1942 World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal. ↗
- 1939 World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland. ↗
- 1934 Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance. ↗
- 1927 Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. ↗
- 1923 The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople. ↗
- 1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina. ↗
- 1915 World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen. ↗
- 1915 World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers. ↗
- 1910 Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. ↗
- 1908 The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. ↗
- 1903 The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. ↗
- 1898 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music. ↗
- 1884 The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. ↗
- 1854 In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. ↗
- 1849 The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. ↗
- 1810 A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland. ↗
- 1789 French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. ↗
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. ↗
- 1762 Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it. ↗
- 1683 Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. ↗
- 1600 Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. ↗
- 1539 Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. ↗
- 618 Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. ↗
- 404 Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. ↗
- 23 Rebels decapitate Wang Mang , only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. ↗
- 69 BCE Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia. ↗
- 105 BCE Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic ↗
- 2004 Bronny James, American basketball player ↗
- 2004 Hanni, Australian singer ↗
- 2002 Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player ↗
- 2001 Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea ↗
- 2000 Jazz Jennings, American internet personality ↗
- 2000 Kyle Pitts, American football player ↗
- 2000 Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer ↗
- 1999 Trevor Lawrence, American football player ↗
- 1997 Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer ↗
- 1994 Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1994 Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter ↗
- 1993 Adam Gemili, English sprinter ↗
- 1993 Jourdan Miller, American fashion model ↗
- 1993 Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Josh Archibald, Canadian-American ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player ↗
- 1990 Scarlett Byrne, English actress ↗
- 1990 Marcus Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Nazem Kadri, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 1989 Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014) ↗
- 1989 Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Pizzi, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1987 Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1986 Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1986 Olivia Thirlby, American actress ↗
- 1985 Mitchell Cole, English footballer (died 2012) ↗
- 1985 Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Sandra Góngora, Mexican ten-pin bowler ↗
- 1985 Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1984 Morné Morkel, South African cricketer ↗
- 1983 Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player ↗
- 1982 Levon Aronian – Armenian chess grandmaster ↗
- 1982 Will Butler, American musician and composer ↗
- 1982 Paul Smith, English boxer ↗
- 1981 Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer ↗
- 1980 Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer ↗
- 1979 David Di Tommaso, French footballer (died 2005) ↗
- 1979 Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager ↗
- 1979 Richard Seymour, American football player ↗
- 1978 Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter (died 2025) ↗
- 1978 Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut ↗
- 1977 Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1977 Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer ↗
- 1977 Wes Ramsey, American actor ↗
- 1976 Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1976 Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1975 Reon King, Guyanese cricketer ↗
- 1974 Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1974 Seema Kennedy, British politician ↗
- 1974 Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1974 Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter ↗
- 1973 Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer ↗
- 1973 Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor ↗
- 1973 Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1972 Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer ↗
- 1971 Emily Mortimer, English actress ↗
- 1970 Amy Jo Johnson, American actress ↗
- 1970 Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer ↗
- 1970 Darren Oliver, American baseball player ↗
- 1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer ↗
- 1969 Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ↗
- 1968 Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster ↗
- 1968 Bob May, American golfer ↗
- 1967 Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1967 Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder ↗
- 1967 Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician ↗
- 1966 Melania Mazzucco, Italian author ↗
- 1966 Jacqueline Obradors, American actress ↗
- 1966 Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager ↗
- 1966 Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1965 Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1965 Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic ↗
- 1965 Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1965 Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player ↗
- 1965 John McWhorter, American academic and linguist ↗
- 1964 Ricky Berry, American basketball player (died 1989) ↗
- 1964 Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician ↗
- 1964 Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach ↗
- 1964 Miltos Manetas, Greek painter ↗
- 1964 Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice ↗
- 1964 Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1963 Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach ↗
- 1963 Elisabeth Shue, American actress ↗
- 1962 David Baker, American biologist and academic ↗
- 1962 Rich Yett, American baseball player ↗
- 1961 Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress ↗
- 1961 Paul Sansome, English footballer ↗
- 1961 Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist ↗
- 1960 Richard Jobson, Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer. ↗
- 1959 Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1959 Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player ↗
- 1959 Brian Higgins, American politician ↗
- 1959 Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler ↗
- 1958 Sergei Mylnikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017) ↗
- 1957 Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach ↗
- 1956 Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (died 2023) ↗
- 1956 Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1955 Tony Dungy, American football player and coach ↗
- 1954 Bill Buford, American author and journalist ↗
- 1954 David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1953 Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer ↗
- 1952 Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author ↗
- 1951 Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1951 Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator ↗
- 1951 Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1951 Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (died 1985) ↗
- 1950 David Brin, American physicist and author ↗
- 1949 Lonnie Johnson, American inventor ↗
- 1949 Penny Junor, English journalist and author ↗
- 1949 Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1949 Leslie Moonves, American businessman ↗
- 1949 Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer ↗
- 1948 Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician ↗
- 1948 Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018) ↗
- 1947 Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019) ↗
- 1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver ↗
- 1947 Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020) ↗
- 1946 Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1946 Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012) ↗
- 1946 John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1946 Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network ↗
- 1946 Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017) ↗
- 1945 Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) ↗
- 1944 Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1944 Patrick Cordingley, English general ↗
- 1944 Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1944 Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (died 1977) ↗
- 1943 Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics ↗
- 1943 Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia ↗
- 1943 Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter ↗
- 1943 Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014) ↗
- 1942 Dan Christensen, American painter (died 2007) ↗
- 1942 Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer ↗
- 1942 Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1941 Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987) ↗
- 1940 Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee ↗
- 1939 Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic ↗
- 1939 Jack Cullen, American baseball player ↗
- 1939 Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic ↗
- 1939 Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic ↗
- 1939 John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1938 Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011) ↗
- 1936 Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018) ↗
- 1934 Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (died 2015) ↗
- 1933 Prince Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023) ↗
- 1931 Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004) ↗
- 1931 Eileen Derbyshire, English actress ↗
- 1931 Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) ↗
- 1930 Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000) ↗
- 1930 Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015) ↗
- 1929 George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013) ↗
- 1927 Bill King, American sportscaster (died 2005) ↗
- 1925 Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (died 2005) ↗
- 1923 Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor ↗
- 1923 Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (died 2011) ↗
- 1922 Teala Loring, American actress (died 2007) ↗
- 1921 Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997) ↗
- 1921 Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (died 2020) ↗
- 1921 Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automotive designer (died 1980) ↗
- 1920 John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005) ↗
- 1919 Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (died 1996) ↗
- 1918 Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2010) ↗
- 1918 André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993) ↗
- 1917 Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (died 1977) ↗
- 1916 Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997) ↗
- 1915 Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (died 2007) ↗
- 1915 Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983) ↗
- 1915 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007) ↗
- 1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002) ↗
- 1914 Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (died 2002) ↗
- 1913 Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985) ↗
- 1912 Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011) ↗
- 1910 Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (died 2002) ↗
- 1910 Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (died 1974) ↗
- 1908 Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942) ↗
- 1908 Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989) ↗
- 1906 Janet Gaynor, American actress (died 1984) ↗
- 1906 Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946) ↗
- 1905 Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (died 1998) ↗
- 1903 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) ↗
- 1901 Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990) ↗
- 1900 Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (died 1991) ↗
- 1900 Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (died 1934) ↗
- 1900 Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died 1961) ↗
- 1897 Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (died 1991) ↗
- 1896 David Howard, American film director (died 1941) ↗
- 1895 Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (died 1981) ↗
- 1893 Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956) ↗
- 1891 Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (died 1946) ↗
- 1888 Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (died 1918) ↗
- 1887 Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965) ↗
- 1886 Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960) ↗
- 1882 Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1937) ↗
- 1876 Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1941) ↗
- 1874 Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950) ↗
- 1866 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932) ↗
- 1862 Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (died 1927) ↗
- 1846 George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914) ↗
- 1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910) ↗
- 1831 Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916) ↗
- 1820 James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (died 1892) ↗
- 1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887) ↗
- 1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879) ↗
- 1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (died 1888) ↗
- 1773 John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835) ↗
- 1773 Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850) ↗
- 1769 Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1812) ↗
- 1767 Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820) ↗
- 1744 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813) ↗
- 1742 Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785) ↗
- 1738 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died 1789) ↗
- 1732 John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812) ↗
- 1729 Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804) ↗
- 1716 George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1771) ↗
- 1626 Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684) ↗
- 1610 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690) ↗
- 1591 Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638) ↗
- 1576 Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (died 1612) ↗
- 1573 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1624) ↗
- 1565 Marie de Gournay, French writer (died 1645) ↗
- 1555 Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (died 1604) ↗
- 1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (died 1610) ↗
- 1510 John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (died 1573) ↗
- 1510 Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (died 1555) ↗
- 1459 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (died 1507) ↗
- 1289 Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306) ↗
- 649 Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ (died around 696) ↗
- 2024 Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936) ↗
- 2024 Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951) ↗
- 2020 Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955) ↗
- 2020 Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940) ↗
- 2019 Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939) ↗
- 2019 Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936) ↗
- 2019 Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931) ↗
- 2018 Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942) ↗
- 2018 Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933) ↗
- 2017 Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972) ↗
- 2017 David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952) ↗
- 2015 Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922) ↗
- 2015 Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923) ↗
- 2014 Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929) ↗
- 2014 Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944) ↗
- 2014 Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944) ↗
- 2014 Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928) ↗
- 2014 Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976) ↗
- 2014 Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933) ↗
- 2013 Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926) ↗
- 2013 Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936) ↗
- 2013 Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917) ↗
- 2013 Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (born 1929) ↗
- 2012 Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (born 1931) ↗
- 2012 Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1977) ↗
- 2012 Albert, Margrave of Meissen (born 1943) ↗
- 2012 Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (born 1941) ↗
- 2012 B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (born 1927) ↗
- 2012 J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (born 1920) ↗
- 2011 Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (born 1932) ↗
- 2010 Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (born 1937) ↗
- 2010 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (born 1966) ↗
- 2009 Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2008 Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (born 1925) ↗
- 2007 Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1921) ↗
- 2007 Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931) ↗
- 2006 Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (born 1930) ↗
- 2006 Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940) ↗
- 2006 Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (born 1911) ↗
- 2006 Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (born 1914) ↗
- 2002 Prince Claus of the Netherlands (born 1926) ↗
- 2001 Arne Harris, American director and producer (born 1934) ↗
- 2000 Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920) ↗
- 1999 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920) ↗
- 1999 Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1937) ↗
- 1998 Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born 1944) ↗
- 1997 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (born 1914) ↗
- 1995 Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (born 1961) ↗
- 1993 Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (born 1913) ↗
- 1993 Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (born 1949) ↗
- 1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (born 1922) ↗
- 1992 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1905) ↗
- 1991 Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956) ↗
- 1990 Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (born 1919) ↗
- 1989 Bette Davis, American actress (born 1908) ↗
- 1986 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1921) ↗
- 1985 Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (born 1921) ↗
- 1983 Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921) ↗
- 1981 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
- 1980 Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (born 1922) ↗
- 1980 Jean Robic, French cyclist (born 1921) ↗
- 1979 Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (born 1911) ↗
- 1978 Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1935) ↗
- 1976 Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900) ↗
- 1974 Helmut Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (born 1948) ↗
- 1973 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born 1895) ↗
- 1973 François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944) ↗
- 1973 Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894) ↗
- 1973 Dennis Price, English actor (born 1915) ↗
- 1973 Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (born 1882) ↗
- 1972 Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909) ↗
- 1969 Walter Hagen, American golfer (born 1892) ↗
- 1969 Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (born 1893) ↗
- 1968 Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (born 1917) ↗
- 1962 Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1880) ↗
- 1959 Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (born 1865) ↗
- 1951 Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (born 1860) ↗
- 1951 Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884) ↗
- 1947 Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (born 1900) ↗
- 1942 Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (born 1884) ↗
- 1923 Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1853) ↗
- 1912 Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1829) ↗
- 1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (born 1809) ↗
- 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (born 1846) ↗
- 1883 Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1852) ↗
- 1873 Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797) ↗
- 1836 Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (born 1770) ↗
- 1829 Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (born 1769) ↗
- 1819 Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born 1751) ↗
- 1762 Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1684) ↗
- 1688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1652) ↗
- 1661 Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (born 1630) ↗
- 1660 Paul Scarron, French poet and author (born 1610) ↗
- 1644 Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602) ↗
- 1641 Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer ↗
- 1640 Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (born 1588) ↗
- 1559 William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1487) ↗
- 1553 Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (born 1515) ↗
- 1536 William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494) ↗
- 1413 Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (born 1382) ↗
- 1398 Chŏng Tojŏn, Korean prime minister (born 1342) ↗
- 1349 Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312) ↗
- 1173 Engelbert III, margrave of Istria ↗
- 1145 Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa ↗
- 1101 Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order ↗
- 1090 Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg ↗
- 1019 Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (born 965) ↗
- 1014 Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire ↗
- 997 Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (born 912) ↗
- 877 Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823) ↗
- 869 Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (born 823) ↗
- 836 Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general ↗
- 404 Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress ↗
- 23 Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty ↗