42 Events
242 Births
96 Deaths
- 2008 Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. ↗
- 2004 The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). ↗
- 1985 The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel. ↗
- 1983 Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. ↗
- 1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. ↗
- 1981 Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba. ↗
- 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). ↗
- 1973 A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. ↗
- 1969 A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. ↗
- 1967 Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel". ↗
- 1961 TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat. ↗
- 1939 World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. ↗
- 1939 J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop. ↗
- 1923 The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. ↗
- 1897 The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. ↗
- 1894 Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. ↗
- 1880 The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. ↗
- 1878 Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. ↗
- 1873 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande. ↗
- 1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign. ↗
- 1838 Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established. ↗
- 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. ↗
- 1831 The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic. ↗
- 1804 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. ↗
- 1774 Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm. ↗
- 1772 The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California. ↗
- 1763 Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow. ↗
- 1715 At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV. ↗
- 1645 English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland. ↗
- 1644 Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause. ↗
- 1610 Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V. ↗
- 1604 Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib. ↗
- 1532 Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England. ↗
- 1529 The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people. ↗
- 1449 Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China. ↗
- 1355 King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki. ↗
- 1173 The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. ↗
- 1145 The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. ↗
- 396 BCE The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus. ↗
- 2003 An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 2002 Diane Parry, French tennis player ↗
- 2000 Mikhail Iakovlev, Israeli Olympic cyclist ↗
- 2000 Pratika Rawal, Indian cricketer ↗
- 1999 Cam Reddish, American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Josh Battle, Australian rules footballer ↗
- 1998 Josh Okogie, Nigerian-American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer ↗
- 1997 Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer ↗
- 1997 Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer ↗
- 1996 Zendaya, American actress and singer ↗
- 1995 Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1994 Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player ↗
- 1994 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver ↗
- 1993 Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer ↗
- 1992 Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer ↗
- 1992 Kirani James – Grenadian sprinter ↗
- 1992 Tomáš Nosek, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
- 1991 Rhys Bennett, English footballer ↗
- 1990 Aisling Loftus, English actress ↗
- 1990 Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer ↗
- 1989 Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player ↗
- 1989 Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter ↗
- 1989 Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
- 1989 Gustav Nyquist, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1988 Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver ↗
- 1988 Miles Plumlee, American basketball player ↗
- 1988 Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model ↗
- 1987 Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete ↗
- 1987 Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Anthony Allen, English rugby player ↗
- 1986 Gaël Monfils, French tennis player ↗
- 1986 Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1985 Larsen Jensen, American swimmer ↗
- 1984 Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer ↗
- 1984 László Köteles, Hungarian footballer ↗
- 1984 Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer ↗
- 1983 Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (died 2012) ↗
- 1983 José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (died 2019) ↗
- 1983 Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater ↗
- 1982 Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver ↗
- 1982 Ryan Gomes, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and director ↗
- 1981 Boyd Holbrook, American actor ↗
- 1981 Clinton Portis, American football player ↗
- 1981 Adam Quick, Australian basketball player ↗
- 1980 Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer ↗
- 1980 Chris Riggott, English footballer ↗
- 1978 Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer ↗
- 1977 David Albelda, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1977 Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver ↗
- 1977 Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author ↗
- 1977 Aaron Schobel, American football player ↗
- 1976 Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1976 Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver ↗
- 1976 Clare Connor, English cricketer ↗
- 1976 Érik Morales, Mexican boxer ↗
- 1976 Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer ↗
- 1975 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1975 Ammon Bundy, American anti-government militant ↗
- 1975 Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player ↗
- 1975 Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor ↗
- 1974 Burn Gorman, American-born English actor and musician ↗
- 1974 Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1974 Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founder of Ordet Animation Studio ↗
- 1974 Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist and comic illustrator ↗
- 1973 J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1973 Simon Shaw, English rugby player ↗
- 1973 Ram Kapoor, Indian actor ↗
- 1971 Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor ↗
- 1971 Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer ↗
- 1971 Maury Sterling, American actor ↗
- 1971 Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician ↗
- 1971 Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer ↗
- 1970 David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach and sportscaster ↗
- 1970 Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor ↗
- 1970 Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author ↗
- 1969 Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager ↗
- 1968 Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (died 2001) ↗
- 1967 Steve Pemberton, English actor, screenwriter and director ↗
- 1967 David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician ↗
- 1966 Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1965 Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer ↗
- 1965 Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002) ↗
- 1964 Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1964 Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) ↗
- 1963 Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer ↗
- 1963 Grant-Lee Phillips, American musician and actor ↗
- 1962 Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer ↗
- 1962 Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
- 1961 Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust ↗
- 1961 Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot and astronaut ↗
- 1961 Boney James, American saxophonist, composer and producer ↗
- 1960 Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1960 Karl Mecklenburg, American football player ↗
- 1959 Mike Duxbury, English footballer ↗
- 1957 Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist[better source needed] ↗
- 1957 Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1957 Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach ↗
- 1956 Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1956 Bernie Wagenblast, transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter ↗
- 1955 Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1952 Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1952 Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer ↗
- 1951 David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1998) ↗
- 1950 Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia ↗
- 1950 Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach ↗
- 1950 Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author and talk show host ↗
- 1949 Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1949 Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician ↗
- 1948 Greg Errico, American drummer and producer ↗
- 1948 Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (died 2011) ↗
- 1948 Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer ↗
- 1947 Al Green, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1947 P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2016) ↗
- 1946 Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1946 Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer ↗
- 1946 Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (died 2009) ↗
- 1945 Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen ↗
- 1944 Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician ↗
- 1944 Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer ↗
- 1943 Don Stroud, American actor ↗
- 1942 C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator ↗
- 1940 Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (died 2019) ↗
- 1940 Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1939 Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player (died 2024) ↗
- 1939 Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1938 Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author ↗
- 1938 Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor and poet (died 2018) ↗
- 1936 Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (died 1988) ↗
- 1935 Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist ↗
- 1935 Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director (died 2024) ↗
- 1935 Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (died 2001) ↗
- 1933 Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1933 Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (died 2006) ↗
- 1933 T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (died 1982) ↗
- 1933 Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993) ↗
- 1932 Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (died 2008) ↗
- 1931 Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (died 2012) ↗
- 1931 Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2012) ↗
- 1931 Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2016) ↗
- 1931 Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) ↗
- 1930 Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Charles Correa, Indian architect (died 2015) ↗
- 1929 Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (died 2013) ↗
- 1929 Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (died 2013) ↗
- 1928 George Maharis, American actor, singer, and artist (died 2023) ↗
- 1927 Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (died 2015) ↗
- 1927 Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (died 1978) ↗
- 1926 Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (died 2017) ↗
- 1926 Gene Colan, American illustrator (died 2011) ↗
- 1926 Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1925 Arvonne Fraser, American activist (died 2018) ↗
- 1925 Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (died 1982) ↗
- 1924 Hal Douglas, American voice actor (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Rocky Marciano, American boxer (died 1969) ↗
- 1923 Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (died 2006) ↗
- 1922 Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1922 Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died 2000) ↗
- 1921 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (died 1995) ↗
- 1920 Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author and activist (died 2010) ↗
- 1920 Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (died 2000) ↗
- 1919 Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (died 2008) ↗
- 1919 Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1916 Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (died 2014) ↗
- 1914 John H. Adams, American jockey (died 1995) ↗
- 1913 Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1979) ↗
- 1909 E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (died 1957) ↗
- 1908 Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (died 1980) ↗
- 1908 Lou Kenton, English social activist (died 2012) ↗
- 1907 Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (died 1981) ↗
- 1907 Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970) ↗
- 1906 Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (died 2002) ↗
- 1906 Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (died 2001) ↗
- 1906 Eleanor Hibbert, English author (died 1993) ↗
- 1906 Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (died 1993) ↗
- 1905 Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (died 1972) ↗
- 1904 Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (died 1974) ↗
- 1902 Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1980) ↗
- 1899 Richard Arlen, American actor (died 1976) ↗
- 1898 Violet Carson, English actress and singer (died 1983) ↗
- 1897 Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (died 1963) ↗
- 1896 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (died 1977) ↗
- 1895 Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (died 1955) ↗
- 1893 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (died 1953) ↗
- 1892 Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1979) ↗
- 1888 Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (died 1958) ↗
- 1887 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (died 1961) ↗
- 1886 Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (died 1957) ↗
- 1886 Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (died 1957) ↗
- 1884 Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (died 1961) ↗
- 1884 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (died 1947) ↗
- 1883 Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1934) ↗
- 1878 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1942) ↗
- 1878 J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (died 1966) ↗
- 1878 Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (died 1968) ↗
- 1877 Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945) ↗
- 1877 Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (died 1949) ↗
- 1876 Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (died 1961) ↗
- 1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (died 1950) ↗
- 1873 João Ferreira Sardo the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré (died 1925) ↗
- 1871 J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (died 1961) ↗
- 1868 Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (died 1952) ↗
- 1867 John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (died 1947) ↗
- 1866 James J. Corbett, American boxer (died 1933) ↗
- 1864 Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (died 1919) ↗
- 1856 Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (died 1953) ↗
- 1855 Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (died 1909) ↗
- 1854 Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (died 1921) ↗
- 1853 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (died 1926) ↗
- 1851 John Clum, American journalist and agent (died 1932) ↗
- 1850 Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (died 1919) ↗
- 1849 Emil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian anatomist (died 1910) ↗
- 1848 Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (died 1931) ↗
- 1818 José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (died 1892) ↗
- 1811 James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (died 1883) ↗
- 1799 Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (died 1868) ↗
- 1795 James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (died 1872) ↗
- 1726 Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1803) ↗
- 1711 William IV, Prince of Orange (died 1751) ↗
- 1689 Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (died 1751) ↗
- 1653 Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1706) ↗
- 1647 Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (died 1717) ↗
- 1608 Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (died 1678) ↗
- 1606 Nicholas Slanning, English politician (died 1643) ↗
- 1592 Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1665) ↗
- 1588 Henri, Prince of Condé (died 1646) ↗
- 1579 John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1634) ↗
- 1577 Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1633) ↗
- 1566 Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (died 1626) ↗
- 1561 Gervase Helwys, English murderer (died 1615) ↗
- 1477 Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (died 1525) ↗
- 1453 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (died 1515) ↗
- 1341 Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (died 1377) ↗
- 1288 Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (died 1335) ↗
- 1145 Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (died 1217) ↗
- 948 Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 982) ↗
- 2025 Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor (born 1950) ↗
- 2024 Linda Deutsch, American journalist (born 1943) ↗
- 2023 Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, musician, author and businessman (born 1946) ↗
- 2022 Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (born 1941) ↗
- 2022 Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (born 1919) ↗
- 2020 Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (born 1971) ↗
- 2018 Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Dean Jones, American actor and singer (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (born 1917) ↗
- 2014 Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977) ↗
- 2014 Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926) ↗
- 2014 Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (born 1917) ↗
- 2013 Ling Ma – American linguist and academic (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (born 1916) ↗
- 2012 Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1948) ↗
- 2012 Hal David, American songwriter and composer (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (born 1937) ↗
- 2012 William Petzäll, Swedish politician (born 1988) ↗
- 2012 Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 2010 Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (born 1928) ↗
- 2008 Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (born 1914) ↗
- 2008 Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1937) ↗
- 2007 Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (born 1922) ↗
- 2006 György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1910) ↗
- 2006 Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (born 1934) ↗
- 2006 Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1944) ↗
- 2006 Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (born 1918) ↗
- 2005 R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1926) ↗
- 2004 Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915) ↗
- 2004 Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938) ↗
- 2003 Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (born 1918) ↗
- 2003 Terry Frost, English painter and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 1999 W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (born 1951) ↗
- 1998 Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (born 1930) ↗
- 1998 Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (born 1921) ↗
- 1998 Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
- 1997 Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929) ↗
- 1991 Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (born 1922) ↗
- 1990 Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (born 1910) ↗
- 1989 A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (born 1938) ↗
- 1989 Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (born 1947) ↗
- 1989 Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (born 1894) ↗
- 1988 Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) ↗
- 1986 Murray Hamilton, American actor (born 1923) ↗
- 1985 Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (born 1957) ↗
- 1984 Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (born 1898) ↗
- 1983 Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (born 1912) ↗
- 1983 Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (born 1935) ↗
- 1982 Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (born 1900) ↗
- 1982 Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (born 1905) ↗
- 1982 Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, Brazilian student; honored by the Catholicism (born 1962) ↗
- 1981 Ann Harding, American actress (born 1901) ↗
- 1981 Albert Speer, German architect and author (born 1905) ↗
- 1977 Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (born 1896) ↗
- 1974 Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (born 1891) ↗
- 1971 Alan Brown, English soldier (born 1909) ↗
- 1970 François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885) ↗
- 1969 Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (born 1897) ↗
- 1967 Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (born 1886) ↗
- 1951 Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (born 1873) ↗
- 1947 Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (born 1861) ↗
- 1943 Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (born 1880) ↗
- 1930 Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (born 1878) ↗
- 1924 Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (born 1883) ↗
- 1922 Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (born 1854) ↗
- 1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon (h. 1885) ↗
- 1868 Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (born 1799) ↗
- 1839 Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (born 1786) ↗
- 1838 William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (born 1770) ↗
- 1715 François Girardon, French sculptor (born 1628) ↗
- 1715 Louis XIV of France (born 1638) ↗
- 1706 Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (born 1621) ↗
- 1687 Henry More, English priest and philosopher (born 1614) ↗
- 1685 Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1625) ↗
- 1678 Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1601) ↗
- 1648 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (born 1588) ↗
- 1646 Francis Windebank, English statesman (born 1582) ↗
- 1615 Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (born 1529) ↗
- 1599 Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (born 1565) ↗
- 1581 Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (born 1534) ↗
- 1557 Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (born 1491) ↗
- 1480 Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (born 1413) ↗
- 1414 William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1369) ↗
- 1376 Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (born 1336) ↗
- 1339 Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (born 1305) ↗
- 1327 Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller ↗
- 1256 Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (born 1218) ↗
- 1215 Otto, bishop of Utrecht ↗
- 1198 Dulce, Queen of Portugal (born 1160) ↗
- 1159 Pope Adrian IV (born 1100) ↗
- 1081 Bishop Eusebius of Angers ↗
- 870 Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (born 810) ↗