On This Day: September 19 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population. ↗
2022 The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London. ↗
2022 A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán. ↗
2021 The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13. ↗
2017 The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage. ↗
2016 In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police. ↗
2011 Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602. ↗
2010 The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed. ↗
2008 A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive. ↗
2006 The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. ↗
1997 The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people. ↗
1995 The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto. ↗
1991 Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. ↗
1989 A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew. ↗
1985 A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. ↗
1985 Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. ↗
1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. ↗
1982 Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. ↗
1978 The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. ↗
1976 Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew. ↗
1976 Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object. ↗
1970 Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival. ↗
1970 Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. ↗
1960 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. ↗
1950 Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River. ↗
1946 The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich. ↗
1944 World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought. ↗
1944 World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War. ↗
1940 World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement. ↗
1939 World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged. ↗
1916 World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting. ↗
1902 A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees. ↗
1893 In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote. ↗
1870 Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering. ↗
1868 La Gloriosa begins in Spain. ↗
1864 American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. ↗
1863 American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater. ↗
1862 American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price. ↗
1852 Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte. ↗
1846 Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette. ↗
1799 French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen. ↗
1796 George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public. ↗
1778 The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga. ↗
1676 Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. ↗
1410 End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces. ↗
1356 Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II. ↗
634 Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire. ↗
96 Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed. ↗

1999 Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player ↗
1998 Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1998 Trae Young, American basketball player ↗
1996 Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player ↗
1996 Pia Mia, American singer, songwriter, model, and actress ↗
1996 Dejounte Murray, American basketball player ↗
1996 Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player ↗
1995 Brent Faiyaz, American singer ↗
1995 Rachel Sennott, American actress ↗
1993 Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper ↗
1992 Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler ↗
1992 Palmer Luckey, American entrepreneur ↗
1992 Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer ↗
1991 CJ McCollum, American basketball player ↗
1990 Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer ↗
1990 Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer ↗
1990 Stephon Gilmore, American football player ↗
1990 Kieran Trippier, English footballer ↗
1989 George Springer, American baseball player ↗
1988 Katrina Bowden, American actress ↗
1987 Danielle Panabaker, American actress ↗
1987 Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer ↗
1986 Leon Best, English footballer ↗
1986 Sally Pearson, Australian athlete and hurdler ↗
1985 Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player ↗
1985 Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor ↗
1985 Nathanael Liminski, German politician ↗
1985 Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality ↗
1984 Eva Marie, American wrestler ↗
1984 Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer ↗
1984 Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor ↗
1983 Eamon, American singer and songwriter ↗
1983 Katharina Kucharowits, Austrian politician ↗
1983 Carl Landry, American basketball player ↗
1983 Joni Pitkänen, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1982 Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer ↗
1982 Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player ↗
1982 Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer ↗
1981 Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist ↗
1980 J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player ↗
1980 James Ellison, English motorcycle racer ↗
1980 Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player ↗
1979 Mikael Tellqvist, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
1978 Nick Johnson, American baseball player ↗
1978 Brett Keisel, American football player ↗
1978 Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer ↗
1977 Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach ↗
1977 Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer ↗
1977 Ryan Dusick, American musician and record producer ↗
1977 Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer ↗
1977 Mike Smith, American baseball player ↗
1977 Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player ↗
1976 Raja Bell, American basketball player ↗
1976 Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1976 Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host ↗
1976 Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee ↗
1975 Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter ↗
1974 Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host ↗
1974 Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive ↗
1973 Jacinta Allan, Australian politician, 49th Premier of Victoria ↗
1973 Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach ↗
1973 Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver ↗
1973 Javier Duarte, Mexican politician ↗
1973 David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer ↗
1972 Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player ↗
1972 Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach ↗
1971 Sanaa Lathan, American actress ↗
1971 Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager ↗
1970 Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1970 Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager ↗
1970 Victor Williams, American actor ↗
1969 Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist ↗
1969 Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer ↗
1969 Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1969 Michael Symon, American chef and author ↗
1969 Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer ↗
1969 Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter ↗
1967 Jim Abbott, American baseball player ↗
1967 Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician ↗
1966 Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer ↗
1966 Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist ↗
1965 Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach ↗
1965 Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1964 Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1964 Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1963 Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1963 David Seaman, English footballer ↗
1963 Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer ↗
1962 Randy Myers, American baseball player ↗
1962 Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter ↗
1962 Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster ↗
1961 Artur Ekert, Polish-British physicist and academic ↗
1960 Mario Batali, American chef and author ↗
1960 Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer ↗
1960 Yolanda Saldívar, American convicted murderer ↗
1958 Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1958 Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1957 Dan Hampton, American football player ↗
1957 Chris Roupas, American basketball player ↗
1955 Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (died 2006) ↗
1954 Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author ↗
1954 Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter ↗
1953 Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer ↗
1953 Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist ↗
1952 Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer ↗
1952 Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer ↗
1952 Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1952 George Warrington, American businessman (died 2007) ↗
1951 Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1950 Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author ↗
1950 Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic ↗
1949 Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer ↗
1949 Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler ↗
1949 Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project ↗
1949 Sidney Wicks, American basketball player ↗
1948 Jim Ard, American basketball player ↗
1948 Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
1948 Jeremy Irons, English actor ↗
1947 Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1947 Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director ↗
1947 Tanith Lee, English author (died 2015) ↗
1945 Kate Adie, English journalist and author ↗
1945 David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter ↗
1945 Randolph Mantooth, American actor ↗
1944 Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence ↗
1944 Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands ↗
1944 İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar ↗
1943 André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019) ↗
1943 Joe Morgan, American baseball player (died 2020) ↗
1942 Freda Payne, American singer and actress ↗
1941 Umberto Bossi, Italian politician ↗
1941 Cass Elliot, American singer (died 1974) ↗
1941 Jim Fox, English pentathlete (died 2023) ↗
1941 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (died 2013) ↗
1940 Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter ↗
1940 Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum ↗
1940 Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1939 Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1937 Abner Haynes, American football player (died 2024) ↗
1936 Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (died 2012) ↗
1936 Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014) ↗
1936 Al Oerter, American discus thrower (died 2007) ↗
1935 Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (died 2003) ↗
1934 Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (died 1967) ↗
1934 Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (died 2021) ↗
1933 Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author ↗
1933 David McCallum, Scottish actor (died 2023) ↗
1932 Mike Royko, American journalist and author (died 1997) ↗
1932 Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (died 2014) ↗
1931 Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (died 1988) ↗
1931 Derek Gardner, English engineer (died 2011) ↗
1930 Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2017) ↗
1930 Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (died 2012) ↗
1930 Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002) ↗
1929 Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (died 2014) ↗
1928 Adam West, American actor and businessman (died 2017) ↗
1927 Helen Carter, American singer (died 1998) ↗
1927 Rosemary Harris, English actress ↗
1927 William Hickey, American actor (died 1997) ↗
1927 Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (died 2000) ↗
1926 Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (died 2020) ↗
1926 Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020) ↗
1926 James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020) ↗
1926 Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2011) ↗
1925 W. Reece Smith Jr., American lawyer and academic (died 2013) ↗
1924 Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014) ↗
1924 Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1922 Damon Knight, American author and critic (died 2002) ↗
1922 Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (died 2006) ↗
1922 Zátopek Emil – Czech runner (died 2000) ↗
1921 Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (died 1997) ↗
1921 Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2002) ↗
1920 Roger Angell, American journalist, author, and editor (died 2022) ↗
1919 Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (died 2017) ↗
1919 Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (died 2000) ↗
1918 Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (died 2006) ↗
1915 Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (died 1973) ↗
1913 Frances Farmer, American actress (died 1970) ↗
1913 Helen Ward, American singer (died 1998) ↗
1912 Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (died 1989) ↗
1912 Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (died 2011) ↗
1911 William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993) ↗
1910 Margaret Lindsay, American actress (died 1981) ↗
1910 Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (died 2004) ↗
1909 Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (died 1998) ↗
1908 Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (died 2001) ↗
1908 Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 2004) ↗
1908 Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (died 1975) ↗
1907 Lewis F. Powell Jr., American lawyer and jurist, associate Supreme Court Justice (died 1998) ↗
1905 Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (died 1944) ↗
1905 Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, Watergate special prosecutor, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (died 1982) ↗
1900 Ricardo Cortez, American actor (died 1977) ↗
1898 Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (died 1988) ↗
1894 Rachel Field, American author and poet (died 1942) ↗
1889 Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (died 1999) ↗
1888 James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (died 1971) ↗
1888 Porter Hall, American actor (died 1953) ↗
1887 Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1972) ↗
1887 Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (died 1943) ↗
1883 Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (died 1975) ↗
1882 Christopher Stone, English radio host (died 1965) ↗
1871 Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (died 1938) ↗
1869 Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor (died 1940) ↗
1867 Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (died 1939) ↗
1865 Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (died 1936) ↗
1856 Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (died 1916) ↗
1828 Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1880) ↗
1824 William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (died 1905) ↗
1811 Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (died 1881) ↗
1803 Maria Anna of Savoy (died 1884) ↗
1802 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (died 1894) ↗
1796 Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (died 1849) ↗
1778 Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1868) ↗
1759 William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (died 1850) ↗
1754 John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (died 1821) ↗
1749 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1822) ↗
1721 William Robertson, Scottish historian (died 1793) ↗
1662 Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (died 1743) ↗
1638 Isaac Milles, English minister (died 1720) ↗
1608 Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (died 1679) ↗
1560 Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (died 1592) ↗
1551 Henry III of France (died 1589) ↗
1477 Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (died 1540) ↗
1426 Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (died 1487)[citation needed] ↗
1377 Albert IV, Duke of Austria (died 1404)[citation needed] ↗
931 Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 969) ↗
866 Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (died 912) ↗
86 Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (died 161) ↗

2021 John Challis, English actor (born 1942) ↗
2021 Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (born 1940) ↗
2021 Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953) ↗
2020 John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929) ↗
2019 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936) ↗
2018 Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934) ↗
2018 Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927) ↗
2017 Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933) ↗
2015 Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937) ↗
2015 Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966) ↗
2015 Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921) ↗
2014 Audrey Long, American actress (born 1922) ↗
2013 Robert Barnard, English author and critic (born 1936) ↗
2013 John Reger, American football player (born 1931) ↗
2013 William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (born 1913) ↗
2013 John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922) ↗
2013 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (born 1927) ↗
2012 Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (born 1926) ↗
2012 Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946) ↗
2011 Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician, and convicted murderer (born 1949) ↗
2011 Dolores Hope, American singer (born 1909) ↗
2011 George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919) ↗
2009 Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (born 1915) ↗
2009 Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (born 1929) ↗
2008 Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924) ↗
2006 Elizabeth Allen, American actress (born 1929) ↗
2006 Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929) ↗
2006 Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (born 1923) ↗
2006 Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (born 1950) ↗
2004 Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (born 1933) ↗
2004 Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (born 1931) ↗
2004 Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1928) ↗
2004 Ellis Marsalis Sr., American businessman and activist (born 1908) ↗
2003 Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1927) ↗
2002 Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941) ↗
2001 Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (born 1941) ↗
2000 Ann Doran, American actress (born 1911) ↗
1998 Patricia Hayes, English actress (born 1909) ↗
1995 Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (born 1907) ↗
1992 Jacques Pic, French chef (born 1932) ↗
1990 Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (born 1910) ↗
1989 Willie Steele, American long jumper (born 1923) ↗
1987 Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (born 1897) ↗
1985 Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (born 1923) ↗
1978 Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (born 1884) ↗
1975 Pamela Brown, English actress (born 1917) ↗
1973 Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946) ↗
1972 Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (born 1899) ↗
1968 Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (born 1906) ↗
1968 Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1910) ↗
1967 Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian-French painter (born 1884) ↗
1965 Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (born 1921) ↗
1955 John D. Dingell Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1894) ↗
1949 George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (born 1886) ↗
1949 Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (born 1901) ↗
1944 Guy Gibson, British commander, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918) ↗
1942 Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873) ↗
1936 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (born 1860) ↗
1935 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (born 1857) ↗
1927 Michael Ancher, Danish painter (born 1849) ↗
1924 Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1854) ↗
1906 Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (born 1816) ↗
1905 Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (born 1845) ↗
1902 Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867) ↗
1893 Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1817) ↗
1881 James A. Garfield – American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831) ↗
1873 Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811) ↗
1868 William Sprague, American minister and politician (born 1809) ↗
1863 Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (born 1829) ↗
1843 Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792) ↗
1812 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (born 1744) ↗
1710 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1644) ↗
1692 Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (born c. 1612) ↗
1668 William Waller, English general and politician (born 1597) ↗
1605 Edward Lewknor, English politician (born 1542) ↗
1589 Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (born 1532) ↗
1580 Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519) ↗
1356 Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1311) ↗
1356 Walter VI, Count of Brienne (born 1304) ↗
1339 Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288) ↗
1147 Igor II of Kiev ↗
1123 Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068) ↗
979 Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan ↗
961 Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress ↗
690 Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (born 602) ↗
643 Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint ↗