On This Day: September 29 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2019 Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election. ↗
2016 Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. ↗
2013 Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria. ↗
2011 The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case. ↗
2009 The 8.1 Mw  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds. ↗
2008 The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession. ↗
2007 Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. ↗
2006 A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis. ↗
2005 John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. ↗
2004 The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth. ↗
2004 Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize. ↗
1992 Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached. ↗
1991 A Haitian coup d'état occurs. ↗
1990 Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C. ↗
1990 The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time. ↗
1990 The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland. ↗
1988 NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster. ↗
1981 An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people. ↗
1979 Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara. ↗
1975 WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US. ↗
1972 Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China. ↗
1971 Oman joins the Arab League. ↗
1959 A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people. ↗
1957 The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded. ↗
1954 The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed. ↗
1941 During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre. ↗
1940 Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely. ↗
1932 Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War. ↗
1923 The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine. ↗
1923 The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect. ↗
1923 The First American Track and Field championships for women are held. ↗
1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina. ↗
1918 World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation. ↗
1918 World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack. ↗
1918 World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war. ↗
1911 Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa . ↗
1907 The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C. ↗
1885 The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England. ↗
1864 The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War. ↗
1864 The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate. ↗
1855 The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration. ↗
1850 The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales. ↗
1848 The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution. ↗
1829 The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded. ↗
1789 The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. ↗
1724 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas. ↗
1717 An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture. ↗
1714 The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath. ↗
1578 Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards. ↗
1567 During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade. ↗
1364 During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession. ↗
1267 The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III. ↗
1227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy. ↗
1011 Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner. ↗
61 BCE Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. ↗

2000 Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player ↗
1999 Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer ↗
1995 Sasha Lane, American actress ↗
1994 Halsey, American singer ↗
1994 Nicholas Galitzine, English actor ↗
1993 Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician ↗
1991 Souleymane Doukara, French footballer ↗
1990 Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player ↗
1989 Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist ↗
1988 Kevin Durant, American basketball player ↗
1987 Josh Farro, American musician ↗
1986 Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete ↗
1985 Calvin Johnson, American football player ↗
1985 Michelle Payne, Australian jockey ↗
1984 Per Mertesacker, German footballer ↗
1983 Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach ↗
1981 Kelly McCreary, American actress ↗
1981 Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer ↗
1980 Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1980 Zachary Levi, American actor and singer ↗
1980 Chrissy Metz, American actress ↗
1978 Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1978 Neville Roach, English footballer ↗
1978 Nathan West, American actor, musician, and singer ↗
1977 Heath Bell, American baseball player ↗
1976 Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer ↗
1976 Kelvin Davis, English footballer ↗
1975 Stephanie Klein, American author ↗
1974 Alexis Cruz, American actor ↗
1974 Dedric Ward, American football wide receiver ↗
1973 Alfie Boe, English tenor and actor ↗
1972 Jörgen Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
1972 Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer ↗
1971 Joanna Brooks, American author and professor ↗
1971 Ray Buchanan, American football player ↗
1971 Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter ↗
1971 Theodore Shapiro, American composer ↗
1970 Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress ↗
1970 Khushbu Sundar, Indian actress, producer, and politician ↗
1970 Emily Lloyd, English actress ↗
1970 Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer ↗
1970 Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler ↗
1969 Erika Eleniak, American model and actress ↗
1969 Robert Kurzban, American author and professor ↗
1969 Carlos Watson, American entrepreneur, journalist and television host ↗
1968 Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer ↗
1968 Luke Goss, English actor ↗
1968 Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert ↗
1967 Sara Sankey, English badminton player ↗
1967 Brett Anderson, English singer and songwriter ↗
1966 Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach ↗
1966 Ben Miles, English actor ↗
1966 Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (died 2022) ↗
1966 Ken Norton Jr., American football player and coach ↗
1966 Jill Whelan, American actress ↗
1965 Suzanne Kamata, American author and educator ↗
1965 Robert F. Worth, American journalist ↗
1964 PJ Manney, American writer ↗
1963 Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1963 Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer ↗
1963 Francis Jue, American actor and singer ↗
1962 Roger Bart, American actor ↗
1961 Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician ↗
1961 Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia ↗
1960 Rob Deer, American baseball player ↗
1960 John Paxson, American basketball player and executive ↗
1959 Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist ↗
1959 Marissa Moss, American author ↗
1959 Raf, Italian singer-songwriter ↗
1958 Andy Straka, American author ↗
1958 Karen Young, American actress ↗
1957 Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee ↗
1957 Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor ↗
1957 Uwe Foullong, German politician ↗
1957 Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter ↗
1957 Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1956 Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author ↗
1956 Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician ↗
1956 Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1955 Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author ↗
1955 Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer ↗
1955 Gwen Ifill, American journalist (died 2016) ↗
1954 Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster ↗
1954 Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant ↗
1954 Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer ↗
1954 Mark Mitchell, Australian actor ↗
1954 Cindy Morgan, American actress (died 2023) ↗
1953 Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor ↗
1953 Drake Hogestyn, American actor (died 2024) ↗
1953 Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher ↗
1952 Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (died 2014) ↗
1952 Pete Hautman, American author ↗
1952 Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician ↗
1951 Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile ↗
1951 Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna ↗
1951 Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author ↗
1951 Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023) ↗
1950 Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer ↗
1949 George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1949 Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author ↗
1948 Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1948 Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster ↗
1948 Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (died 2025) ↗
1948 John M. McHugh, American politician ↗
1947 Richard J. Evans, British historian ↗
1947 Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2015) ↗
1947 S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (died 2016) ↗
1946 Patricia Hodge, English actress ↗
1946 Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist ↗
1945 Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet ↗
1945 Lella Cuberli, American soprano ↗
1944 Isla Blair, British actress and singer ↗
1944 Mike Post, American composer and producer ↗
1943 Juan Flores, American academic and professor (died 2014) ↗
1943 Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1942 Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (died 2019) ↗
1942 Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (died 1999) ↗
1942 Ian McShane, English actor ↗
1942 Bill Nelson, American politician ↗
1942 Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer ↗
1942 Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (died 2013) ↗
1942 Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996) ↗
1941 Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist ↗
1941 Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983) ↗
1941 Robert Lieber, American writer and academic ↗
1940 Billy Cobb, English footballer ↗
1939 Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (died 2001) ↗
1939 Larry Linville, American actor (died 2000) ↗
1939 Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (died 2017) ↗
1938 Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018) ↗
1938 Michael Stürmer, German historian ↗
1937 Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat ↗
1937 Tom McKeown, American poet and educator ↗
1936 Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023) ↗
1936 James Fogle, American author (died 2012) ↗
1936 Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (died 2012) ↗
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022) ↗
1935 Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (died 2017) ↗
1934 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) ↗
1934 Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (died 2009) ↗
1933 Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986) ↗
1933 Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000) ↗
1932 Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025) ↗
1932 Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004) ↗
1931 James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016) ↗
1931 Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015) ↗
1931 Joseph M. McDade, American politician (died 2017) ↗
1930 Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor ↗
1930 Colin Dexter, English author and educator (died 2017) ↗
1928 Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016) ↗
1928 Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012) ↗
1928 Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013) ↗
1927 Pete McCloskey, American politician (died 2024) ↗
1927 Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (died 2013) ↗
1927 Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (died 2024) ↗
1926 Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984) ↗
1926 Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013) ↗
1925 Steve Forrest, American actor (died 2013) ↗
1925 Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007) ↗
1923 Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2005) ↗
1923 Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (died 2013) ↗
1922 Reed Irvine, American economist and activist (died 2004) ↗
1922 Lizabeth Scott, American actress (died 2015) ↗
1921 James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (died 2021) ↗
1921 John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014) ↗
1920 Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992) ↗
1919 Bill Proud, English cricketer (died 1961) ↗
1918 Billy Bevis, English footballer (died 1994) ↗
1916 Carl Giles, English cartoonist (died 1995) ↗
1916 Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (died 1975) ↗
1915 Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007) ↗
1915 Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (died 2011) ↗
1915 Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992) ↗
1914 Olive Dehn, English author and poet (died 2007) ↗
1913 Trevor Howard, English actor (died 1988) ↗
1913 Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (died 2001) ↗
1913 Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist (died 2001) ↗
1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007) ↗
1911 Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (died 2007) ↗
1911 Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (died 1997) ↗
1910 Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (died 1977) ↗
1910 Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997) ↗
1909 Virginia Bruce, American actress (died 1982) ↗
1908 Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (died 1967) ↗
1907 Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998) ↗
1907 George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996) ↗
1906 Henry Nash Smith, American academic (died 1986) ↗
1905 Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981) ↗
1904 Greer Garson, English-American actress (died 1996) ↗
1904 Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer (died 1965) ↗
1903 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (died 1983) ↗
1903 Diana Vreeland, American journalist (died 1989) ↗
1901 Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981) ↗
1901 Enrico Fermi – Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954) ↗
1899 László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985) ↗
1899 Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980) ↗
1898 Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976) ↗
1897 Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (died 1980) ↗
1895 Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967) ↗
1895 Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1980) ↗
1895 Roscoe Turner, American pilot (died 1970) ↗
1891 Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (died 1974) ↗
1882 Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (died 1937) ↗
1881 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1973) ↗
1866 Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934) ↗
1864 Miguel de Unamuno – Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936) ↗
1863 Ludwig Holborn, German physicist (died 1926) ↗
1863 Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1919) ↗
1853 Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (died 1917) ↗
1844 Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (died 1909) ↗
1844 Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (died 1919) ↗
1843 Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (died 1882) ↗
1832 Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (died 1891) ↗
1832 Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (died 1867) ↗
1812 Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (died 1847) ↗
1810 Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865) ↗
1808 Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (died 1868) ↗
1803 Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850) ↗
1786 Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician (died 1843) ↗
1766 Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (died 1828) ↗
1758 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (died 1805) ↗
1725 Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774) ↗
1703 François Boucher, French painter and set designer (died 1770) ↗
1691 Richard Challoner, English bishop (died 1781) ↗
1673 Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (died 1763) ↗
1640 Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (died 1720) ↗
1639 William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (died 1683) ↗
1636 Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (died 1715) ↗
1602 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (died 1668) ↗
1574 Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (died 1624) ↗
1561 Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1615) ↗
1548 William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) ↗
1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1616) ↗
1527 John Lesley, Scottish bishop (died 1596) ↗
1511 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553) ↗
1402 Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (died 1443) ↗
1240 Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (died 1275) ↗
106 BCE Pompey, Roman general and politician (died 48 BC) ↗

2025 Patrick Murray, British actor (born 1956) ↗
2025 Alan McDonald, Scottish Church Minister (born 1951) ↗
2024 Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932) ↗
2022 Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922) ↗
2022 Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955) ↗
2020 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929) ↗
2020 Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941) ↗
2019 Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936) ↗
2018 Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934) ↗
2017 Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950) ↗
2016 Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945) ↗
2015 Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932) ↗
2015 Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934) ↗
2015 Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931) ↗
2014 Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928) ↗
2014 John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921) ↗
2013 Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (born 1921) ↗
2013 S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (born 1924) ↗
2013 Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (born 1924) ↗
2012 Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954) ↗
2012 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926) ↗
2012 Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947) ↗
2011 Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1936) ↗
2010 Tony Curtis, American actor (born 1925) ↗
2010 Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965) ↗
2008 Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (born 1921) ↗
2007 Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (born 1927) ↗
2007 Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (born 1920) ↗
2006 Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (born 1915) ↗
2006 Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1981) ↗
2006 Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (born 1912) ↗
2005 Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (born 1936) ↗
2005 Austin Leslie, American chef and author (born 1934) ↗
2004 Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (born 1970) ↗
2004 Patrick Wormald, English historian (born 1947) ↗
2001 Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (born 1915) ↗
2001 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (born 1923) ↗
2000 John Grant, English journalist and politician (born 1932) ↗
1999 Edward William O'Rourke, American bishop (born 1917) ↗
1998 Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (born 1917) ↗
1998 C. David Marsden, British neurologist (born 1938) ↗
1998 Bruno Munari, Italian artist, designer, and inventor (born 1907) ↗
1997 Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer and organist (born 1919) ↗
1997 Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (born 1923) ↗
1997 Edith Ballinger Price, American writer and illustrator (born 1897) ↗
1996 Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (born 1923) ↗
1995 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist and activist (born 1919) ↗
1993 Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1907) ↗
1992 Jean Aurenche, French screenwriter (born 1904) ↗
1992 William H. Sebrell Jr., American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (born 1901) ↗
1992 Don West, American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (born 1906) ↗
1991 Grace Zaring Stone, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1891) ↗
1989 Gussie Busch, American businessman (born 1899) ↗
1989 Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (born 1919) ↗
1988 Charles Addams, American cartoonist (born 1912) ↗
1987 Henry Ford II, American businessman (born 1917) ↗
1984 Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (born 1946) ↗
1984 Hal Porter, Australian novelist, playwright and poet (born 1911) ↗
1983 Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910) ↗
1982 A. L. Lloyd, English folk singer (born 1908) ↗
1982 Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (born 1912) ↗
1981 Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1913) ↗
1981 Frances Yates, English historian (born 1899) ↗
1980 Harold Alexander Abramson, American physician (born 1889) ↗
1979 Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (born 1924) ↗
1979 Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian composer (born 1893) ↗
1977 Robert McKimson, American animator and illustrator (born 1910) ↗
1977 Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American composer and pianist (born 1899) ↗
1975 Gladys Skelton, Australian-British poet, novelist and playwright (born 1885) ↗
1975 Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (born 1890) ↗
1973 W. H. Auden – English-American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1907) ↗
1972 Kathleen Clarke, Irish politician and activist (born 1878) ↗
1970 Edward Everett Horton, American actor (born 1886) ↗
1970 Gilbert Seldes, American writer and cultural critic (born 1893) ↗
1967 Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (born 1917) ↗
1966 Bernard Gimbel, American businessman (born 1885) ↗
1960 John Baillie, Scottish theologian (born 1886) ↗
1960 Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (born 1882) ↗
1960 John Goodwin, British soldier and medical practitioner, 14th Governor of Queensland (born 1871) ↗
1959 Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist (born 1887) ↗
1958 Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1893) ↗
1956 Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan politician, 21st President of Nicaragua (born 1896) ↗
1955 Louis Leon Thurstone, American psychologist (born 1887) ↗
1955 Hubert Maitland Turnbull, British pathologist (born 1875) ↗
1953 Ernst Reuter, German politician (born 1889) ↗
1952 John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (born 1899) ↗
1952 C. H. Douglas, British engineer (born 1879) ↗
1951 Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (born 1864) ↗
1949 Rosa Olitzka, German-American contralto singer (born 1873) ↗
1944 Douglas Crawford McMurtrie, American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and author (born 1888) ↗
1937 Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (born 1877) ↗
1937 Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (born 1873) ↗
1935 Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (born 1898) ↗
1933 Jean-François Delmas, French bass-baritone (born 1861) ↗
1931 William Orpen, Irish artist (born 1878) ↗
1930 Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (born 1844) ↗
1928 John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (born 1842) ↗
1928 Ernst Steinitz, German mathematician (born 1871) ↗
1927 Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (born 1858) ↗
1927 Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860) ↗
1925 Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851) ↗
1925 Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888) ↗
1923 Walther Penck, German geologist and geomorphologist (born 1888) ↗
1919 Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (born 1844) ↗
1918 Lawrence Weathers, Australian soldier (born 1890). ↗
1915 Luther Orlando Emerson, American musician, composer and music publisher (born 1820) ↗
1915 Rudi Stephan, German composer (born 1887) ↗
1913 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (born 1858) ↗
1913 John F. Lacey, American politician (born 1841) ↗
1910 Rebecca Harding Davis, American author and journalist (born 1831) ↗
1910 Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1836) ↗
1908 Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (born 1839) ↗
1905 Alexander Hay Japp, Scottish author, journalist and publisher (born 1836) ↗
1904 Alfred Nehring, German zoologist and paleontologist (born 1845) ↗
1902 William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (born 1825) ↗
1902 Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (born 1840) ↗
1900 Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (born 1814) ↗
1898 Thomas F. Bayard, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (born 1828) ↗
1889 Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (born 1818) ↗
1887 Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (born 1810) ↗
1867 Ling Ma – American major general and politician (born 1809) ↗
1862 William "Bull" Nelson, American general (born 1824) ↗
1861 Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1829 or 1834) ↗
1850 David Keith Ballow, Scottish-Australian doctor (born 1804) ↗
1833 Ferdinand VII of Spain (born 1784) ↗
1804 Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (born 1728) ↗
1800 Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (born 1729) ↗
1715 George Haliburton, Scottish bishop (born 1635) ↗
1642 René Goupil, French missionary and saint (born 1608) ↗
1642 William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (born 1561) ↗
1637 Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (born 1600) ↗
1560 Gustav I of Sweden (born 1496) ↗
1501 Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (born 1442) ↗
1382 Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud, malik of Sistan ↗
1364 Charles I, Duke of Brittany (born 1319) ↗
1304 John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (born 1231) ↗
1298 Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (born 1223) ↗
1225 Arnaud Amalric, Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder ↗
1186 William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (born 1130) ↗
855 Lothair I, Carolingian emperor (born 795) ↗
722 Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (born 660) ↗