Events

2018

YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide.

2017

A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.

2016

The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.

2013

More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2010

Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.

2009

Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.

2008

ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.

2008

Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.

2007

Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).

2004

Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.

2000

United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.

1997

The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.

1996

Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.

1996

A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

1993

The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.

1989

The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.

1981

The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.

1980

US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.

1975

Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.

1975

Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

1974

The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.

1973

Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.

1969

Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.

1968

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.

1961

LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño.

1956

Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.

1955

The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.

1948

Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

1948

In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses known as the Jeju uprising begins.

1946

Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

1942

World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

1936

Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

1933

First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.

1922

Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1920

Attempts are made to carry out the failed assassination attempt on General Mannerheim, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of Eino Rahja, during the White Guard parade in Tampere, Finland.

1905

Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1895

The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.

1888

Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.

1885

Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.

1882

American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.

1865

American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.

1860

The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.

1851

Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.

1721

Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.

1589

The janissaries revolt in response to the debasement of coins.

1559

The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.

1077

The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.

1043

Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

956

Polyeuctus of Constantinople is elected as patriarch of Constantinople.

686

Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.

Births

1999

Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

1998

Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer

1997

Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer

1997

Zhao Xintong, Chinese snooker player

1996

Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player

1994

Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player

1994

Dylann Roof, American mass murderer

1993

Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer

1992

Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer

1992

Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer

1991

Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer

1990

Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer

1990

Madison Brengle, American tennis player

1990

Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer

1990

Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer

1989

Romain Alessandrini, French footballer

1989

Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer

1989

Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player

1989

Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer

1988

Kam Chancellor, American football player

1988

Brandon Graham, American football player

1988

Peter Hartley, English footballer

1988

Tim Krul, Dutch footballer

1987

Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and producer

1987

Jay Bruce, American baseball player

1987

Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player

1987

Jason Kipnis, American baseball player

1987

Martyn Rooney, English sprinter

1987

Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1987

Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer

1986

Amanda Bynes, American actress

1986

Stephanie Cox, American soccer player

1986

Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist

1986

Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer

1985

Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver

1985

Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer

1984

Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer

1984

Maxi López, Argentinian footballer

1983

Ben Foster, English footballer

1983

Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player

1982

Jared Allen, American football player

1982

Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer

1982

Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress

1981

Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player

1981

DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player

1980

Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer

1980

Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist

1979

Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach

1978

Matthew Goode, English actor

1978

Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player

1978

John Smit, South African rugby player

1976

Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player

1975

Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player

1975

Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player

1975

Aries Spears, American comedian and actor

1975

Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player

1975

Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player

1974

Marcus Brown, American basketball player

1974

Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor

1973

Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer

1973

Adam Scott, American actor

1972

Jennie Garth, American actress and director

1972

Catherine McCormack, English actress

1972

Sandrine Testud, French tennis player

1971

Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager

1971

Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver

1971

Picabo Street, American skier

1969

Rodney Hampton, American football player

1969

Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach

1969

Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor

1969

Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer

1968

Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

1968

Charlotte Coleman, English actress (died 2001)

1968

Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer

1968

Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player

1967

Cat Cora, American chef and author

1967

Pervis Ellison, American basketball player

1967

Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player

1967

Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter

1967

Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster

1966

John de Vries, Australian race car driver

1965

Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (died 2000)

1964

Marco Ballotta, Italian footballer and manager

1964

Nigel Farage, English politician

1964

Claire Perry, English banker and politician

1964

Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager

1964

Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach

1964

Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia

1963

Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player

1963

Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager

1963

Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)

1962

Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager

1962

Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962

Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician

1961

Tim Crews, American baseball player (died 1993)

1961

Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

1960

Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1959

David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist

1958

Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host

1958

Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist

1958

Francesca Woodman, American photographer (died 1981)

1956

Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician

1956

Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer

1956

Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor

1956

Ray Combs, American game show host (died 1996)

1954

Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer

1954

K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician

1953

Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator

1953

Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna (died 2022)

1953

James Smith, American boxer

1952

Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician

1951

Brendan Barber, English trade union leader

1951

Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator

1951

Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1950

Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist

1949

Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (died 1992)

1949

A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic

1949

Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1948

Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter

1948

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO

1948

Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer

1948

Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico

1947

Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (died 2013)

1946

Nicholas Jones, English actor

1946

Dee Murray, English bass player (died 1992)

1946

Marisa Paredes, Spanish film actress (died 2024)

1946

Hanna Suchocka, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland

1945

Doon Arbus, American author and journalist

1945

Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)

1945

Catherine Spaak, French actress (died 2022)

1944

Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic

1944

Tony Orlando, American singer

1943

Mario Lavista, Mexican composer (died 2021)

1943

Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1943

Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)

1943

Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces

1942

Marsha Mason, American actress

1942

Wayne Newton, American singer

1942

Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

1941

Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)

1941

Philippé Wynne, American soul singer (died 1984)

1939

François de Roubaix, French composer (died 1975)

1939

Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (died 2012)

1939

Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician

1938

Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer

1938

Phil Rodgers, American golfer (died 2018)

1936

Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (died 2008)

1936

Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (died 1987)

1935

Harold Kushner, American rabbi and author (died 2023)

1934

Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator

1934

Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist (died 2025)

1934

Jim Parker, American football player (died 2005)

1933

Bob Dornan, American politician

1933

Rod Funseth, American golfer (died 1985)

1931

William Bast, American screenwriter and author (died 2015)

1930

Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (died 1998)

1930

Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)

1930

Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (died 2015)

1930

Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)

1929

Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (died 1982)

1929

Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)

1928

Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

1928

Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (died 2018)

1928

Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

1928

Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (died 1999)

1927

Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (died 2012)

1926

Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2019)

1926

Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)

1925

Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (died 2014)

1924

Marlon Brando, American actor and director (died 2004)

1924

Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (died 1945)

1923

Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (died 2013)

1922

Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (died 1996)

1922

Doris Day, American singer and actress (died 2019)

1921

Robert Karvelas, American actor (died 1991)

1921

Jan Sterling, American actress (died 2004)

1920

Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (died 2001)

1920

Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (died 1977)

1919

Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (died 2015)

1919

Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (died 2008)

1918

Mary Anderson, American actress (died 2014)

1918

Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (died 2000)

1916

Herb Caen, American journalist and author (died 1997)

1916

Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (died 1988)

1916

Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (died 1991)

1915

Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2016)

1915

İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic (died 2010)

1914

Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)

1914

Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (died 2008)

1913

Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (died 2005)

1912

Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (died 1982)

1912

Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (died 1963)

1911

Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress (died 1956)

1911

Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (died 2001)

1911

Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (died 1980)

1910

Ted Hook, Australian public servant (died 1990)

1905

Robert Sink, American general (died 1965)

1904

Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (died 1999)

1904

Sally Rand, American dancer (died 1979)

1904

Russel Wright, American furniture designer (died 1976)

1903

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (died 1988)

1900

Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (died 1987)

1900

Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1958)

1898

David Jack, English footballer and manager (died 1958)

1898

George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1981)

1898

Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time magazine (died 1967)

1897

Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (died 1970)

1897

Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (died 1989)

1895

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1968)

1895

Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (died 1971)

1893

Leslie Howard, English actor (died 1943)

1889

Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (died 1949)

1888

Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (died 1972)

1887

Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (died 1956)

1887

Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (died 1966)

1886

Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (died 1953)

1885

Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)

1885

Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1954)

1885

Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (died 1944)

1885

St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (died 1960)

1883

Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937)

1882

Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (died 1952)

1881

Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1954)

1880

Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (died 1903)

1876

Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (died 1958)

1876

Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (died 1932)

1875

Mistinguett, French actress and singer (died 1956)

1864

Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (died 1943)

1860

Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 1932)

1858

Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (died 1937)

1852

Talbot Baines Reed, English author (died 1893)

1848

Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (died 1879)

1842

Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (died 1864)

1837

John Burroughs, American botanist and author (died 1921)

1826

Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (died 1900)

1823

George Derby, American lieutenant and journalist (died 1861)

1823

William M. Tweed, American politician (died 1878)

1822

Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (died 1909)

1814

Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1901)

1807

Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (died 1877)

1798

Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (died 1877)

1791

Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (died 1840)

1783

Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)

1782

Alexander Macomb, American general (died 1841)

1781

Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (died 1830)

1778

Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (died 1862)

1770

Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (died 1843)

1769

Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (died 1835)

1764

John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1831)

1715

William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (died 1787)

1693

George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist (died 1773)

1682

Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer (died 1750)

1643

Charles V, duke of Lorraine (died 1690)

1593

George Herbert, English poet (died 1633)

1540

Maria de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (died 1557)

1529

Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1581)

1438

John III of Egmont, Dutch nobleman (died 1516)

1395

George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (died 1486)

1151

Igor Svyatoslavich, Kievan Rus' prince (died 1202)

1016

Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1055)

Deaths

2026

Fred Curry, Lebanese-American professional wrestler (born 1941)

2025

Theodore McCarrick, American former cardinal (born 1930)

2025

Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (born 1936)

2024

Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)

2024

Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer (born 1939)

2022

June Brown, English actress (born 1927)

2021

Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (born 1929)

2017

Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)

2016

Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (born 1932)

2016

Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (born 1913)

2016

Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (born 1974)

2015

Sarah Brady, American activist and author (born 1942)

2015

Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (born 1950)

2015

Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1913)

2014

Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (born 1935)

2014

Fred Kida, American illustrator (born 1920)

2014

Prince Michael of Prussia (born 1940)

2014

Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (born 1936)

2014

Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (born 1921)

2013

Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (born 1930)

2013

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1927)

2012

Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (born 1919)

2012

Richard Descoings, French civil servant (born 1958)

2012

Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (born 1917)

2012

Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (born 1928)

2012

José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1930)

2008

Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (born 1983)

2007

Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (born 1937)

2005

François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1944)

2000

Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (born 1946)

2000

Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (born 1909)

1999

Lionel Bart, English composer (born 1930)

1999

Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (born 1909)

1998

Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (born 1900)

1997

John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (born 1921)

1996

Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1941)

1995

Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (born 1902)

1994

Frank Wells, American businessman (born 1932)

1993

Pinky Lee, American television host (born 1907)

1991

Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (born 1901)

1991

Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1904)

1990

Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924)

1988

Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (born 1907)

1987

Tom Sestak, American football player (born 1936)

1986

Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (born 1910)

1983

Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (born 1934)

1982

Warren Oates, American actor (born 1928)

1981

Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (born 1899)

1978

Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1903)

1978

Winston Sharples, American composer (born 1909)

1976

David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (born 1900)

1976

Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1894)

1975

Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (born 1933)

1972

Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (born 1892)

1971

Joseph Valachi, American gangster (born 1904)

1970

Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (born 1890)

1962

Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (born 1883)

1958

Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (born 1891)

1957

Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (born 1883)

1952

Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (born 1866)

1951

Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1890)

1950

Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (born 1900)

1950

Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (born 1875)

1946

Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (born 1887)

1943

Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (born 1893)

1941

Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (born 1877)

1941

Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1879)

1936

Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (born 1899)

1930

Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (born 1847)

1902

Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (born 1814)

1901

Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (born 1844)

1897

Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (born 1833)

1882

Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (born 1847)

1880

Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (born 1831)

1868

Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (born 1796)

1849

Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (born 1809)

1846

William Braine, English soldier and explorer (born 1814)

1844

Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (born 1807)

1838

François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (born 1780)

1827

Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (born 1756)

1826

Reginald Heber, English priest (born 1783)

1804

Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (born 1727)

1792

George Pocock, English admiral (born 1706)

1728

James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (born 1662)

1717

Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (born 1640)

1695

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (born 1636)

1691

Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (born 1608)

1682

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (born 1618)

1680

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (born 1630)

1637

Joseph Yuspa Nördlinger Hahn, German rabbi

1630

Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (born c.  1593)

1606

Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1563)

1545

Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (born 1481)

1538

Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1480)

1350

Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1295)

1325

Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint (born 1238)

1287

Pope Honorius IV (born 1210)

1253

Saint Richard of Chichester

1203

Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (born 1187)

1171

Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1120)

1153

al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate

963

William III, Duke of Aquitaine (born 915)

33

Jesus of Nazareth

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