Events

2018

Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.

2010

Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.

2010

Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

2010

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.

2009

North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of six-party talks.

2007

The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.

1999

Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

1998

In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.

1992

Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

1992

Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.

1991

An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard, including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

1991

The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

1983

The People's Armed Police is officially founded.

1977

The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.

1976

In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

1974

Carrie, the first novel by American author Stephen King, is published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies.

1971

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

1966

During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.

1965

My Fair Lady wins Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards.

1958

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada, is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.

1956

Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

1951

Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

1949

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

1946

Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.

1946

A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all four crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.

1945

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

1943

World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit.

1942

World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.

1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

1938

Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.

1936

Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.

1933

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

1933

Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.

1932

Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

1922

The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.

1910

The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.

1902

A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.

1879

Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.

1818

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

1795

Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

1792

United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

1621

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

1614

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

1614

The second English Parliament of king James I, the so-called Addled Parliament, opens.

1566

Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

1536

Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.

1242

During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

919

The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.

823

Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Births

2003

Tetairoa McMillan, American football player

2001

Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player

2001

Felipe Peña, Argentine footballer

1999

Bobby Miller, American baseball player

1998

Nathan Broadhead, Welsh football player

1997

Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer

1997

Dominik Mysterio, American wrestler

1996

Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver

1996

Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer

1995

Daniel Caesar, Canadian singer-songwriter

1995

Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player

1995

Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer

1995

Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer

1995

Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer

1994

Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player

1994

Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer

1994

Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer

1993

Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer

1993

Maya DiRado, American swimmer

1993

Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer

1993

Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player

1993

Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player

1992

Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

1992

Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer

1992

Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer

1992

Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer

1991

Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer

1991

Nathaniel Clyne, English footballer

1991

Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer

1991

Joël Mall, Swiss footballer

1991

Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer

1990

Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer

1990

Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player

1990

Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer

1990

Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer

1990

Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer

1990

Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)

1990

Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer

1990

Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist

1990

Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player

1990

Sercan Yıldırım, Turkish footballer

1990

Género Zeefuik, Dutch footballer

1989

Kader Amadou, Nigerien footballer

1989

Yémi Apithy, Beninese fencer

1989

Liemarvin Bonevacia, Dutch sprinter

1989

Freddie Fox, English actor

1989

Emre Güral, Turkish footballer

1989

Justin Holiday, American basketball player

1989

Rachel Homan, Canadian curler

1989

Lily James, English actress

1989

Trevor Marsicano, American speed skater

1989

Jonathan Rossini, Swiss footballer

1989

Kiki Sukezane, Japanese actress

1989

Sohsuke Takatani, Japanese wrestler

1988

Gerson Acevedo, Chilean footballer

1988

Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player

1988

Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer

1988

Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player

1988

Gevorg Ghazaryan, Armenian footballer

1988

Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player

1988

Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer

1988

Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager

1988

Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier

1988

Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

1988

Pape Sy, French basketball player

1988

Alexey Volkov, Russian biathlete

1987

Max Grün, German footballer

1987

Balázs Hárai, Hungarian water polo player

1987

Anton Kokorin, Russian sprint athlete

1987

Fyodor Kudryashov, Russian footballer

1987

Etiënne Reijnen, Dutch footballer

1986

Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress

1986

Anzor Boltukayev, Chechen wrestler

1986

Diego Chará, Colombian footballer

1986

Charlotte Flair, American wrestler, author and actress

1986

Róbert Kasza, Hungarian Modern pentathlete

1986

Eetu Muinonen, Finnish footballer

1986

Manuel Ruz, Spanish footballer

1986

Albert Selimov, Azerbaijani boxer

1985

Daniel Congré, French footballer

1985

Erwin l'Ami, Dutch chess player

1985

Jolanda Keizer, Dutch heptathlete

1985

Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist

1985

Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer

1985

Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster

1985

Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist

1984

Marshall Allman, American actor

1984

Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian

1984

Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete

1984

Alexei Glukhov, Russian ice hockey player

1984

Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player

1984

Darija Jurak, Croatian tennis player

1984

Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer

1984

Dmitry Kozonchuk, Russian cyclist

1984

Shin Min-a, South Korean actress

1984

Jess Sum, Hong Kong actress

1984

Peter Penz, Austrian luger

1984

Samuele Preisig, Swiss footballer

1984

Cristian Săpunaru, Romanian footballer

1984

Fabio Vitaioli, San Marinese footballer

1984

Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer

1984

Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model

1983

Jaime Castrillón, Colombian footballer

1983

Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer

1983

Brock Radunske, Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player

1983

Yohann Sangaré, French basketball player

1983

Cécile Storti, French cross-country skier

1983

Shikha Uberoi, Indian-American tennis player

1982

Hayley Atwell, English-American actress

1982

Matheus Coradini Vivian, Brazilian footballer

1982

Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer

1982

Kelly Pavlik, American boxer

1982

Matt Pickens, American soccer player

1982

Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver

1982

Danylo Sapunov, Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete

1982

Hubert Schwab, Swiss cyclist

1982

Marcel Seip, Dutch former footballer

1981

Matthew Emmons, American rifle shooter

1981

Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)

1981

Mariqueen Maandig, Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter

1981

Daba Modibo Keïta, Malian taekwondo athlete

1981

Marissa Nadler, American musician

1981

Tom Riley, English actor and producer

1981

Mompati Thuma, Botswana footballer

1981

Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist

1980

Matt Bonner, American basketball player

1980

Alberta Brianti, Italian tennis player

1980

Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist

1980

David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor

1980

Mike Glumac, Canadian ice hockey player

1980

Mario Kasun, Croatian basketball player

1980

Lee Jae-won, South Korean DJ and singer

1980

Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer

1980

Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower

1980

Odlanier Solís, Cuban boxer

1979

Vlada Avramov, Serbian footballer

1979

Josh Boone, American screenwriter and director

1979

Song Dae-nam, South Korean judoka

1979

Timo Hildebrand, German footballer

1979

Imany, French singer

1979

Barel Mouko, Congolese footballer

1979

Cesare Natali, Italian footballer

1979

Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer

1979

Alexander Resch, German luger

1979

Andrius Velička, Lithuanian footballer

1979

Dante Wesley, American football player

1979

Chen Yanqing, Chinese weightlifter

1978

Dwain Chambers, British track sprinter

1978

Marcone Amaral Costa, Qatari footballer

1978

Tarek El-Said, Egyptian footballer

1978

Jairo Patiño, Colombian footballer

1978

Sohyang, South Korean singer

1978

Stephen Jackson, American basketball player

1978

Arnaud Tournant, French cyclist

1978

Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer

1978

Günther Weidlinger, Austrian long-distance runner

1977

Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player

1977

Trevor Letowski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1977

Daniel Majstorović, Swedish footballer

1976

Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer

1976

Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player

1976

Sterling K. Brown, American actor

1976

Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka

1976

Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer

1976

Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach

1976

Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer

1976

Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer

1976

Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner

1976

Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete

1976

Anouska van der Zee, Dutch cyclist

1975

Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor

1975

John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach

1975

Juicy J, American rapper and producer

1975

Serhiy Klymentiev, Ukrainian ice hockey player

1975

Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic

1975

Marcos Vales, Spanish footballer

1975

Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach

1974

Sandra Bagarić, Croatian opera singer and actress

1974

Julien Boutter, French tennis player

1974

Katja Holanti, Finnish biathlete

1974

Oleg Khodkov, Russian handball player

1974

Ariel López, Argentine footballer

1974

Lukas Ridgeston, Slovak actor and director

1974

Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper

1973

Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress

1973

Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player

1973

Lidia Trettel, Italian snowboarder

1973

Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwriter and rapper

1972

Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist

1972

Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver

1972

Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager

1972

Duncan Spencer, English cricketer

1972

Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (died 2019)

1972

Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress

1971

Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971

Krista Allen, American actress

1971

Austin Berry, Costa Rican footballer

1971

Simona Cavallari, Italian actress

1971

Victoria Hamilton, English actress

1971

Nelson Parraguez, Chilean footballer

1971

Kim Soo-nyung, South Korean archer

1970

Soheil Ayari, French race car driver

1970

Valérie Bonneton, French actress

1970

Diamond D, American hip hop producer

1970

Petar Genov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster

1970

Thea Gill, Canadian actress

1970

Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter

1970

Irina Timofeyeva, Russian long-distance runner

1969

Dinos Angelidis, Greek basketball player

1969

Viatcheslav Djavanian, Russian cyclist

1969

Pontus Kåmark, Swedish footballer

1969

Pavlo Khnykin, Ukrainian swimmer

1969

Tomislav Piplica, Bosnian footballer and manager

1969

Ravindra Prabhat, Indian writer and journalist

1968

Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1967

Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

1967

Franck Silvestre, French footballer

1967

Erland Johnsen, Norwegian footballer

1967

Laima Zilporytė, Soviet cyclist

1966

Yoon Hyun, South Korean judoka

1966

Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter

1966

Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host

1965

Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager

1965

Lang Tzu-yun, Taiwanese actress

1965

Elizabeth McIntyre, American freestyle skier

1965

Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete

1964

Neil Eckersley, British judoka

1964

Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Soviet modern pentathlete

1964

Levon Julfalakyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler

1964

Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach

1963

Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer

1962

Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (died 2003)

1962

Sara Danius, Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (died 2019)

1962

Richard Gough, Swedish born Scottish international footballer

1962

Arild Monsen, Norwegian cross-country skier

1962

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia

1961

Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress

1961

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano

1961

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist

1961

Lisa Zane, American actress and singer

1960

Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author

1960

Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1960

Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)

1960

Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner

1960

Adnan Terzić, Bosnian politician

1959

Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host (died 1989)

1958

Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)

1958

Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach

1958

Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer

1958

Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player

1958

Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist

1958

Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)

1957

Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop

1957

Karin Roßley, German hurdler

1956

Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor

1956

Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman

1956

Reid Ribble, American politician

1956

T. V. Smith, English singer-songwriter

1955

Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

1955

Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer (died 2015)

1955

Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager

1955

Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter

1955

Bernard Longley, English prelate

1955

Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator (died 2024)

1955

Takayoshi Yamano, Japanese footballer

1954

Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host

1954

Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1954

Mohamed Ben Mouza, Tunisian footballer

1954

Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1954

Yoshiichi Watanabe, Japanese footballer

1953

Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host

1953

Keiko Han, Japanese actress

1953

Tae Jin-ah, South Korean singer

1953

Raleb Majadele, Israeli politician

1953

Ian Swales, English accountant and politician

1952

Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer

1952

John C. Dvorak, American author and editor

1952

Sandy Mayer, American tennis player

1952

Dennis Mortimer, English footballer

1952

Mitch Pileggi, American actor

1951

Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter

1951

Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler

1951

Nedim Gürsel, Turkish writer

1951

Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.

1951

Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

1951

Ubol Ratana, Thai Princess

1950

Ann C. Crispin, American writer (died 2013)

1950

Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist

1950

Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1950

Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator (died 2018)

1950

Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor

1949

Stanley Dziedzic, American wrestler

1949

Larry Franco, American film producer

1949

Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)

1948

Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer

1948

Dave Holland, English drummer (died 2018)

1948

Roy McFarland, English footballer and manager

1947

Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer

1947

Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician

1947

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines

1947

Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer

1947

Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician

1946

Jane Asher, English actress

1946

Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer

1946

Björn Granath, Swedish actor (died 2017)

1946

Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler

1945

Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player

1945

Steve Carver, American director and producer (died 2021)

1945

Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (died 2004)

1945

Tommy Smith, English footballer (died 2019)

1944

Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director

1944

János Martonyi, Hungarian politician

1944

Evan Parker, British musician

1944

Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (died 2014)

1944

Willy Planckaert, Belgian cyclist

1944

Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico

1944

Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

1943

Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia

1943

Max Gail, American actor and director

1943

Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer

1943

Miet Smet, Belgian politician

1943

Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (died 2018)

1942

Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter

1942

Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician

1942

Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player

1942

Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter

1941

Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor

1941

Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2016)

1940

Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

1940

Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host

1939

Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania (died 2011)

1939

Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (died 2010)

1939

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen

1939

Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (died 1995)

1939

David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer (died 2019)

1938

Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2018)

1938

Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (died 2003)

1938

Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (died 2014)

1938

Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (died 2012)

1938

Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer

1937

Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author (died 2024)

1937

Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)

1937

Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (died 2021)

1937

Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and manager

1937

Juan Vicente Lezcano, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)

1936

Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver (died 1992)

1936

Glenn Jordan, American director and producer

1936

Dragoljub Minić, Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (died 2005)

1935

Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor (died 2024)

1935

Peter Grant, English talent manager (died 1995)

1935

Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018)

1935

Frank Schepke, German rower (died 2017)

1934

John Carey, English author and critic

1934

Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (died 2017)

1934

Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (died 2014)

1934

Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (died 2000)

1933

Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (died 2014)

1933

Frank Gorshin, American actor (died 2005)

1933

Barbara Holland, American author (died 2010)

1933

K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (died 1982)

1931

Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)

1931

Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer and screenwriter

1930

Mary Costa, American singer and actress

1930

Pierre Lhomme, French director of photography (died 2019)

1929

Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (died 2008)

1929

Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

1929

Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (died 2001)

1929

Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (died 1967)

1929

Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, Iranian wrestler

1928

Enzo Cannavale, Italian actor (died 2011)

1928

Tony Williams, American singer (died 1992)

1927

Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician, 14th prime minister of Thailand (died 2025)

1927

Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (died 2006)

1926

Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

1926

Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (died 2009)

1925

Janet Rowley, American human geneticist (died 2013)

1925

Pierre Nihant, Belgian cyclist (died 1993)

1924

Igor Borisov, Soviet rower (died 2003)

1923

Ernest Mandel, German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (died 1995)

1923

Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (died 1995)

1923

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (died 2001)

1922

Tom Finney, English footballer (died 2014)

1922

Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (died 2005)

1922

Andy Linden, American race car driver (died 1987)

1922

Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)

1921

Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (died 2001)

1920

Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)

1920

Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (died 2004)

1920

Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (died 1986)

1920

John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (died 2008)

1919

Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2018)

1917

Robert Bloch, American author (died 1994)

1917

Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (died 1996)

1916

Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)

1914

Felice Borel, Italian footballer (died 1993)

1913

Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist (died 2005)

1913

Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo (died 1969)

1913

Ruth Smith, Faroese artist (died 1958)

1912

Jehan Buhan, French fencer (died 1999)

1912

Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (died 1979)

1912

Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (died 1975)

1912

Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (died 2000)

1912

Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 1997)

1912

John Le Mesurier, English actor (died 1983)

1912

István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (died 1979)

1912

Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (died 2001)

1911

Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician (died 1993)

1911

Johnny Revolta, American golfer (died 1991)

1910

Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (died 1987)

1910

Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager (died 1990)

1909

Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (died 1996)

1909

Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (died 2001)

1909

Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1991)

1909

Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (died 1945)

1908

Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)

1908

Kurt Neumann, German director (died 1958)

1908

Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1986)

1908

Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1989)

1907

Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai jurist (died 2002)

1906

Albert Charles Smith, American botanist (died 1999)

1906

Fernando Germani, Italian organist (died 1998)

1906

Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (died 1952)

1904

Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (died 2005)

1903

Marion Aye, American actress (died 1951)

1902

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (died 1994)

1901

Curt Bois, German actor (died 1991)

1901

Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador (died 1986)

1901

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981)

1901

Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (died 1967)

1900

Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (died 1985)

1900

Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1939)

1900

Spencer Tracy, American actor (died 1967)

1899

Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (died 1964)

1898

Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (died 1976)

1897

Hans Schuberth, German politician (died 1976)

1896

Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator (died 1931)

1895

Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (died 1957)

1894

Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (died 1956)

1894

Hans Hüttig, German SS officer (died 1980)

1894

Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist (died 1965)

1893

Frithjof Andersen, Norwegian wrestler (died 1975)

1893

Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died 1973)

1892

Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player (died 1964)

1891

Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (died 1972)

1891

Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun (died 1904)

1890

Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast (died 1955)

1890

William Moore, British track and field athlete (died 1956)

1889

Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (died 1981)

1887

William Cowhig, British gymnast (died 1964)

1886

Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist (died 1933)

1886

Frederick Lindemann, British physicist (died 1957)

1886

Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (died 1933)

1885

Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer (died 1978)

1884

Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (died 1940)

1883

Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1950)

1882

Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary (died 1913)

1882

Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky (died 1962)

1880

Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (died 1963)

1880

Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter (died 1970)

1879

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (died 1944)

1879

Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (died 1956)

1878

Albert Champion, French cyclist (died 1927)

1878

Georg Misch, German philosopher (died 1965)

1878

Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (died 1964)

1874

Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1949)

1874

Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (died 1966)

1873

Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer (died 1946)

1872

Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (died 1962)

1871

Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (died 1949)

1870

Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka (died 1944)

1869

Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (died 1942)

1869

Albert Roussel, French composer (died 1937)

1867

Ernest Lewis, British tennis player (died 1930)

1863

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1950)

1862

Louis Ganne, French conductor (died 1923)

1862

Leo Stern, English cellist (died 1904)

1860

Harry S. Barlow, British tennis player (died 1917)

1859

Reinhold Seeberg, German theologian (died 1935)

1858

Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (died 1915)

1857

Alexander of Battenberg (died 1893)

1856

Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (died 1915)

1852

Émile Billard, French sailor (died 1930)

1852

Walter W. Winans, American marksman and sculptor (died 1920)

1852

Franz Eckert, German composer and musician (died 1916)

1850

Enrico Mazzanti, Italian engineer and cartoonist (died 1910)

1848

Thure de Thulstrup, American illustrator (died 1930)

1848

Ulrich Wille, Swiss army general (died 1925)

1846

Sigmund Exner, Austrian physiologist (died 1926)

1846

Henry Wellesley, British peer and politician (died 1900)

1845

Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist and histopathologist (died 1919)

1845

Jules Cambon, French diplomat (died 1935)

1842

Hans Hildebrand, Swedish archaeologist (died 1913)

1840

Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911)

1839

Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (died 1915)

1837

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (died 1909)

1835

Vítězslav Hálek, Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (died 1874)

1834

Prentice Mulford, American humorist and author (died 1891)

1834

Wilhelm Olbers Focke, German medical doctor and botanist (died 1922)

1834

Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (died 1902)

1832

Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (died 1893)

1827

Joseph Lister, English surgeon and academic (died 1912)

1822

Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, Belgian economist (died 1892)

1820

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist

1814

Felix Lichnowsky, Czech soldier and politician (died 1848)

1811

Jules Dupré, French painter (died 1889)

1810

Sir Henry Rawlinson, British East India Company army officer and politician (died 1895)

1809

Karl Felix Halm, German scholar and critic (died 1882)

1804

Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist (died 1881)

1801

Félix Dujardin, French biologist (died 1860)

1801

Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian philosopher, publicist and politician (died 1852)

1799

Jacques Denys Choisy, Swiss clergyman and botanist (died 1859)

1795

Henry Havelock, British general (died 1857)

1793

Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist (died 1843)

1793

Felix de Muelenaere, Belgian politician (died 1862)

1788

Franz Pforr, German painter (died 1812)

1784

Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1859)

1782

Wincenty Krasiński, Polish nobleman (died 1858)

1777

Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist (died 1851)

1774

David Gillespie, American politician and surveyor (died 1829)

1773

José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (died 1844)

1773

Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1839)

1769

Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (died 1839)

1761

Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (died 1839)

1752

Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (died 1831)

1739

Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician (died 1809)

1735

Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1804)

1732

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (died 1806)

1730

Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian (died 1814)

1729

Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1809)

1727

Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1797)

1726

Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant (died 1791)

1719

Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (died 1794)

1692

Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died 1730)

1691

Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1768)

1674

Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (died 1748)

1664

Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy (died 1748)

1656

Nikita Demidov, Russian industrialist (died 1725)

1649

Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (died 1721)

1622

Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1703)

1616

Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1661)

1604

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1675)

1595

John Wilson, English composer and educator (died 1674)

1591

Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (died 1634)

1588

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)

1568

Pope Urban VIII (died 1644)

1549

Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (died 1597)

1539

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603)

1533

Giulio della Rovere, Italian Catholic Cardinal (died 1578)

1523

Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (died 1596)

1521

Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (died 1570)

1472

Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510)

1365

William II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1417)

1315

James III of Majorca (died 1349)

1288

Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)

1279

Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (died 1333)

1219

Wonjong of Goryeo, 24th ruler of Goryeo (died 1274)

1170

Isabella of Hainault (died 1190)

Deaths

2024

C. J. Snare, American musician and songwriter (born 1959)

2022

Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (born 1919)

2022

Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (born 1943)

2021

Paul Ritter, English actor (born 1966)

2019

Sydney Brenner, South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

2019

Wowaka, Japanese musician (born 1987)

2018

Isao Takahata, Japanese director (born 1935)

2017

Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (born 1943)

2017

Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)

2017

Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)

2017

Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)

2017

Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (born 1956)

2017

Tim Parnell, British race car driver (born 1932)

2017

Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (born 1947)

2017

Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)

2017

Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)

2016

Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (born 1936)

2015

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (born 1949)

2015

Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (born 1936)

2014

Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (born 1920)

2014

Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (born 1939)

2014

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (born 1927)

2014

John Pinette, American comedian (born 1964)

2014

José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (born 1947)

2013

Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (born 1921)

2013

Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (born 1924)

2013

Nikolaos Pappas, Greek Navy admiral (born 1930)

2012

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German designer (born 1935)

2012

Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Dominican Republican politician military officer (born 1921)

2012

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (born 1923)

2012

Barney McKenna, Irish musician (born 1939)

2012

Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (born 1934)

2011

Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)

2011

Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African politician (born 1937)

2010

Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (born 1935)

2009

I. J. Good, British mathematician (born 1916)

2008

Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (born 1923)

2007

Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (born 1923)

2007

Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (born 1908)

2007

Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (born 1922)

2007

Mark St. John, American guitarist (born 1956)

2007

Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (born 1912)

2006

Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (born 1927)

2006

Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

2006

Yevgeny Seredin, Russian swimmer (born 1958)

2006

Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1923)

2005

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

2005

Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian (born 1913)

2005

Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (born 1917)

2004

Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (born 1938)

2004

Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (born 1915)

2004

Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)

2003

Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (born 1944)

2002

Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)

2002

Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (born 1917)

2001

Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (born 1910)

2000

Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (born 1909)

2000

Lee Petty, American race car driver (born 1914)

1999

Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (born 1912)

1998

Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist (born 1911)

1998

Cozy Powell, English drummer (born 1947)

1997

Allen Ginsberg, American poet (born 1926)

1996

Charlene Holt, American actress (born 1928)

1995

Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (born 1915)

1995

Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and engraver (born 1913)

1995

Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (born 1904)

1994

Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)

1993

Divya Bharti, Indian actress (born 1974)

1992

Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (born 1928)

1992

Molly Picon, American actress (born 1898)

1992

Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (born 1918)

1991

Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (born 1947)

1991

Jay Miller, American basketball player (born 1943)

1991

Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (born 1915)

1991

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (born 1909)

1991

John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1925)

1989

Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (born 1895)

1989

Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (born 1910)

1988

Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (born 1920)

1987

Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (born 1914)

1986

Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (born 1903)

1984

Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (born 1899)

1984

Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (born 1894)

1983

Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (born 1907)

1982

Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (born 1910)

1981

Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (born 1892)

1981

Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)

1981

Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (born 1890)

1977

Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (born 1903)

1977

Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (born 1894)

1976

Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)

1976

Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (born 1891)

1976

Harry Wyld, British cyclist (born 1900)

1975

Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (born 1891)

1975

Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (born 1917)

1975

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (born 1887)

1975

Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (born 1899)

1974

Bino Bini, Italian fencer (born 1900)

1974

A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (born 1882)

1973

David Murray, British race car driver (born 1909)

1973

Alla Tarasova, Russian ballerina (born 1898)

1972

Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (born 1907)

1971

José Cubiles, Spanish pianist and conductor (born 1894)

1970

Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (born 1877)

1970

Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (born 1891)

1970

Karl von Spreti, German diplomat (born 1907)

1969

Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (born 1918)

1969

Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (born 1917)

1969

Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (born 1903)

1968

Félix Couchoro, Togolese writer (born 1900)

1968

Lajos Csordás, Hungarian footballer (born 1932)

1968

Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (born 1895)

1967

Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (born 1891)

1967

Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (born 1879)

1967

Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)

1967

Herbert Johnston, British runner (born 1902)

1965

Pedro Sernagiotto, Italian-Brazilian footballer (born 1908)

1965

Sándor Szalay, Hungarian figure skater (born 1893)

1964

James Chapin, American ornithologist (born 1889)

1964

Aloïse Corbaz, Swiss artist (born 1886)

1964

Douglas MacArthur, American general (born 1880)

1963

Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (born 1890)

1962

Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (born 1889)

1961

Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (born 1908)

1958

Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884)

1958

Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (born 1876)

1958

Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (born 1877)

1956

William Titt, British gymnast (born 1881)

1955

Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician (born 1918)

1954

Princess Märtha of Sweden, (born 1901)

1954

Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (born 1888)

1952

Agnes Morton, British tennis player (born 1872)

1950

Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (born 1876)

1949

Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (born 1886)

1948

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (born 1874)

1947

Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (born 1872)

1947

Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (born 1870)

1946

Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (born 1898)

1945

Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (born 1912)

1945

Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (born 1897)

1941

Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (born 1907)

1941

Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (born 1876)

1941

Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (born 1888)

1940

Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (born 1871)

1940

Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)

1940

Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (born 1883)

1940

Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (born 1885)

1938

Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (born 1857)

1938

Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (born 1890)

1937

Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (born 1866)

1937

José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (born 1858)

1936

Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (born 1884)

1935

Achille Locatelli, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1856)

1935

Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (born 1870)

1935

Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1893)

1934

Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (born 1860)

1934

Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player (born 1908)

1933

Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright (born 1884)

1933

Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (born 1854)

1932

María Blanchard, Spanish painter (born 1881)

1929

Francis Aidan Gasquet, English Benedictine monk (born 1846)

1929

Ludwig von Sybel, German archeologist (born 1846)

1928

Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (born 1890)

1928

Viktor Oliva, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1861)

1924

Victor Hensen, German zoologist (born 1835)

1923

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (born 1866)

1921

Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (born 1862)

1921

Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer and translator (born 1853)

1920

Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (born 1848)

1918

George Tupou II, King of Tonga (born 1874)

1918

Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (born 1845)

1916

Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (born 1851)

1914

Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (born 1836)

1906

Eastman Johnson, American painter (born 1824)

1904

Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (born 1830)

1904

Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (born 1822)

1902

Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (born 1850)

1901

Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (born 1820)

1900

Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (born 1822)

1900

Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (born 1832)

1891

Johann Hermann Bauer, Austrian chess master (born 1861)

1888

Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (born 1855)

1882

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (born 1806)

1873

Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (born 1824)

1872

Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (born 1812)

1871

Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (born 1798)

1868

Karel Purkyně, Czech painter (born 1834)

1866

Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (born 1798)

1865

Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (born 1806)

1862

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (born 1803)

1861

Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (born 1818)

1852

Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, (born 1800)

1842

Shah Shuja Durrani, 5th Emir of Afghanistan (born 1785)

1831

Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, Belgian entomologist (born 1797)

1830

Richard Chenevix, Irish chemist and playwright (born 1774)

1808

Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (born 1715)

1804

Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (born 1761)

1799

Johann Christoph Gatterer, German historian (born 1727)

1794

Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759)

1794

François Chabot, French politician (born 1756)

1794

Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1760)

1794

Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (born 1750)

1794

Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (born 1759)

1794

Pierre Philippeaux, French lawyer (born 1754)

1794

François Joseph Westermann, French general (born 1751)

1769

Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (born 1713)

1768

Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (born 1688)

1767

Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (born 1685)

1765

Edward Young, English poet and author (born 1683)

1751

Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (born 1676)

1735

William Derham, English minister and philosopher (born 1657)

1723

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (born 1656)

1717

Jean Jouvenet, French painter (born 1647)

1712

Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (born 1649)

1709

Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (born 1635)

1708

Christian Heinrich, German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern (born 1661)

1704

Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (born 1652)

1697

Charles XI, king of Sweden (born 1655)

1695

George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1633)

1693

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (born 1627)

1693

Philip William August, German nobleman (born 1668)

1684

William Brouncker, English mathematician (born 1620)

1684

Karl Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein (born 1611)

1679

Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, French princess (born 1619)

1673

François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (born 1600)

1626

Anna Koltovskaya, Russian tsarina

1617

Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (born 1555)

1612

Diana Scultori, Italian engraver (born 1547)

1605

John Stow, English historian and antiquary (born 1524/25)

1594

Catherine of Palma, Spanish nun (born 1533)

1534

Jan Matthys, Dutch anabaptist reformer

1512

Lazzaro Bastiani, Italian painter (born 1429)

1431

Bernard I, margrave of Baden-Baden (born 1364)

1419

Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1350)

1325

Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (born c. 1270)

1308

Ivan Kőszegi, Hungarian baron and oligarch

1258

Juliana of Liège, Belgian canoness and saint

1205

Isabella I of Jerusalem, queen regnant of Jerusalem (born 1172)

1183

Ramon Berenguer III, Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence

1168

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (born 1104)

902

Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph

584

Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot

582

Eutychius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch

517

Timothy I of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch

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