April 6 in History

The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight.

A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.

The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

The Bosnian War begins.

Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the 1974 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", the first of a joint-record seven Swedish wins.

The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.

Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward.

Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes in Tittabawassee Township, Michigan, near Freeland Tri-City Airport, killing 47.

The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

The Finno-Soviet Treaty is signed in Moscow.

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.

World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.

During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.

In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.

American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign.

American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.

U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become president upon William Henry Harrison's death.

Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.

Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. (Under the Old Style calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.)

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople. The city falls on May 29 and is renamed Istanbul.

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII crowns his son Romanos II as co-emperor.

Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.

Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.

Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber

Valentina Tronel, French child singer

Andrea Botez, Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber

Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player

Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver

Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player

Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

Maxence Lacroix, French footballer

Nicolás González, Argentine footballer

Peyton List, American actress and model

Spencer List, American actor

Nahuel Molina, Argentine footballer

Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper

Al-Musrati, Libyan footballer

Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player

Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor

Ken, South Korean singer

Julie Ertz, American soccer player

Huh Chan-mi, South Korean singer

Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player

Charlie McDermott, American actor

Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer

Jucilei, Brazilian footballer

Leigh Adams, Australian footballer

Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer

Carlton Mitchell, American football player

Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer

Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008

Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer

Heidi Mount, American model

Levi Porter, English footballer

Hilary Rhoda, American model

Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer

Aaron Curry, American football player

Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler

Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer

Fatau Dauda, Ghanaian footballer

Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player

Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer

Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor

Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter

Michaël Ciani, French footballer

Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player

Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer

Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer

Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress

James Wade, English darts player

Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player

Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player

Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor

Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer

Jeff Faine, American football player

Lucas Licht, Argentine footballer

Alex Suarez, American bass player

Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier

Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier

Clay Travis, American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster

Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist

Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster

Myleene Klass, Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter

Blaine Neal, American baseball player

Igor Semshov, Russian footballer

Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player

Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach

Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist

James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Chris Hoke, American football player

Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player

Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator

Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Hal Gill, American ice hockey player

Donnie Edwards, American football player

Randall Godfrey, American football player

Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress

Sun Wen, Chinese footballer

Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter

Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster

Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach

Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer

Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager

Bison Dele, American basketball player (died 2002)

Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver

Paul Rudd, American actor

Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist

Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic

Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver

Julian Anderson, English composer and educator

Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer

Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic

Jonathan Firth, English actor

Vince Flynn, American author (died 2013)

Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer

Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

Tim Walz, American politician, Governor of Minnesota & vice presidential candidate

Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador

Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic

Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager

Rory Bremner, Scottish impressionist and comedian

Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager

Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player

John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gail Shea, Canadian politician

Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator

Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator

Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut

Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician

Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (died 2013)

Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer

Lee Scott, English politician

Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist

Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach

Rob Epstein, American director and producer

Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer

Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer

Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer

Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter

Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter

Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author

Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 1992)

Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster

Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990)

Pascal Rogé, French pianist

Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (died 2007)

Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (died 2001)

Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (died 2016)

Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter

Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat

Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

John Ratzenberger, American actor and director

André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter

Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist

Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician

Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader (died 2017)

Peter Hill, English journalist

Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano

Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer

Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist (died 2017)

Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic (died 2026)

Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player

Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (died 2017)

Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic

Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer

Angeliki Laiou, Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (died 2008)

Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager

Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer

Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet

Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (died 2011)

André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

John Sculley, American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive

Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (died 2016)

Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor

Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician

Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer

Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator

Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic

Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (died 2007)

Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (died 1996)

Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (died 2010)

Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (died 2008)

Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic

Tom C. Korologos, American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2024)

Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (died 2007)

Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)

Helmut Griem, German actor and director (died 2004)

Ram Dass, American author and educator (died 2019)

Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)

Qiu Dahong, Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (died 2025)

Willis Hall, English playwright and author (died 2005)

Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer (died 1972)

André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)

Christos Sartzetakis, Greek jurist, supreme justice and President of Greece (died 2022)

James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996)

Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (died 1990)

Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (died 2000)

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)

Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2018)

Herb Thomas, American race car driver (died 2000)

Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)

Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (died 2013)

Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (died 2009)

Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1998)

Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (died 1982)

Phil Leeds, American actor (died 1998)

Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (died 1987)

Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer (died 1990)

Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic (died 1993)

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (died 2018)

William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (died 1965)

Hermann Lang, German race car driver (died 1987)

Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (died 1994)

Ernie Lombardi, American baseball player (died 1977)

Virginia Hall, American who was a spy in France for the UK and US during WWII (died 1982)

Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (died 1988)

Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (died 1966)

Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (died 1962)

Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (died 1990)

Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)

Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (died 1925)

Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (died 1984)

Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (died 1920)

Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1960)

Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (died 1981)

Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (died 1981)

Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (died 1939)

Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (died 1976)

Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (died 1967)

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (died 1972)

Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon (died 1946)

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (died 1967)

J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (died 1927)

Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (died 1953)

Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1934)

Prince Alexander John of Wales, British Prince

Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (died 1951)

Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (died 1931)

William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (died 1934)

Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (died 1897)

René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (died 1945)

Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (died 1922)

Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1930)

Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (died 1921)

Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (died 1932)

William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (died 1913)

Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (died 1898)

George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1906)

Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (died 1899)

Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (died 1910)

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet (died 1870)

Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1883)

Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (died 1870)

Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (died 1888)

Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator (died 1862)

James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (died 1836)

Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (died 1853)

Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (died 1794)

Gerard Majella, Italian saint (died 1755)

Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (died 1807)

Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1772)

Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (died 1759)

André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (died 1749)

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (died 1741)

Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (died 1742)

Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (died 1722)

André Dacier, French scholar and academic (died 1722)

Maria Leopoldine of Austria (died 1649)

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (died 1643)

Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa

Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204)

Nick Pope, British UFO writer (born 1965)

Clem Burke, American drummer (born 1954)

Jay North, American actor (born 1951)

Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (born 1934)

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian and Soviet politician (born 1946)

Jill Knight, British politician (born 1923)

Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (born 1928)

Alcee Hastings, American politician (born 1936)

Al Kaline, American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (born 1934)

Michael O'Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1928)

Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (born 1926)

Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1918)

Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)

Mary Anderson, American actress (born 1918)

Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (born 1926)

Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (born 1922)

Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (born 1920)

Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1924)

Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (born 1943)

Hilda Bynoe, Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (born 1921)

Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (born 1931)

Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1946)

Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (born 1946)

Roland Guilbault, American admiral (born 1934)

Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (born 1958)

Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (born 1936)

Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (born 1920)

Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (born 1919)

Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (born 1931)

Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (born 1945)

Corin Redgrave, English actor (born 1939)

J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (born 1919)

Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1982)

Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (born 1916)

Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (born 1977)

Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (born 1917)

Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (born 1926)

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (born 1923)

Anthony F. DePalma, American orthopedic surgeon and professor (born 1904)

Lou Berberet, American baseball player (born 1929)

Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (born 1929)

David Bloom, American journalist (born 1963)

Anita Borg, American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (born 1949)

Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (born 1912)

Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (born 1927)

Dino Yannopoulos, Greek stage director of the Metropolitan Opera (born 1919)

Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (born 1963)

Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (born 1903)

Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1908)

Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (born 1958)

Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

Greer Garson, English-American actress (born 1904)

Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (born 1912)

Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (born 1937)

Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (born 1955)

Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (born 1920)

Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (born 1908)

Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (born 1893)

Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (born 1889)

Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (born 1884)

Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (born 1895)

Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1882)

Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (born 1933)

Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (born 1897)

Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)

Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (born 1895)

Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (born 1905)

Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (born 1882)

Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (born 1896)

Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (born 1874)

Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (born 1869)

Florence Earle Coates, American poet (born 1850)

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (born 1835)

Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (born 1849)

Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (born 1809)

William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1818)

Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (born 1801)

Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (born 1803)

James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1778)

José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (born 1763)

Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (born 1748)

Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (born 1802)

Nikolis Apostolis, Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence (born 1770)

Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (born 1757)

Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 1719)

Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (born 1690)

Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (born 1633)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (born 1614)

John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (born 1606)

Leonora Baroni, Italian composer (born 1611)

David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (born 1591)

Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (born 1581)

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (born 1539)

John Stow, English historian and author (born 1525)

Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (born 1550)

Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1532)

John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (born 1512)

Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (born 1484)

Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (born 1471)

Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (born 1479)

Raphael, Italian painter and architect (born 1483)

Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490 (born 1443)

Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (born 1310)

James I, count of La Marche (born 1319)

Basil, emperor of Trebizond (Turkey)

Peter of Verona, Italian priest and saint (born 1206)

Guillaume de Sonnac, Grand Master of the Knights Templar

William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard I, king of England (born 1157)

Umara al-Yamani, Yemeni poet and historian (born 1121)

Frederick II, duke of Swabia (born 1090)

Liu Churang, Chinese general and chief of staff (born 881)

Nasr II, ruler (amir) of the Samanid Empire (born 906)

Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (born 815)

Prudentius, bishop of Troyes