Events

2022

Phoenix shooting: A man opens fire on pedestrians outside of a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, resulting in the deaths of three people, including the perpetrator.

2017

China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.

2016

The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

2009

NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.

2003

In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.

1999

The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.

1998

Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.

1998

Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.

1996

Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.

1993

NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.

1993

Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.

1993

The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.

1993

A Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes during takeoff from Khorog Airport in Tajikistan, killing 82.

1990

Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

1990

An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.

1988

Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.

1973

Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.

1968

Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".

1964

The Philadelphia race riot begins.

1963

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.

1957

U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on March 31, 2025.

1955

Black teenager Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.

1946

The Workers' Party of North Korea, predecessor of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is founded at a congress held in Pyongyang, North Korea.

1944

World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.

1943

Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.

1937

Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.

1936

Nazi Germany begins its mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses, who are interned in concentration camps.

1924

The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

1921

Russian Civil War: The Red Army dissolves the Makhnovshchina after driving the Revolutionary Insurgent Army out of Ukraine.

1917

Ten suffragists, members of the Silent Sentinels, are arrested while picketing the White House in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.

1916

World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.

1916

World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.

1914

World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

1913

Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

1909

A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

1901

Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.

1898

Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

1890

The strongest storm in Finnish history kills at least three people.

1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

1867

The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.

1862

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia. The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat.

1861

American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.

1859

The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.

1850

Richard Wagner's Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar.

1849

Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire: After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.

1845

The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.

1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the British Empire with exceptions.

1830

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.

1810

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy accepts the surrender of a British Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of Grand Port.

1789

William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

1709

Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.

1648

Second English Civil War: The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalist Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks.

1640

Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.

1619

Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

1609

Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.

1565

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.

1542

Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.

1524

The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

1521

Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.

1189

Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.

663

Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.

632

Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.

489

Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

475

The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.

Births

2004

Kano Fujihira, Japanese entertainer

2003

Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress

2001

Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player

2000

Marissa Bode, American actress

1998

Weston McKennie, American soccer player

1996

Kim Se-jeong, South Korean actress and singer

1994

Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player

1994

Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player

1993

Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer

1992

Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player

1992

Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model

1992

Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast

1991

Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer

1991

Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model

1990

Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer

1989

César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer

1989

Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver

1989

Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer

1988

Rosie MacLennan, Canadian trampoline gymnast

1987

Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (died 2013)

1986

Jeff Green, American basketball player

1986

Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (died 2015)

1986

Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player

1985

Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian skier

1984

Will Harris, American baseball player

1983

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer

1983

Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player

1983

Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete

1982

Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer

1982

Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer

1982

Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer

1982

Carlos Quentin, American baseball player

1981

Kezia Dugdale, Scottish politician

1981

Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer

1981

Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver

1981

Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer

1981

Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter

1980

Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter

1980

Debra Lafave, American sex offender and former teacher

1980

Ryan Madson, American baseball player

1980

Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete

1980

Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician

1979

Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter

1979

Robert Hoyzer, German footballer and referee

1979

Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player

1979

Markus Pröll, German footballer

1979

Ruth Riley, American basketball player

1978

Karine Turcotte, Canadian weightlifter

1976

Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer

1975

Jamie Cureton, English footballer

1975

Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer and manager

1975

Hamish McLachlan, Australian television personality

1975

Royce Willis, New Zealand rugby player

1974

Johan Andersson, Swedish game designer and programmer

1974

Takahito Eguchi, Japanese pianist and composer

1974

Carsten Jancker, German footballer and manager

1972

Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer

1972

Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach

1971

Shane Andrews, American baseball player

1971

Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster

1970

Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter

1970

Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter

1969

Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player

1967

Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer

1966

Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician

1965

Dan Crowley, Australian rugby player

1965

Sonia Kruger, Australian television host and actress

1965

Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game developer; created Pokémon

1964

Lee Janzen, American golfer

1964

Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

1963

Maria Gheorghiu, Romanian folk singer-songwriter

1963

Regina Jacobs, American runner

1962

Paul Allen, English footballer

1962

Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter

1962

David Fincher, American director and producer

1961

Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress

1961

Cliff Benson, American football player

1961

Ian Pont, English cricketer and coach

1961

Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director

1959

Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1957

Greg Clark, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

1957

Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia

1956

John Long, American basketball player

1956

Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter

1954

Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist

1954

George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer

1954

John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach

1954

Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic

1953

Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer

1953

Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist

1952

Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician

1952

Rita Dove, American poet and essayist

1952

Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman

1951

Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (died 2013)

1951

Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)

1951

Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter

1950

Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach

1950

Tony Husband, English cartoonist (died 2023)

1949

Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949

Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach

1948

Vonda N. McIntyre, American author (died 2019)

1948

Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator

1948

Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman

1948

Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer

1948

Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist

1947

Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (died 2004)

1947

Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer

1945

Bob Segarini, American-Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2023)

1944

Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer

1943

Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor

1943

Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand

1943

Robert Greenwald, American director and producer

1943

Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (died 2015)

1942

Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic

1942

Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal (died 2021)

1941

Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator

1941

Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach

1941

John Stanley Marshall, English drummer (died 2023)

1941

Paul Plishka, American opera singer

1940

William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense

1940

Roger Pingeon, French cyclist (died 2017)

1939

John Kingman, English mathematician and academic

1938

Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist and academic (died 2023)

1938

Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist (died 2017)

1938

Marcello Gandini, Italian automotive designer (died 2024)

1938

Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada

1936

Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire (died 2023)

1936

Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist

1935

Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (died 2012)

1935

Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1998)

1933

Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (died 2015)

1933

Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (died 2012)

1932

Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator

1932

Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2016)

1931

Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director and producer (died 2018)

1931

Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano and actress (died 2014)

1931

Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2014)

1931

John Shirley-Quirk, English actor, singer, and educator (died 2014)

1931

Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic (died 2020)

1930

Windsor Davies, British actor (died 2019)

1930

Ben Gazzara, American actor (died 2012)

1929

István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (died 1973)

1929

Roxie Roker, American actress (died 1995)

1928

F. William Free, American businessman (died 2003)

1928

Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (died 2004)

1925

Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)

1925

Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)

1925

Philip Purser, English author and critic (died 2022)

1924

Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (died 2010)

1924

Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (died 2004)

1924

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (died 2014)

1921

John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (died 1979)

1921

Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (died 2007)

1921

Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (died 1991)

1921

Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (died 2011)

1919

Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

1918

L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (died 1995)

1916

Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (died 1997)

1916

C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962)

1916

Jack Vance, American author (died 2013)

1915

Max Robertson, Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (died 2009)

1915

Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (died 2008)

1913

Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1995)

1913

Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (died 2009)

1913

Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1993)

1913

Robert Irving, English conductor and director (died 1991)

1913

Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (died 1996)

1913

Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (died 1975)

1911

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (died 2002)

1910

Morris Graves, American painter and academic (died 2001)

1910

Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

1908

Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (died 1996)

1906

John Betjeman, English poet and academic (died 1984)

1905

Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (died 1992)

1904

Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (died 1980)

1904

Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (died 1998)

1903

Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (died 1990)

1899

Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (died 1978)

1899

Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet (died 1951)

1899

James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer (died 1976)

1898

Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (died 1983)

1896

Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (died 1982)

1894

Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (died 1981)

1891

Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (died 1984)

1888

Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (died 1985)

1887

August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (died 1973)

1887

István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (died 1922)

1885

Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (died 1959)

1884

Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1950)

1878

George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)

1867

Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (died 1948)

1859

Matilda Howell, American archer (died 1938)

1859

Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (died 1943)

1853

Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (died 1939)

1840

Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (died 1900)

1837

Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck (died 1900)

1833

Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement (died 1898)

1827

Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (died 1894)

1822

Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria (died 1904)

1816

Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria (died 1884)

1814

Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (died 1873)

1801

Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1877)

1774

Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (died 1821)

1749

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (died 1832)

1740

John Lynch, American city founder and abolitionist (died 1820)

1739

Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (died 1818)

1728

John Stark, American general (died 1822)

1714

Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1774)

1691

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress (died 1750)

1667

Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (died 1721)

1612

Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar (died 1653)

1592

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (died 1628)

1591

John Christian of Brieg, duke of Brzeg (died 1639)

1582

Taichang, emperor of China (died 1620)

1481

Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (died 1558)

1476

Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter (died 1559)

1366

Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (died 1421)

1023

Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (died 1068)

Deaths

2024

Obi Ndefo, American actor (born 1972)

2024

Steve Silberman, American writer and journalist (born 1957)

2020

Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (born 1976)

2017

Mireille Darc, French actress and model (born 1938)

2016

Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (born 1950)

2016

Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (born 1934)

2015

Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)

2015

Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (born 1920)

2015

Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (born 1937)

2014

Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (born 1947)

2014

Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)

2014

John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (born 1937)

2013

John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic (born 1942)

2013

Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (born 1961)

2013

Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (born 1926)

2013

Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (born 1935)

2013

Barry Stobart, English footballer (born 1938)

2013

Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (born 1925)

2012

Rhodes Boyson, English educator and politician (born 1925)

2012

Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-American activist and author (born 1945)

2012

Dick McBride, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1928)

2012

Saul Merin, Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (born 1933)

2012

Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (born 1938)

2011

Bernie Gallacher, English footballer (born 1967)

2010

William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (born 1919)

2009

Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (born 1973)

2009

Richard Egan, US Ambassador, Owner of Dell EMC, Engineer (born 1936)

2008

Phil Hill, American race car driver (born 1927)

2007

Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (born 1926)

2007

Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (born 1932)

2007

Paul MacCready, American engineer and businessman, founded AeroVironment (born 1925)

2007

Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (born 1935)

2007

Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress (born 1929)

2006

Heino Lipp, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (born 1922)

2006

Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian educator and politician (born 1963)

2006

Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)

2005

Jacques Dufilho, French actor (born 1914)

2005

Esther Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1910)

2005

George Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1911)

1995

Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (born 1906)

1995

Michael Ende, German scientist and author (born 1929)

1993

William Stafford, American poet and academic (born 1914)

1991

Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1913)

1990

Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1913)

1989

John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (born 1950)

1988

Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (born 1918)

1988

Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (born 1919)

1987

John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)

1986

Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (born 1903)

1985

Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (born 1896)

1984

Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (born 1901)

1982

Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (born 1911)

1981

Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1899)

1978

Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (born 1899)

1978

Robert Shaw, English actor (born 1927)

1976

Anissa Jones, American actress (born 1958)

1975

Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (born 1907)

1972

Prince William of Gloucester (born 1941)

1971

Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (born 1889)

1968

Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (born 1887)

1965

Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (born 1909)

1959

Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (born 1890)

1955

Emmett Till, African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941)

1943

Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (born 1870)

1943

Boris III of Bulgaria (born 1894)

1937

George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (born 1854)

1934

Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (born 1858)

1919

Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (born 1872)

1903

Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (born 1822)

1900

Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (born 1838)

1891

Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (born 1814)

1888

Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (born 1835)

1839

William Smith, English geologist and engineer (born 1769)

1832

Edward Dando, English thief

1820

Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (born 1754)

1818

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (born 1750)

1805

Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (born 1722)

1793

Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (born 1740)

1784

Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (born 1713)

1761

Melchor de Navarrete, Spanish colonial governor of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia, 1739–1742); of Spanish Florida (1749–1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754–1758) (born 1693)

1757

David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (born 1705)

1735

Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (born 1701)

1678

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1602)

1665

Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)

1654

Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (born 1583)

1648

George Lisle, English general (born 1610)

1648

Charles Lucas, English general (born 1613)

1646

Johannes Banfi Hunyades, English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (born 1576)

1645

Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (born 1583)

1609

Francis Vere, English governor and general

1540

Federico II Gonzaga, duke of Mantua (born 1500)

1481

Afonso V, king of Portugal (born 1432)

1406

John de Sutton V, Baron Sutton of Dudley (born 1380)

1341

Levon IV, king of Armenia (born 1309)

1231

Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark

1149

Mu'in ad-Din Unur, Turkish ruler and regent

1055

Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1016)

919

He Gui, Chinese general (born 858)

876

Louis the German, Frankish king (born 804)

770

Kōken, emperor of Japan (born 718)

683

Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (born 615)

632

Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (born 605)

476

Orestes, Roman general and politician

430

Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (born 354)

388

Magnus Maximus, Roman emperor (born 335)

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