Events

2023

Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousted him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.

2021

The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.

2014

Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

2008

A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.

2002

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.

1998

Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.

1995

Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1992

The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.

1991

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

1984

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

1983

Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board.

1983

STS-8: The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space on this mission.

1981

President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing. The office of Iran's Prosecutor General blames the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

1974

A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.

1974

A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities.

1974

The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian Demographic Centre is inaugurated.

1967

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1963

The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.

1962

Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.

1959

South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Dan was elected to the National Assembly despite soldiers being bussed in to vote for President Ngo Dinh Diem's candidate.

1945

The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

1945

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

1945

The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

1942

World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

1941

The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues of the Transnistria Governorate, is signed between Germany and Romania.

1940

The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

1936

The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.

1922

Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War (Turkish War of Independence).

1918

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.

1917

Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

1916

Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.

1914

World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.

1909

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

1896

Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

1873

Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

1862

American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.

1836

The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.

1835

Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.

1813

First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

1813

Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.

1800

Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.

1799

The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

1791

HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.

1757

Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: Russian force under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin beats a smaller Prussian force commanded by Field Marshal Hans von Lehwaldt, during the Seven Years' War.

1727

Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.

1721

The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia ends in the Treaty of Nystad.

1594

King James VI of Scotland holds a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle.

1590

Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

1574

Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.

1535

With the papal bull Eius qui immobilis, Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England from the Catholic Church for approving the Acts of Supremacy, although the bull is likely never published.

1464

Paul II succeeds Pius II as pope of the Catholic Church.

1363

The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.

1282

Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

1060

The Mirdasids defeat the Fatimid Caliphate at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, signalling the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimids.

1057

Elderly Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas abdicates after just one year on the throne.

70

Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.

Births

2002

Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese footballer

2002

Drake Maye, American football player

1996

Mikal Bridges, American basketball player

1996

Trevor Jackson, American actor and singer-songwriter

1994

Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player

1994

Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer

1994

Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

1992

Jessica Henwick, British actress

1991

Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (died 2014)

1991

Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player

1991

Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer

1989

Simone Guerra, Italian footballer

1989

Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer

1989

Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter

1988

Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player

1987

Johanna Braddy, American actress

1987

Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter

1986

Theo Hutchcraft, English singer-songwriter

1986

Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player

1986

Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1986

Zafer Yelen, Turkish footballer

1985

Duane Brown, American football player

1985

Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer

1985

Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter

1985

Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer

1985

Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer

1985

Steven Smith, Scottish footballer

1985

Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer

1985

Anna Ushenina, Ukrainian chess player

1985

Holly Weston, English actress

1984

Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer

1984

Joe Staley, American football player

1984

Michael Grant Terry, American actor

1983

Emmanuel Culio, Argentine footballer

1983

Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (died 2007)

1983

Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor

1983

Simone Pepe, Italian footballer

1983

Tian Qin, Chinese canoe racer

1983

Marco Vianello, Italian footballer

1982

Will Davison, Australian race car driver

1982

Andy Roddick, American tennis player

1981

Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican-American actor

1981

Adam Wainwright, American baseball player

1980

Roberto Hernández, Dominican baseball player

1979

Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player

1979

Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor

1979

Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player

1978

Sinead Kerr, Scottish figure skater

1978

Cliff Lee, American baseball player

1977

Shaun Alexander, American football player

1977

Marlon Byrd, American baseball player

1977

Raúl Castillo, American actor

1977

Michael Gladis, American actor

1977

Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer

1977

Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican runner and hurdler

1976

Mike Koplove, American baseball player

1975

Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer and coach

1974

Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist (died 2018)

1973

Lisa Ling, American journalist and author

1972

Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer

1972

Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer

1972

Hani Hanjour, Saudi terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks (died 2001)

1971

Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971

Julian Smith, Scottish politician

1970

Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager

1970

Paulo Sousa, Portuguese footballer and manager

1970

Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter

1969

Vladimir Jugović, Serbian footballer

1969

Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist and composer

1968

Diran Adebayo, English author and critic

1968

Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player

1967

Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model and actress

1967

Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer

1966

Peter Cunnah, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and producer

1966

Joann Fletcher, English historian and academic

1966

Michael Michele, American actress

1964

Gavin Fisher, English engineer and designer

1964

Ra Luhse, Estonian architect

1963

Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)

1963

Michael Chiklis, American actor, director, and producer

1963

Sabine Oberhauser, Austrian physician and politician (died 2017)

1963

Phil Mills, Welsh race car driver

1962

Ricky Sanders, American football player

1962

Craig Whittaker, English businessman and politician

1960

Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

1960

Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1993)

1960

Guy A. Lepage, Canadian comedian and producer

1959

Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer, actor, and singer

1958

Karen Buck, Northern Irish politician

1958

Fran Fraschilla, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1958

Muriel Gray, Scottish journalist and author

1958

Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and activist (died 2006)

1958

Peter Tunks, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1957

Gerald Albright, American musician

1956

Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1955

Jamie Moses, English-American guitarist

1955

Martin Jackson, English drummer

1954

Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus

1954

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT

1954

David Paymer, American actor and director

1953

Ron George, American businessman and politician

1953

Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

1953

Horace Panter, English bass player

1953

Robert Parish, American basketball player

1952

Simon Bainbridge, English composer and educator (died 2021)

1952

Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis player

1951

Timothy Bottoms, American actor

1951

Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2024)

1951

Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

1950

Antony Gormley, English sculptor and academic

1950

Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and activist

1949

Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (died 2001)

1949

Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation

1948

Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author

1948

Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (died 1969)

1948

Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic

1947

Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

1946

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

1946

Peggy Lipton, American model and actress (died 2019)

1944

Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic

1944

Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian

1944

Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (died 2007)

1944

Tug McGraw, American baseball player (died 2004)

1944

Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2025)

1943

Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach

1943

Robert Crumb, American illustrator

1943

Colin Dann, English author

1943

Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic

1943

Jean-Claude Killy, French skier

1943

David Maslanka, American composer and academic (died 2017)

1942

Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement

1942

John Kani, South African actor

1942

Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer

1941

Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (died 1971)

1941

Ben Jones, American actor and politician

1941

Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host

1941

John McNally, English singer and guitarist

1940

Jack Biondolillo, American bowler (died 2021)

1939

Elizabeth Ashley, American actress

1939

John Peel, English radio host and producer (died 2004)

1938

Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia

1937

Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (died 1970)

1936

Peter North, English scholar and academic

1935

John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

1935

Alexandra Bellow, Romanian-American mathematician (died 2025)

1934

Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman (died 2016)

1933

Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (died 2016)

1931

Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)

1930

Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist

1930

Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (died 1981)

1929

Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor (died 2001)

1929

Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (died 2014)

1928

Lloyd Casner, American race car driver (died 1965)

1928

Harvey Hart, Canadian director and producer (died 1989)

1928

Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2014)

1927

Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (died 2018)

1927

Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer (died 2018)

1926

Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (died 2010)

1925

Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (died 2024)

1925

Donald Symington, American actor (died 2013)

1924

Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (died 1972)

1924

Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (died 1988)

1924

Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (died 2004)

1923

Barbara Ansell, English physician and author (died 2001)

1923

Charmian Clift, Australian journalist and author (died 1969)

1923

Vic Seixas, American tennis player (died 2024)

1922

Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (died 1986)

1922

Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (died 2013)

1920

Arnold Green, Estonian soldier and politician (died 2011)

1919

Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (died 2005)

1919

Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (died 2010)

1919

Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

1918

Harold Atcherley, English businessman (died 2017)

1918

Billy Johnson, American baseball player (died 2006)

1918

Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (died 2002)

1917

Dan Enright, American television producer (died 1992)

1917

Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2015)

1917

Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (died 1992)

1916

Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter (died 1968)

1915

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (died 2013)

1915

Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 2003)

1913

Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

1912

Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

1912

Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (died 2011)

1910

Roger Bushell, South African-English soldier and pilot (died 1944)

1909

Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (died 1968)

1908

Fred MacMurray, American actor (died 1991)

1907

Leonor Fini, Argentine painter, illustrator, and author (died 1996)

1907

Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (died 1978)

1907

John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (died 1980)

1906

Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (died 1979)

1906

Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician (died 1995)

1903

Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author (died 1981)

1901

John Gunther, American journalist and author (died 1970)

1901

Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (died 1981)

1898

Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (died 1992)

1896

Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (died 1983)

1893

Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935)

1890

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (died 1918)

1887

Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1934)

1885

Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1957)

1884

Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

1883

Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (died 1931)

1871

Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)

1870

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (died 1891)

1860

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1900)

1858

Ignaz Sowinski, Galician architect (died 1917)

1856

Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (died 1927)

1855

Evelyn De Morgan, English painter (died 1919)

1852

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1911)

1852

J. Alden Weir, American painter and academic (died 1919)

1850

Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer (died 1896)

1848

Andrew Onderdonk, American surveyor and contractor (died 1905)

1844

Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said, also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman (died 1924)

1842

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1849)

1839

Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary (died 1903)

1822

Adolph Strauch, Prussian American landscape architect (died 1883)

1818

Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1895)

1812

Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (died 1869)

1797

Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (died 1851)

1768

Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (died 1812)

1748

Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (died 1825)

1720

Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (died 1796)

1716

Capability Brown, English landscape architect (died 1783)

1627

Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher (died 1705)

1609

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician (died 1644)

1609

Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor (died 1668)

1574

Albert Szenczi Molnár, Hungarian writer and translator (died 1634)

1334

Peter of Castile (died 1369)

Deaths

2024

Tūheitia Paki, Māori King (born 1955)

2024

Fatman Scoop, American rapper, hype man and radio personality (born 1971)

2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union (born 1931)

2019

Valerie Harper, American actress and writer (born 1939)

2017

Louise Hay, American motivational author (born 1926)

2017

Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (born 1943)

2015

Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1939)

2015

Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (born 1929)

2015

M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (born 1938)

2015

Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (born 1920)

2015

Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (born 1933)

2014

Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (born 1945)

2014

Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (born 1928)

2014

Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (born 1996)

2014

Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (born 1920)

2014

Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (born 1932)

2013

William C. Campbell, American golfer (born 1923)

2013

Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (born 1933)

2013

Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)

2013

Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)

2013

Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (born 1933)

2010

J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (born 1983)

2010

Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (born 1943)

2010

Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (born 1921)

2010

Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (born 1910)

2009

Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (born 1952)

2008

Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1937)

2008

Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1926)

2007

Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (born 1942)

2007

Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (born 1918)

2006

Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (born 1926)

2006

Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1916)

2006

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

2004

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (born 1906)

2003

Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (born 1921)

2003

Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (born 1917)

2002

J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)

2001

Govan Mbeki, ANC activist and father of President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki (born 1910)

1999

Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (born 1912)

1999

Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (born 1910)

1996

Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1953)

1995

Fischer Black, American economist and academic (born 1938)

1995

Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (born 1942)

1994

Lindsay Anderson, English director and screenwriter (born 1923)

1993

Richard Jordan, American actor (born 1938)

1991

Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (born 1944)

1991

Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (born 1952)

1991

Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1925)

1990

Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer and academic (born 1900)

1989

Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (born 1922)

1988

Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1912)

1985

Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (born 1900)

1981

Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (born 1921)

1981

Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (born 1933)

1979

Jean Seberg, American actress (born 1938)

1971

Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (born 1906)

1970

Del Moore, American comedian and actor (born 1916)

1970

Abraham Zapruder, American clothing manufacturer, witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy (born 1905)

1968

William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)

1967

Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1913)

1964

Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (born 1888)

1963

Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (born 1911)

1961

Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician (born 1894)

1961

Charles Coburn, American actor (born 1877)

1954

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (born 1880)

1951

Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (born 1896)

1949

Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (born 1877)

1948

Alice Salomon, German-American social reformer (born 1872)

1947

Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (born 1890)

1946

Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (born 1907)

1945

Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1893)

1943

Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (born 1885)

1943

Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (born 1890)

1941

Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (born 1874)

1940

J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)

1938

Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (born 1877)

1936

Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (born 1886)

1935

Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (born 1873)

1935

Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (born 1890)

1928

Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)

1908

Alexander P. Stewart, American general (born 1821)

1907

Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (born 1857)

1906

Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (born 1847)

1896

Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (born 1824)

1886

Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (born 1836)

1879

John Bell Hood, American/Confederate general (born 1831)

1856

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (born 1811)

1856

Sir John Ross, Scottish naval officer and explorer (born 1777)

1773

Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (born 1755, assassinated)

1751

Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (born 1661)

1621

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (born 1547)

1619

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1535)

1604

John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (born 1545)

1580

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born 1528)

1500

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (born 1443)

1483

Louis XI, King of France (born 1423)

1428

Emperor Shōkō of Japan (born 1401)

1329

Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Chinese emperor (born 1300)

1181

Pope Alexander III (born c. 1100–1105)

1131

Hervey le Breton, bishop of Bangor and Ely

832

Cui Qun, Chinese chancellor (born 772)

526

Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (born 454)

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