Events

2020

Beirut Port explosion: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon.

2019

Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 13 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed.

2018

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign.

2018

Crisis in Venezuela: Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard.

2007

NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched.

2006

A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).

1995

Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence begins.

1987

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views.

1984

The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

1984

The Ariane 3 rocket is launched for the first time, carrying the Eutelsat I F-2 and Télécom 1A satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

1983

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara.

1977

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

1975

The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.

1974

A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.

1972

Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians.

1969

Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.

1965

The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.

1964

Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.

1964

Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.

1947

The Supreme Court of Japan is established.

1946

An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.

1944

The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.

1944

Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of Finland to replace the resigned Risto Ryti.

1936

Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.

1924

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.

1922

Enver Pasha dies in a skirmish between the Bolshevik Red Army and Basmachi troops, to whom he had defected earlier.

1921

Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict: Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina.

1915

World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.

1914

World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.

1892

The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.

1889

The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.

1887

Granny, a sea anemone, died in Edinburgh after nearly 60 years in captivity. Her death was reported in The Scotsman and The New York Times.

1873

American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

1863

Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.

1854

The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.

1821

The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.

1814

War of 1812: The ultimately unsuccessful Siege of Fort Erie begins as British forces attempt to recapture the fort and drive American forces out of Canada.

1796

French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.

1791

The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.

1790

A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).

1789

France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.

1783

Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.

1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC factories on the West coast of Sumatra including the major port of Padang.

1704

War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

1701

Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.

1693

Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.

1578

Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese but both the Moroccan king Abd al-Malik and the Portuguese king Sebastian die. Ahmad al-Mansur follows Abd al-Malik as sultan of Morocco while the death of Sebastian leads to a succession crisis in Portugal.

1327

First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.

1320

The so-called Black Parliament at Scone tries William II de Soules and other nobles who had plotted against Robert I of Scotland and intended to place William on the Scottish throne.

1265

Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.

598

Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.

-70

The trial against Gaius Verres for corruption is opened, with Marcus Tullius Cicero as prosecutor and renowned orator Quintus Hortensius as defending lawyer.

Births

1998

Lil Skies, American rapper

1995

Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress

1994

Bobby Shmurda, American rapper

1992

Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer

1992

Domingo Germán, Dominican baseball player

1992

Cole Sprouse, American actor

1992

Dylan Sprouse, American actor

1989

Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

1989

Wang Hao, Chinese chess grandmaster

1988

Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player

1987

Marreese Speights American basketball player

1986

Nick Augusto, American drummer

1986

Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer

1986

Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

1986

Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

1986

David Williams, Australian rugby league player

1985

Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1985

Robbie Findley, American soccer player

1985

Mark Milligan, Australian footballer

1985

Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player

1985

Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer

1984

Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player

1984

Mardy Collins, American basketball player

1983

Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1981

Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1981

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, American member of British royal family, media personality and actress

1980

Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach

1979

Robin Peterson, South African cricketer

1978

Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1978

Luke Allen, American baseball player (died 2022)

1978

Kurt Busch, American race car driver

1978

Agnė Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter

1978

Ricardo Serrano, Spanish cyclist

1978

Per-Åge Skrøder, Norwegian ice hockey player

1978

Satoshi Hino, Japanese voice actor

1977

Frankie Kazarian, American wrestler

1977

Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer and manager

1976

Paul Goldstein, American tennis player

1976

Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer

1976

Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach

1975

Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (died 2009)

1975

Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

1975

Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

1975

Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress

1974

Kily González, Argentine footballer

1973

Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1973

Xavier Marchand, French swimmer

1973

Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer

1973

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer

1972

Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1971

Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor

1970

John August, American director and screenwriter

1970

Bret Baier, American journalist

1970

Kate Silverton, English journalist

1969

Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1968

Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor

1968

Lee Mack, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1967

Michael Marsh, American sprinter

1965

Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer

1965

Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician

1965

Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer

1965

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden

1965

Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager

1964

Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician

1963

Keith Maurice Ellison, 30th Attorney General of Minnesota

1962

Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor

1962

Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961

Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1960

Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey

1960

Dean Malenko, American wrestler

1960

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain

1960

Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer

1960

Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright

1959

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2002)

1959

John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

1958

Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic

1958

Mary Decker, American runner

1958

Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

1958

Brian Voss, American bowler

1957

Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor

1957

Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author

1957

Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach

1957

John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

1955

Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General

1955

Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1954

Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine

1954

Steve Phillips, English footballer

1954

François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter

1953

Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager

1952

James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1952

Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (died 2026)

1952

Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician

1951

Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic

1950

Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)

1950

N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry

1949

John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

1948

Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach

1947

Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (died 2022)

1946

Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist

1945

Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor

1945

Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman

1944

Richard Belzer, American actor (died 2023)

1944

Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician

1943

Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias (died 2019)

1943

Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary

1943

Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer

1942

Don S. Davis, American actor (died 2008)

1942

Cleon Jones, American baseball player

1942

David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2005)

1941

Martin Jarvis, English actor

1941

Andy Smillie, English footballer

1941

Cliff Nobles, American musician (died 2008)

1941

Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio

1941

Régis Barroso, Brazilian politician (died 2026)

1940

Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)

1940

Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician

1940

Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (died 2009)

1940

Frances Stewart, English economist and academic

1940

Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)

1939

Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

1939

Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock and roll singer (died 2015)

1938

Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic

1937

David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (died 2011)

1936

Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (died 2005)

1935

Carol Arthur, American actress and producer (died 2020)

1935

Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (died 1997)

1935

Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (died 2013)

1934

Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (died 2017)

1932

Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic (died 2020)

1932

Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (died 2010)

1931

Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (died 2002)

1930

Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar

1929

Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1987)

1929

Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (died 2012)

1928

Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

1928

Nadežka Mosusova, Serbian composer

1928

Clarke Reed, American businessman and politician (died 2024)

1926

George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (died 2000)

1926

Perry Moss, American football player and coach (died 2014)

1922

Mayme Agnew Clayton, American librarian (died 2006)

1922

Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (died 2012)

1921

Herb Ellis, American guitarist (died 2010)

1921

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2000)

1920

Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (died 2013)

1919

Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2016)

1918

Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (died 2012)

1917

John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (died 2012)

1915

Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (died 2007)

1913

Wesley Addy, American actor (died 1996)

1913

Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (died 1980)

1912

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (died 1999)

1912

David Raksin, American composer and educator (died 2004)

1912

Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat, savior of thousands of Jews from The Holocaust (died ~1947)

1910

Anita Page, American actress (died 2008)

1910

William Schuman, American composer and educator (died 1992)

1910

Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (died 2011)

1909

Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic (died 1988)

1908

Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (died 1994)

1906

Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (died 1973)

1905

Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar (died 1972)

1904

Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (died 1969)

1902

Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (died 1981)

1901

Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (died 1971.)

1900

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (died 2002)

1899

Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1994)

1898

Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (died 1975)

1893

Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (died 1973)

1890

Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1957)

1888

Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 1965)

1887

Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967)

1884

Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (died 1949)

1884

Henri Cornet, French cyclist (died 1941)

1877

Dame Laura Knight, English artist (died 1970)

1876

Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (died 1970)

1876

John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (died 1934)

1871

William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (died 1934)

1870

Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (died 1950)

1868

Master C. V. V., Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1922)

1867

Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (died 1918)

1861

Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (died 1935)

1859

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)

1853

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic (died 1902)

1844

Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (died 1929)

1839

Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (died 1894)

1836

Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect (died 1907)

1834

John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)

1821

Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (died 1892)

1821

James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1881)

1805

William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1865)

1792

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (died 1822)

1755

Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (died 1805)

1721

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1803)

1719

Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (died 1767)

1704

Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (died 1752)

1701

Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (died 1757)

1623

Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) (died 1685)

1604

François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (died 1676)

1522

Udai Singh II, King of Mewar (died 1572)

1521

Pope Urban VII (died 1590)

1470

Bernardo Dovizi, Italian cardinal (died 1520)

1470

Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (died 1553)

1469

Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1528)

1463

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (died 1503)

1290

Leopold I, Duke of Austria (died 1326)

1281

Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (died 1311)

1222

Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (died 1262)

Deaths

2024

Charles Cyphers, American actor (born 1939)

2024

Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

2024

Duane Thomas, American football player (born 1947)

2023

Dalia Fadila, Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)

2019

Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (born 1926)

2015

Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)

2015

Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1919)

2015

John Rudometkin, American basketball player (born 1940)

2015

Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (born 1936)

2014

James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)

2014

Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

2014

Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

2013

Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (born 1940)

2013

Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (born 1925)

2013

Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)

2013

Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1930)

2013

Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1922)

2013

Sandy Woodward, English admiral (born 1932)

2012

Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)

2012

Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (born 1918)

2012

Bud Riley, American football player and coach (born 1925)

2011

Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (born 1977)

2009

Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (born 1957)

2008

Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (born 1985)

2007

Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

2007

Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)

2005

Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (born 1932)

2005

Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (born 1934)

2004

Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (born 1921)

2004

Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (born 1956)

2003

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

1999

Victor Mature, American actor (born 1913)

1998

Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

1997

Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)

1996

Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (born 1936)

1992

Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (born 1909)

1990

Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (born 1894)

1985

Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (born 1933)

1982

Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (born 1904)

1981

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (born 1901)

1977

Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)

1976

Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)

1976

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (born 1894)

1967

Peter Smith, English cricketer (born 1908)

1964

Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (born 1890)

1962

Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (born 1926)

1961

Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)

1959

József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1898)

1958

Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (born 1883)

1957

John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (born 1882)

1957

Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (born 1869)

1944

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (born 1921)

1942

Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (born 1860)

1941

Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (born 1883)

1940

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (born 1880)

1938

Pearl White, American actress (born 1889)

1932

Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (born 1868)

1922

Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (born 1881)

1919

Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1845)

1914

Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (born 1853)

1900

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (born 1860)

1886

Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (born 1814)

1875

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1805)

1873

Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (born 1834)

1859

John Vianney, French priest and saint (born 1786)

1844

Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (born 1773)

1822

Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (born 1801)

1804

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (born 1731)

1795

Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1711)

1792

John Burgoyne, English general and politician (born 1723)

1778

Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (born 1698)

1741

Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (born 1676)

1727

Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (born 1647)

1718

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (born 1656)

1639

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (born 1581)

1612

Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (born 1549)

1598

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1520)

1578

Sebastian of Portugal (born 1554)

1526

Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (born 1476)

1430

Philip I, Duke of Brabant (born 1404)

1378

Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan (born c. 1320)

1345

As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (born 1326)

1306

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (born 1289)

1266

Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers (born 1230)

1265

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

1265

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

1265

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

1265

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

1113

Gertrude of Saxony, countess and regent of Holland (born c. 1030)

1060

Henry I of France (born 1008)

966

Berengar II of Italy (born 900)

221

Lady Zhen, Chinese empress (born 183)

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