Events

2025

Slovenian NBA player Luka Doncic is traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis in one of the largest trades in American sports history.

2021

The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

2012

The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.

2007

Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.

2005

The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.

2004

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.

2000

First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.

1998

Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.

1990

Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

1989

Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.

1987

After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.

1982

Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.

1980

Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.

1971

Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.

1971

The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.

1966

Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

1959

Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.

1954

The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.

1943

World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.

1942

The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.

1935

Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.

1934

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.

1925

Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

1922

Ulysses by James Joyce is published.

1922

The uprising called the "pork mutiny" starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.

1920

The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.

1913

Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.

1909

The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.

1901

Funeral of Queen Victoria.

1899

The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.

1887

In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.

1881

The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.

1876

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.

1870

The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.

1868

Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.

1850

Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.

1848

Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.

1814

The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.

1797

The siege of Mantua ends after eight months when Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to Napoleon Bonaparte. The fall of Mantua secures French control over Northern Italy and marks the beginning of the conclusion of the Italian campaign of 1796-1797, and sets the stage for the end of the War of the First Coalition.

1725

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.

1709

Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.

1653

New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

1645

Wars of the Three Kingdoms: In Scotland, the Battle of Inverlochy results in a Royalist/Irish victory.

1536

Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1461

Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.

1438

Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.

1428

An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia, with the epicenter near Camprodon. Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.

1347

Byzantine Empress Anna convenes a synod to depose patriarch Joseph XIV in Constantinople. The same night, conspirators let in her rival John VI Kantakouzenos which ends the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347.

1207

Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.

1141

The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.

1032

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.

962

Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.

880

Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.

506

Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".

Births

2006

Lucas Bergvall, Swedish footballer

2004

Eleonore Caburet, French rhythmic gymnast

2001

Westcol, Colombian online streamer

2000

Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player

1999

Jeff Okudah, American football player

1998

Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model

1997

Ellie Bamber, English actress

1996

Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player

1996

Paul Mescal, Irish actor

1996

Harry Winks, English footballer

1995

Paul Digby, English footballer

1995

Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer

1995

Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)

1995

Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player

1995

Remilia, American professional gamer (died 2019)

1994

Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player

1993

Bobby Decordova-Reid, English footballer

1993

Ravel Morrison, English footballer

1992

Lammtarra, American race horse (died 2014)

1992

Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer

1991

Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer

1991

Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (died 2015)

1991

Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor

1989

Harrison Smith, American football player

1989

Southside, American record producer

1988

JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer

1988

Zosia Mamet, American actress

1988

Brad Peacock, American baseball player

1987

Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player

1987

Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player

1987

Faydee, Australian singer

1987

Athena Imperial, Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011

1987

Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer

1987

Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer

1987

Javon Ringer, American football player

1987

Jill Scott, English footballer

1987

Martin Spanjers, American actor and producer

1986

Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer

1986

Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player

1985

Morris Almond, American basketball player

1985

Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter

1985

Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor

1985

Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player

1985

Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer

1984

Brian Cage, American wrestler

1984

Chin-Lung Hu, Taiwanese baseball player

1984

Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress

1984

Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player

1983

Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player

1983

Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper

1983

Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player

1983

Jason Vargas, American baseball player

1983

Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer

1983

Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1982

Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer

1982

Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player

1982

Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host

1981

Lance Allred, American basketball player and activist

1981

Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter

1981

Michelle Bass, English model and singer

1981

Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (died 2001)

1980

Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler

1980

Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress

1980

Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer

1979

Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver

1979

Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter

1979

Christine Lampard, Irish television host

1979

Shamita Shetty, Indian actress

1979

Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter

1978

Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer

1978

Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager

1978

Dan Gadzuric, Dutch basketball player

1978

Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress

1978

Rich Sommer, American actor

1978

Faye White, English footballer

1977

Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1977

Libor Sionko, Czech footballer

1976

Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer

1976

James Hickman, English swimmer

1976

Ana Roces, Filipino actress

1975

Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player

1975

Donald Driver, American football player

1975

Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer

1973

Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach

1973

Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower

1973

Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer

1972

Hisashi, Japanese musician

1972

Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player

1972

Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer

1971

Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress

1971

Arly Jover, Spanish actress

1971

Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (died 2014)

1971

Rockwilder, American rapper and producer

1971

Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress

1971

Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach

1970

Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer

1970

Erik ten Hag, Dutch footballer and manager

1970

Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer

1969

Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter

1969

Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager

1968

Kenny Albert, American sportscaster

1968

Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster

1968

Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach

1967

Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach

1967

Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general

1966

Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach

1966

Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

1966

Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian

1966

Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

1965

Carl Airey, English footballer

1965

Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

1963

Ilya Byakin, Russian ice hockey player

1963

Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996)

1963

Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player

1963

Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia

1963

Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist

1963

Stephen McGann, English actor

1963

Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist

1962

Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter

1962

Andy Fordham, English darts player (died 2021)

1962

Luke Johnson, English businessman

1962

Paul Kilgus, American baseball player

1962

Kate Raison, Australian actress

1962

Michael T. Weiss, American actor

1961

Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (died 2013)

1961

Lauren Lane, American actress and academic

1959

Dexter Manley, American football player

1958

Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright

1957

Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter

1956

Adnan Oktar, Turkish cult leader

1955

Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author (died 2022)

1955

Bob Schreck, American author

1955

Michael Talbott, American actor

1955

Kim Zimmer, American actress

1955

Jean-Michel Dupuis, French actor (died 2024)

1954

Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman

1954

Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor

1954

Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (died 2013)

1954

John Tudor, American baseball player

1953

Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter[citation needed]

1953

Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (died 2013)

1952

Dave Casper, American football player

1952

John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas

1952

Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea

1952

Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic

1952

Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014)

1951

Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach

1951

Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host

1950

Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (died 2023)

1950

Libby Purves, British journalist and author

1950

Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress

1950

Barbara Sukowa, German actress

1950

Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler

1949

Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist

1949

Jack McGee, American actor

1949

Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (died 1996)

1949

Brent Spiner, American actor and singer

1949

Ross Valory, American bass player and songwriter

1948

Ina Garten, American chef and author

1948

Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1948

Roger Williamson, English race car driver (died 1973)

1947

Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

1947

Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (died 2009)

1946

John Armitt, English engineer and businessman

1946

Blake Clark, American comedian and actor

1946

Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali

1946

Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (died 2009)

1945

John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic

1944

Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor (died 2024)

1944

Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)

1944

Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator

1942

Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941

Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey (died 2014)

1941

Lee Redmond, American woman with the longest fingernails (died 2023)

1941

Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (died 2015)

1940

Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (died 2000)

1940

Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (died 2008)

1940

Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach

1940

David Jason, English actor, director, and producer

1939

Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (died 2010)

1939

Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology

1939

Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

1938

Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

1938

Bo Hopkins, American actor (died 2022)

1938

Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1995)

1937

Don Buford, American baseball player and coach

1937

Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (died 2015)

1937

Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic

1937

Remak Ramsay, American actor

1937

Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist (died 2023)

1937

Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (died 2019)

1936

Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (died 1991)

1935

Pete Brown, American golfer (died 2015)

1935

Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic (died 2024)

1934

Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (died 2014)

1933

M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (died 2012)

1933

Tony Jay, English-American actor (died 2006)

1933

Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (died 2009)

1933

Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma

1932

Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (died 2002)

1932

Robert Mandan, American actor (died 2018)

1931

Les Dawson, English comedian and author (died 1993)

1931

Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (died 2018)

1931

John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician (died 2021)

1931

Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2024)

1931

Judith Viorst, American journalist and author

1929

Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (died 2013)

1929

George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (died 2011)

1929

Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)

1929

John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (died 2015)

1929

Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (died 2015)

1928

Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy (died 2022)

1928

Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (died 1993)

1928

Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (died 2013)

1928

Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (died 2007)

1927

Stan Getz, American saxophonist (died 1991)

1927

Doris Sams, American baseball player (died 2012)

1926

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France (died 2020)

1925

Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (died 2014)

1924

Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (died 1982)

1924

Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (died 2007)

1923

Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (died 2014)

1923

James Dickey, American poet and novelist (died 1997)

1923

Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (died 2012)

1923

Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (died 1988)

1923

Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2018)

1923

Liz Smith, American journalist and author (died 2017)

1923

Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (died 2007)

1922

Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player (died 1978)

1922

Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (died 2019)

1922

Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (died 2019)

1922

James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2002)

1920

George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (died 2004)

1920

John Russell, American Olympic equestrian (died 2020)

1920

Arthur Willis, English football player-manager (died 1987)

1919

Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (died 2012)

1919

Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (died 1999)

1918

Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (died 2011)

1917

Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (died 2018)

1917

Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2018)

1916

Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (died 1985)

1915

Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2002)

1915

Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (died 2005)

1915

Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (died 2014)

1914

Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2004)

1913

Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (died 1985)

1912

Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (died 2009)

1912

Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (died 1997)

1911

Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (died 1968)

1909

Frank Albertson, American actor (died 1964)

1908

Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)

1905

Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (died 1982)

1904

Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (died 1997)

1902

Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (died 1966)

1902

John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (died 1995)

1901

Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (died 1987)

1900

Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)

1897

Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (died 1972)

1897

Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (died 1996)

1896

Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (died 1980)

1895

George Halas, American football player and coach (died 1983)

1895

Robert Philipp, American painter (died 1981)

1895

George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (died 1964)

1893

Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1974)

1893

Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (died 1970)

1893

Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (died 1924)

1892

Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (died 1959)

1890

Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (died 1972)

1889

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (died 1952)

1887

Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (died 1975)

1886

William Rose Benét, American poet and author (died 1950)

1885

Mikhail Frunze, Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (died 1925)

1883

Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (died 1958)

1883

Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (died 1964)

1882

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (died 1944)

1882

James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1941)

1881

Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (died 1947)

1880

Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (died 1969)

1878

Joe Lydon, American boxer (died 1937)

1877

Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (died 1942)

1875

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (died 1962)

1873

Leo Fall, Austrian composer (died 1925)

1873

Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1956)

1872

Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (died 1936)

1869

Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (died 1933)

1866

Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (died 1927)

1862

Émile Coste, French fencer (died 1927)

1862

Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (died 1912)

1861

Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (died 1949)

1860

Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1915)

1857

Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (died 1918)

1856

Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (died 1938)

1856

Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (died 1905)

1851

José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (died 1913)

1849

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (died 1921)

1842

Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1927)

1841

François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (died 1912)

1829

Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (died 1884)

1829

William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (died 1909)

1803

Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (died 1862)

1802

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (died 1887)

1786

Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1856)

1782

Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (died 1835)

1754

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1838)

1717

Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (died 1790)

1714

Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (died 1785)

1711

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (died 1794)

1700

Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (died 1766)

1695

William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (died 1772)

1695

François de Chevert, French general (died 1769)

1677

Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (died 1745)

1669

Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (died 1732)

1651

William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1695)

1650

Pope Benedict XIII (died 1730)

1650

Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (died 1687)

1621

Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (died 1679)

1613

Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (died 1649)

1611

Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (died 1633)

1600

Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (died 1653)

1588

Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (died 1644)

1585

Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (died 1662)

1585

Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised; died 1596)

1576

Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (died 1622)

1551

Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (died 1600)

1536

Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (died 1612)

1522

Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1565)

1517

Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1587)

1509

John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (died 1536)

1502

Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (died 1574)

1494

Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)

1467

Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (died 1501)

1457

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (died 1526)

1455

John, King of Denmark (died 1513)

1443

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (died 1486)

1208

James I of Aragon (died 1276)

Deaths

2025

Brian Murphy, English comic actor (born 1932)

2024

Don Murray, American actor (born 1929)

2024

Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (born 1948)

2023

K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)

2023

Butch Miles, American jazz drummer (born 1944)

2021

Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (born 1920)

2020

Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (born 1941)

2020

Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (born 1919)

2016

Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1923)

2015

Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1949)

2015

Dave Bergman, American baseball player (born 1953)

2015

Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1968)

2015

Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)

2015

Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (born 1922)

2015

The Jacka, American rapper and producer (born 1977)

2014

Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (born 1935)

2014

Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (born 1992)

2014

Nicholas Brooks, English historian (born 1941)

2014

Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)

2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1967)

2014

Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (born 1962)

2014

Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (born 1948)

2014

Nigel Walker, English footballer (born 1959)

2013

Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (born 1961)

2013

John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (born 1931)

2013

Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (born 1974)

2013

Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (born 1943)

2013

Pepper Paire, American baseball player (born 1924)

2013

P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (born 1927)

2013

Walt Sweeney, American football player (born 1941)

2013

Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (born 1922)

2012

Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (born 1913)

2012

Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (born 1920)

2012

George Esper, American journalist and academic (born 1932)

2012

Dorothy Gilman, American author (born 1923)

2012

James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (born 1922)

2011

Edward Amy, Canadian general (born 1918)

2011

Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (born 1975)

2011

Margaret John, Welsh actress (born 1926)

2008

Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1918)

2008

Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (born 1960)

2007

Vijay Arora, Indian actor (born 1944)

2007

Billy Henderson, American singer (born 1939)

2007

Joe Hunter, American pianist (born 1927)

2007

Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (born 1967)

2007

Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)

2007

Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (born 1919)

2005

Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (born 1925)

2005

Max Schmeling, German boxer (born 1905)

2004

Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (born 1924)

2003

Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (born 1917)

2002

Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (born 1960)

2002

Claude Brown, American author (born 1937)

1999

David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)

1998

Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (born 1914)

1997

Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (born 1913)

1997

Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (born 1904)

1996

Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (born 1912)

1995

Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (born 1917)

1995

Fred Perry, English tennis player (born 1909)

1995

Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (born 1919)

1994

Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archeologist (born 1921)

1993

François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (born 1921)

1992

Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (born 1914)

1990

Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (born 1905)

1990

Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (born 1934)

1989

Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (born 1951)

1989

Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (born 1901)

1988

Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)

1987

Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1927)

1987

Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (born 1922)

1986

Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (born 1959)

1986

Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (born 1957)

1983

Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (born 1897)

1982

Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1905)

1980

William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

1979

Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (born 1930)

1979

Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (born 1957)

1975

Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (born 1883)

1974

Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (born 1922)

1973

Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (born 1902)

1972

Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1876)

1970

Lawrence Gray, American actor (born 1898)

1970

Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)

1970

Hannah Ryggen, Norwegian textile artist (born 1894)

1969

Boris Karloff, English actor (born 1887)

1968

Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (born 1878)

1966

Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (born 1906)

1962

Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (born 1914)

1957

Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (born 1890)

1956

Charley Grapewin, American actor (born 1869)

1956

Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (born 1878)

1956

Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (born 1876)

1954

Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (born 1886)

1952

Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (born 1866)

1950

Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (born 1873)

1948

Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (born 1870)

1948

Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (born 1894)

1945

Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (born 1907)

1945

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (born 1884)

1945

Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (born 1884)

1942

Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1883)

1942

Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (born 1905)

1942

Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (born 1876)

1939

Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (born 1860)

1939

Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (born 1879)

1932

Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (born 1880)

1926

Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (born 1848)

1925

Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (born 1867)

1925

Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (born 1873)

1919

Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (born 1894)

1918

John L. Sullivan, American boxer (born 1858)

1913

Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (born 1845)

1909

Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (born 1829)

1907

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (born 1834)

1905

Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (born 1824)

1904

Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (born 1882)

1904

William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1841)

1881

Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1808)

1861

Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (born 1829)

1836

Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (born 1750)

1831

Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (born 1768)

1804

George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (born 1749)

1802

Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1713)

1798

Ferdinand Ashmall, English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (born 1695)

1769

Pope Clement XIII (born 1693)

1768

Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (born 1689)

1723

Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1666)

1714

John Sharp, English archbishop (born 1643)

1712

Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (born 1639)

1704

Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (born 1661)

1688

Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (born 1610)

1675

Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (born 1594)

1661

Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (born 1596)

1660

Gaston, Duke of Orléans (born 1608)

1660

Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (born 1615)

1648

George Abbot, English author and politician (born 1603)

1594

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (born 1525)

1580

Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1558)

1529

Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (born 1478)

1512

Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief

1461

Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (born c. 1400)

1448

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1372)

1446

Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)

1435

Joan II of Naples, Queen of Naples (born 1371)

1416

Racek Kobyla of Dvorce

1348

Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk

1347

Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln, was the bishop of Lincoln (born 1282)

1294

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1229)

1250

Eric XI of Sweden (born 1216)

1237

Joan, Lady of Wales

1218

Konstantin of Rostov (born 1186)

1124

Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (born 1064)

880

Bruno, duke of Saxony

619

Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint

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