Events
The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.
The Massacre of the Innocents, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, is sold at a Sotheby's auction for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria.
In women's association football, the United States defeats China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claim they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.
The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard.
In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board.
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board.
The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar.
The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend.
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins.
World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, is assassinated by the IRA.
Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races.
Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvian army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in an attempt to capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city.
English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary, is assassinated at the castle of Körösszeg (modern-day Cheresig in Romania).
The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
Justin I is crowned Byzantine Emperor by the patriarch of Constantinople the day after the death of emperor Anastasius.
Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty.
Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
Births
Moo Deng, Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus
Mason Thames, American actor
Reece Walsh, Australian rugby league player
Isabela Merced, American actress
April Ivy, Portuguese composer and singer
San, South Korean singer and dancer
Angus Cloud, American actor (died 2023)
Chae Soo-bin, South Korean actress
Han Yu, Chinese pool player
Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler
Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
Trent Richardson, American football player
Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
Antonio Brown, American football player
Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer
Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider
Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer
B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
Mario Gómez, German footballer
Funda Oru, Belgian politician
Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
Matthew Egan, Australian footballer
Gabi, Spanish footballer
Kim Hee-chul, Korean entertainer and singer
Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer
Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player
Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby league player
Sherif Ekramy, Egyptian footballer
Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer
Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host
Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director
Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Adam Petty, American race car driver (died 2000)
Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter
James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
Gong Yoo, Korean actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
Vivek Murthy, Vice-Admiral and 19th US Surgeon General
Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist
Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach
Lars Ricken, German footballer
Andrew Firestone, American businessman
Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (died 2018)
Richard Westbrook, English race car driver
Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
Brian Thompson, American insurance executive (died 2024)
Peter Serafinowicz, English actor
Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach
Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter
Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer
John Simm, English actor
Marty Cordova, American baseball player
Gale Harold, American actor
Tom Meents, American professional monster truck driver
Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter (died 2025)
Gillian Tett, English journalist and author
Ikki Sawamura, Japanese model, actor and television presenter
John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
Clive Efford, English politician
Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (died 2006)
Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer
Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish business executive
Scott McCarron, American golfer
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, European Princess
Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach
Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor
Marc Riley, English guitarist and radio DJ
Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (died 2013)
Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
Sandy West, American singer, drummer and songwriter (died 2006)
Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter
Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter
Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician
K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager
Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league player
Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
Andre Dawson, American baseball player
Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Zoogz Rift, American musician and wrestler (died 2011)
Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India
Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author (died 2023)
Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (died 2013)
Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)
Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Jean-Pierre Jarier, French race car driver
Chin Han, Taiwanese actor
Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016)
Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
John Motson, English sportscaster (died 2023)
Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster
Mick Grant, English motorcycle racer
Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic
Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (died 1993)
Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician
Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (died 2012)
David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (died 2016)
Robert Pine, American actor and director
Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2020)
Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
Helen Donath, American soprano and actress
Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer
Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (died 2025)
Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2012)
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (died 1999)
Mavis Staples, American singer
Paul Andreu, French architect (died 2018)
Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (died 1972)
Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (died 2014)
Gun Svensson, Swedish politician
Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
Margaret McEntee, American Catholic religious sister and educator
Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician
Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (died 2012)
Marshall Brodien, American actor (died 2019)
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012)
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 2006)
C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (died 2007)
Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver (died 2019)
Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
Manfred Preußger, German athlete
Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)
Jerry Herman, American musical theater composer (died 2019)
Julian May, American author (died 2017)
Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (died 2004)
Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (died 2019)
Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress (died 2022)
Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2023)
George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (died 2015)
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (died 2004)
José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (died 2020)
Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (died 1976)
Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (died 1999)
Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003)
Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2010)
John Glenn, American baseball player (died 2023)
Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2018)
David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (died 2020)
William Smithers, American actor (died 2026)
Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022)
Fred Gwynne, American actor (died 1993)
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Ernest Bertrand Boland, American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023)
Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (died 1998)
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (died 2001)
John Bradley, American soldier (died 1994)
Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (died 2003)
G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (died 1987)
Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (died 2003)
Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (died 2007)
Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (died 2017)
Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (died 2001)
Jeff Donnell, American actress (died 1988)
John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army Major General (died 2022)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (died 2009)
David Brinkley, American journalist (died 2003)
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Cyril Grant, English footballer (died 2002)
Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (died 2009)
Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (died 2009)
James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (died 2015)
Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (died 2018)
Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018)
Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (died 1998)
Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000)
Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998)
Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (died 1972)
Milt Buckner, American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer (died 1977)
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (died 1992)
Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (died 2001)
Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)
Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor (died 1990)
Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1985)
Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (died 1981)
Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (died 1941)
Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (died 2002)
Thomas Gomez, American actor (died 1971)
Wolfram Sievers, German physician (died 1948)
Lili Damita, French-American actress (died 1994)
Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (died 1989)
John Wyndham, English author (died 1969)
Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (died 1989)
Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (died 1993)
Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (died 1979)
John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1936)
Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (died 1978)
Renée Björling, Swedish actress (died 1975)
Legs Diamond, American gangster (died 1931)
Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (died 1957)
Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (died 1981)
Carl Orff, German composer and educator (died 1982)
Jimmy McHugh, American composer (died 1969)
Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (died 1982)
Noble Sissle, American jazz composer, singer, lyricist and playwright (died 1975)
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)
Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (died 1960)
Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (died 1948)
Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (died 1952)
Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (died 1975)
Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (died 1943)
Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (died 1935)
Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (died 1955)
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian politician (died 1973)
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (died 1971)
Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1922)
Prince Maximilian of Baden (died 1929)
Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926)
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (died 1943)
Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (died 1913)
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1880)
Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (died 1897)
Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (died 1903)
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1908)
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889)
Emma Smith, American religious leader (died 1879)
Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (died 1871)
Alfred Ronalds, British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (died 1860)
George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (died 1864)
David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.
St. George Tucker, United States federal judge (died 1827)
Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (died 1786)
William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780)
Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1716)
John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (died 1711)
David Teniers III, Flemish painter (died 1685)
Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (died 1703)
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (died 1686)
Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (died 1660)
Antonio Possevino, Italian diplomat (died 1611)
Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (died 1571)
Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (died 1582)
John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (died 1564)
Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (died 1572)
James III of Scotland (died 1488)
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471)
Deaths
Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-born Australian radio and television host (born 1944)
David Gergen, American political consultant (born 1942)
Joe Engle, American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932)
Alex Janvier, Native American artist (born 1935)
Dave Loggins, American musician (born 1947)
Maurice Boucher, Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953)
Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (born 1992)
Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
Denise Nickerson, American former child actress (born 1957)
Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (born 1917)
Katharina Focke, German politician (born 1922)
Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944)
Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (born 1932)
Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (born 1926)
Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (born 1933)
Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (born 1939)
Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912)
Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (born 1934)
Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920)
Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958)
Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)
Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956)
Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922)
Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (born 1928)
Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch journalist and author (born 1938)
Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (born 1942)
Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and educator (born 1921)
Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (born 1924)
Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (born 1917)
Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (born 1938)
Mike Souchak, American golfer (born 1927)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi, chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964)
Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (born 1949)
Shamil Basayev, Chechen terrorist rebel leader (born 1965)
Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (born 1920)
A. J. Quinnell, English author (born 1940)
Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (born 1922)
Winston Graham, English author (born 1908)
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1902)
Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1926)
Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (born 1943)
Laurence Janifer, American author (born 1933)
Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (born 1909)
Eno Raud, Estonian author (born 1928)
Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1908)
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (born 1901)
Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (born 1908)
John Henry Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (born 1910)
Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (born 1940)
Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (born 1950)
Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (born 1908)
Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (born 1894)
John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906)
Costas Georgiou, Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887)
Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (born 1924)
Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1908)
Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (born 1893)
Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1875)
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (born 1876)
Joe Giard, American baseball player (born 1898)
Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (born 1877)
Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (born 1893)
Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (born 1882)
Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1890)
Huntley Wright, English actor (born 1868)
Arthur Barclay, 15th president of Liberia (born 1854)
Ève Lavallière, French actress (born 1866)
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (born 1841)
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (born 1831)
Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (born 1839)
Paul Morphy, American chess player (born 1837)
Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (born 1812)
Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (born 1779)
Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (born 1787)
George Stubbs, English painter and academic (born 1724)
Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (born 1754)
Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (born 1704)
John Fell, English bishop and academic (born 1625)
François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian and author (born 1610)
Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (born 1643)
Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (born 1600)
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, French commander (born 1571)
Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (born 1538)
Paolo Bellasio, Italian organist and composer (born 1554)
Charles II, archduke of Austria (born 1540)
William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533)
Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, Italian noble (born 1553)
Henry II, king of France (born 1519)
Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (born 1454)
René of Anjou, French nobleman (born 1400)
James II, king of Cyprus
Thomas, king of Bosnia (born 1411)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1402)
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman (born c. 1413)
Ladislaus IV, king of Hungary (born 1262)
Eric I, king of Denmark (born 1060)
Canute IV, king of Denmark (born 1043)
Leopold I, margrave of Austria
Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church
Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Abbasid Princess
Amalberga of Temse, Frankish noblewoman
Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (born 598)
Soga no Iruka, Japanese politician
Hadrian, Roman emperor (born 76)