Events

2019

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

2013

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

2012

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.

2011

Norway attacks: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.

2005

Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.

2003

Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.

1997

The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.

1993

Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

1992

Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.

1990

Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.

1983

Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.

1981

The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand.

1977

Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.

1976

Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.

1973

Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78.

1963

Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.

1962

Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.

1951

Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.

1946

King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.

1944

The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.

1943

World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.

1943

World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.

1942

The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

1942

Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.

1937

New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

1936

Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.

1933

Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.

1921

Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.

1916

Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.

1894

The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot.

1893

Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1880

Abdur Rahman is proclaimed emir of Afghanistan after having been accepted as ruler by the British.

1864

American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta.

1833

The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.

1812

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.

1805

Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.

1802

Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

1797

Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.

1796

Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.

1793

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.

1706

The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1686

Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.

1598

William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers' Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.

1594

The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates.

1587

Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.

1499

Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

1484

Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.

1456

Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.

1443

Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.

1342

St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.

1298

Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.

1227

A coalition of north-east German towns, counts and princes defeats King Valdemar II of Denmark in the Battle of Bornhöved.

1209

Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

1099

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.

838

Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.

259

Election of Pope Dionysius after the death of Pope Sixtus II in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian in the previous year.

Births

2013

Prince George of Wales

2006

Javon Walton, American actor and boxer

2003

Solveig Vik, Norwegian politician

2002

Konstanse Marie Alvær, Norwegian politician

2002

Prince Felix of Denmark

2000

Garrett Wilson, American football player

1999

Sidney Chu, Hong Kong skater

1999

Jason Robertson, American ice hockey player

1998

Marc Cucurella, Spanish footballer

1998

Larray, American YouTuber

1998

Madison Pettis, American actress

1998

Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer

1998

Sahaphap Wongratch, Thai actor, model, and singer

1996

Kevin Fiala, Swiss ice hockey player

1996

Skyler Gisondo, American actor

1995

Ezekiel Elliott, American football player

1995

Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter

1995

Jonathan Owens, American football player

1993

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist

1992

Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer

1992

Selena Gomez, American singer and actress

1992

Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian

1991

Taylor Lewan, American football player

1991

Matty James, English footballer

1991

Tomi Juric, Australian footballer

1989

Israel Adesanya, New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer

1989

Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician

1988

William Buick, Norwegian-British flat jockey

1988

Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer

1988

George Santos, American politician

1988

Thomas Kraft, German footballer

1988

Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer

1987

Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist

1987

Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier

1986

Colin de Grandhomme, Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer

1986

Stevie Johnson, American football player

1985

Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer

1985

Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player

1985

Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler

1984

Stewart Downing, English footballer

1983

Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer

1983

Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist

1983

Steven Jackson, American football player

1983

Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist

1982

Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer

1980

Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer

1980

Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver

1980

Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter

1980

Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper

1979

Lucas Luhr, German racing driver

1979

Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player

1978

Runako Morton, Nevisian cricketer (died 2012)

1978

Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer

1978

A.J. Cook, Canadian actress

1977

Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player

1977

Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer

1977

Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer

1974

Franka Potente, German actress

1973

Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer

1973

Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster

1973

Daniel Jones, Australian musician and songwriter

1973

Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author

1973

Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter

1973

Jaime Camil, Mexican actor and singer

1972

Franco Battaini, Italian motorcycle racer

1972

Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer

1972

Seth Fisher, American illustrator (died 2006)

1972

Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster

1970

Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter

1970

Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player

1970

Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach

1969

Rebecca Kiessling, American attorney and anti-abortion activist

1969

Despina Vandi, German-Greek singer and actress

1967

Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist

1967

Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor

1966

Tim Brown, American football player and manager

1965

Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician

1965

Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor

1965

Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian

1965

Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach

1964

Will Calhoun, American drummer

1964

Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer

1964

David Spade, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1963

Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer

1963

Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician

1962

Steve Albini, American record producer and musician (died 2024)

1962

Alvin Robertson, American basketball player

1962

Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress

1961

Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster

1961

Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer

1960

Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1960

John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1958

Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach

1958

David Von Erich, American wrestler (died 1984)

1957

Dave Stieb, American baseball player

1956

Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer

1956

Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)

1955

Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (died 2013)

1955

Willem Dafoe, American actor

1954

Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1954

Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)

1954

Lonette McKee, American actress and singer

1953

Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)

1951

Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer

1951

J. V. Cain, American football player (died 1979)

1951

Patriarch Daniel of Romania

1951

Tisa Farrow, American actress and model (died 2024)

1951

Slick Watts, American basketball player (died 2025)

1949

Alan Menken, American pianist and composer

1949

Ann Godoff, American book editor, publisher and founder of Penguin Press

1949

Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer

1948

Neil Hardwick, British–Finnish theatre and television director

1948

S. E. Hinton, American author

1947

Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter

1947

Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician

1947

Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer

1946

Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)

1946

Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer

1946

Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter

1946

Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop

1946

Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau

1945

Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic

1944

Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025)

1944

Peter Jason, American actor (died 2025)

1944

Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager

1944

Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand

1943

Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (died 2014)

1943

Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician

1943

Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)

1942

Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (died 2012)

1942

Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier

1942

Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach

1941

Estelle Bennett, American singer (died 2009)

1941

Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (died 1975)

1941

George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer

1941

David M. Kennedy, American historian and author

1940

Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic

1940

Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (died 2020)

1938

Terence Stamp, English actor (died 2025)

1937

Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter (died 2023)

1937

Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (died 1999)

1937

John Price, English cricketer

1937

Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (died 2011)

1936

Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988)

1936

Harold Rhodes, English cricketer

1936

Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician

1935

Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (died 2007)

1934

Junior Cook, American saxophonist (died 1992)

1934

Louise Fletcher, American actress (died 2022)

1934

Leon Rotman, Romanian canoeist

1932

Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)

1932

Tom Robbins, American novelist (died 2025)

1931

Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)

1929

John Barber, English racing driver (died 2015)

1929

Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (died 2013)

1929

Neil Welliver, American painter (died 2005)

1929

Baselios Thomas I, Indian bishop (died 2024)

1928

Orson Bean, American actor (died 2020)

1928

Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015)

1928

Per Højholt, Danish poet (died 2004)

1927

Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (died 2015)

1926

Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

1926

Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007)

1925

Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (died 2013)

1925

Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

1924

Margaret Whiting, American singer (died 2011)

1923

Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2021)

1923

César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

1923

The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (died 2007)

1922

Dan Rowan, American comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) (died 1987)

1921

William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

1916

Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (died 1984)

1916

Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (died 1949)

1915

Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (died 2000)

1913

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995)

1910

Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist (died 2021)

1909

Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (died 2014)

1909

Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (died 2000)

1908

Amy Vanderbilt, American author (died 1974)

1908

Terris McDuffie, American baseball player (died 1968)

1905

Doc Cramer, American baseball player (died 1990)

1899

Sobhuza II of Swaziland (died 1982)

1898

Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1943)

1898

Alexander Calder, American sculptor, known for his kinetic sculptures (died 1976)

1895

León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1976)

1893

Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (died 1978)

1893

Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (died 1990)

1892

Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (died 1983)

1890

Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)

1889

James Whale, English director (died 1957)

1888

Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (died 1950)

1888

Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

1887

Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)

1886

Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (died 1954)

1884

Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (died 1967)

1882

Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (died 1967)

1881

Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (died 1966)

1878

Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)

1863

Alec Hearne, English cricketer (died 1952)

1862

Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer (died 1931)

1857

Jack Glasscock, American baseball player (died 1947)

1856

Octave Hamelin, French philosopher (died 1907)

1849

Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator (died 1887)

1848

Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1914)

1844

William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (died 1930)

1839

Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)

1820

Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1903)

1784

Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1846)

1755

Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)

1733

Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian (died 1790)

1713

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon (died 1780)

1711

Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)

1651

Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1711)

1647

Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690)

1630

Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat (died 1676)

1621

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1683)

1618

Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler (died 1672)

1615

Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (died 1672)

1559

Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (died 1619)

1552

Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (died 1592)

1552

Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton, Lady of English peer and others (died 1607)

1535

Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1621)

1531

Leonhard Thurneysser, scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (died 1595)

1478

Philip I of Castile (died 1506)

1476

Zhu Youyuan, Ming Dynasty politician (died 1519)

1437

John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, English Baron (died 1498)

1210

Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (died 1238)

Deaths

2026

Chuck Russell, American film director and producer (born 1958)

2025

John Fallon, Scottish footballer (born 1940)

2025

George Kooymans, Dutch musician (born 1948)

2025

Ozzy Osbourne, English musician and media personality (born 1948)

2025

Chuck Mangione, American musician (born 1940)

2025

Shelly Zegart, American quilt collector, historian, and advocate (born 1941)

2024

Mark Carnevale, American golfer and radio commentator (born 1960)

2024

Duke Fakir, American singer (born 1935)

2024

John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1933)

2022

Maria Petri, English association football supporter (born 1939)

2018

Frank Havens, American canoeist (born 1924)

2014

Johann Breyer, German SS officer (born 1925)

2014

Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (born 1933)

2014

Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1971)

2013

Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (born 1921)

2013

Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (born 1944)

2013

Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (born 1928)

2013

Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge (born 1924)

2012

Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)

2012

George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920)

2012

Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)

2011

Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (born 1923)

2011

Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (born 1945)

2010

Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936)

2009

Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)

2009

Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)

2008

Estelle Getty, American actress (born 1923)

2007

Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (born 1972)

2007

László Kovács, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (born 1933)

2007

Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (born 1906)

2006

Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (born 1923)

2006

José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (born 1965)

2005

Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)

2004

Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (born 1933)

2004

Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (born 1922)

2001

Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (born 1909)

2000

Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (born 1916)

2000

Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1925)

2000

Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920)

2000

Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)

1998

Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (born 1909)

1996

Rob Collins, English keyboard player (born 1956)

1995

Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (born 1904)

1992

David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (born 1954)

1990

Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1932)

1990

Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (born 1937)

1987

Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900)

1986

Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (born 1905)

1986

Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1941)

1979

J. V. Cain, American football player (born 1951)

1979

Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1929)

1974

Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (born 1900)

1970

George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (born 1912)

1968

Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908)

1967

Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (born 1878)

1958

Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (born 1895)

1950

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)

1948

Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (born 1909)

1940

George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1861)

1940

Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (born 1877)

1937

Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1891)

1934

John Dillinger, American gangster (born 1903)

1932

J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (born 1858)

1932

Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (born 1866)

1932

Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (born 1853)

1932

Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (born 1867)

1922

Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (born 1854)

1920

William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1849)

1918

Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (born 1898)

1916

James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (born 1849)

1915

Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (born 1827)

1908

Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)

1906

William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (born 1827)

1904

Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (born 1846)

1903

Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1810)

1902

Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (born 1822)

1869

John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (born 1806)

1864

James B. McPherson, American general (born 1828)

1833

Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (born 1757)

1832

Napoleon II, French emperor (born 1811)

1826

Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)

1824

Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral

1802

Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771)

1789

Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1715)

1734

Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1669)

1726

Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia

1676

Pope Clement X (born 1590)

1645

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587)

1619

Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (born 1559)

1581

Richard Cox, English bishop (born 1500)

1550

Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (born 1481)

1540

John Zápolya, Hungarian king (born 1487)

1525

Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1426)

1461

Charles VII of France (born 1403)

1387

Frans Ackerman, Flemish politician (born 1330)

1376

Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1310)

1362

Louis, Count of Gravina (born 1324)

1298

Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk

1274

Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre

1258

Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (born c. 1200)

698

Wu Chengsi, nephew of Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian

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