Events

2025

Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.

2024

A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima.

2018

The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.

2009

Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.

2008

Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.

2003

The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

2002

The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.

2001

Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.

1999

Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

1997

Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.

1996

Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.

1994

China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.

1991

Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.

1990

British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.

1987

June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.

1982

Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

1980

The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.

1977

James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.

1967

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.

1964

United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.

1963

The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, is signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.

1960

Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29.

1957

John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.

1947

Saab produces its first automobile.

1945

World War II: Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.

1944

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children are massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

1944

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.

1944

In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.

1942

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

1940

World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France.

1940

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1940

World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.

1935

Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.

1935

Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.

1924

Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.

1918

World War I: The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.

1916

The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire is declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.

1898

Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.

1886

Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.

1878

League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.

1873

Russian forces under General von Kaufmann capture the city of Khiva from the Khanate of Khiva.

1871

Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.

1868

Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.

1863

During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.

1861

American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.

1854

The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.

1838

Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.

1829

The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.

1805

First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.

1793

The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.

1793

French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

1786

A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.

1782

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.

1719

Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel.

1692

Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".

1624

Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.

1619

Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.

1596

Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.

1539

Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.

1523

Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.

1422

Ottoman Sultan Murad II besieges Constantinople, but is ultimately unsuccessful.

1358

Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility.

1329

The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to retain its cities in Asia Minor.

1225

Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco.

1190

Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.

671

Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.

Births

2001

Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian sprinter

1999

Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer

1999

Blanche, Belgian singer

1998

Ryan Papenhuyzen, Australian rugby league player

1997

Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion

1996

Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor

1992

Kate Upton, American model and actress

1991

Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater

1989

David Miller, South African cricketer

1989

Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer

1989

Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

1988

Jeff Teague, American basketball player

1987

Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer

1987

James Maynard, British mathematician

1987

Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-American football player

1986

Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player

1986

Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer

1985

Richard Chambers, Irish rower

1985

Celina Jade, Hong Kong-American actress

1985

Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player

1985

Dane Nielsen, Australian rugby league player

1985

Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist

1985

Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer

1984

Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter

1984

Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist

1984

Betsy Sodaro, American actress

1983

Jade Bailey, Barbadian athlete

1983

Marion Barber III, American football player (died 2022)

1983

Aaron Davey, Australian footballer

1983

Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer

1983

Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer

1982

Tara Lipinski, American figure skater

1982

Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

1982

Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist

1981

Mat Jackson, English racing driver

1981

Albie Morkel, South African cricketer

1981

Andrey Yepishin, Russian sprinter

1980

Jessica DiCicco, American actress and voice actress

1980

Matuzalém, Brazilian footballer

1980

Ovie Mughelli, American football player

1980

Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2013)

1980

Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (died 2013)

1979

Evgeni Borounov, Russian ice dancer and coach

1979

Kostas Louboutis, Greek footballer

1978

Raheem Brock, American football player

1978

Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist

1977

Adam Darski (Nergal), Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1977

Mike Rosenthal, American football player and coach

1976

Alari Lell, Estonian footballer

1976

Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician

1976

Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist

1975

Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer

1974

Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist

1973

Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1973

Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper and actor

1973

Pokey Reese, American baseball player

1972

Steven Fischer, American director and producer

1972

Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

1972

Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman

1972

Eric Upashantha, Sri Lankan cricketer

1971

JoJo Hailey, American singer

1971

Bobby Jindal, American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana

1971

Bruno Ngotty, French footballer

1971

Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1971

Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio and television host

1970

Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970

Katsuhiro Harada, Japanese game designer, director, and producer

1970

Alex Santos, Filipino journalist

1970

Shane Whereat, Australian rugby league player

1970

Sarah Wixey, Welsh sport shooter

1969

Craig Hancock, Australian rugby league player

1969

Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer

1969

Kate Snow, American journalist

1968

Bill Burr, American comedian and actor

1968

Derek Dooley, American football player and coach

1967

Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967

Darren Robinson, American rapper (died 1995)

1967

Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian nurse and serial killer

1966

David Platt, English footballer and manager

1965

Susanne Albers, German computer scientist and academic

1965

Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer

1965

Joey Santiago, American alternative rock musician

1963

Brad Henry, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma

1963

Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress

1962

Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author

1962

Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian poet and author (died 1982)

1962

Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)

1962

Tzi Ma, Hong Kong American character actor

1962

Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1961

Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician

1961

Maxi Priest, English singer-songwriter

1960

Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politician

1959

Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager

1959

Ernie C, American heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1959

Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York

1958

Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)

1958

Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer

1955

Annette Schavan, German theologian and politician

1955

Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer

1954

Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman

1954

Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1953

Eileen Cooper, English painter and academic

1953

John Edwards, American lawyer and politician

1953

Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer

1953

Don Maitz, American artist

1953

Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician

1952

Kage Baker, American author (died 2010)

1951

Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster

1951

Tony Mundine, Australian boxer

1951

Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete

1950

Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player

1947

Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist

1947

Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster

1947

Robert Wright, English air marshal

1944

Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972)

1944

Rick Price, English rock bass player (died 2022)

1943

Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author

1943

Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir, Icelandic politician

1942

Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist

1942

Chantal Goya, French singer and actress

1942

Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge

1942

Preston Manning, Canadian politician

1941

Mickey Jones, American drummer (died 2018)

1941

Shirley Owens, American singer

1941

Jürgen Prochnow, German actor

1941

David Walker, Australian racing driver

1940

Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (died 2007)

1940

John Stevens, English drummer (died 1994)

1938

Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician (died 2022)

1938

Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)

1938

Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009)

1936

Marion Chesney, Scottish novelist, (a.k.a. M.C. Beaton) (died 2019)

1935

Vic Elford, English racing driver (died 2022)

1935

Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)

1935

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)

1934

Peter Gibson, English lawyer and judge

1934

Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, English politician (died 2023)

1933

Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (died 2013)

1933

F. Lee Bailey, American criminal defense attorney (died 2021)

1932

Pierre Cartier, French mathematician and academic (died 2024)

1931

Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia

1931

João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

1930

Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor

1930

Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018)

1930

Theo Sommer, German journalist (died 2022)

1930

Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)

1929

James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)

1929

Ian Sinclair, Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence

1929

Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016)

1929

E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)

1928

Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012)

1927

Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2023)

1927

László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)

1927

Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (died 2013)

1927

Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

1927

Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022)

1926

Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013)

1926

Lionel Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)

1925

Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)

1925

Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)

1925

James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)

1924

Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2015)

1923

Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)

1923

Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)

1922

Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)

1922

Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014)

1922

Mitchell Wallace, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)

1921

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (died 2021)

1921

Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980)

1919

Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)

1919

Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006)

1918

Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015)

1918

Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)

1916

Peride Celal, Turkish author (died 2013)

1916

William Rosenberg, American entrepreneur, founded Dunkin' Donuts (died 2002)

1915

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

1914

Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (died 1988)

1913

Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)

1913

Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993)

1912

Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1980)

1911

Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist (died 1984)

1911

Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1977)

1910

Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (died 1958)

1910

Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)

1909

Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman (died 1992)

1907

Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (died 1975)

1907

Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist (died 1985)[n 1]

1904

Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)

1901

Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (died 1988)

1899

Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish racing driver (died 1933)

1898

Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)

1897

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)

1893

Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952)

1891

Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945)

1886

Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)

1884

Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)

1882

Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969)

1880

André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954)

1878

Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961)

1865

Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940)

1864

Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (died 1960)

1863

Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923)

1862

Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (died 1937)

1859

Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932)

1854

Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer (died 1943)

1851

Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (died 1919)

1843

Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900)

1840

Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (died 1920)

1839

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1912)

1835

Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)

1832

Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)

1832

Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)

1832

Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)

1825

Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (died 1897)

1819

Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)

1804

Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)

1753

William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)

1716

Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (died 1784)

1713

Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)

1688

James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)

1632

Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (died 1710)

1557

Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)

1513

Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561–1582) (died 1582)

1465

Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)

1213

Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian poet and philosopher (died 1289)

940

Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)

867

Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931)

Deaths

2025

Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai army general, 19th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1933)

2024

Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:

2024

Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:

2024

Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)

2023

Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)

2020

Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954)

2018

Neal E. Boyd, American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)

2017

Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)

2016

Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (born 1994)

2016

Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)

2015

Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)

2015

Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936)

2014

Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)

2014

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)

2014

Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (born 1917)

2014

Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920)

2013

Doug Bailey, American political consultant (born 1933)

2013

Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1922)

2013

Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (born 1921)

2012

Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924)

2012

Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944)

2012

Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)

2012

Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921)

2012

Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958)

2012

George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)

2012

Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916)

2012

Gordon West, English footballer (born 1943)

2011

Brian Lenihan Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (born 1959)

2010

Basil Schott, American archbishop (born 1939)

2010

Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (born 1941)

2009

Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940)

2008

Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (born 1928)

2007

Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (born 1940)

2005

Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)

2004

Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)

2004

Odette Laure, French actress and singer (born 1917)

2004

Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1904)

2003

Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (born 1918)

2003

Bernard Williams, English philosopher and academic (born 1929)

2003

Phil Williams, Welsh academic and politician (born 1939)

2002

John Gotti, American mobster (born 1940)

2001

Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (born 1970)

2000

Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)

2000

Brian Statham, English cricketer (born 1930)

1998

Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921)

1998

Hammond Innes, English author (born 1913)

1996

George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)

1996

Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915)

1993

Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931)

1992

Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)

1991

Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)

1988

Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (born 1908)

1987

Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (born 1943)

1986

Merle Miller, American author and playwright (born 1919)

1984

Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish author and poet (born 1901)

1982

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)

1976

Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (born 1873)

1974

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900)

1973

William Inge, American playwright and novelist (born 1913)

1971

Michael Rennie, English actor (born 1909)

1967

Spencer Tracy, American actor (born 1900)

1965

Vahap Özaltay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1908)

1963

Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (born 1936)

1959

Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (born 1883)

1958

Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)

1955

Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (born 1876)

1949

Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)

1947

Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)

1946

Jack Johnson, American boxer (born 1878)

1944

Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1910)

1940

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)

1939

Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (born 1890)

1937

Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1854)

1936

John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856)

1934

Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (born 1862)

1930

Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (born 1851)

1926

Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852)

1924

Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885)

1923

Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)

1918

Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (born 1842)

1914

Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (born 1845)

1909

Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)

1906

Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)

1902

Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)

1901

Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (born 1841)

1899

Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)

1868

Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (born 1823)

1849

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (born 1784)

1849

Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (born 1773)

1836

André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)

1831

Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Prussian-Russian field marshal (born 1785)

1811

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (born 1728)

1791

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born 1720)

1776

Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (born 1736)

1776

Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (born 1722)

1753

Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (born 1678)

1735

Thomas Hearne, English historian and author (born 1678)

1692

Bridget Bishop, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632)

1680

Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1635)

1654

Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (born 1598)

1607

John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531)

1604

Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562)

1580

Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)

1556

Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (born 1486)

1552

Alexander Barclay, English poet and author (born 1476)

1468

Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (born 1392)

1437

Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (born 1370)

1424

Ernest, Duke of Austria (born 1377)

1364

Agnes of Austria (born 1281)

1338

Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318)

1261

Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1210)

1190

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)

1141

Richenza of Northeim (born 1087)

1075

Ernest, Margrave of Austria (born 1027)

942

Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889)

932

Dong Zhang, Chinese general

903

Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord

871

Odo I, Frankish nobleman

779

Emperor Daizong of Tang (born 727)

754

Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Muslim caliph (born 721)

223

Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (born 161)

38

Julia Drusilla, Roman sister of Caligula (born 16 AD)

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