Events

2025

The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

2022

An earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.

2015

The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.

2012

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.

2012

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.

2009

A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.

2007

The small town of Elie, Manitoba is hit by Canada's most intense tornado on record.

2002

An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.

2000

Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.

1990

Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

1986

The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.

1984

Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.

1979

Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.

1978

Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.

1969

The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

1966

Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.

1965

The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.

1962

Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, killing 112 people.

1948

The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.

1948

King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.

1945

World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony.

1944

World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.

1944

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

1942

World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.

1942

The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.

1941

World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.

1940

World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.

1922

British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.

1918

The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

1911

George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1911

Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.

1907

The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.

1898

Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26 km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.

1897

British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.

1893

The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

1870

The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.

1839

Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.

1813

War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a thirty kilometres (19 mi) journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.

1812

France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion.

1807

In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.

1793

Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.

1783

A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.

1774

The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.

1633

The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.

1593

Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.

1555

A Mughal army under Humayun and Bairam Khan defeats an Afghan army under Sikandar Shah Suri in the battle of Sirhind, allowing Humayun to capture Delhi and reestablish the Mughal Empire in India.

1527

Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.

910

The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army near the Rednitz River, killing its leader Gebhard, Duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine).

816

Election of pope Stephen IV following the death of pope Leo III earlier that month.

813

Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.

431

The Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council, begins, dealing with Nestorianism.

-168

Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.

-217

Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.

Births

2006

Zépiqueno Redmond, Dutch footballer

2001

Luciano Gondou, Argentine footballer

1999

Sam Retford, Australian-English actor

1996

Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer

1996

Rodri, Spanish footballer

1994

Sébastien Haller, French-Ivorian footballer

1994

Marnus Labuschagne, South African-Australian cricketer

1994

Carlos Vinícius Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer

1993

Loris Karius, German footballer

1993

Danny Ward, Welsh footballer

1992

Ura Kazuki, Japanese sumo wrestler

1992

Harry Reid, British actor

1991

Hugo Mallo, Spanish footballer

1990

Sebastian Jung, German footballer

1989

Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer

1989

Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor

1988

Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player

1987

Danny Green, American basketball player

1987

Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman

1987

Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer

1985

Thomas Leuluai, New Zealand rugby league player

1984

Dustin Johnson, American golfer

1984

Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer

1984

Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer

1984

Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player

1983

Allar Raja, Estonian rower

1982

Andoni Iraola, Spanish footballer and manager

1982

Ian Kinsler, American baseball player

1982

Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model

1981

Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player (died 2017)

1981

Aquivaldo Mosquera, Colombian footballer

1980

Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player

1980

Stephanie Jacobsen, Hong Kong-Australian actress

1979

Joey Cheek, American speed skater

1979

Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist

1978

Champ Bailey, American football player

1978

Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (died 2011)

1975

Urmas Reinsalu, Estonian academic and politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Defence

1974

Jo Cox, British politician (died 2016)

1974

Donald Faison, American actor

1974

Vijay, Indian actor

1973

Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir, Icelandic politician

1973

Carson Daly, American radio and television host

1972

Damien Oliver, Australian jockey

1971

Gary Connolly, English rugby player

1971

Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian

1971

Laila Rouass, British actress

1971

Kurt Warner, American football player and sportscaster

1968

Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player and coach

1968

Miri Yu, Zainichi, Korean novelist

1966

Joanna Kołaczkowska, Polish cabaret performer (died 2025)

1966

Michael Park, English racing driver (died 2005)

1966

Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress

1966

Dean Woods, Australian cyclist

1965

Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter

1965

Ľubomír Moravčík, Czech footballer and manager

1964

Cadillac Anderson, American basketball player

1964

Amy Brenneman, American actress

1964

Dan Brown, American author and academic

1964

Miroslav Kadlec, Czech footballer

1963

Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna

1963

John Tenta, Canadian-American wrestler (died 2006)

1962

Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1962

Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician and singer-songwriter

1962

Clyde Drexler, American basketball player and coach

1962

Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer

1961

Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter

1960

Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist

1960

Margrit Klinger, German runner

1960

Tracy Pollan, American actress

1959

Michael Kinane, Irish jockey

1959

Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959

Daniel Xuereb, French footballer

1958

Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress

1958

Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author

1958

Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, producer and writer

1957

Danny Baker, English journalist and screenwriter

1957

Garry Gary Beers, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer

1957

Kevin Bond, English footballer and manager

1957

Michael Stratton, English geneticist and academic

1956

Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1956

Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist

1956

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs

1956

Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1956

Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach

1956

Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist

1955

Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955

Christine Orengo, British academic and educator

1954

Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (died 1977)

1953

Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal

1953

Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician and academic (died 2013)

1953

Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1953

Bruce McAvaney, Australian journalist and sportscaster

1952

Graham Greene, Canadian actor

1952

Santokh Singh, Malaysian football player

1951

Brian Cookson, British cyclist and sports administrator

1951

Craig Gruber, American bass player (died 2015)

1951

Humphrey Ocean, English painter and academic

1950

Sharon Maughan, English actress

1950

Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania

1950

Greg Oliphant, Australian rugby league player

1950

John Perdue, former West Virginia State Treasurer

1950

Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (died 2009)

1950

Tom Alter, Indian actor (died 2017)

1949

Larry Junstrom, American bass player (died 2019)

1949

Brian Leveson, English lawyer and judge

1949

Alan Osmond, American singer and producer (died 2026)

1949

Meryl Streep, American actress

1949

Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman

1949

Lindsay Wagner, American actress

1949

Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician

1948

James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, Scottish businessman

1948

Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1947

Octavia E. Butler, American author (died 2006)

1947

Howard Kaylan, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and musician

1947

Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (died 2022)

1947

Pete Maravich, American basketball player (died 1988)

1947

Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian lieutenant and politician, President of Ghana (died 2020)

1946

Linda Bond, Canadian 19th General of The Salvation Army

1946

Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins, English psychiatrist and academic

1946

Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1946

Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (died 2015)

1946

Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman

1945

Rainer Brüderle, German economist and politician, German Minister of Economics and Technology

1944

Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer

1944

Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)

1943

Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director

1943

Brit Hume, American journalist and author

1943

J. Michael Kosterlitz, British-American physicist

1941

Ed Bradley, American journalist (died 2006)

1941

Terttu Savola, Finnish journalist and politician

1940

Joan Busfield, English sociologist, psychologist, and academic

1940

Hubert Chesshyre, English historian and author (died 2020)

1940

Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)

1940

Esther Rantzen, English journalist

1939

Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2017)

1939

Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter and academic (died 2004)

1939

Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry

1937

Chris Blackwell, English record producer, co-founded Island Records

1937

Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (died 2013)

1936

Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)

1936

Ferran Olivella, Spanish footballer (died 2023)

1936

Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer (died 2025)

1934

James Bjorken, American physicist, author, and academic (died 2024)

1933

Dianne Feinstein, American politician (died 2023)

1932

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (died 2001)

1932

Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (died 2013)

1932

Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)

1932

June Salter, Australian actress (died 2001)

1932

Prunella Scales, English actress (died 2025)

1932

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English businessman and politician, Leader of the House of Lords

1931

Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (died 2008)

1930

Yuri Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 1998)

1930

Walter Bonatti, Italian journalist and mountaineer (died 2011)

1929

Bruce Kent, English activist and laicised Roman Catholic priest (died 2022)

1928

Ralph Waite, American actor and director (died 2014)

1927

Anthony Low, Indian-English historian and academic (died 2015)

1926

George Englund, American film editor, director, producer and actor (died 2017)

1926

Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2014)

1924

Christopher Booth, English clinician and historian (died 2012)

1924

Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (died 2004)

1923

José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2004)

1922

Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Group (died 2002)

1922

Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (died 1995)

1921

Joseph Papp, American director and producer (died 1991)

1921

Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

1921

Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (died 2009)

1921

Barbara Perry, American actress (died 2019)

1920

James H. Pomerene, American computer scientist and engineer (died 2008)

1920

Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2016)

1919

Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (died 1980)

1919

Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (died 1982)

1919

Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (died 2003)

1918

Cicely Saunders, English nurse, social worker, physician and writer (died 2005)

1918

Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (died 1993)

1916

Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (died 1982)

1916

Richard Eastham, American actor (died 2005)

1916

Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (died 2003)

1915

Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer (died 1999)

1915

Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2001)

1915

Randolph Hokanson, American pianist (died 2018)

1915

Thomas Quinn Curtiss, American writer, and film and theatre critic (died 2000)

1914

Mei Zhi, Chinese author and essayist (died 2004)

1913

Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author (died 1989)

1912

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1983)

1912

Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (died 2008)

1911

Vernon Kirby, South African tennis player (died 1994)

1910

John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1998)

1910

Anne Ziegler, English singer (died 2003)

1910

Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (died 1995)

1909

Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2006)

1909

Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Spanish princess and aristocrat (died 2002)

1909

Mike Todd, American producer and manager (died 1958)

1907

Eriks Ādamsons, Latvian writer, poet, and novelist (died 1946)

1906

William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (died 1990)

1906

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author (died 2001)

1906

Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)

1903

John Dillinger, American criminal (died 1934)

1903

Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (died 1988)

1902

Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (died 1950)

1901

Elias Katz, Finnish runner and coach (died 1947)

1900

Oskar Fischinger, German-American abstract artist, filmmaker, and painter (died 1967)

1899

Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer, invented Masking tape (died 1980)

1899

Michał Kalecki, Polish economist and academic (died 1970)

1898

Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author (died 1970)

1897

Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (died 1973)

1897

Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (died 1990)

1896

Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (died 1971)

1894

Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and art historian (died 1988)

1892

Robert Ritter von Greim, German general and pilot (died 1945)

1891

Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (died 1964)

1890

Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1970)

1889

Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (died 1980)

1888

Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (died 1964)

1887

Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (died 1975)

1885

Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (died 1962)

1884

James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1949)

1880

Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (died 1954)

1879

Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1962)

1876

Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop (died 1936)

1874

Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar (died 1958)

1873

Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic (died 1949)

1871

William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath (died 1938)

1869

Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch Politician and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1944)

1864

Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (died 1909)

1861

Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (died 1914)

1856

Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist (died 1925).

1855

Samuel Morris, Australian cricketer (died 1931)

1850

Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (died 1921)

1845

Tom Dula, American soldier (died 1868)

1845

Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1906)

1844

Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (died 1906)

1837

Paul Morphy, American chess player (died 1884)

1837

Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (died 1923)

1834

William Chester Minor, American surgeon and linguist (died 1920)

1820

James Hutchison Stirling, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1909).

1805

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (died 1872).

1792

James Beaumont Neilson, Scottish engineer and businessman (died 1865)

1767

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher, academic, and politician, Interior Minister of Prussia (died 1835).

1763

Étienne Méhul, French pianist and composer (died 1817).

1757

George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1798).

1738

Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (died 1813).

1713

John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (died 1765)

1704

John Taylor, English author and scholar (died 1766)

1684

Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1762)

1680

Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1754).

1593

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English landowner and Parliamentarian commander (died 1671)

1477

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, English nobleman (died 1530)

1450

Eleanor of Naples, duchess of Ferrara (died 1493)

1427

Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer and wife of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (died 1482)

1373

Elizabeth Bonifacia, heiress of Poland (died 1399)

1000

Robert I, duke of Normandy (died 1035)

916

Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (died 967)

662

Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (died 716)

Deaths

2025

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor (born 1926)

2023

Harry Markowitz, American Nobel economist (born 1927)

2022

Bruton Smith, American racetrack promoter (born 1927)

2022

Yves Coppens, French anthropologist (born 1934)

2018

Vinnie Paul, American musician (born 1964)

2017

Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (born 1982)

2017

Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (born 1926)

2015

James Horner, American composer and conductor (born 1953)

2014

Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (born 1945)

2014

Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (born 1949)

2013

Henning Larsen, Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (born 1925)

2013

Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (born 1978)

2012

Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor and producer (born 1922)

2011

Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach (born 1931)

2008

Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (born 1924)

2008

George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1937)

2008

Dody Goodman, American actress and dancer (born 1914)

2007

Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (born 1964)

2004

Bob Bemer, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1920)

2004

Mattie Stepanek, American poet and author (born 1990)

2003

Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian war novelist (born 1924)

1997

Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1956)

1997

Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1919)

1995

Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (born 1931)

1995

Al Hansen, American sculptor and author (born 1927)

1993

Pat Nixon, American educator, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1912)

1990

Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)

1988

Dennis Day, American singer and actor (born 1916)

1987

Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (born 1899)

1984

Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)

1980

Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (born 1889)

1979

Louis Chiron, Monégasque race car driver (born 1899)

1977

Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (born 1908)

1977

Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)

1974

Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (born 1892)

1970

Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese surgeon and author (born 1942)

1969

Judy Garland, American actress and singer (born 1922)

1966

Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (born 1883)

1965

David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (born 1902)

1964

Havank, Dutch journalist and author (born 1904)

1959

Hermann Brill, German educator and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (born 1895)

1956

Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer and novelist (born 1873)

1945

Isamu Chō, Japanese general (born 1895)

1945

Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (born 1887)

1942

August Froehlich, German priest and activist (born 1891)

1940

Monty Noble, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1873)

1938

C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (born 1876)

1936

Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1882)

1935

Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (born 1866)

1933

Tim Birkin, English racing driver and lieutenant (born 1896)

1931

Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (born 1841)

1928

A. B. Frost, American illustrator and painter (born 1851)

1925

Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)

1913

Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet and translator (born 1875)

1905

Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th governor of Texas (born 1815)

1894

Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (born 1823)

1892

Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (born 1819)

1874

Howard Staunton, English chess player (born 1810)

1872

Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (born 1792)

1868

Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (born 1801)

1828

Lars Ingier, Norwegian road manager, land owner, and mill owner (born 1760)

1766

Carlo Zimech, Maltese priest and painter (born 1696)

1714

Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (born 1662)

1699

Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (born 1630)

1664

Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (born 1631)

1634

Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (born 1588)

1632

James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (born 1570)

1535

John Fisher, English bishop and saint (born 1469)

1521

Leonardo Loredan, Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (born 1436)

1429

Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (born 1380)

1343

Aimone, Count of Savoy (born 1291)

1276

Innocent V, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1225)

1101

Roger I of Sicily, Norman nobleman (born 1031)

1017

Leo Passianos, Byzantine general

947

Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (born 928)

910

Gebhard, Frankish nobleman

910

Gerhard I, Frankish nobleman

431

Paulinus of Nola, Christian bishop and poet (born 354)

-207

Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (born 245 BC)

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