Events

2024

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, returns to Australia after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a Saipan court and subsequently being released by the United States Department of Justice.

2015

Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occur on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people are either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.

2015

The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

2013

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

2013

The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

2012

The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

2008

A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

2007

Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.

2006

Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.

2003

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that sex-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

2000

The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.

1997

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1997

J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in the United Kingdom.

1995

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

1991

Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

1988

The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board.

1981

Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.

1978

Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.

1977

Elvis Presley holds what will prove to be his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1975

Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

1974

The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

1967

Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) is made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

1963

Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.

1960

The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.

1960

Madagascar gains its independence from France.

1959

Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavyweight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.

1955

The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.

1953

Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.

1952

The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.

1948

Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.

1948

William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.

1948

Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine.

1945

The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.

1944

World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.

1944

World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.

1942

The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

1941

World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

1940

World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.

1936

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

1934

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.

1927

The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

1924

The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.

1918

World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.

1917

World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4.

1909

The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

1906

The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.

1889

Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.

1886

Henri Moissan isolates elemental fluorine for the first time.

1857

The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.

1848

End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.

1843

Treaty of Nanking comes into effect; Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".

1830

William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover following the death without surviving legitimate issue of his older brother George IV.

1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of the War of the First Coalition.

1740

A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

1723

After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.

1718

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.

1656

A joined Hospitaller-Venetian fleet defeats a numerically superior Ottoman fleet in the battle of the Dardanelles.

1579

Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.

1541

Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

1539

Afghan Sur forces under Sher Shah Suri defeat a Mughal army under Humayun in the battle of Chausa.

1522

Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.

1483

Richard III becomes King of England.

1460

War of the Roses: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.

1409

Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XIII in Avignon.

1407

Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

1295

Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.

1243

Mongols under Baiju Noyan defeat the Seljuk Turks under Kaykhusraw II at the Battle of Köse Dağ. The Sultanate of Rum subsequently becomes a vassal to the Mongol Empire.

1243

Election of Pope Innocent IV following the death of Pope Celestine IV in 1241.

699

En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of the folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.

684

Pope Benedict II is consecrated as pope following imperial approval from the Byzantine Emperor. He is the last pope to require the confirmation of the emperor; the next popes require only that of the more closely situated exarch of Ravenna.

363

Roman emperor Julian is fatally wounded by Sassanid troops in a skirmish close to Samarra while retreating from his failed siege of Ctesiphon.

221

Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and grants him the title of Caesar.

4

Augustus adopts Tiberius.

Births

2005

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

2004

Mikey Williams, American basketball player

2002

Chandler Smith, American race car driver

2002

Manon Bannerman, Swiss singer and dancer

2000

Ann Li, American tennis player

1999

Connor Dewar, Canadian ice hockey player

1997

Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer

1997

Jacob Elordi, Australian actor

1997

Callum Taylor, English cricketer

1997

Ethan Bear, Canadian ice hockey player

1994

Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower

1994

Leonard Carow, German actor

1993

Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1992

Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer

1992

Rudy Gobert, French basketball player

1992

Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer-songwriter

1991

Houssem Chemali, French footballer

1991

Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer

1991

Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer

1990

Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner

1990

Iman Shumpert, American basketball player

1990

Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer

1990

Brandon Sklenar, American actor

1988

Oliver Stang, German footballer

1988

King Bach, Canadian-American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer and social media personality

1987

Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver

1987

Samir Nasri, French footballer

1986

Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer

1985

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama

1984

J. J. Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

1984

Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer

1984

Elijah Dukes, American baseball player

1984

Raymond Felton, American basketball player

1984

Indila, French singer

1984

Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner

1984

Aubrey Plaza, American actress

1984

Preslava, Bulgarian singer

1984

Deron Williams, American basketball player

1984

Cody McLeod, Canadian ice hockey player

1983

Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer

1983

Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer

1983

Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

1983

Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer

1983

Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer

1982

Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player

1981

Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler

1981

Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer

1981

Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer

1981

Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player

1980

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer

1980

Michael Jackson, English footballer

1980

Jason Schwartzman, American actor and drummer

1980

Chris Shelton, American baseball player

1980

Michael Vick, American football player

1979

Ryō Fukuda, Japanese race car driver

1979

Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player

1979

Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

1977

Quincy Lewis, American basketball player

1976

Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player

1976

Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster

1976

Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster

1976

Dave Rubin, American political commentator

1975

Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player

1975

Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager

1974

Derek Jeter, American baseball player

1974

Jason Kendall, American baseball player

1973

Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1972

Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper

1971

Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer

1970

Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1970

Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner

1970

Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (died 2025)

1970

Sean Hayes, American actor

1970

Matt Letscher, American actor and playwright

1970

Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer (died 2012)

1970

Chris O'Donnell, American actor

1970

Nick Offerman, American actor

1969

Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter

1969

Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer

1969

Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter

1969

Mike Myers, American baseball player

1968

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland

1968

Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer

1968

Shannon Sharpe, American football player

1967

Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper

1967

Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter

1966

Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter

1966

Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player

1966

Jürgen Reil, American drummer

1964

Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

1963

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist

1963

Mark McClellan, American economist and politician

1963

Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter

1962

Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

1961

Greg LeMond, American cyclist

1961

Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress

1960

Mark Durkan, Irish politician

1959

Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter

1957

Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (died 2007)

1957

Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec

1957

Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician

1956

Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1956

Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic

1956

Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician

1955

Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955

Gedde Watanabe, American actor

1954

Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer

1952

Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2023)

1952

Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (died 1979)

1952

Simon Mann, British military officer and mercenary (died 2025)

1951

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (died 2014)

1949

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (died 2015)

1949

Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer

1949

Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist

1946

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (died 2013)

1945

Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi (Dwight York), American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile, convicted child molester, and musician

1944

Gennady Zyuganov, Russian politician

1943

Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player

1943

Warren Farrell, American author and educator

1943

Bill Robinson, American baseball player (died 2007)

1942

J. J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager

1942

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture

1941

Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic

1939

Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia

1939

Zainuddin Maidin, Malaysian politician (died 2018)

1938

Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii

1938

Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer

1938

Gerald North, American climatologist and academic

1937

Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

1937

Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer

1936

Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (died 2014)

1936

Hal Greer, American basketball player (died 2018)

1936

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician (died 2020)

1936

Edith Pearlman, American short story writer (died 2023)

1936

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (died 2015)

1936

Nancy Willard, American author and poet (died 2017)

1935

Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver

1935

Sandro Riminucci, Italian basketball player

1934

Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer

1934

Toru Goto, Japanese swimmer

1933

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (died 2014)

1933

Gene Green, American baseball player (died 1981)

1933

David Winnick, English politician (died 2026)

1932

Dame Marguerite Pindling, Bahamian politician; Governor-General of the Bahamas

1932

Don Valentine, American venture capitalist (died 2019)

1931

Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (died 2013)

1930

Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (died 2013)

1930

Wolfgang Schwanitz, East German secret police (died 2022)

1929

June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (died 2005)

1929

Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (died 2013)

1929

Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer (died 2020)

1928

Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (died 1996)

1928

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor

1928

Bill Sheffield, American politician; 5th Governor of Alaska (died 2022)

1928

Samuel Belzberg, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2018)

1927

Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (died 2011)

1926

Kenny Baker, American fiddler (died 2011)

1926

Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (died 2020)

1926

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon

1926

Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician

1925

Pavel Belyayev, Soviet soldier, pilot and cosmonaut (died 1970)

1925

Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (died 2006)

1925

Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (died 2021)

1924

Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (died 2010)

1924

James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (died 2017)

1923

Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (died 2014)

1923

Ed Bearss, American military historian and author (died 2020)

1922

Walter Farley, American author (died 1989)

1922

Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013)

1922

Enzo Apicella, English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur (died 2018)

1921

Violette Szabo, French-British secret agent (died 1945)

1921

Robert Everett, American computer scientist (died 2018)

1920

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2014)

1919

Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (died 2003)

1919

Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (died 1983)

1919

George Athan Billias, American historian (died 2018)

1919

Donald M. Ashton, English art director (died 2004)

1918

Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (died 2008)

1918

Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (died 2007)

1918

J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (died 2006)

1917

Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (died 2019)

1916

Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (died 1988)

1916

Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (died 2010)

1915

Paul Castellano, American gangster (died 1985)

1915

George Haigh, English professional footballer (died 2019)

1915

Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (died 2013)

1915

Willard Brown, American baseball player (died 1996)

1914

Laurie Lee, English author and poet (died 1997)

1914

Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (died 1997)

1914

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (died 2001)

1913

Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (died 2008)

1913

Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (died 2010)

1911

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (died 1956)

1911

Bronisław Żurakowski, Polish pilot and engineer (died 2009)

1909

Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager, manager and promoter of Elvis Presley (died 1997)

1909

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (died 1985)

1908

Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973)

1907

Debs Garms, American baseball player (died 1984)

1906

Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (died 1974)

1906

Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (died 2008)

1905

Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (died 1985)

1904

Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (died 1964)

1903

Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1958)

1902

Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (died 2010)

1901

Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (died 1988)

1899

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)

1898

Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (died 1978)

1898

Chesty Puller, US general (died 1971)

1895

George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1950)

1893

Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor (died 1989)

1892

Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

1881

Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1960)

1880

Mitchell Lewis, American actor (died 1956)

1878

Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (died 1957)

1869

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (died 1954)

1866

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker, backer in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb (died 1923)

1865

Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author (died 1959)

1854

Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)

1852

Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter (died 1930)

1839

Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (died 1901)

1835

Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (died 1896)

1824

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907)

1821

Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina (died 1906)

1819

Abner Doubleday, American general (died 1893)

1817

Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (died 1848)

1798

Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (died 1873)

1796

Jan Paweł Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer (died 1847)

1786

Sunthorn Phu, Thai poet (died 1855)

1764

Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician (died 1812)

1730

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (died 1817)

1726

Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia (died 1796)

1703

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (died 1767)

1702

Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (died 1751)

1699

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (died 1777)

1694

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1768)

1689

Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (died 1769)

1681

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (died 1708)

1600

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (died 1659)

1581

San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1654)

1575

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (died 1612)

1467

Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)

1399

John, Count of Angoulême (died 1467)

-12

Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (died 14)

Deaths

2026

Joe Doering, American professional wrestler (born 1982)

2025

Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician (born 1944)

2025

Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (born 1934)

2025

Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1932)

2025

Takutai Tarsh Kemp, New Zealand politician (born 1975)

2024

Taiki Matsuno, Japanese voice actor (born 1967)

2022

Margaret Keane, American artist (born 1927)

2021

Mike Gravel, American politician (born 1930)

2020

Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (born 1929)

2019

Beth Chapman, American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (born 1967)

2015

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1929)

2015

Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (born 1952)

2014

Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (born 1925)

2014

Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (born 1938)

2014

Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (born 1931)

2014

Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (born 1932)

2014

Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (born 1921)

2014

Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (born 1931)

2013

Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpet player and composer (born 1939)

2013

Edward Huggins Johnstone, Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (born 1922)

2013

Byron Looper, American politician (born 1964)

2013

Justin Miller, American baseball player (born 1977)

2013

Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (born 1934)

2012

Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (born 1915)

2012

Pat Cummings, American basketball player (born 1956)

2012

Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)

2012

Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

2012

Doris Singleton, American actress (born 1919)

2011

Edith Fellows, American actress (born 1923)

2011

Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (born 1948)

2010

Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 4th President of Lithuania (born 1932)

2010

Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (born 1912)

2007

Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (born 1929)

2007

Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (born 1914)

2006

Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (born 1953)

2005

Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (born 1938)

2005

Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (born 1943)

2004

Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (born 1950)

2004

Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (born 1929)

2004

Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1930)

2003

Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (born 1975)

2003

Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman (born 1915)

2003

Strom Thurmond, American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (born 1902)

2002

Jay Berwanger, American football player (born 1914)

2002

Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (born 1913)

2001

Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano (born 1900)

1998

Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)

1997

Don Hutson, American football player and coach (born 1913)

1996

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958)

1996

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and academic (born 1932)

1994

Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (born 1929)

1993

Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (born 1921)

1993

William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (born 1920)

1992

Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (born 1921)

1990

Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (born 1909)

1989

Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)

1982

Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1908)

1979

Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (born 1936)

1975

Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (born 1902)

1967

Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (born 1942)

1964

Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (born 1889)

1958

George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (born 1873)

1958

Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (born 1888)

1957

Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (born 1878)

1957

Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (born 1909)

1956

Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (born 1930)

1956

Richie Powell, American pianist (born 1931)

1955

Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (born 1895)

1949

Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (born 1876)

1947

R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1870)

1946

Max Kögel, German SS officer (born 1895)

1946

Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1880)

1945

Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1872)

1943

Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)

1939

Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (born 1873)

1938

James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (born 1871)

1938

Daria Pratt, American golfer (born 1859)

1932

Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (born 1900)

1927

Armand Guillaumin, French painter (born 1841)

1922

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (born 1848)

1918

Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (born 1843)

1883

Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (born 1788)

1879

Richard H. Anderson, American general (born 1821)

1878

Mercedes of Orléans, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain (born 1860)

1870

Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (born 1809)

1860

George Montgomery White, American politician (born 1828)

1856

Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)

1836

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760)

1830

George IV of the United Kingdom (born 1762)

1810

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740)

1808

Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (born 1748)

1798

James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (born 1776)

1795

Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (born 1747)

1793

Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (born 1720)

1784

Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (born 1728)

1757

Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)

1752

Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (born 1664)

1688

Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (born 1617)

1677

Francesco Buonamici, Italian architect, painter and engraver (born 1596)

1574

Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (born 1530)

1541

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471)

1487

John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (born 1415)

1274

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)

1265

Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (born 1203 or 1204)

1095

Robert, bishop of Hereford

1090

Jaromír, bishop of Prague

985

Ramiro III, king of León

969

George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (born 940)

822

Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (born 767)

405

Vigilius, bishop of Trent (born 353)

363

Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332)

-116

Ptolemy VIII, king of Egypt

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