Events

2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

2012

A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.

2007

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

2006

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

2002

Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.

1995

Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.

1995

The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.

1987

Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

1986

The Argentina national football team wins the FIFA World Cup held in Mexico after defeating the West Germany national football team by a score of 3–2 in the final at the Estadio Azteca.

1976

The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

1976

The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.

1975

Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St. Peter's Square in the largest ordination in history

1974

Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.

1974

Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.

1972

The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

1972

A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13.

1971

Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.

1956

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.

1952

The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.

1950

Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.

1945

The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.

1927

The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

1922

France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".

1916

British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.

1915

The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.

1913

The Bulgarian army launches attacks against Serbian positions, triggering the Second Balkan War.

1889

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.

1888

George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.

1881

In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.

1880

France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".

1874

Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.

1864

At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.

1850

Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.

1807

Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.

1786

Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

1764

One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).

1659

At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.

1644

Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

1620

English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.

1613

The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.

1534

Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

1457

The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire.

1444

Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

1194

Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.

1170

A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.

1149

Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.

1072

Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is blinded on command of caesar John Doukas.

626

The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus.

226

Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.

Births

2007

Casey Phair, South Korean footballer

2006

Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor

2003

Jude Bellingham, English footballer

2002

Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player

2001

Julian Champagnie, American basketball player

2001

Gunnar Henderson, American baseball player

2001

Aaron Schoupp, Australian rugby league player

1998

Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player

1996

Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player

1994

Camila Mendes, American actress and model

1994

Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer

1993

Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor

1993

Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter (died 2026)

1991

Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer

1991

Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player

1991

Addison Timlin, American actress

1990

Kim Little, Scottish footballer

1990

Yann M'Vila, French footballer

1988

Éver Banega, Argentine footballer

1986

José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer

1986

Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer

1985

Quintin Demps, American football player

1984

Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper

1983

Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer

1983

Jeremy Powers, American cyclist

1982

Colin Jost, American comedian

1982

Dusty Hughes, American baseball player

1982

Lily Rabe, American actress

1982

O. J. Hogans, American sprinter

1981

Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player

1981

Joe Johnson, American basketball player

1981

Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine race car driver (died 2005)

1981

Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator

1980

Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress

1979

Matthew Bode, Australian footballer

1979

Andy O'Brien, English footballer

1979

Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer

1978

Sam Farrar, American musician

1978

Luke Kirby, Canadian actor

1978

Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1977

Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

1977

Zuleikha Robinson, English actress

1976

Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver

1976

Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer

1973

Sakis Tolis, Greek singer and guitarist

1973

Lance Barber, American actor

1973

George Hincapie, American cyclist

1972

DJ Shadow, American DJ and record producer

1971

Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970

Edda Mutter, German alpine skier

1970

Melanie Paschke, German sprinter

1970

Emily Skinner, American actress and singer

1969

Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (died 2010)

1969

Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager

1969

Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician

1968

Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician

1968

Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player

1967

Jeff Burton, American race car driver

1967

Melora Hardin, American actress and singer

1967

Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer

1966

Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist

1965

Tripp Eisen, American guitarist

1965

Paul Jarvis, English cricketer

1965

Daniel Larson, American politician

1964

Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2025)

1964

Kathleen Wilhoite, American actress and musician

1963

Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist

1963

Judith Hoag, American actress and educator

1962

Amanda Donohoe, English actress

1962

Joan Laporta, Spanish businessman and politician

1962

George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

1961

Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer

1958

Dieter Althaus, German politician

1958

Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner

1957

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan

1957

María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress

1957

Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1957

Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia

1957

Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic

1956

Nick Fry, English economist and businessman

1956

David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter

1956

Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and manager

1956

Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal

1956

Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (died 2012)

1955

Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

1954

Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach

1954

Léo Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager

1953

Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1953

Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist

1951

Craig Sager, American sportscaster (died 2016)

1950

Bobby London, American illustrator

1950

Don Moen, American singer and songwriter

1950

Michael Whelan, American artist

1949

Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster

1949

Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona

1949

Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture

1948

Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (died 2012)

1948

Fred Grandy, American actor and politician

1948

Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

1948

Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician

1947

Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (died 2024)

1946

Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama

1946

Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (died 2004)

1945

Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka

1944

Gary Busey, American actor

1944

Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021)

1944

Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician

1944

Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal

1943

Little Eva, American singer (died 2003)

1943

Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (died 2017)

1942

Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter (died 2025)

1942

Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (died 2019)

1941

John Boccabella, American baseball player

1941

Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (died 1998)

1940

Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer

1940

John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2021)

1939

Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer

1939

Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach

1936

Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (died 2011)

1936

Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (died 1992)

1935

Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (died 2011)

1935

Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2020)

1934

Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)

1933

Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)

1933

John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (died 2016)

1932

Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2020)

1931

Sevim Burak, Turkish author (died 1983)

1930

Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 2014)

1930

Robert Evans, American actor and producer (died 2019)

1930

Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician (died 2023)

1930

Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (died 2013)

1929

Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (died 2019)

1929

Pete George, American weightlifter (died 2021)

1929

Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (died 2006)

1928

Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (died 1999)

1928

Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator (died 2023)

1928

Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (died 2005)

1927

Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999)

1927

Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician

1926

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (died 2006)

1926

Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general (died 2023)

1926

Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician (died 2021)

1926

Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player (died 2023)

1925

Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (died 2019)

1925

Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)

1925

Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999)

1925

Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (died 2014)

1925

Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021)

1924

Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (died 2015)

1924

Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (died 2004)

1924

Philip H. Hoff, American politician (died 2018)

1923

Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator (died 2019)

1922

Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (died 2001)

1922

Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (died 1991)

1922

John William Vessey, Jr., American general (died 2016)

1921

Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (died 2000)

1921

Jean Kent, English actress (died 2013)

1921

Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (died 2009)

1921

Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (died 1960)

1920

César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1995)

1920

Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (died 2013)

1920

Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 2012)

1920

David Snellgrove, British tibetologist (died 2016)

1919

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008)

1919

Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)

1919

Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008)

1919

Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983)

1919

Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006)

1918

Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (died 2011)

1918

Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (died 2016)

1918

Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (died 2019)

1917

Ling Yun, Chinese politician (died 2018)

1916

Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (died 2005)

1914

Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (died 1996)

1914

Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (died 1976)

1913

Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (died 1992)

1912

José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)

1912

Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (died 2004)

1912

John Toland, American historian and author (died 2004)

1911

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (died 2004)

1911

Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (died 1995)

1911

Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (died 1975)

1910

Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (died 1969)

1910

Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (died 1993)

1909

Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (died 1956)

1908

Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (died 1975)

1908

Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (died 1963)

1906

Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (died 1945)

1906

Heinz Harmel, German general (died 2000)

1904

Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (died 1956)

1903

Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (died 1942)

1901

Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (died 1967)

1900

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (died 1944)

1898

Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (died 1986)

1897

Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (died 2001)

1893

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (died 1972)

1893

Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (died 1958)

1890

Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (died 1970)

1890

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (died 2005)

1889

Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (died 1961)

1888

Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (died 1927)

1886

Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963)

1885

Izidor Kürschner, Hungarian football player and coach (died 1941)

1882

Henry Hawtrey, English runner (died 1961)

1882

Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (died 1947)

1881

Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (died 1929)

1881

Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (died 1959)

1880

Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)

1879

Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (died 1970)

1873

Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (died 1938)

1870

Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (died 1926)

1868

George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (died 1938)

1866

Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (died 1939)

1863

Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1934)

1861

William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (died 1939)

1858

George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (died 1928)

1858

Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (died 1932)

1849

Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (died 1910)

1849

Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (died 1915)

1849

John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (died 1926)

1844

Peter I of Serbia (died 1921)

1835

Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (died 1894)

1833

Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (died 1900)

1819

Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (died 1902)

1818

Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1878)

1803

John Newton Brown, American minister and author (died 1868)

1801

Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (died 1850)

1798

Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (died 1871)

1798

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837)

1793

Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (died 1857)

1787

Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (died 1820)

1768

Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (died 1831)

1746

Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (died 1818)

1686

Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist (died 1743)

1621

Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (died 1669)

1596

Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (died 1680)

1543

Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1604)

1528

Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1589)

1525

Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (died 1585)

1517

Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)

1488

Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (died 1560)

1482

Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (died 1517)

1443

Anthony Browne, English knight (died 1506)

1398

John II of Aragon and Navarre (died 1479)

1326

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1389)

1136

Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173)

Deaths

2025

Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (born 1927)

2024

Princess Lalla Latifa, Princess Dowager of Morocco (born 1946)

2023

Alan Arkin, American actor (born 1934)

2022

Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)

2021

Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932)

2020

Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

2020

Stepa J. Groggs, American rap artist (born 1988)

2020

Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986)

2019

Florijana Ismaili, Swiss footballer (born 1995)

2018

Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927)

2017

Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)

2017

Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)

2016

Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933)

2015

Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950)

2015

Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (born 1931)

2015

Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)

2014

Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (born 1960)

2014

Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)

2013

Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (born 1937)

2013

Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

2013

Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (born 1922)

2013

Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (born 1956)

2012

Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)

2012

Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919)

2012

Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)

2012

Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926)

2011

K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (born 1904)

2009

Joe Bowman, American, target shooter and boot-maker (born 1925)

2007

Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (born 1930)

2007

Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (born 1943)

2006

Fabián Bielinsky, Argentine director and screenwriter (born 1959)

2006

Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919)

2006

Randy Walker, American football player and coach (born 1954)

2004

Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (born 1935)

2004

Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1912)

2003

Katharine Hepburn, American actress (born 1907)

2002

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (born 1928)

2000

Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (born 1922)

2000

Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (born 1913)

1999

Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (born 1950)

1999

Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (born 1937)

1998

Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936)

1997

William Hickey, American actor (born 1927)

1997

Marjorie Linklater, Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (born 1909)

1995

Lana Turner, American actress (born 1921)

1994

Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (born 1908)

1993

Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

1992

Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)

1990

Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916)

1986

Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (born 1897)

1982

Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (born 1914)

1982

Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886)

1981

Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (born 1912)

1980

Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (born 1903)

1979

Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)

1978

Bob Crane, American actor (born 1928)

1975

Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)

1971

Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (born 1908)

1969

Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919)

1967

Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (born 1906)

1967

Jayne Mansfield, American actress (born 1933)

1964

Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1928)

1962

Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883)

1960

Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885)

1955

Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (born 1881)

1949

Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1860)

1942

Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1864)

1941

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)

1940

Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1879)

1936

János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (born 1872)

1935

Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873)

1933

Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)

1931

Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (born 1850)

1919

José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (born 1864)

1907

Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (born 1837)

1900

Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827)

1895

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (born 1825)

1875

Ferdinand I of Austria (born 1793)

1873

Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)

1861

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (born 1806)

1860

Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (born 1793)

1855

John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (born 1803)

1853

Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (born 1797)

1852

Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777)

1840

Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (born 1775)

1831

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (born 1757)

1779

Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (born 1728)

1764

Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693)

1744

André Campra, French composer and conductor (born 1660)

1729

Edward Taylor, American-English poet, pastor, and physician (born circa 1642)

1725

Arai Hakuseki, Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1657)

1646

Laughlin Ó Cellaigh, Gaelic-Irish Lord

1626

Scipione Cobelluzzi, Italian cardinal and archivist (born 1564)

1594

Niels Kaas, Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (born 1535)

1575

Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (born 1515)

1520

Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (born 1466)

1509

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (born 1443)

1432

Janus of Cyprus (born 1375)

1374

Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer

1344

Joan of Savoy, duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (born 1310)

1315

Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (born 1235)

1293

Henry of Ghent, philosopher (born c.1217)

1252

Abel, King of Denmark (born 1218)

1153

Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles

1149

Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (born 1115)

1059

Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (born 995)

976

Gero, archbishop of Cologne

884

Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty

226

Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (born 187)

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