Events

2025

Eleven people are killed and 56 people are injured during a crowd crush incident outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India for the celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Indian Premier League victory.

2023

Protests begin in Poland against the PiS government.

2023

Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.

2020

Death of Giovanni López: Protests over the death of Giovanni López Ramírez, who had died on 4 May while in custody, begin in Jalisco following the release of a video of his arrest going viral on social media, and inspired by the George Floyd protests. Later, these spread across Mexico.

2010

Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.

2005

The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.

1996

The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.

1989

In the 1989 Iranian supreme leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.

1989

The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

1989

Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election occurs, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers' Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.

1989

Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

1988

Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

1986

Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

1983

Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.

1979

Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.

1977

JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium.

1975

Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.

1970

Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.

1967

Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.

1961

Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.

1946

in Argentina assumes its first presidency Juan Domingo Perón.

1944

World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

1944

World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.

1943

A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.

1942

World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

1942

World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim.

1940

World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: The British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

1939

The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 973 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

1932

Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.

1928

The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.

1920

Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.

1919

Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

1919

Leon Trotsky bans the planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents.

1917

The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.

1916

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

1913

Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.

1912

Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

1896

Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and also gives it a successful test run.

1878

Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

1876

An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.

1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.

1859

Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.

1855

Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.

1825

General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, during his visit to the United States.

1812

Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

1802

King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.

1796

The siege of Mantua begins when Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the fortress of Mantua, the last Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy. It will become the main focus of Napoleon's army for eight months during the Italian campaign of 1796-1797.

1792

Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1784

Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres (2.5 mi) in 45 minutes, and reaches an estimated 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in altitude.

1783

The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

1760

Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.

1745

Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeat an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.

1615

Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

1561

The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning, and is never rebuilt.

1525

Bayham Abbey riot: Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.

1411

King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, as they had been doing for centuries.

713

The imperial official Artemius is chosen as Byzantine emperor the day after the blinding of previous emperor Philippicus. Artemisius chooses the name of Anastasius II and announces his adherence to Chalcedonian Christianity.

Births

2021

Princess Lilibet of Sussex

2004

Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist

2001

Choerry, South Korean singer and member of Loona

2001

Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer

1999

Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress

1999

Drew Pavlou, Australian activist

1998

Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter

1996

Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer

1993

Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player

1993

Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer

1993

Aaron Nola, American baseball player

1993

Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier

1992

Jordan Hugill, English footballer

1991

Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer

1991

Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player

1991

Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer

1991

Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch footballer

1990

Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur

1989

Federico Erba, Italian footballer

1989

Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower

1988

Matt Bartkowski, American ice hockey defenseman

1988

Kimberley Busteed, Australian model

1988

Tjaronn Chery, Dutch-born Surinamese footballer

1987

Mollie King, English singer

1985

Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)

1985

Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player

1985

Evan Lysacek, American figure skater

1985

Lukas Podolski, German footballer

1985

Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress

1985

Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician

1984

Henri Bedimo, Cameroonian footballer

1984

Kento Handa, Japanese actor and singer

1984

Stuart Kettlewell, Scottish football manager and former player

1984

Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer

1984

Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player

1984

Rainie Yang, Taiwanese actress

1983

Romaric, Ivorian footballer

1983

Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer

1983

Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper

1982

Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer

1982

Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner

1981

Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer

1981

T.J. Miller, American actor and comedian

1981

Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer

1981

Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English footballer

1981

Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player

1980

François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player

1979

Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer

1979

Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player (died 2017)

1977

Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer

1977

Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer (died 2026)

1977

Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer

1977

Roland G. Fryer Jr., American economist and professor

1976

Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976

Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician (died 2024)

1976

Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player

1975

Russell Brand, English comedian and actor

1975

Henry Burris, American football player

1975

Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist

1975

Dinanath Ramnarine, Trinidadian cricketer

1974

Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (died 2012)

1974

Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach

1974

Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician

1974

Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player

1974

Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author

1973

Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer

1972

Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman

1972

Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1971

Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1971

Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician

1971

Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer

1971

Noah Wyle, American actor and producer

1970

Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier

1970

Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer

1970

Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter

1970

Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model

1969

Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian

1968

Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper

1968

Al B. Sure!, American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1968

Scott Wolf, American actor

1967

Michael Greyeyes, Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator

1967

Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut

1966

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress

1966

Svetlana Jitomirskaya, American mathematician

1966

Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2017)

1966

Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

1965

Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer

1965

Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher

1964

Sean Pertwee, English actor

1964

Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter

1963

Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player

1963

Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach

1962

Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish racing driver

1962

Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist

1961

El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer

1961

Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary

1960

Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager

1960

Bradley Walsh, English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer

1959

Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner

1959

Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture

1959

Anil Ambani, Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure

1957

Tinsley Ellis, American electric blues guitarist and singer

1957

Neil McNab, Scottish footballer

1956

Keith David, American actor

1956

John Hockenberry, American journalist and author

1956

Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager

1956

Joyce Sidman, American author and poet

1955

Val McDermid, Scottish author

1955

Mary Testa, American singer and actress

1954

Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)

1954

Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor

1953

Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii

1953

Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician and songwriter (died 1979)

1953

Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser

1952

Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland

1952

Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987)

1952

Stephen J. Hemsley, American businessman

1951

Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (died 1981)

1951

Lyle Stewart, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1999–2023) (died 2024)

1950

Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)

1949

Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor

1949

Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician

1948

Bob Champion, English jockey

1948

Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster

1948

Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning musician

1948

Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager

1947

Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria

1945

Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

1945

Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (died 2015)

1945

Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

1944

Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress

1943

Sandra Haynie, American golfer

1942

Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer

1942

Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician

1941

Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter

1940

Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop

1939

George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

1938

John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)

1938

Art Mahaffey, American baseball player

1937

Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (died 2006)

1937

Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (died 1999)

1937

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties

1936

Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)

1936

Bruce Dern, American actor

1935

Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress

1935

Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)

1934

Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1934

Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author (died 2018)

1932

John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)

1932

Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)

1932

Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)

1931

Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic

1930

George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (died 2017)

1930

Morgana King, American singer and actress (died 2018)

1930

Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

1929

Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (died 2021)

1928

Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)

1927

Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

1927

Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (died 2020)

1926

Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (died 1958)

1926

Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)

1926

Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)

1925

Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (died 2013)

1924

Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (died 1999)

1924

Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (died 2006)

1923

Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (died 2007)

1923

Masutatsu Ōyama, Korean-Japanese karateka (died 1994)

1923

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (died 2024)

1921

Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)

1921

Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

1920

Mia Bustam, Indonesian painter, writer, and political prisoner (died 2011)

1917

Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (died 2004)

1916

Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

1916

Gaylord Nelson, American politician and environmentalist, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (died 2005)

1916

Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (died 2014)

1915

Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)

1915

Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)

1915

Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)

1912

Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (died 1993)

1910

Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)

1907

Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)

1907

Rosalind Russell, American actress (died 1976)

1907

Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (died 1990)

1904

Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)

1903

Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (died 1988)

1889

Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (died 1960)

1885

Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (died 1952)

1880

Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)

1879

Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (died 1964)

1877

Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

1873

Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)

1867

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)

1866

Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)

1861

William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (died 1937)

1860

Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (died 1924)

1854

Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (died 1916)

1829

Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (died 1903)

1821

Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1897)

1801

James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (died 1871)

1787

Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (died 1856)

1754

Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)

1754

Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)

1744

Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)

1738

George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)

1704

Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (died 1776)

1694

François Quesnay, French economist and physician (died 1774)

1665

Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)

1604

Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)

1563

George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith (died 1624)

1489

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (died 1544)

1394

Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)

590

Harsha, Maharajadhiraja of Kannauj (died 647)

Deaths

2025

Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and Member of Parliament (born 1949)

2024

John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter (born 1947)

2024

Parnelli Jones, American racing driver (born 1933)

2023

Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)

2022

George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)

2021

Clarence Williams III, American actor (born 1939)

2017

Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)

2016

Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (born 1937)

2015

Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)

2015

Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)

2015

Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)

2015

Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)

2014

George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)

2014

Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

2014

Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)

2014

Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)

2013

Walt Arfons, American race car driver (born 1916)

2013

Joey Covington, American drummer (born 1945)

2013

Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (born 1946)

2013

Will Wynn, American football player (born 1949)

2012

Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)

2012

Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)

2012

Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)

2012

Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)

2011

Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1940)

2011

Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (born 1953)

2010

John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (born 1910)

2007

Clete Boyer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)

2007

Bill France Jr., American businessman (born 1933)

2007

Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (born 1933)

2004

Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (born 1934)

2004

Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (born 1921)

2002

Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru (born 1912)

1998

Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)

1997

Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1946)

1994

Derek Leckenby, English musician (born 1943)

1993

Bernard Evslin, American writer (born 1922)

1992

Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)

1990

Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)

1990

Zdenka Ziková, Czech opera singer (born 1902)

1989

Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)

1981

Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (born 1897)

1973

Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (born 1878)

1973

Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1917)

1971

György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (born 1885)

1970

Sonny Tufts, American actor (born 1911)

1968

Dorothy Gish, American actress (born 1898)

1967

Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1890)

1962

Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)

1956

Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (born 1881)

1951

Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (born 1874)

1942

Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (born 1904)

1941

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born 1859)

1939

Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (born 1900)

1936

Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (born 1869)

1933

Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (born 1884)

1931

Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853–54)

1929

Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (born 1881)

1928

Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)

1926

Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (born 1853)

1925

Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (born 1865)

1922

W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (born 1864)

1906

George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)

1876

Abdulaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)

1875

Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (born 1804)

1872

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)

1830

Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)

1809

Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (born 1743)

1801

Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1750)

1798

Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)

1663

William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (born 1582)

1647

Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (born 1565)

1622

Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (born 1568)

1608

Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)

1585

Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)

1472

Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (born 1402)

1463

Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (born 1392)

1453

Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander

1394

Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (bornc. 1368)

1257

Przemysł I of Greater Poland (born 1221)

1246

Isabella of Angoulême (born 1188)

1206

Adela of Champagne (born 1140)

1135

Emperor Huizong of Song (born 1082)

1134

Magnus Nielsen (born 1106), Danish duke

1102

Władysław I Herman, Polish nobleman (born c. 1044)

1039

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)

956

Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler

946

Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince

895

Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

863

Charles, archbishop of Mainz

756

Shōmu, Japanese emperor (born 701)

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