March 27 in History

Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.

A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.

Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.

The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.

HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.

Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.

Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.

A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.

Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.

The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China.

Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.

The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.

A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.

The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.

The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.

World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.

World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.

Japanese invasion of Manchuria: Japan leaves the League of Nations after it approves the Lytton Report that ruled in favour of China.

The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.

Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.

First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.

Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.

Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and burn down the courthouse.

The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.

Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.

War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.

The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.

The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.

The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player

Natanael Cano, Mexican rapper and singer

Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress

Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress

Jesser, American YouTuber

Alex O'Connor, English media personality

Giannis Bouzoukis, Greek footballer

Lisa, Thai rapper and dancer

Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer

Brandon Nimmo, American baseball player

Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer

London on da Track, American record producer

Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer

Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player

Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer

Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer

Kimbra, New Zealand musician

Brodha V, Indian rapper and music producer

Matt Harvey, American baseball player

Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player

Jessie J, English singer-songwriter

Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer

Brenda Song, American actress

Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer

Holliday Grainger, English actress

Jefferson Bernárdez, Honduran footballer

Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter

Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter

Buster Posey, American baseball player

Manuel Neuer, German footballer

Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player

Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer

Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player

Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player

Brett Holman, Australian footballer

Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter

Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player

Román Martínez, Argentinian footballer

Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer

Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer

Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer

Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner

Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner

Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer

JJ Lin, Singaporean singer-songwriter

Sean Ryan, American football player

Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player

Maksim Shevchenko, Kazakhstani footballer

Tom Palmer, English rugby union player

Mohsen Moeini, Iranian author and director

Imran Tahir, Pakistani-South African cricketer

Jennifer Wilson, Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player

Gabriel Paraschiv, Romanian footballer

Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner

Amélie Cocheteux, French tennis player

Vítor Meira, Brazilian race car driver

Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek artistic gymnast

Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Danny Fortson, American basketball player

Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer

Andrew Blowers, New Zealand rugby player

Kim Felton, Australian golfer

Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Christian Fiedler, German footballer and manager

Marek Citko, Polish footballer and manager

George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer

Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer

Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler

David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster

Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor

Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (died 2001)

Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player (died 2020)

Brent Fitz, Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist

Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player

Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress

Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza

Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer and manager

Pauley Perrette, American actress

Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete

Kenta Kobashi, Japanese professional wrestler

Talisa Soto, American actress

Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player

Gregor Foitek, Swiss race car driver

Cory Blackwell, American basketball player

Randall Cunningham, American football player, coach, and pastor

Georgios Katrougalos, Greek jurist and politician

Filippos Sachinidis, Greek-Canadian economist and politician

Gary Stevens, English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist

Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor

Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter

Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter

Brett French, Australian rugby league player

Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player

John O'Farrell, English journalist and author

Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player

Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer

Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach

Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist

Hans Pflügler, German footballer

Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)

Andrew Farriss, Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist

Ivan Savvidis, Russian-Greek oligarch and politician

Didier de Radiguès, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer

Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager

Stephen Dillane, English actor

Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician

Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier

Patrick McCabe, Irish writer

Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain

Susan Neiman, American-German philosopher and author

Gerard Batten, English lawyer and politician

Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist

Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier

Maria Schneider, French actress (died 2011)

Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia

Chris Stewart, English musician and author

Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter

Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs

Maria Ewing, American soprano (died 2022)

Terry Yorath, Welsh international footballer and international manager (died 2026)

Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher (died 2020)

Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot

Walt Mossberg, American journalist

Doug Wilkerson, American football player (died 2021)

Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (died 1999)

Andy Bown, British singer, songwriter and musician

Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (died 2002)

Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player

Mike Curtis, American football player and coach (died 2020)

Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (died 2007)

John Sulston, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Michael York, English actor

Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia

Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (died 2006)

Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver (died 2026)

Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright

Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician

Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman (died 2023)

Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboard player and songwriter (died 2021)

Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer

Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (died 1981)

Julian Glover, English actor

István Csurka, Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (died 2012)

Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Greek politician (died 2021)

Lê Văn Hưng, South Vietnamese Brigadier general (died 1975)

Junior Parker, American singer and harmonica player (died 1971)

Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (died 1999)

David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (died 1980)

Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist (died 2024)

Anne Ramsey, American actress (died 1988)

Reg Evans, Australian actor (died 2009)

Jean Dotto, French cyclist (died 2000)

Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (died 2013)

Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (died 2007)

Frank O'Hara, American writer (died 1966)

Sarah Vaughan, American singer (died 1990)

Ian Black, Scottish international footballer and lawn bowls player (died 2012)

Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (died 2013)

Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (died 1996)

Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (died 2012)

Dick King-Smith, English author (died 2011)

Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon (died 2003)

Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (died 2007)

Phil Chess, Polish-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (died 2016)

Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2000)

Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (died 2000)

Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (died 1999)

Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (died 2002)

Mary Watt, New Zealand landscape architect and gardener (died 2005)

Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (died 2006)

Richard Denning, American actor (died 1998)

Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (died 2009)

Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (died 1945)

James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2005)

Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician (died 1965)

Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author (died 1996)

Golo Mann, German historian and author (died 1994)

Ben Webster, American saxophonist (died 1973)

Valery Marakou, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1937)

Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (died 1969)

Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1935)

Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general (died 1980)

Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer (died 1980)

Leif Tronstad, Norwegian chemist and military leader (died 1945)

Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (died 1950)

Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer (died 1975)

Charles Lang, American cinematographer (died 1998)

Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter (died 2000)

Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (died 1963)

Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)

Kenneth Slessor, Australian journalist and poet (died 1971)

Francis Ponge, French poet and author (died 1988)

Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (died 1974)

Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer (died 1983)

Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (died 1958)

Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (died 1961)

Roland Leighton, English soldier and poet (died 1915)

René Fonck, French colonel and pilot (died 1953)

Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (died 1947)

G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (died 1981)

George Beranger, Australian-American actor and director (died 1973)

Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (died 1972)

Thorne Smith, American author (died 1934)

Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian novelist and playwright (died 1974)

Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski, Belarusian-Lithuanian architect, journalist, and diplomat, created the Flag of Belarus (died 1959)

Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player (died 1967)

Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (died 1974)

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (died 1974)

Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general (died 1979)

George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer (died 1978)

Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (died 1932)

Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (died 1934)

Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian painter and illustrator (died 1917)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (died 1969)

Julio Lozano Díaz, Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (died 1957)

Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 1961)

Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant (died 1953)

Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (died 1980)

Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (died 1965)

Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist (died 1925)

Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1947)

Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (died 1929)

Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer (died 1973)

Kathleen Scott, British sculptor (died 1947)

Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (died 1947)

Albert Marquet, French painter (died 1947)

Heinrich Mann, German author and poet (died 1950)

Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister (died 1939)

Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour (died 1948)

James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1938)

J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary (died 1949)

Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator (died 1946)

John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (died 1936)

Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1933)

Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot (died 1945)

Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer (died 1938)

Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic (died 1924)

George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer (died 1927)

Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (died 1936)

William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (died 1927)

Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (died 1925)

Jan van Beers, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1927)

Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (died 1909)

Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (died 1931)

Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)

Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1923)

Jakob Sverdrup, Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (died 1899)

Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1935)

George Frederick Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (died 1934)

John Ballance, Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1893)

Virginia Minor, American women's suffrage activist (died 1894)

Henri Murger, French novelist and poet (died 1861)

Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (died 1894)

Charles Mackay, Scottish journalist, anthologist, and author (died 1889)

William Robinson (Canadian architect), Canadian architect and land surveyor (died 1894)

Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (died 1880)

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (died 1891)

Charles-Mathias Simons, German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1874)

Alexander Barrow, American lawyer and politician (died 1846)

Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1863)

Louis XVII of France (died 1795)

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (died 1842)

Alexander Vostokov, Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (died 1864)

Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (died 1841)

Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (died 1767)

Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican-French lawyer and politician (died 1785)

Jane Colden, American botanist and author (died 1766)

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (died 1795)

Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and author (died 1779)

Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (died 1805)

Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (died 1762)

Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish-Italian cardinal (died 1760)

Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (died 1741)

Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (died 1735)

Stephen Fox, English politician (died 1716)

Johannes Piscator, German theologian (died 1625)

Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (died 1578)

Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims (died 1507)

Albert III, duke of Bavaria (died 1460)

Henry Lee, Chinese-American forensic scientist (born 1938)

Christina McKelvie, Scottish politician (born 1968)

Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American author, psychologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

Joe Lieberman, American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (born 1936)

Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (born 1923)

Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (born 1935)

T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (born 1922)

Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (born 1920)

James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (born 1929)

Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (born 1923)

Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American scientist and engineer (born 1924)

Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (born 1917)

Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (born 1929)

Clement Arrindell, Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (born 1931)

Farley Granger, American actor (born 1925)

Dick Giordano, American illustrator (born 1932)

Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (born 1922)

Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (born 1921)

Nancy Adams, New Zealand botanist and illustrator (born 1926)

Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)

Dan Curtis, American director and producer (born 1928)

Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish author (born 1921)

Rudolf Vrba, Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (born 1924)

Neil Williams, English cricketer (born 1962)

Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (born 1913)

Robert Merle, French author (born 1909)

Edwin Carr, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1926)

Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (born 1908)

Dudley Moore, English actor (born 1935)

Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1906)

George Allen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)

Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1942)

Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (born 1946)

David McClelland, American psychologist and academic (born 1917)

Lane Dwinell, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1906)

Ella Maillart, Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (born 1903)

René Allio, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)

Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (born 1912)

Lawrence Wetherby, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (born 1908)

Kamal Hassan Ali, Egyptian general and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1921)

Paul László, Hungarian-American architect and interior designer (born 1900)

Colin Gibson, English footballer (born 1923)

Lang Hancock, Australian businessman (born 1909)

James E. Webb, American colonel and politician, 16th Under Secretary of State (born 1906)

Aldo Ray, American actor (born 1926)

Percy Beard, American hurdler and coach (born 1908)

May Allison, American actress (born 1890)

Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (born 1898)

Charles Willeford, American author, poet, and critic (born 1919)

William Bowers, American journalist and screenwriter (born 1916)

Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (born 1929)

Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer and academic (born 1898)

Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (born 1912)

Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (born 1902)

Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (born 1922)

Sverre Farstad, Norwegian speed skater (born 1920)

Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, and composer (born 1896)

Diana Hyland, American actress (born 1936)

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch airline pilot (born 1927)

Georg August Zinn, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (born 1901)

Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (born 1891)

Eduardo Santos, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (born 1888)

Mikhail Kalatozov, Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1903)

Lorenzo Wright, American athlete (born 1926)

Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)

Vladimir Seryogin, Russian soldier and pilot (born 1922)

Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)

Gregorio Marañón, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (born 1887)

Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (born 1890)

Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (born 1894)

Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (born 1894)

Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (born 1888)

Karl Groos, German psychologist and philosopher (born 1861)

Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (born 1881)

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (born 1866)

George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1882)

Julio González, Catalan sculptor and painter (born 1876)

Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1872)

Dan Kolov, Bulgarian professional wrestler (born 1892)

William Stern, German-American psychologist and philosopher (born 1871)

Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (born 1844)

Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (born 1867)

Leslie Stuart, English organist and composer (born 1863)

Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (born 1842)

Klaus Berntsen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1844)

Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (born 1856)

Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1887)

Carl Neumann, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)

James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (born 1842)

Nikolay Sokolov, Russian composer and educator (born 1859)

Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (born 1847)

Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (born 1838)

Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (born 1881)

Richard Montgomery Gano, American minister, physician, and general (born 1830)

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (born 1835)

Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (born 1817)

Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (born 1817)

Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek ophthalmologist, physician, and educator (born 1826)

Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)

John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1811)

Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (born 1800)

George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (born 1811)

Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (born 1808)

Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (born 1803)

James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (born 1795)

Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (born 1800)

Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (born 1797)

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (born 1776)

Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (born 1805)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (born 1696)

Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (born 1717)

Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (born 1679)

Simon Bradstreet, English businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1603)

Abraham Mignon, Dutch painter (born 1640)

Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (born 1597)

Robert Naunton, English politician (born 1563)

James VI and I of the United Kingdom (born 1566)

Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (born 1578)

Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian cardinal (born 1554)

Margaret of Valois (born 1553)

Sigismund Báthory (born 1573)

Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (born 1528)

Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (born c. 1523)

Lütfi Pasha, Turkish historian and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1488)

Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1457)

Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (born 1434)

Vasily II of Moscow (born 1415)

Pope Gregory XI (born 1336)

Maud Marshal, English countess (born 1192)

Giorgi III, King of Georgia

Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i, Fatimid vizier

Hermann Billung, Frankish lieutenant (born 900)

Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (born c. 890)

Alduin I, Frankish nobleman

Du Xiao, chancellor of Later Liang

Zhang empress of Later Liang

Haymo of Halberstadt, German bishop and author (born 778)

Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian bishop and saint (born 660)