Events

2024

A concrete canopy collapses at the Novi Sad railway station, killing 16 people and injuring 3.

2012

A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, killing 26 people and injuring 135.

2011

Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank.

2009

An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes near the Mir mine after takeoff from Mirny Airport in Yakutia, killing all 11 aboard.

2001

Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to the invasion of Afghanistan.

2000

Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

2000

Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.

1997

Titanic premieres publicly at Tokyo festival, launching a global blockbuster career.

1993

The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

1991

President of the Chechen Republic Dzhokhar Dudayev declares sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from the Russian Federation.

1987

British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238 km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.

1984

After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.

1982

Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.

1981

Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1979

In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

1979

Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

1976

Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.

1973

Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

1973

The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

1970

Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.

1968

The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

1963

The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.

1963

The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.

1957

The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

1956

The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.

1956

Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.

1956

The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

1955

The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.

1955

The bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

1954

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

1952

Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.

1951

Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.

1950

Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

1949

All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia.

1948

Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

1945

The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.

1944

World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.

1943

World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.

1942

World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

1941

American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1938

Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

1937

Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

1928

The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.

1923

The Finnish airline Aero O/Y (now Finnair) is founded.

1922

Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.

1918

World War I: With a brave action carried out into the waters of the Austro-Hungarian port of Pula, two officers of the Italian Regia Marina sink with a manned torpedo the enemy battleship SMS Viribus Unitis.

1918

Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.

1918

Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.

1916

In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

1914

World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.

1914

World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

1911

World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.

1905

Lahti, a city in Finland, is granted city rights by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Grand Duke of Finland.

1897

The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

1897

Italian Sport-Club Juventus is founded by a group of students of Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio.

1896

A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

1894

Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

1894

Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Native Americans, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

1893

The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

1870

In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

1861

American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

1848

In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.

1814

Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.

1805

Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.

1800

John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

1790

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.

1765

The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

1755

In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 people.

1688

William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.

1683

The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

1612

During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).

1570

The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.

1555

French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1520

The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.

1512

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

1503

Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere is elected Pope and takes the name Julius II.

1348

The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists".

1214

The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.

1179

Philip II is crowned King of France.

1141

Empress Matilda's reign as "Lady of the English" ends as Stephen of Blois regains the title of "King of England".

996

Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).

365

Roman Emperor Valentinian I learns the Alemanni have crossed the Rhine and invaded Gaul.

Births

2003

Ernest Nuamah, Ghanaian footballer

2003

Lautaro Rivero, Argentine footballer

2002

NLE Choppa, American rapper and YouTuber

2001

Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Australian rugby league player

2000

Gonzalo Plata, Ecuadorian footballer

1998

Stuart Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player

1997

Max Burkholder, American actor

1997

Nordi Mukiele, French footballer

1997

Elvis Rexhbeçaj, Kosovan footballer

1997

Alex Wolff, American actor and musician

1996

GeorgeNotFound, English internet personality

1996

Jeongyeon, South Korean singer

1996

Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player

1996

Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017)

1995

Joe Chealey, American basketball player

1995

Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast

1994

Brent Rooker, American baseball player

1994

James Ward-Prowse, English footballer

1992

Semaj Christon, American basketball player

1992

Filip Kostić, Serbian footballer

1991

Reece Brown, English footballer

1991

Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer

1991

Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

1990

Tim Frazier, American basketball player

1988

Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player

1987

Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress

1987

Bruce Irvin, American football player

1986

Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality

1986

Ksenija Balta, Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete

1985

Marcus Landry, American basketball player

1985

Paulo Orlando, Brazilian baseball player

1984

Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer

1984

Natalia Tena, English actress and musician

1984

Stephen Vogt, American baseball player

1983

Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player

1983

Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer

1983

Jon Wilkin, English rugby player

1982

Bradley Orr, English footballer

1982

Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player

1981

Matt Jones, American actor and comedian

1980

Bilgin Defterli, Turkish footballer

1979

Coco Crisp, American baseball player

1979

Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer

1979

Alex Prager, American photographer and director

1978

Helen Czerski, English physicist and oceanographer

1978

Danny Koevermans, Dutch footballer and manager

1978

Jessica Valenti, American author

1977

Steve Hutchinson, American football player

1976

Sergei Artyukhin, Russian-Belarusian wrestler (died 2012)

1976

Bryan Harsin, American college football coach

1975

Bo Bice, American singer and musician

1975

Keryn Jordan, South African footballer (died 2013)

1975

Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater and coach

1974

V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer

1973

David Berman, American actor

1973

Geoff Horsfield, English footballer and manager

1973

Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress

1972

Toni Collette, Australian actress

1972

Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer and manager

1972

Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model

1972

Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

1970

Sherwin Campbell, Barbadian cricketer

1970

Toma Enache, Romanian film director

1969

Gary Alexander, American basketball player

1969

Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1967

Tina Arena, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1967

Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer

1966

Willie D, American rapper and entrepreneur

1966

Mary Hansen, Australian singer and musician (died 2002)

1966

Gary Howell, American businessman and politician

1966

Jeremy Hunt, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health

1966

Ashab Uddin, Indian-Bengali politician

1965

Michael Daley, Australian politician

1965

Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor

1964

Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963

Rick Allen, English musician

1963

Nita Ambani, Indian businesswoman

1963

Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager

1963

Big Kenny, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962

Sharron Davies, English swimmer

1962

Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962

Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter

1961

Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter

1961

Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)

1961

Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961

Heng Swee Keat, Singaporean politician

1960

Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.

1960

Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2024)

1959

Susanna Clarke, English author and educator

1958

Mark Austin, English journalist

1958

Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter

1958

Rachel Ticotin, American actress

1957

Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1957

Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player

1955

Beth Leavel, American actress and singer

1953

Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut

1953

Paul Wellings, English ecologist and academic

1951

Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2020)

1951

Fabrice Luchini, French actor and screenwriter

1951

Craig Serjeant, Australian cricketer and chemist

1950

Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Development and Electronic Frontier Foundation

1950

Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1950

Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2011)

1949

Jeannie Berlin, American actress

1949

David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1949

Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer

1949

Belita Moreno, American actress and acting coach

1948

Amani Abeid Karume, Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar

1948

Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician

1948

Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1948

Bill Woodrow, English sculptor and academic

1947

Ted Hendricks, Guatemalan-American football player

1947

Nick Owen, English journalist

1947

Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer (died 2021)

1946

Ric Grech, British rock musician (died 1990)

1946

Yuko Shimizu, Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty

1945

Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (died 2013)

1945

John Williamson, Australian singer-songwriter

1944

Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and author (died 2024)

1944

Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2005)

1944

Bobby Heenan, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (died 2017)

1944

Oscar Temaru, French-Polynesian soldier and politician, President of French Polynesia

1943

Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter

1943

Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant

1942

Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications (died 2021)

1942

Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)

1942

Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (died 2013)

1941

Alfio Basile, Argentinian footballer and manager

1941

Joe Caldwell, American basketball player

1941

Robert Foxworth, American actor and director

1941

John Pullin, English rugby player (died 2021)

1940

Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician

1940

Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer

1940

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India (died 2022)

1940

Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (died 1989)

1939

Barbara Bosson, American actress (died 2023)

1938

Nicholasa Mohr, Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer

1937

Bill Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter

1936

Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer and conductor (died 2020)

1936

Shizuka Kamei, Japanese lawyer and politician

1935

Gary Player, South African golfer and sportscaster

1935

Edward Said, Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003)

1934

Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (died 2004)

1934

Gillian Knight, English soprano and actress

1934

William Mathias, Welsh pianist and composer (died 1992)

1933

Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (died 2012)

1932

Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

1932

Francis Arinze, Nigerian cardinal

1931

Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestler and coach (died 1972)

1931

Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer (died 2021)

1931

Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (died 2013)

1930

A. R. Gurney, American playwright and author (died 2017)

1930

Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

1929

Nicholas Mavroules, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

1928

James Bradford, American weightlifter (died 2013)

1927

Marcel Ophüls, German documentary filmmaker (died 2025)

1927

Vic Power, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (died 2005)

1926

Stephen Antonakos, Greek-American sculptor (died 2013)

1926

Lou Donaldson, American saxophonist (died 2024)

1926

Betsy Palmer, American actress and game show panelist (died 2015)

1924

Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (died 2015)

1924

Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1995)

1923

Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (died 2005)

1923

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (died 2001)

1923

Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (died 2013)

1923

Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (died 2014)

1922

George S. Irving, American actor (died 2016)

1922

Andy Tonkovich, American basketball player and coach (died 2006)

1921

John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (died 2006)

1921

Harald Quandt, German businessman (died 1967)

1920

James J. Kilpatrick, American journalist and author (died 2010)

1920

Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (died 2011)

1919

Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (died 2005)

1918

Ken Miles, English-American race car driver (died 1966)

1917

Zenna Henderson, American author (died 1983)

1917

Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (died 2011)

1915

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (died 2010)

1914

Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (died 2006)

1912

Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (died 2012)

1911

Mingun Sayadaw, Burmese monk and scholar (died 1993)

1911

Henri Troyat, French historian and author (died 2007)

1909

Hans Mork, South African-Australian rugby league player (died 1960)

1907

Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (died 1976)

1906

Johnny Indrisano, American boxer (died 1968)

1905

Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator (died 1960)

1904

Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress (died 1996)

1903

Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor (died 1973)

1903

Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (died 1963)

1902

Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 1943)

1902

Eugen Jochum, German conductor (died 1987)

1898

Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver (died 1960)

1898

Sippie Wallace, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)

1896

Edmund Blunden, English author, poet, and critic (died 1974)

1889

Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer (died 1978)

1889

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)

1888

George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1971)

1888

Michał Sopoćko, Polish cleric and academic (died 1975)

1887

L.S. Lowry, English painter and illustrator (died 1976)

1886

Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author and poet (died 1951)

1886

Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic (died 1942)

1881

Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (died 1965)

1880

Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright (died 1957)

1880

Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet (died 1954)

1880

Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (died 1930)

1878

Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (died 1925)

1878

Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)

1877

Roger Quilter, English composer (died 1953)

1872

Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (died 1946)

1871

Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900)

1864

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1918)

1862

Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (died 1941)

1859

Charles Brantley Aycock, American educator, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (died 1912)

1849

William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (died 1916)

1848

Caroline Still Anderson, American physician, educator and abolitionist (died 1919)

1848

Jules Bastien-Lepage, French painter (died 1884)

1847

Emma Albani, Canadian-English soprano and actress (died 1930)

1847

Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (died 1883)

1839

Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 227th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1919)

1838

11th Dalai Lama (died 1856)

1831

Harry Atkinson, English-New Zealand politician, 10th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1892)

1808

John Taylor, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1887)

1782

F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1859)

1778

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (died 1837)

1769

Garlieb Merkel, German author and activist (died 1850)

1762

Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812)

1757

Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1822)

1752

Józef Zajączek, Polish general, politician (died 1826)

1727

Ivan Shuvalov, Russian art collector and philanthropist (died 1797)

1720

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (died 1791)

1666

James Sherard, English botanist and curator (died 1738)

1661

Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (died 1725)

1661

Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne of France (died 1711)

1643

John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (died 1737)

1636

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (died 1711)

1625

Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (died 1681)

1611

François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French commander (died 1656)

1609

Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1676)

1607

Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, German poet and translator (died 1658)

1596

Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter (died 1669)

1585

Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (died 1652)

1567

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (died 1626)

1550

Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (died 1585)

1539

Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (died 1596)

1530

Étienne de La Boétie, French philosopher and judge (died 1563)

1527

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, English noble and politician (died 1597)

1526

Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (died 1583)

1522

Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (died 1578)

1499

Rodrigo of Aragon, Italian noble (died 1512)

1498

Giovanni Ricci, Italian cardinal (died 1574)

1419

Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1485)

1351

Leopold III, Duke of Austria (died 1386)

1339

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (died 1365)

846

Louis the Stammerer, Frankish king (died 879)

Deaths

2025

Martha Layne Collins, American politician, 56th Governor of Kentucky (born 1936)

2025

John Farragher, Australian rugby league player (born 1957)

2025

Carlos Manzo, Mexican politician (born 1985)

2023

Brian Brain, English cricketer (born 1940)

2022

Takeoff, member of the American hip-hop group Migos (born 1994)

2021

Hugo Dittfach, Canadian horse jockey (born 1936)

2020

Keith Hitchins, American historian expert on Romanian history (born 1931)

2020

Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, British party planner, writer and socialite (born 1941)

2015

Thomas R. Fitzgerald, American lawyer and judge (born 1941)

2015

Houston McTear, American sprinter (born 1957)

2015

Charles Duncan Michener, American entomologist and academic (born 1918)

2015

Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (born 1929)

2015

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942)

2014

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (born 1923)

2014

Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (born 1967)

2014

Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

2014

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920)

2014

Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

2013

John Y. McCollister, American lieutenant and politician (born 1921)

2013

Piet Rietveld, Dutch economist and academic (born 1952)

2012

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1926)

2012

Mitch Lucker, American singer (born 1984)

2012

Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957)

2011

Cahit Aral, Turkish engineer and politician, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce (born 1927)

2010

Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999)

2010

Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (born 1922)

2009

Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (born 1930)

2009

Endel Laas, Estonian scientist and academic (born 1915)

2009

Robert H. Rines, American violinist and composer (born 1922)

2008

Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (born 1922)

2008

Shakir Stewart, American record producer (born 1974)

2008

Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American soprano and actress (born 1922/1923)

2007

S. Ali Raza, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1922)

2007

Paul Tibbets, American general (born 1915)

2006

Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1966)

2006

William Styron, American novelist and essayist (born 1925)

2005

Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1918)

2005

Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (born 1948)

2004

Mac Dre, American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (born 1970)

2004

Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943)

2000

George Armstrong, English footballer and manager (born 1944)

1999

Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (born 1925)

1999

Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (born 1954)

1996

J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (born 1906)

1994

Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (born 1913)

1993

Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)

1993

A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and scholar (born 1911)

1987

Vasso Devetzi, Greek pianist (born 1927)

1987

René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (born 1922)

1986

Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1929)

1985

Arnold Pihlak, Estonian-English footballer (born 1902)

1985

Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (born 1911)

1984

Norman Krasna, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)

1983

Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch-Swiss musicologist and author (born 1887)

1982

James Broderick, American actor and director (born 1927)

1982

King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)

1972

Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (born 1902)

1972

Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (born 1930)

1972

Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (born 1885)

1970

Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (born 1892)

1968

Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1888)

1962

Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (born 1942)

1961

Livia Gouverneur, Venezuelan communist (born 1941)

1958

Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (born 1884)

1955

Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (born 1888)

1952

Dixie Lee, American singer (born 1911)

1942

Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (born 1908)

1938

Charles Weeghman, American businessman (born 1874)

1925

Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (born 1883)

1920

Kevin Barry, executed Irish Republican (born 1902)

1907

Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (born 1873)

1903

Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1817)

1894

Alexander III of Russia (born 1845)

1888

Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (born 1838)

1814

Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (born 1744)

1700

Charles II of Spain (born 1661)

1678

William Coddington, American judge and politician, 1st Governor of Rhode Island (born 1601)

1676

Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1589)

1642

Jean Nicolet, French-Canadian explorer (born 1598)

1629

Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter (born 1588)

1596

Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (born 1539)

1588

Jean Daurat, French poet and scholar (born 1508)

1546

Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (born 1499)

1496

Filippo Buonaccorsi (Filip Callimachus), Italian humanist writer (born 1437)

1461

David of Trebizond (born 1408)

1423

Nicholas Eudaimonoioannes, Byzantine diplomat (probable date)

1406

Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (born 1322)

1399

John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1339)

1391

Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (born 1360)

1324

John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle

1319

Uguccione della Faggiuola, Italian condottieri (born c. 1250)

1296

Guillaume Durand, French bishop and theologian (born 1230)

1038

Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 980)

970

Boso of Merseburg, German bishop

934

Beornstan of Winchester, English bishop

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