Events

2023

The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia.

2022

A gunman kills five and injures 17 at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

2013

A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.

2010

The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

2004

The worst brawl in NBA history results in several players being suspended. Several players and fans are charged with assault and battery.

2002

The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 76,000 m3 (20 million US gal) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

2001

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

1999

Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

1999

John Carpenter becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

1998

Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings into U.S. President Bill Clinton.

1997

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-87.

1996

Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles.

1996

A Beechcraft 1900 and a Beechcraft King Air collide at Quincy Regional Airport in Quincy, Illinois, killing 14.

1994

In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

1993

A factory fire killed 87 and injured 51 in Shenzhen, China.

1988

Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

1985

Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

1985

Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

1985

Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

1984

San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.

1979

Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

1977

TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

1969

Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

1969

Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

1967

The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.

1955

National Review publishes its first issue.

1954

Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

1952

Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.

1950

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

1946

Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

1944

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

1944

World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.

1944

The founding congress of the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine is held in Mukachevo.

1943

The Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

1942

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

1942

Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

1941

World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

1916

Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

1912

First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

1911

The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

1885

Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

1881

A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine.

1863

American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1847

The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.

1816

Warsaw University is established.

1808

Finnish War: The Convention of Olkijoki in Raahe ends hostilities in Finland.

1802

The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize).

1794

The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

1646

The current Saint Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site.

636

The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq.

461

Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.

Births

1999

Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater

1998

Nahuel Ferraresi, Venezuelan footballer

1997

Zach Collins, American basketball player

1997

Kotonowaka Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler

1996

RiceGum, American YouTuber

1996

FaZe Rug, American YouTuber

1996

Fred Warner, American football player

1995

Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model

1994

Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer

1993

Justin Anderson, American basketball player

1993

Joey Gallo, American baseball player

1993

Suso, Spanish footballer

1992

Cameron Bancroft, Australian cricketer

1992

Roland Baumann, Austrian politician

1992

James Tarkowski, English footballer

1991

Fabien Antunes, French footballer

1991

Marina Marković, Serbian basketball player

1990

Marquise Goodwin, American football player

1990

Josh Lambo, American football and soccer player

1990

John Moore, American ice hockey player

1990

Benedikt Schmid, German footballer

1989

Kenneth Faried, American basketball player

1989

John McCarthy, Australian footballer (died 2012)

1989

Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper

1989

Tyga, American rapper

1988

Víctor Cuesta, Argentine footballer

1988

Timo Eichfuss, Estonian basketball player

1988

Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player

1987

Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Spanish tennis player

1986

Sam Betty, English rugby player

1986

Jeannie Ortega, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1986

Michael Saunders, Canadian baseball player

1986

Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer

1986

Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer

1985

Chris Eagles, English footballer

1985

Alex Mack, American football player

1984

Jorge Fucile, Uruguayan footballer

1984

Dawid Kucharski, Polish footballer

1984

Brittany Maynard, American activist (died 2014)

1983

Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier

1983

Adam Driver, American actor

1983

Daria Werbowy, Polish-Canadian model

1982

Jonathan Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player

1981

Marcus Banks, American basketball player

1981

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, Argentine rugby player

1981

André Lotterer, German race car driver

1981

DJ Tukutz, South Korean DJ, producer, and songwriter

1981

Mark Wallace, Welsh-English cricketer

1980

Courtney Anderson, American football player

1980

Otis Grigsby, American football player

1980

Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player

1979

Keith Buckley, American singer-songwriter

1979

Mahé Drysdale, New Zealand rower

1979

John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player

1979

Ryan Howard, American baseball player

1979

Barry Jenkins, American director, screenwriter, and producer

1979

Larry Johnson, American football player

1979

Leam Richardson, English footballer and manager

1978

Dries Buytaert, Belgian computer programmer

1978

Matt Dusk, Canadian singer

1978

Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech discus thrower and shot putter

1977

Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistani politician

1977

Reid Scott, American actor

1977

Kerri Strug, American gymnast

1976

Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter

1976

Robin Dunne, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

1976

Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter

1976

Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player

1976

Stylianos Venetidis, Greek footballer and manager

1975

Toby Bailey, American basketball player and agent

1975

Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994

1973

Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1973

Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer

1972

Sandrine Holt, English-American model and actress

1971

Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, American author and activist

1971

Justin Chancellor, English bass player

1971

Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer

1971

Alice Peacock, American singer-songwriter

1971

Tony Rich, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician

1971

Dmitri Yushkevich, Russian ice hockey player

1969

Philippe Adams, Belgian race car driver

1969

Erika Alexander, American actress and screenwriter

1969

Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish footballer and coach

1969

Richard Virenque, Moroccan-French cyclist and sportscaster

1968

Anja Vanrobaeys, Belgian politician

1967

Randi Kaye, American journalist

1966

Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi and author

1966

Gail Devers, American sprinter and hurdler

1966

Rocco DiSpirito, American chef and author

1966

Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer and manager

1966

Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist

1965

Laurent Blanc, French footballer and manager

1965

Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor

1965

Jason Pierce, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1965

Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, Brazilian cryptographer and academic

1965

Paul Weitz, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright

1964

Fred Diamond, American-English mathematician and academic

1964

Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flute player

1964

Phil Hughes, Irish footballer and coach

1964

Jung Jin-young, South Korean actor

1964

Eric Musselman, American basketball player and coach

1964

Nicholas Patrick, English-American engineer and astronaut

1963

Terry Farrell, American actress

1963

Jon Potter, English-American field hockey player

1962

Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer

1962

Sean Parnell, American lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Alaska

1962

Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and trainer

1961

Jim L. Mora, American football player and coach

1961

Meg Ryan, American actress and producer

1961

Pernille Svarre, Danish athlete

1960

Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (died 2003)

1960

Matt Sorum, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

1959

Robert Barron, American bishop, author, and theologian

1959

Jo Bonner, American politician

1959

Allison Janney, American actress

1958

Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (died 2007)

1958

Algirdas Butkevičius, Lithuanian sergeant and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Lithuania

1958

Terrence C. Carson, American actor and singer

1958

Annette Gordon-Reed, American historian, author, and academic

1958

Charlie Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1958

Michael Wilbon, American sportscaster and journalist

1957

Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (died 2000)

1957

Tom Virtue, American actor

1956

Eileen Collins, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

1956

Ann Curry, Guamanian-American journalist

1956

Glynnis O'Connor, American actress

1956

Sergiy Vilkomir, Ukrainian-born computer scientist (died 2020)

1955

Sam Hamm, American screenwriter and producer

1954

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian field marshal and politician, 6th President of Egypt

1954

Réjean Lemelin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1954

Kathleen Quinlan, American actress

1953

Robert Beltran, American actor

1953

Tom Villard, American actor (died 1994)

1951

Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

1950

Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player

1949

Raymond Blanc, French chef and author

1949

Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster

1947

Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager

1947

Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2024)

1947

Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician

1945

Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer (died 2008)

1945

Bobby Tolan, American baseball player and manager

1944

Agnes Baltsa, Greek soprano and actress

1944

Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1943

Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist and educator

1943

Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player and manager (died 1990)

1942

Roland Clift, English engineer and academic

1942

Larry Gilbert, American golfer (died 1998)

1942

Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein Inc.

1942

Sharon Olds, American poet and academic

1941

Dan Haggerty, American actor and producer (died 2016)

1941

Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

1940

Gary Gruber, author and expert on test-prep (died 2019)

1939

Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania

1939

Tom Harkin, American lawyer and politician

1939

Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic

1939

Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2017)

1939

Richard Zare, American chemist and academic

1938

Len Killeen, South African rugby league player (died 2011)

1938

Frank Misson, Australian cricketer (died 2024)

1938

Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System (died 2026)

1937

Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author

1936

Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host

1936

Ray Collins, American singer (died 2012)

1936

Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1936

Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (died 2017)

1935

Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar (died 1990)

1935

Jack Welch, American engineer, businessman, and author (died 2020)

1934

Kurt Hamrin, Swedish footballer and scout (died 2024)

1934

Valentin Ivanov, Russian footballer and manager (died 2011)

1934

David Lloyd-Jones, English conductor (died 2022)

1933

Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (died 2021)

1933

Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author

1932

Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer (died 2009)

1930

Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, referee, and sportscaster (died 2011)

1929

Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and scholar (died 2004)

1928

Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (died 2012)

1926

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2006)

1926

Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (died 2012)

1926

Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (died 2011)

1925

Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-English sociologist, historian, and academic (died 2017)

1924

Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (died 2014)

1924

William Russell, English actor (died 2024)

1924

Knut Steen, Norwegian-Italian sculptor (died 2011)

1924

Margaret Turner-Warwick, English physician and academic (died 2017)

1923

Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (died 2013)

1922

Salil Chowdhury, Indian director, playwright, and composer (died 1995)

1922

Yuri Knorozov, Ukrainian-Russian linguist, epigrapher, and ethnographer (died 1999)

1922

Rajko Mitić, Serbian footballer and coach (died 2008)

1921

Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (died 1993)

1921

Peter Ruckman, American pastor and educator (died 2016)

1920

Gene Tierney, American actress and singer (died 1991)

1919

Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2006)

1919

Alan Young, English-Canadian actor, singer, and director (died 2016)

1917

Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (died 1984)

1915

Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)

1912

Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (died 2015)

1912

George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

1912

Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (died 2014)

1910

Adrian Conan Doyle, English race car driver, author, and explorer (died 1970)

1909

Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist, educator, and author (died 2005).

1909

Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (died 1980).

1907

Hans Liska, Austrian-German artist (died 1983)

1907

Jack Schaefer, American author (died 1991)

1906

Franz Schädle, German SS officer (died 1945)

1905

Eleanor Audley, American actress (died 1991)

1905

Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, composer and bandleader (died 1956)

1904

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer (died 1971)

1901

Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (died 1961)

1900

Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English ice hockey player and manager (died 1985)

1900

Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (died 1980)

1900

Anna Seghers, German author and politician (died 1983)

1899

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (died 1992)

1899

Allen Tate, American poet and critic (died 1979)

1898

Klement Jug, Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer (died 1924)

1898

Arthur R. von Hippel, German-American physicist and academic (died 2003)

1897

Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1918)

1895

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (died 1989)

1895

Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (died 1964)

1894

Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1987)

1893

René Voisin, French trumpet player (died 1952)

1892

Thomas Clay, English footballer and coach (died 1949)

1892

Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (died 1970)

1889

Clifton Webb, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1966)

1888

José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian (died 1942)

1887

James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)

1883

Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1957)

1877

Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (died 1947)

1876

Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (died 1964)

1875

Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union (died 1946)

1873

Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand (died 1935)

1862

Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (died 1935)

1859

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1935)

1858

Gina Oselio, Norwegian opera singer (died 1937).

1845

Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (died 1939)

1843

Richard Avenarius, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (died 1896)

1843

C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (died 1914)

1834

Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (died 1924)

1833

Wilhelm Dilthey, German psychologist, sociologist, and historian (died 1911)

1831

James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (died 1881)

1828

Rani Lakshmibai, Indian queen (died 1858)

1812

Karl Schwarz, German theologian and politician (died 1885)

1808

Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian journalist, physician, and politician (died 1881)

1805

Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal (died 1894)

1802

Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (died 1866)

1770

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor and academic (died 1844)

1765

Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (died 1830)

1752

George Rogers Clark, American general (died 1818)

1722

Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (died 1809)

1722

Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (died 1810)

1711

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian physicist, chemist, astronomer, and geographer (died 1765)

1700

Jean-Antoine Nollet, French priest and physicist (died 1770)

1617

Eustache Le Sueur, French painter and educator (died 1655)

1600

Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1649)

1600

Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and diplomat (died 1669)

1563

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English poet and politician (died 1626)

1503

Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1547)

1464

Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (died 1526)

1417

Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (died 1480)

Deaths

2024

Tony Campolo, American sociologist and pastor (born 1935)

2023

Rosalynn Carter, American mental health activist, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975) (born 1927)

2023

Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and publisher (born 1935)

2022

Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (born 1973)

2017

Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934)

2017

Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938)

2017

Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968)

2017

Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931)

2017

Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932)

2015

Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946)

2015

Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)

2015

Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

2015

Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (born 1953)

2015

Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (born 1924)

2014

Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (born 1944)

2014

Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (born 1933)

2014

Pete Harman, American businessman (born 1919)

2014

Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1934)

2014

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (born 1950)

2014

Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931)

2013

Babe Birrer, American baseball player (born 1928)

2013

Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (born 1921)

2013

Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (born 1939)

2013

Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)

2013

Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (born 1915)

2012

John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (born 1941)

2012

Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1943)

2012

Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (born 1930)

2012

Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (born 1933)

2011

Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (born 1916)

2011

John Neville, English actor (born 1925)

2011

Ruth Stone, American poet and author (born 1915)

2010

Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1952)

2009

Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (born 1948)

2007

Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (born 1955)

2007

Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (born 1964)

2005

Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)

2005

Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (born 1919)

2004

George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (born 1934)

2004

Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor and academic (born 1914)

2004

Helmut Griem, German actor and director (born 1932)

2004

Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (born 1939)

2004

Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)

2004

John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

2003

Ian Geoghegan, Australian race car driver (born 1939)

2001

Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (born 1924)

1999

Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (born 1912)

1998

Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (born 1920)

1998

Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

1998

Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (born 1926)

1992

Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

1992

Diane Varsi, American actress (born 1938)

1991

Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (born 1907)

1990

Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (born 1900)

1989

Grant Adcox, American race car driver (born 1950)

1988

Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (born 1950)

1988

Peggy Parish, American author (born 1927)

1985

Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1902)

1985

Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (born 1900)

1983

Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)

1976

Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (born 1907)

1975

Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (born 1902)

1975

Rudolf Kinau, German writer in Low German (born 1887)

1975

Elizabeth Taylor, English novelist, (born 1912)

1974

George Brunies, American trombonist (born 1902)

1974

Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (born 1928)

1970

Lewis Sargent, American actor (born 1903)

1970

Maria Yudina, Soviet pianist (born 1899)

1968

May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (born 1895)

1967

Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1927)

1963

Carmen Boni, Italian-French actress (born 1901)

1963

Henry B. Richardson, American archer (born 1889)

1962

Grigol Robakidze, Georgian author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)

1960

Phyllis Haver, American actress (born 1899)

1959

Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (born 1892)

1956

Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (born 1903)

1955

Marquis James, American journalist and author (born 1891)

1954

Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (born 1870)

1950

Aage Redal, Danish actor (born 1891)

1949

James Ensor, Belgian painter (born 1860)

1943

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (born 1895)

1942

Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (born 1892)

1938

Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (born 1866)

1931

Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (born 1897)

1928

Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (born 1864)

1924

Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)

1918

Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1838)

1915

Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (born 1879)

1910

Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (born 1835)

1897

William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (born 1810)

1887

Emma Lazarus, American poet (born 1849)

1883

Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (born 1823)

1868

Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (born 1798)

1865

Lydia Brown, American missionary to the Hawaiian Kingdom (born 1780)

1863

William P. Sanders, American army officer (born 1833)

1850

Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (born 1780)

1831

Titumir, Bengali revolutionary (born 1782)

1828

Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1797)

1822

Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (born 1763)

1810

Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (born 1727)

1804

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (born 1728)

1798

Wolfe Tone, Irish general (born 1763)

1785

Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (born 1720)

1773

James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (born 1722)

1772

William Nelson, American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1711)

1723

Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (born 1632)

1703

Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner

1692

Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (born 1642)

1679

Roger Conant, Massachusetts governor (born 1592)

1672

John Wilkins, English bishop and philosopher (born 1614)

1665

Nicolas Poussin, French-Italian painter (born 1594)

1649

Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and author (born 1576)

1581

Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (born 1554)

1577

Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese daimyō (born 1508)

1557

Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (born 1494)

1481

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (born 1472)

1350

Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu (born 1315)

1298

Mechtilde, Saxon saint (born c. 1240)

1288

Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (born 1230)

1267

Pedro Gallego, Franciscan scholar

1092

Malik-Shah I, Seljuk Sultan (born 1055)

1034

Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (born c. 990)

930

Yan Keqiu, Chinese chief strategist

498

Pope Anastasius II

496

Pope Gelasius I

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