Events

2025

UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashes into multiple buildings during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including the 3 crew members.

2022

The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.

2020

The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.

2015

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.

2015

A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.

2010

Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.

2010

Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.

2008

Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.

2002

Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

1995

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

1993

China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.

1980

Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

1979

Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.

1973

The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

1970

Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.

1970

Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.

1967

Iberia Flight 062 crashes in Blackdown, West Sussex, killing all 37 people on board including British actress June Thorburn.

1966

The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm (76 in).

1962

The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

1960

At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.

1956

Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

1952

The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.

1944

World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

1944

World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.

1942

World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.

1939

World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.

1936

Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.

1924

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

1922

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

1921

The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

1921

Japanese prime minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

1918

World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.

1890

City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.

1868

Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

1864

American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.

1852

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.

1847

Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish medical doctor, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.

1839

Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.

1798

The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins.

1791

Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.

1783

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.

1780

The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

1737

The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.

1677

The future Mary II marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign over England, Scotland, and Ireland as William and Mary.

1576

Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).

1501

Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.

1493

Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands.

1429

Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.

1354

War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.

512

Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.

Births

2006

Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast

2000

Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player

2000

Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player

1999

Emma Maltais, Canadian ice hockey player

1998

Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer

1996

Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer

1996

Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater

1996

John Olive, Australian rugby league player

1996

Eric Paschall, American basketball player

1994

Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer

1993

Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner

1993

Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast

1993

Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian

1992

Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer

1992

Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer

1992

Julian Wießmeier, German footballer

1991

Alon Day, Israeli race car driver

1991

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player

1990

Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor

1988

Dez Bryant, American football player

1988

David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

1988

Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player

1987

Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer

1987

Laura Geitz, Australian netball player

1987

Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer

1986

Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman

1986

Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter

1986

Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer

1986

Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver

1985

Marcell Jansen, German footballer

1985

Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player

1984

Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player

1984

Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer

1983

Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)

1982

Devin Hester, American football player

1982

Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)

1981

Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer

1981

Vince Wilfork, American football player

1980

Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)

1980

Richard Owens, American football player and coach

1980

Emme Rylan, American actress

1980

Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist

1978

John Grabow, American baseball player

1977

Larry Bigbie, American baseball player

1976

Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health

1976

Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver

1976

Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer

1976

Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist

1976

James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (died 2016)

1976

Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer

1976

Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer

1975

Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player

1975

Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player (died 2026)

1975

Mikki Moore, American basketball player

1975

Orlando Pace, American football player

1975

Heather Tom, American actress and director

1975

Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)

1973

Steven Ogg, Canadian actor

1972

Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster

1971

Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor

1971

Tabu, Indian actress

1970

Tim DeBoom, American triathlete

1970

Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano

1970

Anthony Ruivivar, American actor

1970

Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

1969

Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor

1969

Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer

1969

Samantha Smith, American actress

1968

Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator

1968

Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

1968

Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer

1967

Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer

1967

Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter

1967

Karin Greiner, Austrian politician

1967

Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster

1967

Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer

1965

Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

1964

Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)

1963

Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist

1963

Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963

Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)

1962

Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor

1961

Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor

1961

Edward Knight, American composer and academic

1961

Ralph Macchio, American actor

1961

Jeff Probst, American television host and producer

1961

Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool

1961

Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager

1960

Marc Awodey, American painter and poet (died 2012)

1960

Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress

1960

Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player

1959

Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman

1958

Lee Jasper, English activist and politician

1958

Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman

1957

Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia

1957

Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician

1957

Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach

1956

Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter

1956

James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)

1956

Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter

1955

Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar

1955

Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland

1954

Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1953

Mick Buckley, English footballer (died 2013)

1953

P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

1953

Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce

1953

Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations

1953

Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

1953

Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver

1952

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

1951

Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania

1950

Charles Frazier, American novelist

1950

Markie Post, American actress (died 2021)

1950

Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)

1949

Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author

1948

Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)

1948

Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)

1947

Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress

1947

Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)

1947

Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)

1947

Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

1947

Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater

1947

Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach

1946

Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States

1946

Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer

1946

Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)

1943

Clark Graebner, American tennis player

1943

Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (died 2001)

1942

Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)

1941

Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader

1941

Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic

1940

Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)

1940

Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author

1940

Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter

1939

Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator

1939

Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)

1937

Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025)

1937

Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)

1936

C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)

1935

Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host

1935

Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer (died 2025)

1933

Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018)

1933

Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

1933

C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)

1932

Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)

1932

Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)

1931

Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)

1930

James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967)

1930

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)

1930

Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)

1930

Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012)

1929

Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)

1929

Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)

1928

Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)

1928

Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)

1928

Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997)

1926

Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)

1925

Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)

1925

Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016)

1923

Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002)

1923

Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)

1923

Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)

1922

Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)

1921

Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004)

1919

Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)

1919

Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)

1918

Art Carney, American actor (died 2003)

1918

Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994)

1916

John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)

1916

Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)

1916

Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)

1915

Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015)

1915

Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973)

1914

Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)

1913

Gig Young, American actor (died 1978)

1912

Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969)

1912

Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)

1912

Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)

1911

Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952)

1909

Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012)

1909

Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974)

1909

Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986)

1908

Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)

1908

Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

1906

Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974)

1905

Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)

1904

Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)

1901

Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)

1900

Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)

1897

Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)

1896

Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)

1890

Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928)

1889

Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987)

1887

Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)

1884

Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)

1883

Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)

1879

Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)

1874

Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946)

1873

Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)

1868

La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)

1862

Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)

1861

Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929)

1853

Anna Bayerová, Czech medical doctor (died 1924)

1840

William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)

1836

Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912)

1821

Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)

1816

Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)

1809

Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)

1787

Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)

1765

Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)

1740

Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)

1661

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)

1649

Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)

1640

Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)

1631

Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)

1592

Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)

1575

Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)

1553

Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)

1512

Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565)

1448

Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)

Deaths

2024

Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)

2024

Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)

2023

Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)

2020

Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)

2019

Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)

2017

Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)

2017

Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)

2016

Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)

2016

Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)

2015

Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)

2015

René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)

2015

Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)

2015

Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)

2014

Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)

2014

George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)

2014

S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)

2013

John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1924)

2013

Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (born 1929)

2013

Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (born 1928)

2012

David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)

2011

Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (born 1920)

2011

Andy Rooney, American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (born 1919)

2010

Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (born 1934)

2009

Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (born 1923)

2008

Michael Crichton, American medical doctor, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)

2008

Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (born 1920)

2008

Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1971)

2007

Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (born 1926)

2007

Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1920)

2006

Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1915)

2006

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (born 1908)

2005

Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (born 1980)

2005

Sheree North, American actress and dancer (born 1932)

2005

Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)

2005

Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)

2003

Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (born 1917)

2003

Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (born 1923)

1999

Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1958)

1997

Richard Hooker, American novelist (born 1924)

1995

Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)

1995

Paul Eddington, English actor (born 1927)

1995

Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)

1995

Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1916)

1994

Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (born 1923)

1992

George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (born 1904)

1988

Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)

1986

Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (born 1906)

1984

Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (born 1926)

1982

Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (born 1889)

1982

Gil Whitney, American journalist (born 1940)

1980

Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (born 1905)

1977

Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (born 1935)

1976

Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906)

1975

Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (born 1893)

1975

Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)

1974

Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (born 1909)

1969

Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (born 1911)

1968

Horace Gould, English race car driver (born 1918)

1968

Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (born 1892)

1959

Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1896)

1957

Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1897)

1956

Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1892)

1955

Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896)

1955

Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (born 1867)

1954

Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)

1950

Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (born 1887)

1948

Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)

1946

Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (born 1865)

1940

Arthur Rostron, English mariner, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia during the Titanic disaster (born 1869)

1931

Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1877)

1931

Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (born 1861)

1930

Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (born 1859)

1924

Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1843)

1924

Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)

1921

Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)

1918

Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)

1906

John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (born 1832)

1895

Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)

1893

Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (born 1827)

1886

James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (born 1820)

1856

Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (born 1797)

1847

Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)

1847

Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (born 1807)

1801

William Shippen, American medical doctor and anatomist (born 1712)

1781

Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (born 1721)

1704

Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (born 1654)

1702

John Benbow, English admiral (born 1653)

1698

Rasmus Bartholin, Danish medical doctor and mathematician (born 1625)

1669

Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1603)

1658

Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (born 1608)

1652

Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1597)

1581

Mathurin Romegas, rival Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1525)

1576

John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (born c. 1510)

1485

Françoise d'Amboise, duchess of Brittany (born 1427)

1485

Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (born 1408)

1428

Sophia of Bavaria, queen of Bohemia (born 1376)

1411

Khalil Sultan of Timurid (born 1384)

1360

Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1295)

1212

Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)

1203

Dirk VII, Count of Holland

1038

Jaromír, duke of Bohemia (born 970)

915

Zhang, Chinese empress (born 892)

604

Yohl Ik'nal, Mayan queen

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