Events

2024

Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.

2021

The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized

2017

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

2015

An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.

2015

Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

2013

India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

2010

JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.

2009

U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.

2007

China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

2007

The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

2006

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims.

1996

Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.

1996

Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.

1995

André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

1991

Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.

1990

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

1986

USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.

1983

The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

1970

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

1968

Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.

1956

Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

1955

After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

1950

Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.

1945

The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

1943

World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

1940

World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

1925

Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

1917

Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1916

The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

1916

The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

1914

World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

1913

King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

1912

Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

1911

After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

1898

Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

1895

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

1881

In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zealand land confiscations.

1872

Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

1862

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

1862

American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved.

1834

Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.

1828

Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.

1811

Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.

1780

French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

1768

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.

1757

Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

1688

Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland).

1605

Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.

1556

Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar.

1499

The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.

1138

Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

1009

Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.

Births

2002

Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player

1998

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Japanese footballer

1995

Trey Lyles, Canadian basketball player

1994

Astou Ndour-Fall, Senegalese-Spanish basketball player

1992

Odell Beckham Jr., American football player

1992

Marco Verratti, Italian footballer

1991

Flume, Australian DJ and producer

1991

Jon Gray, American baseball player

1991

Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler

1989

D. J. Kennedy, American basketball player

1988

Yannick Borel, French fencer

1988

Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer

1987

Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor

1987

Jason Kelce, American football player

1987

O. J. Mayo, American basketball player

1986

BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress

1986

Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player

1986

Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer

1986

Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer

1985

Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter

1985

Annet Mahendru, American actress

1984

Jon Cornish, Canadian football player

1984

Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player

1984

Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler

1984

Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner

1984

John Sutton, Australian rugby league player

1984

Nick Tandy, English racing driver

1984

Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

1983

Alexa Chung, English model and television host

1982

Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1981

Paul Chapman, Australian footballer

1980

Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor

1980

Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman and politician

1979

Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress

1979

Michalis Hatzigiannis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer

1979

Keith McLeod, American basketball player

1979

David Suazo, Honduran footballer and coach

1978

Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (died 2011)

1978

Bubba Watson, American golfer

1977

Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch cyclist

1977

Richard Wright, English footballer and coach

1976

Sebastian Arcelus, American actor

1975

Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter

1974

Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1974

Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter

1974

Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer and coach

1974

Taine Randell, New Zealand rugby player

1974

Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player and sportscaster

1973

Johnny Damon, American baseball player

1973

Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player and manager

1971

Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player

1971

Jonny Greenwood, English guitarist and songwriter

1971

Rob Jones, Welsh-English footballer and coach

1971

Corin Nemec, American actor, producer and screenwriter

1971

Mårten Olander, Swedish golfer

1970

Javy López, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

1969

Pat Kilbane, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter

1968

Ricardo Fort, Argentinian actor, director and businessman (died 2013)

1968

Seth Gilliam, American actor

1968

Sam Rockwell, American actor

1967

Judy Reyes, American actress and producer

1966

James Allen, English journalist and sportscaster

1966

Nayim, Spanish footballer and manager

1966

Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager

1965

Atul Gawande, American surgeon and journalist

1965

Angelo Moore, American singer and musician

1963

Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and scout

1963

Andrea McArdle, American actress and singer

1963

Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author

1963

Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager

1963

Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter

1962

Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (died 2015)

1962

Michael Gaston, American actor

1962

Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer and manager

1962

Marcus J. Ranum, American computer scientist and author

1961

Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (died 2012)

1960

René Froger, Dutch singer-songwriter

1960

Tilda Swinton, English actress

1960

Mark West, American basketball player

1959

Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor

1959

Tomo Česen, Slovenian mountaineer

1958

Don Falcone, American keyboard player, songwriter and producer

1958

Mo Gaffney, American actress and screenwriter

1958

Robert Patrick, American actor

1957

Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1956

Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (died 1999)

1956

John Harwood, American journalist

1956

Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

1956

Michael Sorridimi, Australian rugby league player

1956

Jeff Watson, American guitarist and songwriter

1955

Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic

1955

Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman

1955

Nestor Serrano, American actor

1955

Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author

1954

Vincenzo D'Amico, Italian footballer (died 2023)

1954

Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2020)

1954

Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic

1953

Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author and academic

1952

Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager

1952

Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author

1952

Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2024)

1950

Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Norway

1950

James Kennedy, American psychologist and author

1949

Armin Shimerman, American actor

1949

Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

1948

Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician

1948

Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1948

Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author

1948

William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1947

Quint Davis, American director and producer

1947

Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947

Tonin Çobani, Albanian folklorist and writer.

1946

Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)

1945

Peter Pace, American general

1945

Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician

1945

Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach

1943

Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author (died 2007)

1943

Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper (died 2022)

1943

Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (died 2017)

1942

Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

1941

Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director and screenwriter

1941

Bill Schlesinger, American baseball player (died 2023)

1940

Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon

1940

Elke Sommer, German actress

1939

Lobsang Tenzin, Tibetan religious leader

1938

Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (died 1980)

1938

Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator

1937

Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore

1937

Harris Yulin, American actor (died 2025)

1936

Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (died 2001)

1936

Uwe Seeler, German footballer (died 2022)

1936

Billy Sherrill, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (died 2015)

1935

Lester Piggott, English flat racing jockey and trainer (died 2022)

1935

Christopher Wood, English author and screenwriter (died 2015)

1934

Jeb Stuart Magruder, American minister and civil servant (died 2014)

1933

Herb Edelman, American actor (died 1996)

1932

Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (died 2001)

1931

Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist and academic (died 2013)

1931

Gil Hill, American actor, police officer and politician (died 2016)

1931

Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (died 1971)

1931

Diane Pearson, British book editor and novelist (died 2017)

1931

Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2007)

1930

Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016)

1930

Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (died 2015)

1927

Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (died 2009)

1926

John Berger, English author, poet, painter and critic (died 2017)

1923

Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founder of Der Spiegel (died 2002)

1922

Violet Barclay, American illustrator (died 2010)

1922

Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israeli rabbi (died 2021)

1922

Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia (died 2008)

1921

Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1994)

1921

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (died 2013)

1920

Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (died 2012)

1920

Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

1919

Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar and critic (died 1978)

1919

Myron Floren, American accordionist and pianist (died 2005)

1917

Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (died 2000)

1917

Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (died 2007)

1917

James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (died 2002)

1917

Giuseppe Salvioli, Italian football player

1914

Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (died 2005)

1913

Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter and cinematographer (died 2005)

1913

Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967)

1913

John McGiver, American actor (died 1975)

1912

W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (died 1998)

1911

Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (died 2010)

1911

Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist and actor (died 1998)

1910

John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic (died 1997)

1906

Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (died 1944)

1906

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (died 2004)

1905

Joel McCrea, American actor (died 1990)

1905

Louis Rosier, French racing driver (died 1956)

1905

Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet (died 1973)

1904

Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1985)

1901

Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer (died 2004)

1901

Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge and politician (died 1972)

1901

Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (died 1979)

1900

Natalie Schafer, American actress (died 1991)

1900

Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (died 1993)

1899

Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (died 1991)

1895

Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (died 1956)

1895

Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1956)

1894

Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (died 1960)

1893

Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer (died 1986)

1892

J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (died 1964)

1892

John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, copilot of the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight (died 1919)

1890

Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1977)

1887

Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (died 1961)

1886

Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (died 1961)

1885

Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (died 1981)

1884

James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1915)

1883

P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator (died 1940)

1881

George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (died 1961)

1879

Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (died 1963)

1873

Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (died 1935)

1870

Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1925)

1857

Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator (died 1944)

1855

Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (died 1926)

1855

Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist (died 1913)

1854

Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group (died 1920)

1854

Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

1851

Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France (died 1923)

1850

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (died 1919)

1846

Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1869)

1835

Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher (died 1902)

1818

Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1893)

1789

William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (died 1868)

1742

Richard Cosway, English painter (died 1821)

1739

Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire (died 1819)

1722

William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (died 1798)

1715

John Brown, English author and playwright (died 1766)

1705

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer (died 1770)

1701

Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator (died 1785)

1688

Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1757)

1667

Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (died 1719)

1666

Attilio Ariosti, Italian viola player and composer (died 1729)

1615

Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (died 1648)

1613

Isaac de Benserade, French poet and educator (died 1691)

1607

Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch painter (died 1678)

1592

Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (died 1672)

1549

Philippe de Mornay, French theologian and author (died 1623)

1494

Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1576)

1436

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Tankerville, 1450–1460 (died 1466)

1271

Ghazan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (died 1304)

Deaths

2024

Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (born 1961)

2024

Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (born 1949)

2023

Pat E. Johnson, American martial artist and actor (born 1939)

2022

Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987)

2021

Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer (born 1995)

2020

Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (born 1927)

2015

George Barris, American engineer and car designer (born 1925)

2015

Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (born 1923)

2015

Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

2015

Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)

2015

Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (born 1930)

2014

Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)

2014

Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

2014

Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (born 1927)

2014

Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)

2013

Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (born 1932)

2013

Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (born 1934)

2013

Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (born 1919)

2013

Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (born 1948)

2013

Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (born 1959)

2013

Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1930)

2012

Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (born 1920)

2012

Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (born 1908)

2012

Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (born 1938)

2012

Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1936)

2012

Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

2011

Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (born 1926)

2010

Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (born 1944)

2010

Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)

2010

Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (born 1931)

2009

Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (born 1925)

2007

Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1922)

2006

Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1925)

2005

John Fowles, English novelist (born 1926)

2005

Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (born 1912)

2005

Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)

2004

Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (born 1932)

2003

Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

2001

Roy Boulting, English director and producer (born 1913)

2001

Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (born 1943)

2000

Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (born 1899)

2000

Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (born 1926)

1999

James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (born 1931)

1999

Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (born 1920)

1997

James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (born 1946)

1997

Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909)

1997

Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (born 1964)

1996

Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born 1934)

1992

Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (born 1912)

1992

Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (born 1903)

1992

Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)

1991

Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (born 1923)

1991

Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (born 1908)

1989

Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1903)

1987

Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (born 1922)

1986

Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (born 1899)

1986

Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)

1986

Bobby Nunn, American singer (born 1925)

1985

Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (born 1898)

1985

Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1895)

1981

Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (born 1924)

1980

Louis Alter, American musician (born 1902)

1979

Al Capp, American cartoonist (born 1909)

1977

René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (born 1926)

1977

Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (born 1902)

1977

Alexey Stakhanov, Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (born 1906)

1975

Edward Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)

1975

Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (born 1905)

1972

Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (born 1898)

1971

Sam Jones, American baseball player (born 1925)

1964

Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (born 1916)

1964

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1893)

1963

Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (born 1902)

1960

Ward Bond, American actor (born 1903)

1960

Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (born 1895)

1960

August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (born 1891)

1960

Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

1960

Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)

1956

Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (born 1909)

1955

Maurice Utrillo, French painter (born 1883)

1951

Reggie Walker, South African runner (born 1889)

1950

Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (born 1863)

1946

Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (born 1877)

1944

Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)

1942

George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (born 1878)

1941

Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (born 1905)

1939

Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (born 1860)

1938

Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (born 1851)

1933

Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (born 1884)

1933

Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (born 1856)

1931

Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (born 1866)

1930

Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)

1930

Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (born 1861)

1928

Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (born 1872)

1923

Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (born 1880)

1879

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (born 1831)

1876

Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (born 1824)

1872

Thomas Sully, English-American painter (born 1783)

1807

Angelica Kauffman, painter (born 1741)

1758

Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (born 1686)

1752

Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (born 1670)

1714

Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (born 1633)

1701

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1659)

1660

Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (born 1591)

1660

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (born 1599)

1605

Nyaungyan Min, Birmese king (born 1555)

1559

Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and educator (born 1476)

1515

Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (born 1474)

1459

John Fastolf, English soldier (born 1380)

1450

John IV, Count of Armagnac (born 1396)

1370

Casimir III the Great, Polish king (born 1310)

1235

Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (born 1205)

1176

Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman

1011

Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (born 949)

964

Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (born 911)

425

Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople

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