Events

2023

First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

2022

A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.

2020

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.

2015

A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.

2014

Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.

2014

Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.

2013

Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.

2005

The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

1995

Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

1991

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

1985

Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

1983

The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.

1983

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.

1980

El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

1975

Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

1975

Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).

1973

The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

1968

A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.

1961

The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.

1959

Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.

1956

Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.

1953

President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.

1948

A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.

1947

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

1944

Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.

1942

World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

1941

President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

1941

Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

1938

Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.

1920

The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

1918

World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.

1918

World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments.

1905

Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)

1888

The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

1864

Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.

1863

Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

1858

Approximately 20 people die in Bradford, England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide.

1836

Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France

1831

Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

1817

Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.

1806

War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.

1657

Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.

1340

Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.

1270

The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.

1137

Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.

758

Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.

637

Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.

130

Emperor Hadrian establishes the city of Antinoöpolis on the Nile in honour of his companion Antinous, creating a new Hellenizing foundation in Roman Egypt.

Births

2000

Giselle, Japanese singer

1998

Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey player

1997

Tage Thompson, American ice hockey player

1996

Devin Booker, American basketball player

1996

Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player

1996

Kennedy McMann, American actress

1996

Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress

1994

Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player

1993

Marcus Mariota, American football player

1992

Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player

1992

Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player

1991

Jarell Eddie, American basketball player

1991

Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player

1991

Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player

1990

Joe Panik, American baseball player

1990

Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter

1989

Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer

1989

Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress

1988

Janel Parrish, American actress and singer

1987

Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy

1987

Ashley Graham, American model

1987

Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer

1986

Desmond Jennings, American baseball player

1986

Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper

1986

Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor

1986

Tamera Young, American basketball player

1985

Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer

1984

Gedo, Egyptian footballer

1984

Eva Marcille, American model and actress

1984

David Mooney, Irish footballer

1984

Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player

1984

Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player

1983

Trent Edwards, American football player

1983

Iain Hume, Canadian soccer player

1983

Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer

1983

Nicole Williams English, Canadian fashion designer and model

1982

Andy Greene, American ice hockey player

1982

Manny Parra, American baseball player

1982

Clémence Poésy, French actress and model

1982

Stalley, American rapper

1981

Fiona Dourif, American actress

1981

Joshua Jay, American magician and author

1981

Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress

1981

Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress

1981

Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor

1981

Ian Snell, American baseball player

1981

Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman

1980

Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player

1980

Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist

1980

Kareem Rush, American basketball player

1979

Jason Bartlett, American baseball player

1978

Martin Dossett, American football player

1978

Stephanie Izard, American chef

1978

Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor

1978

Dan Poulter, English physician and politician

1978

Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer

1976

Stern John, Trinidadian footballer

1976

Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager

1976

Maurice Taylor, American basketball player

1975

Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1975

Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player

1973

Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official

1973

Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist

1973

Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor

1973

Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager

1973

Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter

1972

Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter

1971

Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager

1971

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player

1971

Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player

1970

Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host

1970

Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter

1970

Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress

1970

Billy Brown, American actor

1970

Nia Long, American actress

1970

Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower

1969

Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)

1969

Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter

1969

Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player

1968

Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (died 2013)

1968

Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer

1968

Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967

Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player

1967

Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor

1965

Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1964

Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer

1964

Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author

1964

Howard Lederer, American poker player

1963

Michael Beach, American actor and producer

1963

Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer

1963

Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author

1963

Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach

1963

Kristina Wagner, American actress

1962

Stefan Kuntz, German footballer and manager

1962

Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player

1962

Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer

1961

Scott Garrelts, American baseball player

1961

Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

1961

Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host

1960

Charnele Brown, American actress and singer

1960

Grayson Hugh, American singer-songwriter

1960

Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)

1959

Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host

1958

Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)

1958

Joe Delaney, American football player (died 1983)

1958

Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer

1958

Pétur Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach

1957

Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor

1957

Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer

1956

Juliet Stevenson, English actress

1955

Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota

1954

Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer

1954

T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter

1954

Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter

1954

Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer

1953

Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician

1953

Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1951

Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)

1951

Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter

1951

Harry Hamlin, American actor

1951

Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player

1950

Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster

1950

Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach

1949

Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (died 1996)

1949

Leon Rippy, American actor

1948

Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer

1948

Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter

1947

Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (died 1968)

1947

Tim Kirk, American illustrator and designer

1947

Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1947

Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer

1946

Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1946

Andrea Mitchell, American journalist

1946

Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic

1946

Chris Slade, Welsh drummer

1945

Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer

1945

Lynne Marta, American actress (died 2024)

1944

Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)

1943

Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator

1943

Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress

1943

David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician

1942

Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)

1941

Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)

1941

Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic

1941

Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1941

Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer

1941

Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster

1939

Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020)

1939

Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1939

Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer

1939

Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model

1938

Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)

1937

Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1937

Brian Price, Welsh rugby player (died 2023)

1936

Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)

1936

Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach

1935

Robert Caro, American journalist and author

1935

Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)

1935

Jim Perry, American baseball player

1935

Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

1934

Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)

1934

Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)

1933

Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)

1932

Barun De, Indian historian and author (died 2013)

1932

Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)

1931

Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)

1931

David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator

1930

Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)

1930

Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022)

1930

Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)

1930

Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013)

1929

Jean Chapman, English author

1929

Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012)

1928

Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

1927

Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)

1926

Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)

1925

Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)

1924

John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015)

1923

Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011)

1922

Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993)

1922

Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)

1922

Jane White, American actress and singer (died 2011)

1921

Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)

1920

Christy Ring, Irish sportsman (died 1979)

1917

Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)

1917

Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)

1917

Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (died 1994)

1917

Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (died 2005)

1916

Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995)

1915

Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (died 1998)

1915

Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)

1914

Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986)

1914

Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)

1914

Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013)

1911

Ruth Hussey, American actress (died 2005)

1910

Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)

1910

Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)

1909

Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)

1908

Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)

1908

U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963)

1908

Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967)

1908

Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)

1907

Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)

1906

Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (died 1966)

1906

Hermann Fegelein, German general (died 1945)

1906

Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)

1905

Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (died 2003)

1900

Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

1898

Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (died 1989)

1897

Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)

1896

Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928)

1896

Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)

1896

Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (died 1928)

1896

Harry R. Truman, American soldier and inn keeper on Mount St. Helens, killed in the eruption (died 1980)

1896

Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (died 1985)

1895

Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)

1895

Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

1894

Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)

1894

Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (died 1930)

1893

Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)

1892

Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)

1888

Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)

1888

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)

1887

Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)

1886

Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)

1885

Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972)

1882

Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)

1882

William Halsey Jr., American admiral (died 1959)

1882

Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)

1881

Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (died 1941)

1878

Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)

1877

Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)

1873

Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)

1871

Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949)

1871

Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)

1868

António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)

1861

Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (died 1929)

1857

Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)

1839

Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (died 1899)

1799

Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (died 1885)

1786

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (died 1871)

1762

André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)

1751

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)

1741

Angelica Kauffman, painter (died 1807)

1735

John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)

1728

Mary Hayley, English businesswoman (died 1808)

1712

Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)

1668

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)

1660

Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)

1632

Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)

1624

Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (died 1693)

1558

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652)

1513

Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593)

1492

Anne d'Alençon, French noblewoman (died 1562)

1447

Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)

1327

Andrew, Duke of Calabria (died 1345)

1218

Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)

-39

Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14 AD)

Deaths

2024

Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)

2017

Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)

2015

Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944)

2015

Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919)

2015

Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974)

2015

Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (born 1933)

2014

Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)

2014

Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)

2014

Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935)

2014

Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)

2014

Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924)

2014

Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942)

2013

Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928)

2013

Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)

2013

Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942)

2013

Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922)

2012

Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961)

2012

Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)

2012

Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)

2010

Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)

2009

Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)

2008

Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (born 1950)

2007

Washoe, American chimpanzee (born 1965)

2007

Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (born 1933)

2007

Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (born 1945)

2007

John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (born 1915)

2006

Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (born 1926)

2006

Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)

2005

Al López, American baseball player and manager (born 1908)

2005

Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (born 1942)

2004

Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)

2004

Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (born 1924)

2003

Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (born 1940)

2002

Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)

2002

Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965)

2000

Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921)

1999

Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933)

1997

Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)

1996

John Young, Scottish actor (born 1916)

1993

Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (born 1911)

1993

Peter Kemp, English soldier, mercenary, and writer (born 1915)

1992

Joan Mitchell, American painter (born 1925)

1990

V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901)

1988

T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (born 1911)

1988

Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)

1987

Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904)

1982

Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907)

1979

Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (born 1887)

1975

Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)

1973

Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (born 1894)

1968

Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)

1968

Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (born 1890)

1968

Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (born 1886)

1966

Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906)

1965

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (born 1888)

1963

U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)

1961

Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874)

1957

Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (born 1880)

1943

Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)

1942

Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)

1933

Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869)

1929

Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877)

1923

Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)

1919

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850)

1917

Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883)

1915

Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)

1912

Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840)

1912

James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)

1910

Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)

1905

Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)

1899

William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816)

1896

Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)

1895

James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)

1894

Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)

1893

John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)

1883

Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)

1883

Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (born 1815)

1882

William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818)

1853

Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786)

1842

Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (born 1784)

1816

Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754)

1809

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)

1757

Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699)

1757

Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684)

1730

Nedîm, Turkish poet (born 1681)

1690

Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614)

1685

Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603)

1680

Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)

1654

Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633)

1632

Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595)

1626

Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580)

1611

Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)

1602

Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (born 1528)

1553

Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (born 1489)

1522

Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (born 1459)

1466

Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)

1459

Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (born 1380)

1282

Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (born 1211)

1137

Sergius VII, Duke of Naples

526

Paul of Edessa, Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa

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