Events

2024

Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.

2023

The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.

2015

A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

2012

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

2012

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

2011

A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.

2008

A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

2007

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

2001

The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

1997

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

1997

Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

1997

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

1995

The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

1992

Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.

1991

Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

1990

A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.

1989

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

1985

Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.

1982

The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.

1980

A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.

1976

A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

1974

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

1973

A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

1973

JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

1972

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

1971

The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

1971

The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro rock festival is held in the State of Mexico. It attracted more than 100,000 attendees during the Mexican Dirty War, a period marked by widespread political repression.

1970

The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

1968

Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

1968

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.

1967

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.

1965

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

1961

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

1954

Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

1945

World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.

1944

World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

1943

World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.

1941

Construction begins on the Pentagon.

1941

Charles Lindbergh makes his Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.

1922

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

1921

Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.

1919

United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.

1916

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

1914

World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.

1914

The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.

1905

The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

1903

The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

1897

After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.

1881

In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.

1857

The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

1852

Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.

1851

Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.

1836

The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.

1829

An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.

1814

War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.

1813

War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.

1803

The Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.

1802

France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.

1800

The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.

1792

The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.

1789

Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

1786

The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

1780

American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.

1777

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

1776

British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.

1775

Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1758

Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.

1714

Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Catalans, the last phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.

1709

Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.

1708

Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.

1697

Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.

1683

Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.

1649

Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.

1609

Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.

1565

Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.

1541

Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.

1390

Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.

1297

Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.

1275

An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.

1185

Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.

9

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.

Births

2006

Oliver Peake, Australian cricketer

2001

Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter

2001

Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player

2000

Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player

2000

Zay Flowers, American football player

1997

Harmony Tan, French tennis player

1996

Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player

1994

Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player

1994

Nicky Case, Canadian game developer

1993

Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer

1992

Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower

1991

Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

1991

Kygo, Norwegian DJ

1990

Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer

1989

Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician

1987

Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer

1987

Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

1987

Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

1986

Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

1986

LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

1986

Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

1985

Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

1983

Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

1983

Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player

1983

Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player

1982

Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner

1982

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician

1981

Charles Kelley, American singer and musician

1981

Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

1981

Michael Sukkar, Australian politician

1980

Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

1980

Greet Daems, Belgian politician

1980

Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver

1979

Eric Abidal, French footballer

1979

Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player

1979

David Pizarro, Chilean footballer

1979

Ariana Richards, American actress and artist

1978

Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager

1977

Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist

1977

Ludacris, American rapper and producer

1977

Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

1977

Tobias Zellner, German footballer

1976

Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver

1976

Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

1975

Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer

1975

Pierre Issa, South African footballer

1974

DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach

1971

Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician

1970

Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler

1970

Ted Leo, American singer and musician

1970

Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer

1969

Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director

1969

Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

1968

Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist

1968

Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter

1967

Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality

1967

Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host

1967

Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)

1967

Charles Walker, English politician

1965

Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria

1965

Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist

1965

Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ

1964

Ellis Burks, American baseball player

1963

Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962

Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician

1962

Kristy McNichol, American actress

1962

Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer

1962

Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer

1961

Virginia Madsen, American actress

1961

Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)

1960

Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1960

Anne Ramsay, American actress

1959

David Frost, South African golfer

1959

John Hawkes, American actor

1958

Roxann Dawson, American actress and director

1958

Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player

1956

Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1955

Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic

1953

Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)

1953

Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor

1953

Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)

1953

Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952

Catherine Bott, English soprano

1951

Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic

1951

Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)

1951

Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player

1950

Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic

1950

Bruce Doull, Australian footballer

1950

Amy Madigan, American actress

1950

Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)

1949

Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach

1949

Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)

1948

John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

1947

John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)

1945

Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)

1945

Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)

1945

Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944

Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)

1944

Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)

1943

André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman

1943

Mickey Hart, American musician

1943

Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor

1942

Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer

1941

Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member

1940

Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1940

Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician

1940

Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024)

1939

Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)

1938

Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic

1937

Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1937

Queen Paola of Belgium

1936

Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)

1935

Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer

1935

Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)

1933

Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)

1933

William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)

1933

Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player (died 2025)

1931

Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)

1930

Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)

1930

Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)

1930

Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)

1929

Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)

1929

Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)

1929

Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)

1928

Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)

1928

Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024)

1927

Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)

1927

G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)

1926

Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)

1925

Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)

1924

Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)

1924

Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)

1924

Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)

1923

Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)

1923

Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)

1923

Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982)

1921

Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)

1917

Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)

1917

Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)

1917

Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)

1917

Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)

1917

Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)

1916

Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)

1915

Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)

1914

Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)

1913

Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983)

1913

Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)

1911

Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)

1911

Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)

1908

Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)

1907

Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)

1907

Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)

1904

Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)

1903

Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)

1903

Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)

1901

D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)

1899

Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)

1899

Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)

1899

Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)

1898

Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)

1895

Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)

1893

Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)

1891

William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)

1885

D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)

1885

Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)

1884

Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)

1879

Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)

1877

Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)

1877

James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)

1876

Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)

1871

Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)

1865

Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)

1862

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)

1862

Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)

1862

O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)

1861

Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)

1860

James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)

1859

Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)

1847

Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921)

1838

John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)

1836

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)

1829

Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)

1825

Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)

1816

Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)

1800

Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)

1798

Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)

1786

Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)

1771

Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)

1764

Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)

1751

Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)

1723

Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)

1711

William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)

1700

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)

1681

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)

1611

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)

1578

Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)

1572

Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)

1557

Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)

1525

John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)

1524

Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585)

1522

Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)

1494

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)

1476

Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)

1465

Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)

1318

Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)

1182

Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)

600

Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler

Deaths

2025

John D. Petersen, American chemist, educator, and academic administrator (born 1947)

2024

Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931)

2024

Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, President of Peru (born 1938)

2024

Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960)

2024

Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932)

2022

Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951)

2022

John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927)

2022

Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)

2021

Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934)

2020

Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942)

2020

Swami Agnivesh, an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj (born 1939)

2019

B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)

2016

Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)

2014

Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)

2014

Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)

2014

Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)

2013

Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)

2013

Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)

2013

Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)

2012

Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)

2012

Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)

2012

J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)

2011

Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)

2011

Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)

2011

Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (born 1975)

2011

Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)

2010

Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)

2010

Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)

2009

Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)

2009

Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)

2009

Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

2009

Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)

2007

Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946)

2007

Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (born 1927)

2007

Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (born 1925)

2007

Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (born 1932)

2006

William Auld, Scottish poet and author (born 1924)

2006

Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (born 1926)

2004

Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)

2004

David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)

2004

Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)

2003

Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)

2003

John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)

2002

Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)

2002

Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)

2002

David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)

2001

Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (born 1938)

2001

Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks

1999

Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)

1999

Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)

1998

Dane Clark, American actor (born 1912)

1997

Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)

1997

Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)

1995

Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)

1994

Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (born 1910)

1994

Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (born 1909)

1993

Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist

1993

Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (born 1912)

1993

Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (born 1945)

1991

Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)

1990

Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (born 1949)

1988

Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)

1987

Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)

1987

Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

1987

Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (born 1907)

1986

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1902)

1986

Noel Streatfeild, English author (born 1895)

1985

William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (born 1905)

1985

Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (born 1905)

1985

Eleanor Dark, Australian author (born 1901)

1984

Jerry Voorhis, American politician (born 1901)

1983

Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)

1982

Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)

1978

Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (born 1895)

1978

Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)

1978

Janet Parker, English photographer (born 1938)

1978

Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)

1974

Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (born 1893)

1973

Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)

1973

Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru

1971

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)

1968

René Cogny, French general (born 1904)

1967

Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (born 1904)

1966

Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (born 1889)

1965

Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)

1964

Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)

1959

Paul Douglas, American actor (born 1907)

1958

Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)

1958

Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)

1957

Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)

1956

Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (born 1894)

1950

Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)

1949

Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)

1948

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (born 1876)

1941

Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (born 1873)

1941

Aleksandra Izmailovich, Belarusian revolutionary (born 1878)

1941

Maria Spiridonova, Russian revolutionary (born 1884)

1939

Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)

1935

Charles Norris, American coroner (born 1867)

1932

Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (born 1901)

1932

Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (born 1895)

1926

Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (born 1875)

1921

Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (born 1882)

1917

Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (born 1894)

1915

William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1830)

1911

Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (born 1847)

1898

Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (born 1841)

1896

Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (born 1825)

1888

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)

1865

Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)

1851

Sylvester Graham, American minister and dietary reformer, namesake of the graham cracker (born 1794)

1846

José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer, leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic (born 1772)

1843

Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)

1823

David Ricardo, English economist and politician (born 1772)

1760

Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (born 1704)

1733

François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)

1721

Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)

1680

Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)

1677

James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)

1599

Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born 1577)

1569

Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (born 1530)

1349

Bonne of Luxembourg, spouse of John II of France (born 1315)

1298

Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (born 1269)

1297

Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer

1279

Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (born 1215)

1185

Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (born 1130)

1161

Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1105)

1063

Béla I of Hungary (born 1016)

883

Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general

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