September 14 in History

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.

Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.

Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.

In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.

Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.

Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.

Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.

Microsoft releases Windows Me.

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.

Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.

The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.

Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.

The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.

Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.

Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.

Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.

The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.

In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.

The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.

World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.

World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.

Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.

World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.

The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.

HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.

U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.

The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.

Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.

Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.

The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.

American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.

The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.

Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.

Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.

The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.

Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan.

Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin

Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.

"Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.

Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.

Han, South Korean rapper

Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter

Dominic Solanke, English footballer

Hugh Bernard, English cricketer

Myles Wright, English professional footballer

Jevon Carter, American basketball player

Deshaun Watson, American football player

Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer

Gary Harris, American basketball player

Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer

Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer

Brandon Brown, American race car driver

Connor Fields, American cyclist

Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier

Zico, South Korean rapper

Dee Milliner, American football player

Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model

Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member

Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer

Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer

Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer

Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer

Jimmy Butler, American basketball player

Tony Finau, American golfer

Jesse James, American actor

Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model

Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player

Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player

Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler

Martin Fourcade, French biathlete

Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer

Michael Crabtree, American football player

Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer

David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player

Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer

Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer

Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer

Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress

Reggie Williams, American basketball player

Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter

Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter

Trevis Smith, American football player

Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer

Delmon Young, American baseball player

Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor

Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer

Josh Outman, American baseball player

Frostee Rucker, American football player

SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter

Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player

Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Stefan Reisinger, German footballer

Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer

Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress

Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer

Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer

Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer

Ben Cohen, English rugby union player

Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida

Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress

Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter

Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect

Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)

Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)

Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player

Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist

Chad Bradford, American baseball player

Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner

Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist

Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager

Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer

Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter

Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter

Terrell Fletcher, American football player

Linvoy Primus, English footballer

Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor

Notah Begay III, American golfer

David Bell, American baseball player and coach

Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter

Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)

Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist

Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler

Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist

Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Mark Webber, English guitarist

Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach

Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician

Grant Shapps, English politician

Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter

John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)

Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician

Emily Bell, English journalist and academic

Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director

Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach

Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman

Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)

Nick Botterill, British business man

Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer

Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician

Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman

Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer

Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer

Paul Clark, English footballer and manager

Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager

Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)

Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach

Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster

Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece

Nathalie Roussel, French actress

Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)

Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician

Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist

William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer

Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician

Pope Leo XIV

Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)

David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)

Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)

Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer

Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer

Joe McDonnell, Provisional Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike (died 1981)

Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)

Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver

Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician

John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)

Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)

Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)

Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)

Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)

Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter

Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)

Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (died 2026)

Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer

Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)

Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)

Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)

Martin Tyler, English sportscaster

Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)

Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager

Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)

Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer

Roger Lyons, English trade union leader

Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter

Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)

Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist

Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)

Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)

Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)

Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)

DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)

Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)

Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building

Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)

Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)

Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)

Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)

Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)

Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)

Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)

Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)

Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)

Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)

Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)

Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)

Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)

Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)

Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)

Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)

Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)

Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)

Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)

Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)

Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)

Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)

Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)

Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)

Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)

Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)

Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)

Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)

Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)

Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)

Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)

Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)

Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)

A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)

Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)

Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)

Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)

Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)

Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)

Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)

Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)

Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)

Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)

Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)

Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)

Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)

John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)

John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)

Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)

Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)

Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)

William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)

Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)

Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)

Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)

Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)

Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)

Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)

Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)

Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)

Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)

Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)

Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)

Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)

Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)

Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)

José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)

Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)

Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)

Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)

Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)

Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)

Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)

Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)

Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)

Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)

John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)

Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)

Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)

Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)

Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)

Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)

Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)

Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)

Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)

Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)

Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)

John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)

Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)

Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)

Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)

Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)

Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)

Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)

Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)

Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)

Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)

Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)

Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)

Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)

Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)

Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)

Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)

Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)

John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)

Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)

Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)

Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)

Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)

Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)

Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois

Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978)

Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)

Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)

Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)

Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)

Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)

Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)

Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)

Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)

Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)

Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)

Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)

E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)

Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)

Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931)

Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)

Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)

Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)

Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)

Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)

Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933)

Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943)

Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935)

Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943)

Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952)

Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)

Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)

Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)

Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)

Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918)

William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915)

Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932)

Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914)

Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)

Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)

John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)

LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920)

Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)

Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920)

Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906)

Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)

Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907)

Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)

Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)

Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910)

Clayton Young, American long-distance runner

August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)

Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)

Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)

Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)

Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)

Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)

Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906)

Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)

John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)

Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)

Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)

Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)

Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)

Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902)

Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)

Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)

Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)

J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891)

Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)

Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)

M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)

Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)

John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)

Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890)

Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)

E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)

Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)

Lina Ódena, Spanish communist and miliciana (born 1911)

Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899)

Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)

Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)

José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)

Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)

William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)

Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)

Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)

Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)

Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793)

Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834)

Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)

James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)

Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)

Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)

Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)

Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638)

Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)

John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)

Thomas Overbury, English poet

Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)

Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)

Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)

Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)

Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)

Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377)

Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)

Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)

Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)

Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)

Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)

Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880)

Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot

Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland

Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church

Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)

Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764)

Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)

Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605)

Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)

John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)

Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200)

Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)