Events

2022

During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.

2021

A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.

2021

Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

2015

A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.

2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

2013

A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

2007

One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.

2007

Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.

2005

The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.

2004

Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

1996

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

1994

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

1992

The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.

1992

Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

1990

The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

1987

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1982

Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.

1979

Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.

1978

The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.

1976

Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.

1976

Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship

1975

Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

1975

Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

1975

The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.

1970

King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.

1966

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

1963

Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.

1961

The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

1961

Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

1961

Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

1959

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

1956

TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.

1955

The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

1955

A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

1953

American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.

1945

World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

1943

World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

1940

World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

1920

The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

1914

World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

1908

The General Motors Corporation is founded.

1893

Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

1880

The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York.

1863

Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.

1810

With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

1779

American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

1776

American Revolutionary War: American forces win the Battle of Harlem Heights after General George Washington orders a counterattack on advancing British light infantry.

1732

In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.

1701

James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II.

1620

Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.

1400

Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

681

Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.

Births

2003

Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player

2001

Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist

2000

Sam Howell, American football player

2000

Oliver Skipp, English footballer

1999

Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player

1997

Jackie Young, American basketball player

1997

Clint Ratkovich, American football player

1995

Aaron Gordon, American basketball player

1994

Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player

1994

Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer

1994

Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player

1993

Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter

1993

Sam Byram, English footballer

1993

Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer

1993

Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter

1992

Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

1992

Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1992

Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor

1992

Chase Stokes, American actor

1991

Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023)

1989

Robbie Grossman, American baseball player

1989

Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player

1989

Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer

1989

Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player

1988

Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1987

Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress

1987

Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer

1987

Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer

1987

Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker

1987

Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 2013)

1987

Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer

1986

Gordon Beckham, American baseball player

1986

Ian Harding, American actor

1986

Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer

1985

Matt Harrison, American baseball player

1985

Max Minghella, English actor

1985

Madeline Zima, American actress

1984

Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1984

Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983

John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player

1983

Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist

1983

Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler

1983

Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer and 10th President of the International Olympic Committee

1983

Brandon Moss, American baseball player

1982

Leon Knight, English footballer

1982

Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player

1981

Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer

1981

Alexis Bledel, American actress

1981

LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter

1980

Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer

1979

Bobby Korecky, American baseball player

1979

Flo Rida, American rapper, singer, and songwriter

1978

Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach

1978

Claudia Marx, German runner

1978

Sensei, Mexican wrestler

1978

Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist

1977

Gregory Ball, American captain and politician

1977

Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter

1976

Elīna Garanča, Latvian soprano

1976

Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1976

Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach

1975

Jason Leffler, American race car driver (died 2013)

1975

Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter

1975

Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress

1974

Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer

1974

Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1974

Joaquin Castro, American lawyer and politician

1974

Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

1973

George Corrie, English footballer

1973

Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee

1973

Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter

1973

Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager

1972

Mark Bruener, American football player

1972

Mike Doyle, American actor and producer

1972

Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer

1971

Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1971

Charlie Jacobs, American businessman

1971

Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer

1971

Richard Slinger, American wrestler

1971

Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant

1970

Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter

1969

Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969

Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

1968

Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer

1968

Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1968

Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (died 2012)

1967

Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator

1967

Damon Thayer, Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader

1966

John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician

1966

Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright

1966

Kevin Young, American hurdler

1965

Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer

1965

Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager

1965

Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter

1964

Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter

1964

Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress

1964

Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter

1964

Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer

1963

Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer

1962

Seth, Canadian author and illustrator

1961

Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961

Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler

1961

Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (died 2013)

1960

Jayne Brook, American actress

1960

Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer

1960

Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator

1959

Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter

1959

Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager

1959

Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer

1959

Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer

1958

Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach

1958

Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager

1958

Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player

1957

D. C. Drake, American wrestler

1957

Clara Furse, English businesswoman

1957

Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician

1957

David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager

1957

Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (died 2008)

1956

Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant

1956

David Copperfield, American magician and actor

1956

Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)

1956

Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)

1956

Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987)

1955

Ron Brewer, American basketball player

1955

Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach

1954

Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer

1954

William McKeen, American author and academic

1954

Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1954

Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)

1954

Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer

1953

Kurt Fuller, American character actor

1953

Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995)

1953

Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator

1953

Earl Klugh, American musician

1953

Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

1953

Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster

1953

Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager

1953

Christopher Rich, American actor

1953

Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1952

Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician

1952

Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian

1952

Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013)

1952

Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor

1951

Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1951

Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach

1951

Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (died 2021)

1950

David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1950

Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist

1950

Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host

1949

Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist

1948

Ron Blair, American bass player

1948

Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster

1948

Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright

1948

Kenney Jones, English drummer

1948

Susan Ruttan, American actress

1947

Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright

1946

Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player

1946

Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician

1946

Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)

1944

Linda Kaye Henning, American actress

1944

Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer

1943

Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012)

1943

James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (died 2016)

1942

Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player

1942

Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic

1941

Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer

1941

Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician

1940

Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2018)

1940

Butch Buchholz, American tennis player

1940

Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (died 2024)

1939

Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)

1939

Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014)

1937

Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler (died 2024)

1937

Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)

1935

Carl Andre, American sculptor (died 2024)

1935

Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1935

Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022)

1935

Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (died 2016)

1935

Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (died 2016)

1935

Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright

1935

Helen Williams, American fashion model (died 2023)

1934

Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)

1934

Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)

1933

Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa

1932

George Chakiris, American actor

1932

Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach

1931

K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003)

1931

Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013)

1930

Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011)

1929

Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024)

1929

Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021)

1928

Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)

1928

Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986)

1928

Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019)

1927

Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011)

1927

Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (died 1992)

1927

Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019)

1926

Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)

1926

John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)

1926

Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)

1926

Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)

1925

Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)

1925

Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)

1925

B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)

1924

Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014)

1924

Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer and director (died 2016)

1923

Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)

1922

Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016)

1922

Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024)

1921

Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016)

1921

Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (died 2017)

1921

Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (died 1998)

1920

Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (died 2015)

1920

Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (died 2016)

1920

Art Sansom, American cartoonist (died 1991)

1919

Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)

1919

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)

1919

Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)

1918

Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (died 1968)

1916

Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978)

1916

Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985)

1916

M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004)

1916

Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999)

1916

Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (died 1973)

1916

Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (died 2000)

1915

Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968)

1914

Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)

1911

Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (died 1983)

1911

Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)

1910

Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)

1910

Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003)

1906

Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996)

1905

Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980)

1901

Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)

1899

Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)

1898

H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (died 1977)

1897

Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962)

1895

Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)

1893

Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)

1893

Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

1891

Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)

1891

Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972)

1890

Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970)

1888

W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971)

1888

Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)

1887

Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (died 1979)

1886

Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966)

1883

T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (died 1917)

1881

Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (died 1964)

1880

Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917)

1880

Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)

1878

Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)

1877

Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937)

1876

Marvin Hart, American boxer (died 1931)

1875

James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)

1870

John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)

1866

Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927)

1861

Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)

1859

Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)

1858

Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927)

1858

Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923)

1853

Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)

1846

Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)

1844

Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (died 1908)

1838

James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)

1837

Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)

1830

Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911)

1828

Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (died 1914)

1827

Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908)

1823

Francis Parkman, American historian and author (died 1893)

1823

Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (died 1895)

1822

Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888)

1812

Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)

1782

Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850)

1777

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (died 1836)

1745

Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813)

1725

Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)

1722

Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799)

1716

Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1798)

1678

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751)

1666

Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (died 1716)

1651

Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (died 1716)

1625

Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (died 1697)

1615

Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692)

1557

Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)

1541

Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)

1507

Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567)

1462

Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (died 1525)

1386

Henry V of England (died 1422)

1295

Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1360)

508

Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (died 555)

16

Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (died 38)

Deaths

2025

Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936)

2024

Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)

2021

Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)

2021

Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)

2020

Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)

2019

H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)

2018

James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)

2017

Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)

2017

Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)

2016

Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)

2016

Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)

2016

Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)

2016

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)

2016

W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)

2016

Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)

2016

António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)

2015

Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)

2015

Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)

2015

Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)

2015

Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)

2013

Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966)

2013

Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931)

2013

Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927)

2012

Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)

2012

Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923)

2012

Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925)

2011

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)

2011

Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)

2010

George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)

2010

Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933)

2009

Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)

2009

Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (born 1921)

2009

Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936)

2008

Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (born 1940)

2007

Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)

2006

Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)

2006

Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)

2005

Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922)

2005

Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920)

2004

Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (born 1954)

2003

Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)

2002

James Gregory, American actor (born 1911)

2001

Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (born 1918)

1996

McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)

1996

Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)

1993

František Jílek, Czech conductor (born 1913)

1993

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (born 1920)

1992

Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (born 1910)

1991

Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)

1987

Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920)

1984

Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)

1984

Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935)

1980

Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)

1977

Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)

1977

Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)

1976

Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)

1973

Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)

1965

Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)

1965

Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886)

1961

Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915)

1961

Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910)

1955

Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)

1950

Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born 1881)

1946

James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877)

1945

John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (born 1884)

1944

Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)

1940

Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)

1936

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867)

1933

George Gore, American baseball player and manager (born 1857)

1932

Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (born 1908)

1932

Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)

1931

Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)

1925

Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)

1925

Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888)

1919

Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885)

1914

C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (born 1843)

1911

Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840)

1898

Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)

1896

Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (born 1836)

1896

Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814)

1887

Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)

1865

Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792)

1845

Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (born 1814)

1843

Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)

1824

Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)

1819

John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (born 1744)

1803

Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)

1792

Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (born 1753)

1736

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)

1701

James II of England (born 1633)

1672

Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612)

1607

Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (born 1605)

1589

Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513)

1583

Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526)

1581

Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)

1498

Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (born 1420)

1406

Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336)

1394

Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)

1380

Charles V of France (born 1338)

1360

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319)

1345

John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295)

1343

Philip III of Navarre (born 1306)

1226

Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician

1122

Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)

1100

Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (born 1054)

1087

Pope Victor III (born 1026)

655

Pope Martin I

307

Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor

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