Events

2019

Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.

2016

Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

2013

Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.

2011

The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.

2009

The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.

2008

The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.

2007

Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.

2006

A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.

2005

John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.

2004

The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

2004

Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.

1992

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.

1991

A Haitian coup d'état occurs.

1990

Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.

1990

The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

1990

The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.

1988

NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.

1981

An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.

1979

Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.

1975

WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.

1972

Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

1971

Oman joins the Arab League.

1959

A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.

1957

The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.

1954

The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

1941

During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.

1940

Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.

1932

Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.

1923

The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

1923

The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.

1923

The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.

1920

Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.

1918

World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.

1918

World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.

1918

World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.

1911

Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .

1907

The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.

1885

The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

1864

The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.

1864

The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.

1855

The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.

1850

The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.

1848

The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.

1829

The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.

1789

The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

1724

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.

1717

An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

1714

The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.

1578

Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

1567

During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.

1364

During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.

1267

The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.

1227

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.

1011

Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.

-61

Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

Births

2000

Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player

1999

Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer

1995

Sasha Lane, American actress

1994

Halsey, American singer

1994

Nicholas Galitzine, English actor

1993

Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician

1991

Souleymane Doukara, French footballer

1990

Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player

1989

Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist

1988

Kevin Durant, American basketball player

1987

Josh Farro, American musician

1986

Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete

1985

Calvin Johnson, American football player

1985

Michelle Payne, Australian jockey

1984

Per Mertesacker, German footballer

1983

Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach

1981

Kelly McCreary, American actress

1981

Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer

1980

Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1980

Zachary Levi, American actor and singer

1980

Chrissy Metz, American actress

1978

Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1978

Neville Roach, English footballer

1978

Nathan West, American actor, musician, and singer

1977

Heath Bell, American baseball player

1976

Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer

1976

Kelvin Davis, English footballer

1975

Stephanie Klein, American author

1974

Alexis Cruz, American actor

1974

Dedric Ward, American football wide receiver

1973

Alfie Boe, English tenor and actor

1972

Jörgen Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1972

Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer

1971

Joanna Brooks, American author and professor

1971

Ray Buchanan, American football player

1971

Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter

1971

Theodore Shapiro, American composer

1970

Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress

1970

Khushbu Sundar, Indian actress, producer, and politician

1970

Emily Lloyd, English actress

1970

Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer

1970

Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler

1969

Erika Eleniak, American model and actress

1969

Robert Kurzban, American author and professor

1969

Carlos Watson, American entrepreneur, journalist and television host

1968

Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer

1968

Luke Goss, English actor

1968

Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert

1967

Sara Sankey, English badminton player

1967

Brett Anderson, English singer and songwriter

1966

Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach

1966

Ben Miles, English actor

1966

Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (died 2022)

1966

Ken Norton Jr., American football player and coach

1966

Jill Whelan, American actress

1965

Suzanne Kamata, American author and educator

1965

Robert F. Worth, American journalist

1964

PJ Manney, American writer

1963

Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player

1963

Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer

1963

Francis Jue, American actor and singer

1962

Roger Bart, American actor

1961

Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician

1961

Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

1960

Rob Deer, American baseball player

1960

John Paxson, American basketball player and executive

1959

Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist

1959

Marissa Moss, American author

1959

Raf, Italian singer-songwriter

1958

Andy Straka, American author

1958

Karen Young, American actress

1957

Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee

1957

Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor

1957

Uwe Foullong, German politician

1957

Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter

1957

Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster

1956

Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author

1956

Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician

1956

Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress

1955

Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author

1955

Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer

1955

Gwen Ifill, American journalist (died 2016)

1954

Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster

1954

Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant

1954

Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer

1954

Mark Mitchell, Australian actor

1954

Cindy Morgan, American actress (died 2023)

1953

Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor

1953

Drake Hogestyn, American actor (died 2024)

1953

Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher

1952

Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (died 2014)

1952

Pete Hautman, American author

1952

Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician

1951

Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile

1951

Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna

1951

Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author

1951

Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023)

1950

Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer

1949

George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949

Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author

1948

Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1948

Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster

1948

Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (died 2025)

1948

John M. McHugh, American politician

1947

Richard J. Evans, British historian

1947

Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2015)

1947

S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (died 2016)

1946

Patricia Hodge, English actress

1946

Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist

1945

Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet

1945

Lella Cuberli, American soprano

1944

Isla Blair, British actress and singer

1944

Mike Post, American composer and producer

1943

Juan Flores, American academic and professor (died 2014)

1943

Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

1942

Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (died 2019)

1942

Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (died 1999)

1942

Ian McShane, English actor

1942

Bill Nelson, American politician

1942

Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer

1942

Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (died 2013)

1942

Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)

1941

Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist

1941

Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)

1941

Robert Lieber, American writer and academic

1940

Billy Cobb, English footballer

1939

Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (died 2001)

1939

Larry Linville, American actor (died 2000)

1939

Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (died 2017)

1938

Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)

1938

Michael Stürmer, German historian

1937

Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat

1937

Tom McKeown, American poet and educator

1936

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023)

1936

James Fogle, American author (died 2012)

1936

Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (died 2012)

1935

Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)

1935

Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (died 2017)

1934

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)

1934

Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)

1933

Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)

1933

Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000)

1932

Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

1932

Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004)

1931

James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

1931

Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015)

1931

Joseph M. McDade, American politician (died 2017)

1930

Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor

1930

Colin Dexter, English author and educator (died 2017)

1928

Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)

1928

Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)

1928

Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)

1927

Pete McCloskey, American politician (died 2024)

1927

Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (died 2013)

1927

Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (died 2024)

1926

Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)

1926

Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)

1925

Steve Forrest, American actor (died 2013)

1925

Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007)

1923

Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2005)

1923

Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (died 2013)

1922

Reed Irvine, American economist and activist (died 2004)

1922

Lizabeth Scott, American actress (died 2015)

1921

James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (died 2021)

1921

John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014)

1920

Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)

1919

Bill Proud, English cricketer (died 1961)

1918

Billy Bevis, English footballer (died 1994)

1916

Carl Giles, English cartoonist (died 1995)

1916

Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (died 1975)

1915

Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007)

1915

Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (died 2011)

1915

Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992)

1914

Olive Dehn, English author and poet (died 2007)

1913

Trevor Howard, English actor (died 1988)

1913

Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (died 2001)

1913

Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist (died 2001)

1912

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)

1911

Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (died 2007)

1911

Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (died 1997)

1910

Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (died 1977)

1910

Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)

1909

Virginia Bruce, American actress (died 1982)

1908

Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (died 1967)

1907

Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)

1907

George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)

1906

Henry Nash Smith, American academic (died 1986)

1905

Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981)

1904

Greer Garson, English-American actress (died 1996)

1904

Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer (died 1965)

1903

Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (died 1983)

1903

Diana Vreeland, American journalist (died 1989)

1901

Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981)

1901

Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

1899

László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985)

1899

Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980)

1898

Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976)

1897

Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (died 1980)

1895

Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967)

1895

Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1980)

1895

Roscoe Turner, American pilot (died 1970)

1891

Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (died 1974)

1882

Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (died 1937)

1881

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1973)

1866

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934)

1864

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936)

1863

Ludwig Holborn, German physicist (died 1926)

1863

Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1919)

1853

Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (died 1917)

1844

Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (died 1909)

1844

Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (died 1919)

1843

Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (died 1882)

1832

Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (died 1891)

1832

Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (died 1867)

1812

Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (died 1847)

1810

Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865)

1808

Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (died 1868)

1803

Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)

1786

Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician (died 1843)

1766

Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (died 1828)

1758

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (died 1805)

1725

Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774)

1703

François Boucher, French painter and set designer (died 1770)

1691

Richard Challoner, English bishop (died 1781)

1673

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (died 1763)

1640

Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (died 1720)

1639

William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (died 1683)

1636

Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (died 1715)

1602

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (died 1668)

1574

Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (died 1624)

1561

Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1615)

1548

William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)

1547

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1616)

1527

John Lesley, Scottish bishop (died 1596)

1511

Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)

1402

Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (died 1443)

1240

Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (died 1275)

-106

Pompey, Roman general and politician (died 48 BC)

Deaths

2025

Patrick Murray, British actor (born 1956)

2025

Alan McDonald, Scottish Church Minister (born 1951)

2024

Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932)

2022

Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)

2022

Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955)

2020

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)

2020

Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)

2019

Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936)

2018

Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)

2017

Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950)

2016

Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945)

2015

Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)

2015

Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)

2015

Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)

2014

Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928)

2014

John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921)

2013

Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (born 1921)

2013

S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (born 1924)

2013

Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (born 1924)

2012

Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)

2012

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926)

2012

Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947)

2011

Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1936)

2010

Tony Curtis, American actor (born 1925)

2010

Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965)

2008

Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (born 1921)

2007

Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (born 1927)

2007

Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (born 1920)

2006

Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (born 1915)

2006

Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1981)

2006

Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (born 1912)

2005

Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (born 1936)

2005

Austin Leslie, American chef and author (born 1934)

2004

Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (born 1970)

2004

Patrick Wormald, English historian (born 1947)

2001

Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (born 1915)

2001

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (born 1923)

2000

John Grant, English journalist and politician (born 1932)

1999

Edward William O'Rourke, American bishop (born 1917)

1998

Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (born 1917)

1998

C. David Marsden, British neurologist (born 1938)

1998

Bruno Munari, Italian artist, designer, and inventor (born 1907)

1997

Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer and organist (born 1919)

1997

Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)

1997

Edith Ballinger Price, American writer and illustrator (born 1897)

1996

Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (born 1923)

1995

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist and activist (born 1919)

1993

Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1907)

1992

Jean Aurenche, French screenwriter (born 1904)

1992

William H. Sebrell Jr., American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (born 1901)

1992

Don West, American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (born 1906)

1991

Grace Zaring Stone, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1891)

1989

Gussie Busch, American businessman (born 1899)

1989

Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (born 1919)

1988

Charles Addams, American cartoonist (born 1912)

1987

Henry Ford II, American businessman (born 1917)

1984

Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (born 1946)

1984

Hal Porter, Australian novelist, playwright and poet (born 1911)

1983

Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910)

1982

A. L. Lloyd, English folk singer (born 1908)

1982

Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (born 1912)

1981

Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1913)

1981

Frances Yates, English historian (born 1899)

1980

Harold Alexander Abramson, American physician (born 1889)

1979

Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (born 1924)

1979

Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian composer (born 1893)

1977

Robert McKimson, American animator and illustrator (born 1910)

1977

Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American composer and pianist (born 1899)

1975

Gladys Skelton, Australian-British poet, novelist and playwright (born 1885)

1975

Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (born 1890)

1973

W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1907)

1972

Kathleen Clarke, Irish politician and activist (born 1878)

1970

Edward Everett Horton, American actor (born 1886)

1970

Gilbert Seldes, American writer and cultural critic (born 1893)

1967

Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (born 1917)

1966

Bernard Gimbel, American businessman (born 1885)

1960

John Baillie, Scottish theologian (born 1886)

1960

Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (born 1882)

1960

John Goodwin, British soldier and medical practitioner, 14th Governor of Queensland (born 1871)

1959

Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist (born 1887)

1958

Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1893)

1956

Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan politician, 21st President of Nicaragua (born 1896)

1955

Louis Leon Thurstone, American psychologist (born 1887)

1955

Hubert Maitland Turnbull, British pathologist (born 1875)

1953

Ernst Reuter, German politician (born 1889)

1952

John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (born 1899)

1952

C. H. Douglas, British engineer (born 1879)

1951

Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (born 1864)

1949

Rosa Olitzka, German-American contralto singer (born 1873)

1944

Douglas Crawford McMurtrie, American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and author (born 1888)

1937

Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (born 1877)

1937

Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (born 1873)

1935

Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (born 1898)

1933

Jean-François Delmas, French bass-baritone (born 1861)

1931

William Orpen, Irish artist (born 1878)

1930

Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (born 1844)

1928

John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (born 1842)

1928

Ernst Steinitz, German mathematician (born 1871)

1927

Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (born 1858)

1927

Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

1925

Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)

1925

Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888)

1923

Walther Penck, German geologist and geomorphologist (born 1888)

1919

Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (born 1844)

1918

Lawrence Weathers, Australian soldier (born 1890).

1915

Luther Orlando Emerson, American musician, composer and music publisher (born 1820)

1915

Rudi Stephan, German composer (born 1887)

1913

Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (born 1858)

1913

John F. Lacey, American politician (born 1841)

1910

Rebecca Harding Davis, American author and journalist (born 1831)

1910

Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1836)

1908

Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (born 1839)

1905

Alexander Hay Japp, Scottish author, journalist and publisher (born 1836)

1904

Alfred Nehring, German zoologist and paleontologist (born 1845)

1902

William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (born 1825)

1902

Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (born 1840)

1900

Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (born 1814)

1898

Thomas F. Bayard, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (born 1828)

1889

Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (born 1818)

1887

Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (born 1810)

1867

Sterling Price, American major general and politician (born 1809)

1862

William "Bull" Nelson, American general (born 1824)

1861

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1829 or 1834)

1850

David Keith Ballow, Scottish-Australian doctor (born 1804)

1833

Ferdinand VII of Spain (born 1784)

1804

Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (born 1728)

1800

Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (born 1729)

1715

George Haliburton, Scottish bishop (born 1635)

1642

René Goupil, French missionary and saint (born 1608)

1642

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (born 1561)

1637

Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (born 1600)

1560

Gustav I of Sweden (born 1496)

1501

Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (born 1442)

1382

Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud, malik of Sistan

1364

Charles I, Duke of Brittany (born 1319)

1304

John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (born 1231)

1298

Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (born 1223)

1225

Arnaud Amalric, Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder

1186

William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (born 1130)

855

Lothair I, Carolingian emperor (born 795)

722

Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (born 660)

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