Events

2022

Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.

2022

At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.

2021

The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.

2012

An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.

2005

Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.

1996

Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.

1991

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.

1990

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

1986

Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

1984

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.

1984

Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1981

The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.

1980

The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.

1978

Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.

1977

Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

1975

Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.

1972

Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.

1970

Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.

1969

Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.

1968

End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.

1960

Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.

1960

Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.

1957

Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.

1954

KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.

1948

In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the French negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.

1945

Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.

1945

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose.

1944

Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.

1943

World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae during the Salamaua–Lae campaign.

1942

World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.

1941

Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.

1938

Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

1937

Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.

1932

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.

1915

The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

1914

World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.

1905

Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.

1887

A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire.

1882

The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

1877

American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.

1862

American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.

1839

The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.

1836

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

1816

Louis XVIII of France has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").

1812

War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.

1798

Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.

1793

French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.

1791

Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.

1781

Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

1774

First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

1725

Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

1698

In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.

1697

War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.

1661

Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.

1590

An army led by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.

1367

Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava

917

Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.

Births

2007

Matthew Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player

2001

Bukayo Saka, English footballer

2001

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Australian rugby league player

1999

Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player

1998

Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player

1998

Mac Jones, American football player

1998

Davion Mitchell, American basketball player

1997

Steven Kwan, American baseball player

1997

Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol

1996

Jarren Duran, American baseball player

1996

Sigrid, Norwegian singer

1996

Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer

1995

Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player

1994

Kings Elliot, Swiss-English singer

1994

Sarah Carli, Australian track and field athlete

1994

Bonnie Anderson, Australian singer, songwriter and actress

1994

Dayton Wetherby, US-born Panamanian footballer

1994

Nediam Vargas, Venezuelan sprinter

1994

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer

1993

Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player

1993

T. J. Warren, American basketball player

1991

Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser

1990

Lance Stephenson, American basketball player

1990

Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater

1990

Franco Zuculini, Argentine footballer

1989

Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player

1989

Kat Graham, American actress and singer

1989

Craig Smith, American ice hockey player

1989

José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer

1989

Ben Youngs, English rugby player

1988

Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer

1988

Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer

1988

Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer

1986

Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer

1985

Justin Dentmon, American basketball player

1985

Ryan Guy, American soccer player

1984

Alison Bell, Scottish field hockey player

1984

Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist (died 2021)

1984

Annabelle Wallis, English actress

1983

Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer

1983

Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer

1983

Chris Young, American baseball player

1981

Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist

1981

Kai Rüütel, Estonian opera singer

1980

Franco Costanzo, Argentine footballer

1979

John Carew, Norwegian footballer

1979

Julien Lizeroux, French skier

1979

Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer

1978

Chris Hipkins, New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand

1978

Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player

1978

Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer

1978

Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player

1977

Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer

1977

Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player

1976

Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast

1976

Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer

1975

George Boateng, Dutch footballer and manager

1975

Randy Choate, American baseball player

1975

Rod Barajas, American baseball player and coach

1974

Lauren Jeska, British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs

1974

Ken-Marti Vaher, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior

1973

Paddy Considine, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1973

Rose McGowan, American actress

1972

Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer

1971

Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist

1970

Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director

1970

Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer

1970

Gilbert Remulla, Filipino journalist and politician

1970

Johnny Vegas, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1969

Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian footballer and manager

1969

Mariko Kouda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host

1969

Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach

1969

Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician

1968

Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager

1968

Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster

1968

Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach

1968

Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer

1967

Matthias Sammer, German footballer and manager

1967

Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player

1966

Achero Mañas, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter

1966

Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer and manager

1965

David Brabham, Australian race car driver

1965

Hoshitango Imachi, Japanese wrestler

1965

Nick Talbot, English geneticist and academic

1964

Frank Farina, Australian footballer and manager

1964

Sergei Loznitsa, Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter

1964

Ken Norman, American basketball player

1964

Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor (died 2016)

1963

Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter

1963

Kristian Alfonso, American actress and model

1963

Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster

1963

Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress

1963

Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager

1962

Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach

1962

John McGrath, Welsh businessman

1961

Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer

1960

Willie Gault, American football player, athlete, and actor

1960

Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic

1960

Candy Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player

1959

Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (died 2014)

1958

Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer

1958

Don Maloney, Canadian ice hockey player and executive

1957

Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager

1957

Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist

1956

Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician

1956

Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1956

Debbie Turner, American actress

1955

Stan Jonathan, Canadian ice hockey player

1954

Richard Austin, Jamaican footballer and cricketer (died 2015)

1954

Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author

1953

Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist

1953

Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

1953

Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

1953

Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter

1952

David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor

1951

Paul Breitner, German footballer

1951

Michael Keaton, American actor and producer

1951

Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)

1950

Rosie Cooper, English businesswoman and politician

1950

Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy

1949

Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter

1948

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria

1947

Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player

1947

Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer

1947

Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2008)

1947

Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)

1946

Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic

1946

Dennis Dugan, American actor and director

1946

Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)

1946

Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (died 1991)

1946

Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1945

Eva Bergman, Swedish director and screenwriter

1945

Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944

Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)

1944

Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1943

Dulce Saguisag, Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (died 2007)

1942

Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1942

Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)

1941

Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)

1940

Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician

1940

Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (died 2023)

1939

Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist (died 2026)

1939

William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1939

George Lazenby, Australian actor, the second to play James Bond

1939

John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)

1939

George Tremlett, English journalist, author, and politician (died 2021)

1938

John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2007)

1938

Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician (died 2024)

1937

Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2018)

1937

Dick Clement, English director, producer, and screenwriter

1936

Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

1936

John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1936

Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator

1936

Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach (died 2026)

1936

Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022)

1935

Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project

1935

Helen Gifford, Australian composer and educator

1935

Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress

1934

Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal (died 2024)

1934

Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (died 2008)

1934

Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017)

1933

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal

1932

Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer

1932

Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024)

1929

Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (died 2024)

1929

Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2004)

1928

Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator (died 2006)

1928

Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator (died 2005)

1927

Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (died 2019)

1925

Justin Kaplan, American author (died 2014)

1924

Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (died 2013)

1924

Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (died 2016)

1923

David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (died 2002)

1923

Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (died 2004)

1922

Denys Wilkinson, English physicist and academic (died 2016)

1921

Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)

1921

Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007)

1920

Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer and educator (died 1990)

1920

Fons Rademakers, Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)

1919

Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer and executed war criminal (died 1945)

1918

Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)

1918

Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (died 1990)

1918

Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (died 2009)

1917

Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (died 2012)

1917

Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (died 2008)

1916

Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)

1916

Frank Yerby, American novelist (died 1991)

1914

Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (died 2013)

1914

Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (died 1984)

1914

Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 2018)

1912

John Cage, American composer and theorist (died 1992)

1912

Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (died 2001)

1912

Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (died 2004)

1910

Leila Mackinlay, English author (died 1996)

1910

Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (died 1981)

1909

Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (died 1971)

1909

Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (died 1994)

1909

Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (died 1933)

1908

Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)

1908

Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (died 2004)

1908

Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (died 2019)

1908

Renzo Rivolta, Italian engineer (died 1966)

1906

Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (died 1978)

1906

Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1995)

1905

Maurice Challe, French general (died 1979)

1905

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983)

1905

Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005)

1904

Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (died 2004)

1902

Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (died 1998)

1902

Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

1901

Florence Eldridge, American actress (died 1988)

1901

Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1991)

1899

Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (died 1944)

1899

Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (died 1989)

1899

Max Bishop, American baseball player (died 1962)

1897

Morris Carnovsky, American actor (died 1992)

1897

Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (died 1980)

1892

Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)

1888

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)

1883

Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)

1881

Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (died 1938)

1881

Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (died 1964)

1880

José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)

1876

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (died 1956)

1874

Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (died 1959)

1873

Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer (died 1942)

1872

V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)

1872

Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (died 1950)

1871

Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)

1867

Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (died 1944)

1856

Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)

1850

Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (died 1930)

1847

Jesse James, American outlaw (died 1882)

1836

Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)

1833

George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (died 1917)

1831

Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (died 1908)

1829

Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (died 1908)

1827

Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (died 1849)

1826

John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman (died 1884)

1818

Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor (died 1848)

1817

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1875)

1806

Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1865)

1792

Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (died 1857)

1791

Giacomo Meyerbeer, German pianist and composer (died 1864)

1787

François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)

1781

Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)

1775

Juan Martín Díez, Spanish general (died 1825)

1774

Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (died 1840)

1772

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (died 1834)

1771

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (died 1847)

1769

John Shortland, English commander (died 1810)

1750

Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (died 1774)

1735

Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)

1725

Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)

1722

Frederick Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony (died 1763)

1695

Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 1770)

1694

František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)

1667

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)

1666

Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian (died 1714)

1651

William Dampier, English explorer (died 1715)

1642

Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (died 1688)

1641

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (died 1702)

1638

Louis XIV, king of France (died 1715)

1568

Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)

1567

Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (died 1636)

1540

Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark (died 1583)

1533

Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician (died 1589)

1500

Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)

1451

Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)

1319

Peter IV, king of Aragon (died 1387)

1269

Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria (died 1296)[citation needed]

1201

Alix of Thouars, duchess of Brittany (died 1221)

1187

Louis VIII, king of France (died 1226)

989

Fan Zhongyan, Chinese chancellor (died 1052)

Deaths

2024

Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)

2024

Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)

2024

Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)

2024

Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)

2024

Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)

2024

Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

2021

Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)

2019

Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)

2018

Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)

2018

Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)

2017

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)

2016

Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)

2016

Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)

2015

Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)

2015

Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)

2015

Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)

2014

Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)

2014

Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)

2013

Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)

2013

Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922)

2013

Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (born 1975)

2012

Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926)

2012

Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)

2012

John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (born 1929)

2010

Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)

2010

Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)

2009

Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)

2007

Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (born 1941)

2007

Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)

2007

Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976)

2007

D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (born 1930)

2007

Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939)

2005

Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (born 1917)

2003

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)

2002

David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)

2001

Justin Wilson, American chef and author (born 1914)

2001

Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (born 1912)

2000

Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)

1999

Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)

1999

Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)

1999

Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)

1998

Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (born 1909)

1998

Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922)

1998

Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (born 1926)

1998

Leo Penn, American actor and director (born 1921)

1997

Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)

1997

Eddie Little Sky, American actor (born 1926)

1997

Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)

1997

Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)

1996

Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (born 1926)

1995

Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)

1995

Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer (born 1922)

1994

Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)

1994

John Newman, Australian politician (born 1946)

1993

Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (born 1914)

1992

Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (born 1910)

1991

Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (born 1931)

1990

Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English academic and diplomat (born 1907)

1990

Jerry Iger, American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903)

1990

Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (born 1896)

1989

Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (born 1905)

1988

Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (born 1913)

1986

Neerja Bhanot, Indian flight purser, known for her heroic actions on Pan Am Flight 73, during which she was killed (born 1963)

1985

Johannes Hint, Estonian engineer (born 1914)

1984

Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (born 1917)

1984

Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (born 1929)

1983

Meng Qingshu, Chinese politician (born 1911)

1982

Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (born 1910)

1980

Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (born 1923)

1979

Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (born 1884)

1977

Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)

1975

Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (born 1881)

1973

Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (born 1889)

1972

Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)

1970

Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (born 1942)

1966

Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (born 1879)

1965

Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1882)

1961

Lewis Akeley, American academic (born 1861)

1955

Haydn Bunton Sr., Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)

1954

Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1860)

1953

Richard Walther Darré, Argentine-German agronomist and politician, convicted war criminal (born 1895)

1948

Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (born 1881)

1945

Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1877)

1942

François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (born 1917)

1939

Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (born 1869)

1936

Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (born 1859)

1934

Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)

1932

Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)

1932

Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)

1931

John Thomson, Scottish footballer (born 1909)

1930

Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)

1926

Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (born 1890)

1922

Georgette Agutte, French painter (born 1867)

1920

Robert Harron, American actor (born 1893)

1917

Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (born 1872)

1912

Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American LTG (Army), Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)

1909

Louis Bouveault, French chemist (born 1864)

1906

Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)

1902

Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)

1901

Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (born 1853)

1898

Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (born 1841)

1894

George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (born 1822)

1877

Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (born 1849)

1876

Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)

1857

Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)

1838

Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (born 1764)

1836

Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)

1803

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)

1803

François Devienne, French flute player and composer (born 1759)

1786

Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)

1734

Nicolas Bernier, French composer (born 1664)

1629

Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)

1607

Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)

1569

Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (born c. 1500)

1562

Katharina Zell, German Protestant reformer (born 1497)

1548

Catherine Parr, Queen Consort of England and sixth wife of Henry VIII (born c. 1512)

1526

Alonso de Salazar, Spanish explorer

1336

Charles d'Évreux, count of Étampes (born 1305)

1311

Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch

1235

Henry I, duke of Brabant (born 1165)

1165

Nijō, emperor of Japan (born 1143)

714

Shang, emperor of the Tang Dynasty

590

Authari, Lombard king (born 540)

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