EVENTS OF TODAY IN THE PAST
- 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
- 845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
- 1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
- 1574 – Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- 1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
- 1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
- 1812 – War of 1812: Seventeen Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
- 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
- 1858 – Denver, Colorado, is founded.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.
- 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
- 1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
- 1928 – The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
- 1931 – Al-Mina'a SC established in Iraq.
- 1935 – The China Clipper, the first plane to offer commercial transpacific air service, takes off from Alameda, California, for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
- 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
- 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
- 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France.
- 1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- 1963 – In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
- 1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
- 1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
- 1974 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- 1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
- 1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- 1986 – Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
- 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1989 – In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
- 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.
- 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- 2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
- 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
- 2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
- 2012 – Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
- 1515 – Mary of Guise (d. 1560)
- 1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (d. 1610)
- 1602 – Elisabeth of France (d. 1644)
- 1635 – Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (d. 1672)
- 1690 – François Colin de Blamont, French pianist and composer (d. 1760)
- 1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American politician, 10th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1778)
- 1709 – Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)
- 1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1784)
- 1721 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1824)
- 1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1794)
- 1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
- 1766 – Charlotte von Lengefeld, German author (d. 1826)
- 1767 – Andreas Hofer, Austrian innkeeper and activist (d. 1810)
- 1780 – José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (d. 1834)
- 1787 – Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1823)
- 1808 – Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)
- 1814 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (d. 1893)
- 1819 – George Eliot, English journalist, author, and poet (d. 1880)
- 1824 – Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-German physician and ophthalmologist (d. 1916)
- 1830 – Jhalkaribai, Indian woman soldier (d. 1858)
- 1845 – Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer (d. 1875)
- 1849 – Christian Rohlfs, German painter (d. 1938)
- 1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1856 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945)
- 1861 – Ranavalona III of Madagascar (d. 1917)
- 1868 – John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
- 1869 – André Gide, French author and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
- 1870 – Howard Brockway, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1951)
- 1873 – Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)
- 1873 – Alfred Bowerman, English cricketer (d. 1947)
- 1874 – Eugène Balme, French target shooter (d. 1914)
- 1875 – Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (d. 1960)
- 1876 – Percival Proctor Baxter, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969)
- 1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934)
- 1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1919)
- 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
- 1881 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
- 1884 – Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (d. 1953)
- 1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (d. 1970)
- 1893 – Harley Earl, American businessman (d. 1969)
- 1896 – David J. Mays, American lawyer and author (d. 1971)
- 1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989)
- 1897 – Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer (d. 1987)
- 1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
- 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981)
- 1900 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980)
- 1900 – Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999)
- 1902 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
- 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist and educator (d. 1942)
- 1902 – Humphrey Gibbs, English-Rhodesian politician, 15th Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1990)
- 1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
- 1904 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter, caricaturist and illustrator (d. 1957)
- 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1904 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)
- 1909 – Mikhail Mil, Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970)
- 1910 – Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1912 – Doris Duke, American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)
- 1913 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2006)
- 1913 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player and coach
- 1914 – Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (d. 1995)
- 1917 – Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish politician and activist (d. 1976)
- 1920 – Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (d. 1956)
- 1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
- 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani composer (d. 1984)
- 1922 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Eugene Stoner, American weapons designers, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1923 – Dika Newlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
- 1925 – Jerrie Mock, American pilot (d. 2014)
- 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor
- 1926 – Gene Berce, American basketball player
- 1926 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Steven Muller, German-American scholar and academic (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, English priest and politician (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist
- 1930 – Peter Hall, English actor, director, and manager
- 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer
- 1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor and director
- 1932 – Keith Wickenden, English politician (d. 1983)
- 1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
- 1936 – Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
- 1936 – John Bird, English actor and screenwriter
- 1938 – John Eleuthère du Pont, American businessman, founded Delaware Museum of Natural History (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic
- 1939 – Allen Garfield, American actor
- 1939 – Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011)
- 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence
- 1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
- 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author
- 1941 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
- 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1941 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Youngbloods)
- 1942 – Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1943 – Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter
- 1945 – Elaine Weyuker, American software engineer
- 1946 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican bass player and songwriter (The Wailers Band and Bob Marley & The Wailers)
- 1947 – Sandy Alderson, American businessman
- 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (Foghat) (d. 2005)
- 1947 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012)
- 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author
- 1948 – Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1948 – Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (d. 1990)
- 1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1949 – David Pietrusza, American historian and author
- 1949 – Andres Põder, Estonian archbishop
- 1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1950 – Wayne Larkins, English cricketer and footballer
- 1950 – Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
- 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (E Street Band, Steel Mill, and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
- 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
- 1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager
- 1953 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (Propeller and Ruja) (d. 1994)
- 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player
- 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Styx)
- 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor
- 1956 – Ron Randall, American author and illustrator
- 1957 – Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host
- 1958 – Horse, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
- 1958 – Bruce Payne, English actor
- 1959 – Eddie Frierson, American actor
- 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
- 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
- 1959 – Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian actress, singer, and politician
- 1960 – Jim Bob, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Carter USM)
- 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress
- 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer
- 1961 – Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer and author
- 1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano
- 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian author
- 1962 – Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet
- 1963 – Winsor Harmon, American actor
- 1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
- 1963 – Kennedy Pola, Samoan-American football player and coach
- 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Corinne Russell, English model, actress, and dancer
- 1964 – Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 1965 – Jörg Jung, German footballer and manager
- 1965 – Kathrine Narducci, American actress
- 1965 – Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player
- 1965 – Kristin Minter, American actress
- 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
- 1965 – Peter Safran, English-American producer and manager
- 1966 – Ed Ferrara, American wrestler and manager
- 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English politician
- 1966 – Richard Stanley, South African director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Michael K. Williams, American actor
- 1967 – Boris Becker, German-Swiss tennis player
- 1967 – Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor and producer
- 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater
- 1968 – Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress
- 1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Canadian computer programmer, created PHP
- 1968 – Sarah MacDonald, Canadian organist and conductor
- 1969 – Byron Houston, American basketball player
- 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator
- 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
- 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter
- 1971 – Cath Bishop, English rower
- 1971 – Cecilia Suárez, Mexican actress
- 1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player
- 1973 – Dmitri Linter, Russian-Estonian activist
- 1973 – Chad Trujillo, American astronomer
- 1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player
- 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
- 1975 – Aiko, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
- 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach
- 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer
- 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter (HIM)
- 1977 – Sydney Blu, Canadian DJ and producer
- 1977 – Annika Norlin, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hello Saferide)
- 1977 – Michael Preston, English footballer
- 1978 – Mélanie Doutey, French actress
- 1978 – Karen O, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Native Korean Rock)
- 1979 – Jeremy Dale, American illustrator (d. 2014)
- 1979 – Chris Doran, Irish singer
- 1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
- 1980 – David Artell, English footballer
- 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American businessman, founded Napster
- 1980 – Rait Keerles, Estonian basketball player
- 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper
- 1981 – Ben Adams, English-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (A1)
- 1981 – Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
- 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
- 1981 – Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 – Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress
- 1982 – Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Charlene Choi, Canadian-Hong Kong singer and actress (Twins)
- 1982 – Alasdair Duncan, Australian journalist and author
- 1982 – Isild Le Besco, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1982 – Fiona Glascott, Irish actress
- 1982 – Steve Angello, Greek-Swedish disc jockey, record producer and record label owner
- 1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist and songwriter (Trivium)
- 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer
- 1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress and singer
- 1985 – Ava Leigh, British reggae singer
- 1985 – Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player
- 1985 – James Roby, English rugby player
- 1985 – DeVon Walker, American football player
- 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter
- 1987 – Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer
- 1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
- 1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor
- 1988 – Jyoti Guptara, English-Swiss journalist and author
- 1988 – Suresh Guptara, English-Swiss author
- 1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player
- 1989 – Candice Glover, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer
- 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
- 1990 – Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer, dancer and rapper (Infinite) and (Infinite H)
- 1991 – Diana Danielle, American-Malaysian actress and artiste
- 1991 – Saki Shimizu, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo, ZYX, and High-King)
- 1993 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
- 1996 – Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
- 1996 – Mackenzie Lintz, American actress
- 2008 – Zeus, American dog (d. 2014)
- 365 – Antipope Felix II
- 950 – Lothair II of Italy (b. 926)
- 1286 – Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)
- 1318 – Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271)
- 1617 – Ahmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1590)
- 1694 – John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)
- 1697 – Libéral Bruant, French architect, designed Les Invalides (b. 1635)
- 1710 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1637)
- 1718 – Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680)
- 1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680)
- 1774 – Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (b. 1725)
- 1794 – John Alsop, American merchant and politician (b. 1724)
- 1813 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759)
- 1875 – Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
- 1886 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
- 1886 – Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
- 1893 – James Calder, American academic (b. 1826)
- 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris Wheel (b. 1859)
- 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (b. 1842)
- 1902 – Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
- 1916 – Jack London, American journalist and author (b. 1876)
- 1917 – Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
- 1919 – Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)
- 1920 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
- 1926 – Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
- 1932 – William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
- 1941 – Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
- 1943 – Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
- 1944 – Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
- 1946 – Burt McKinnie, American golfer (b. 1879)
- 1946 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
- 1953 – Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (b. 1884)
- 1954 – Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
- 1955 – Shemp Howard, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
- 1956 – Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actress, ballerina, and choreographer (b. 1882)
- 1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905)
- 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
- 1963 – C. S. Lewis, Irish-English author, poet, and critic (b. 1898)
- 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (b. 1924)
- 1967 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
- 1976 – Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (b. 1892)
- 1980 – Jules Léger, Canadian politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
- 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
- 1980 – Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
- 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1910)
- 1986 – William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
- 1988 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect, designed the Torres de Satélite (b. 1908)
- 1989 – C. C. Beck, American illustrator (b. 1910)
- 1989 – René Moawad, Lebanese politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
- 1992 – Sterling Holloway, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
- 1993 – Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and composer (b. 1917)
- 1994 – Forrest White, American businessman (b. 1920)
- 1996 – María Casares, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)
- 1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (INXS and Max Q) (b. 1960)
- 1998 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)
- 2000 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)
- 2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)
- 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2007 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1929)
- 2007 – Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)
- 2008 – MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971)
- 2010 – Jean Cione, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author and educator (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938)
- 2011 – Danielle Mitterrand, French activist, First Lady of France (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Frank Barsalona, American talent agent (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909)
- 2012 – Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Bennie McRae, American football player (b. 1939)
- 2012 – P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2012 – K. H. Ting, Chinese bishop (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Jan Trefulka, Czech author (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Don Dailey, American computer programmer (b. 1956)
- 2013 – Brian Dawson, English singer (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2013 – Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Reg Simpson, English cricketer and pilot (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Willis Ware, American computer scientist and activist (b. 1920)
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