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• 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
• 1531 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake—thousands die.
• 1564 – The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
• 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
• 1565 – Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
• 1589 – Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
• 1699 – Treaty of Karlowitz is signed.
• 1700 – The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
• 1736 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
• 1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day.
• 1808 – Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
• 1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
• 1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
• 1841 – The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
• 1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
• 1856 – First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• 1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• 1870 – American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• 1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• 1907 – The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
• 1911 – Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• 1911 – Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• 1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• 1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• 1924 – Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
• 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
• 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• 1934 – German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War – Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• 1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
• 1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy in action that will later win him the Medal of Honor.
• 1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• 1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• 1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• 1958 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
• 1960 – Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)
• 1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds the appointment of Physician to the President.
• 1962 – Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
• 1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 1966 – The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
• 1978 – The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US until October 2010, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
• 1980 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
• 1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
• 1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
• 1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
• 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 2001 – An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
• 2004 – President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.
• 2004 – A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.
• 2005 – Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
• 2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.

Births[edit]

• 1497 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
• 1541 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (d. 1596)
• 1595 – Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer (d. 1679)
• 1708 – William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1777)
• 1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
• 1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician (d. 1785)
• 1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
• 1761 – Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821)
• 1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
• 1781 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
• 1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher (d. 1876)
• 1826 – Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 19th First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
• 1832 – George Shiras, Jr., American jurist (d. 1924)
• 1842 – François Coppée, French poet and author (d. 1908)
• 1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
• 1864 – József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
• 1866 – John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933)
• 1878 – Dave Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1948)
• 1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
• 1882 – André Rischmann, French rugby player (d. 1955)
• 1885 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
• 1887 – François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
• 1887 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral (d. 1947)
• 1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
• 1891 – August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
• 1891 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976)
• 1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
• 1892 – Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
• 1899 – Günther Reindorff, Estonian graphic designer (d. 1974)
• 1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
• 1902 – Jokichi Ikarashi, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1902 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
• 1904 – Ancel Keys, American nutritionist (d. 2004)
• 1904 – Seán MacBride, Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (d. 2009)
• 1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Norbert Schultze, German composer (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (d. 2006)
• 1915 – William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1917 – Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian politician, 1st President of Romania (d. 1989)
• 1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
• 1919 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Hans Holzer, Austrian-American author and paranormal researcher (d. 2009)
• 1921 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Michael Bentine, English comedian and actor (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician (d. 1993)
• 1923 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Patricia Hughes, English radio host (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998)
• 1925 – David Jenkins, English bishop
• 1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress and singer
• 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar
• 1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American businessman (d. 2014)
• 1927 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1927 – Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Paul Marcotte, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
• 1929 – Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist
• 1929 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling announcer (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Napoleon Abueva, Filipino sculptor
• 1931 – Alfred Lynch, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Mary Murphy, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer (d. 2004)
• 1932 – George Clements, American priest and activist
• 1932 – Christopher Price, English politician
• 1933 – Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
• 1934 – Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher
• 1934 – Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic
• 1935 – Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
• 1935 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1936 – Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1936 – Theophanis Lamboukas, Greek-French actor-singer (d. 1970)
• 1936 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist
• 1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
• 1941 – Scott Glenn, American actor
• 1941 – Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
• 1941 – Joan A. Steitz, molecular biologist
• 1942 – Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
• 1943 – César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Jean Knight, American singer
• 1943 – Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
• 1944 – Angela Davis, American activist and author
• 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, American football player and coach and convicted serial child molester
• 1945 – Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
• 1945 – David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1946 – Timothy Clifford, English historian
• 1946 – Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 1946 – Deon Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
• 1947 – Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
• 1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
• 1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
• 1950 – Jörg Haider, Austrian politician, Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
• 1950 – Janet Lupo, American model
• 1950 – Jack Youngblood, American football player
• 1951 – Christopher North (Ambrosia), founding keyboardist for the American progressive rock band Ambrosia
• 1951 – David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Little River Band)
• 1951 – Roy Goodman, English violinist and conductor
• 1951 – Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Big Star) (d. 2010)
• 1951 – Anne Mills, British vice-director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• 1951 – Walt Willey, American actor
• 1953 – Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark and 12th Secretary General of NATO
• 1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Van Halen)
• 1957 – Shivlal Yadav, Indian cricketer
• 1958 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter (Chapter 8)
• 1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
• 1958 – Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer
• 1960 – Road Warrior Animal, American wrestler
• 1960 – Charlie Gillingham, American pianist and accordion player (Counting Crows)
• 1961 – Li Cunxin, Chinese-Australian ballet dancer
• 1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella)
• 1961 – Mark Urban, English journalist and author
• 1962 – Guo Jian, Chinese Australian artist
• 1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer
• 1963 – Riddell Akua, Nauruan politician
• 1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1963 – Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wham!)
• 1963 – Gisela Valcárcel, Peruvian actress and publisher, founded Gisela Magazine
• 1963 – Tony Parks, English footballer
• 1964 – Peter Braunstein, American journalist
• 1964 – Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
• 1964 – Paul Johansson, American actor
• 1965 – Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
• 1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast
• 1967 – Bryan Callen, American actor
• 1967 – Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
• 1967 – Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
• 1967 – Pradip Somasundaran, Indian singer
• 1967 – Toshiyuki Morikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1968 – Ravi Teja, Indian actor
• 1969 – George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Michael O'Hearn, American bodybuilder and actor
• 1970 – Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer (One Nation Crew)
• 1970 – Tracy Middendorf, American actress
• 1971 – Dorian Gregory, American actor
• 1972 – Peter Peschel, German footballer
• 1973 – Robert Kellum, American wrestler and actor
• 1973 – Melvil Poupaud, French actor
• 1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese illustrator
• 1973 – Brendan Rodgers, Irish footballer and manager
• 1974 – Shannon Hale, American author
• 1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Frankie Rayder, American model
• 1976 – Hitomi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1976 – Willie Adler, American guitarist and songwriter (Lamb of God)
• 1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
• 1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player
• 1977 – Tye Tribbett, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1978 – Esteban Germán, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Corina Morariu, American tennis player
• 1978 – Kelly Stables, American actress
• 1979 – Sara Rue, American actress
• 1980 – Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gaslight Anthem and The Horrible Crowes)
• 1980 – Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1980 – Ertuğrul Arslan, Turkish professional footballer
• 1981 – José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1981 – Sara Folino, English-born Australian model and reality TV performer
• 1981 – Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
• 1981 – Volador Jr., Mexican wrestler
• 1981 – Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor and singer
• 1982 – Reggie Hodges, American football player
• 1982 – Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan giant
• 1982 – Yasushi Tsujimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1983 – Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
• 1983 – Ryan Rowland-Smith, Australian baseball player
• 1983 – Lee Su-Hwan, South Korean kick-boxer
• 1984 – Layla Kayleigh, English-American television host
• 1984 – Wu Qian, Chinese pianist
• 1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
• 1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
• 1985 – Heather Stanning, English rower
• 1986 – Jaejoong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (JYJ and TVXQ)
• 1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player
• 1986 – Matt Heafy, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trivium and Capharnaum)
• 1986 – Mads Ibenfeldt, Danish footballer
• 1986 – Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
• 1986 – Taylor Wilde, Canadian wrestler
• 1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré, French-born Malian football striker
• 1987 – Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Mia Rose, English singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Asaph Schwapp, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1988 – Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Cypriot high jumper
• 1988 – Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
• 1988 – Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
• 1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater
• 1989 – Lin Qingfeng, Chinese weightlifter
• 1989 – Torrey Smith, American football player
• 1990 – Christopher Massey, American actor
• 1990 – Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
• 1990 – Peter Sagan, Slovak cyclist
• 1990 – Nina Zander, German tennis player
• 1993 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
• 1993 – Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1993 – Florian Thauvin, French footballer
• 1996 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
• 1996 – Tyger Drew-Honey, English actor
• 1997 – Ieva Gaile, Latvian figure skater
• 2008 – Paul the Octopus, English octopus (d. 2010)

Deaths[edit]

• 724 – Yazid II, Arab caliph (b. 687)
• 738 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk (b. 660)
• 946 – Eadgyth, German wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 910)
• 1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat (b. 1497)
• 1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
• 1636 – Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
• 1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
• 1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
• 1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
• 1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
• 1831 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
• 1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, dramatist and physician (b. 1803)
• 1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet (b. 1808)
• 1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 – Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 – Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general (b. 1833)
• 1886 – David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1891 – Nikolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 – Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1904 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 – John Flannagan, American priest (b. 1860)
• 1932 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1933 – Alva Belmont, American activist (b. 1853)
• 1942 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (b. 1887)
• 1946 – Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
• 1947 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906)
• 1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 – John Lomax, American musicologist (b. 1867)
• 1948 – Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician (b. 1882)
• 1952 – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 – Athanase David, Canadian politician (b. 1882)
• 1961 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1962 – Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
• 1963 – H. S. Lloyd, English dog breeder (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1968 – Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
• 1973 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
• 1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Margaret Hayes, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Nelson Rockefeller, American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1980 – Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
• 1983 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1986 – A. J. P. Ponrajah, Sri Lankan engineer (b. 1927)
• 1988 – Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (b. 1914)
• 1990 – Bob Gerard, English race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
• 1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Pat Welsh, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
• 1996 – Frank Howard, American football player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Stevie Plunder, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Whitlams) (b. 1963)
• 1996 – Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
• 1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (b. 1898)
• 2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
• 2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (b. 1917)
• 2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Carol Lambrino, Romanian son of Carol II of Romania (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Christian Brando, American actor (b. 1958)
• 2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
• 2010 – Louis Auchincloss, American lawyer, historian, and author (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Gladys Horton, American singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944)
• 2011 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Ian Abercrombie, English-American actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Dimitra Arliss, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino politician (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Kartar Singh Duggal, Indian author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Clare Fischer, American keyboard player and composer (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Robert Hegyes, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian-Uruguayan race car driver (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Colin Tarrant, English actor (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Gökhan Budak, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1968)
• 2013 – Lesley Fitz-Simons, Scottish actress (b. 1961)
• 2013 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Sukekiyo Kameyama, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Daurene Lewis, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Patricia Lovell, Australian television host and producer (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese physician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Oleg Imrekov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Paavo Kotila, Finnish runner (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Margery Mason, English actress (b. 1913)
• 2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Patrick D. Smith, American author (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Ralph T. Troy, American banker and politician (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Rusty York, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)