EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST
- 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
- 1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1158 – Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
- 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- 1693 – A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
- 1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1805 – The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 – Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1912 – Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- 1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1919 – Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
- 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
- 1945 – Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece.
- 1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
- 1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1949 – A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
- 1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962 – Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
- 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
- 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- 2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
- 347 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)
- 889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, Spanish Emir of Córdoba (d. 961)
- 1322 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380)
- 1359 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1395 – Michelle of Valois (d. 1422)
- 1503 – Parmigianino, Italian painter (d. 1540)
- 1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician (d. 1646)
- 1630 – John Rogers, English-American academic (d. 1684)
- 1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
- 1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
- 1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
- 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer (d. 1831)
- 1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
- 1788 – William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
- 1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
- 1807 – Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d. 1874)
- 1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
- 1815 – John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
- 1839 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
- 1842 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
- 1843 – C. Y. O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
- 1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
- 1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942)
- 1852 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
- 1853 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
- 1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)
- 1857 – Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
- 1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
- 1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
- 1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
- 1867 – Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist (d. 1927)
- 1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
- 1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
- 1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1875 – Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
- 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1876 – Thomas Hicks, American long-distance runner (d. 1952)
- 1878 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1879 – John Symes, English cricketer (d. 1942)
- 1885 – Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
- 1885 – Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
- 1886 – Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
- 1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American politician (d. 1954)
- 1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
- 1890 – Harold Bride, English wireless officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1956)
- 1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1954)
- 1891 – Andrew Sockalexis, American long-distance runner (d. 1919)
- 1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American writer (d. 1942)
- 1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
- 1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
- 1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
- 1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (d. 1988)
- 1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
- 1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
- 1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
- 1905 – Manfred Bennington Lee, American author, co-creator of Ellery Queen (d. 1971)
- 1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
- 1907 – Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1910 – Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and author (d. 1975)
- 1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
- 1910 – Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Don "Red" Barry, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
- 1915 – Luise Krüger, German athlete (d. 2001)
- 1915 – Paddy Mayne, Irish soldier (d. 1955)
- 1916 – Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
- 1918 – Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
- 1920 – Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Benedict Zilliacus, Finnish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (d. 1986)
- 1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and scriptwriter (d. 1998)
- 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
- 1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, designer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1924 – Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1970)
- 1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
- 1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928 – Alan Bowness, English historian and curator
- 1928 – Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist
- 1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Seamus O'Connell, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter
- 1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
- 1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 – Tony Hoare, Sri Lankan-English computer scientist
- 1935 – Melvyn Hayes, English actor
- 1935 – Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
- 1936 – Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (Family) (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Chilla Porter, Australian high jumper
- 1937 – Felix Silla, Italian-American actor and stuntman
- 1938 – Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- 1938 – Fred Jones, Welsh footballer (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
- 1938 – Gavin Millar, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938 – Alastair Morton, English businessman (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (d. 2014)
- 1938 – Arthur Scargill, English politician
- 1938 – John August Swanson, American painter
- 1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier
- 1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1941 – Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian wrestler
- 1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
- 1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player
- 1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (E Street Band) (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- 1942 – George Mira, American football player
- 1943 – Henry Cecil, Scottish-English horse trainer (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Jill Churchill, American author
- 1943 – Jim Hightower, American journalist and politician
- 1944 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
- 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- 1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter (The Judds)
- 1946 – Tony Kaye, English keyboard player (Yes, Badger, Detective, Badfinger, Circa, and Yoso)
- 1946 – John Piper, American theologian and author
- 1947 – Anna Calder-Marshall, English actress
- 1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
- 1948 – Brian Cantor, English academic
- 1948 – Joe Harper, Scottish footballer
- 1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna
- 1948 – Madeline Manning, American middle-distance runner
- 1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh drummer (Love Sculpture, Man, Rockpile, and Dire Straits)
- 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter (Sherbet)
- 1949 – Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
- 1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer (d. 2000)
- 1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop
- 1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
- 1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
- 1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
- 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
- 1953 – Graham Allen, English politician
- 1953 – John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek politician
- 1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
- 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang) (d. 2014)
- 1956 – Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 – Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1956 – Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
- 1956 – Paul McKeever, German-English police officer (d. 2013)
- 1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
- 1957 – Peter Moore, Australian footballer
- 1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1958 – Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian crime boss
- 1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Bangles and Continental Drifters)
- 1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 – Jasper Fforde, English author
- 1961 – Karl von Habsburg, German-Austrian son of Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
- 1961 – Eva O, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines)
- 1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (d. 1989)
- 1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1962 – Kim Coles, American actress
- 1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
- 1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- 1963 – Jason Connery, English actor
- 1963 – Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
- 1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino politician
- 1965 – Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
- 1965 – Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
- 1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
- 1966 – Marc Acito, American author
- 1966 – Kelley Law, Canadian curler
- 1966 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1967 – Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
- 1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician
- 1968 – Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer
- 1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer (No Doubt and Invincible Overlord)
- 1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 – James Merendino, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Kyle Richards, American actress
- 1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Joy Nilo, Filipino composer
- 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1971 – Tom Ward, Welsh actor
- 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Bus Station Loonies, Oi Polloi, and Disorder)
- 1972 – Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1972 – Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Aquabats)
- 1972 – Luis Miguel Martín, Spanish steeplechase runner
- 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1973 – Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer
- 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1975 – Kevin Koe, Canadian curler
- 1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player
- 1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1976 – Kaire Vilgats, Estonian singer
- 1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player
- 1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
- 1977 – Devin Ratray, American actor and singer
- 1977 – Nadia Turner, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
- 1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978 – Michael Duff, Irish footballer
- 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
- 1979 – Joana Cortez, Brazilian tennis player
- 1979 – Michael Lorenz, German footballer
- 1979 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1980 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
- 1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
- 1980 – Deanna Wright, American actress and model
- 1981 – Bafo Biyela, South African footballer
- 1981 – Jamelia, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1981 – Tom Meighan, English singer-songwriter (Kasabian)
- 1981 – Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
- 1981 – Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer
- 1982 – Tony Allen, American basketball player
- 1982 – Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor and singer (allSTARS*)
- 1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player
- 1983 – Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
- 1983 – Ted Richards, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
- 1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player
- 1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
- 1984 – Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
- 1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 – Rie fu, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Aja Naomi King, American actress
- 1985 – Lucy Knisley, American illustrator
- 1985 – Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
- 1985 – Aaron Porter, English union leader
- 1986 – Rachel Riley, English television host
- 1987 – Ayaz Samoo, Pakistani actor
- 1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American motocross racer
- 1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Daniel Dzufer, Australian footballer
- 1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
- 1989 – Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
- 1989 – Sammy Carlson, American skier
- 1990 – Ryan Griffin, American football player
- 1991 – Hyolyn, South Korean singer and actress (Sistar)
- 1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
- 1992 – Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper, choreographer and lyricist (Winner)
- 1993 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
- 1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
- 1993 – Will Keane, English footballer
- 1994 – Mathieu Marquet, Mauritian swimmer
- 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 705 – Pope John VI (b. 655)
- 782 – Kōnin, emperor of Japan (b. 709)
- 802 – Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian priest, theologian, and saint (b. 726)
- 812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
- 844 – Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
- 1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
- 1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
- 1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
- 1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
- 1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)
- 1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
- 1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
- 1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest (b. 1637)
- 1735 – Metropolitan Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1670)
- 1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish physician (b. 1660)
- 1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
- 1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher (b. 1704)
- 1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer (b. 1717)
- 1798 – Erekle II of Kartli (b. 1720)
- 1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
- 1836 – John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
- 1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
- 1867 – Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (b. 1809)
- 1901 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1902 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- 1904 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
- 1905 – Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Polish rabbi (b. 1847)
- 1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
- 1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
- 1923 – Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1928 – Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (b. 1840)
- 1931 – James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1938 – Johan Salonen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1884)
- 1941 – Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1944 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
- 1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian-American singer (b. 1879)
- 1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
- 1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1953 – Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
- 1954 – Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer (b. 1867)
- 1957 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (b. 1870)
- 1958 – Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1966 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
- 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
- 1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
- 1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author (b. 1890)
- 1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
- 1975 – Max Lorenz, German tenor (b. 1901)
- 1978 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani poet (b. 1927)
- 1979 – Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1980 – Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
- 1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
- 1985 – William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
- 1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
- 1988 – Pappy Boyington, American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912)
- 1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish- American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1989 – August Koern, Estonian diplomat and politician (b. 1900)
- 1989 – Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942)
- 1990 – Carolyn Haywood, American author (b. 1898)
- 1991 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
- 1995 – Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Lewis Nixon, American captain (b. 1918)
- 1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
- 1996 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1942)
- 1998 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
- 1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
- 1999 – Brian Moore, Irish-American author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
- 2000 – Ivan Combe, American inventor and businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)
- 2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2001 – Louis Krages, German race car driver (b. 1949)
- 2001 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2002 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex and Mickey Finn's T-Rex) (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Dinosaurs) (b. 1938)
- 2005 – Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bread and The Remingtons) (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1957)
- 2006 – Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2006 – Markus Löffel, German DJ and producer (b. 1966)
- 2007 – Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
- 2007 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)
- 2009 – David Vine, English sportscaster (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (b. 1909)
- 2010 – Mick Green, English guitarist (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Harry Männil, Estonian-Costa Rican art collector and businessman (b. 1920)
- 2010 – Éric Rohmer, French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2010 – Joe Rollino, American strongman and weightlifter (b. 1905)
- 2011 – David Nelson, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
- 2012 – Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Chuck Metcalf, American bassist (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961)
- 2012 – David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
- 2013 – Gordon Chavunduka, Zimbabwean sociologist (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Guido Forti, Italian racing manager, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Robert Kee, Indian-Irish journalist and author (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress and singer (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Jimmy O'Neill, American radio and television host (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Tom Parry Jones, Welsh scientist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
- 2013 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986)
- 2013 – Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Lars Werner, Swedish politician (b. 1935)
- 2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman (b. 1945)
- 2014 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (b. 1916)
- 2014 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986)
- 2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
- 2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Jerome Willis, English actor (b. 1928)
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