EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST
- 703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 – Æthelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 – Charles the Fat, Carolingian emperor (b. 839)
- 1151 – Abbot Suger, French historian and politician (b. 1081)
- 1177 – Henry II, Duke of Austria (b. 1107)
- 1330 – Frederick the Fair, Austrian husband of Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (b. 1286)
- 1363 – Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
- 1599 – Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- 1625 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1630 – Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese general (b. 1584)
- 1658 – Edward Sexby, English soldier (b. 1616)
- 1691 – George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- 1717 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
- 1775 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
- 1790 – Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1796 – John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
- 1797 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (b. 1715)
- 1832 – Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
- 1838 – Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784)
- 1853 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (b. 1783)
- 1860 – William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
- 1864 – Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
- 1882 – Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer, co-founded the The Mauser Company (b. 1834)
- 1885 – Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
- 1889 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1894 – Nadezhda von Meck, Russian businesswoman (b. 1831)
- 1905 – George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1906 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
- 1907 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
- 1915 – Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
- 1923 – Alexandre Ribot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
- 1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834)
- 1928 – Mara Buneva, Bulgarian activist (b. 1902)
- 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
- 1929 – H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
- 1932 – Sophia of Prussia (b. 1870)
- 1934 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
- 1937 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (b. 1878)
- 1941 – James Joyce, Irish author and poet (b. 1882)
- 1943 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
- 1950 – Dimitrios Semsis, Greek violinist (b. 1883)
- 1956 – Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
- 1958 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
- 1961 – Herman Glass, American gymnast (b. 1880)
- 1962 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1963 – Sylvanus Olympio, President of Togo (b. 1902)
- 1967 – Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
- 1971 – Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
- 1973 – Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish writer, essayist, translator and film producer (b. 1908)
- 1974 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1974 – Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
- 1976 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
- 1977 – Henri Langlois, French archivist, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
- 1978 – Hubert Humphrey, American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1978 – Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
- 1979 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
- 1979 – Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
- 1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
- 1982 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Arland D. Williams, Jr., American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 (b. 1935)
- 1983 – René Bonnet, French racing driver and automobile constructor (b. 1904)
- 1988 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- 1993 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- 1995 – Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)
- 2001 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (2ge+her) (b. 1985)
- 2002 – Ted Demme, American director and producer (b. 1963)
- 2002 – Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman (b. 1897)
- 2002 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1916)
- 2003 – Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian mountaineer (b. 1937)
- 2004 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Zeno Vendler, American philosopher (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Nell Rankin, American soprano (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (Steps Ahead) (b. 1949)
- 2007 – Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
- 2008 – Sergej Larin, Latvian-Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Mary Ejercito, Filipino mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
- 2009 – Lanny Kean, American wrestler (b. 1960)
- 2009 – Dai Llewellyn Welsh humanitarian and politician (b. 1946)
- 2009 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2009 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (b. 1950)
- 2010 – Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lost Sounds) (b. 1980)
- 2010 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Welsh composer and academic (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Morgan Jones, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Artie Levine, American boxer (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Billie Love, English actress and photographer (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Miljan Miljanić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Richard Threlkeld, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Diogenes Allen, American philosopher and theologian (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Andrea Carrea, Italian cyclist (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Jacki Clérico, French businessman (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Enzo Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1949)
- 2013 – Mykhailo Horyn, Ukrainian activist and politician (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Indian religious leader (b. 1945)
- 2014 – Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Gary Grimshaw, American graphic designer (b. 1946)
- 2014 – Kees IJmkers, Dutch politician (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
- 2014 – Norm Parker, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)
- 2014 – Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)
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