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• 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights.
• 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
• 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
• 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
• 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1881 – Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
• 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1913 – Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1915 – Ice Hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 1931 – SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
• 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 1974 – Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
• 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails.
• 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
• 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
• 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1991 – Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
• 1991 – Local self-government is restored after three decades of centralized control in South Korea.
• 1995 – The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
• 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of two.
• 1999 – The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
• 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
• 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
• 2010 – The ROKS Cheonan sinks off the west coast of South Korea near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.

Births[edit]

• 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
• 1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
• 1584 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech scientist, invented the lightning rod (d. 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, British-American politician (d. 1800)
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford, British physicist (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, British-American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
• 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish poet, journalist, author and anthologist (d. 1889)
• 1845 – Juhan Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1930)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, New Zealand politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
• 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hawaii (d. 1922)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
• 1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
• 1883 – Poul Reumert, Danish stage actor (d. 1968)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American marine (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, Indian actor and director (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist and composer (d. 1964)
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
• 1911 – T. Hee, American animator and director (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, author, and poet (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-American composer and conductor
• 1917 – Ed Peck, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian and actor
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English politician
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American theater and nightclub owner, and burlesque and film producer
• 1933 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, author, and theologian (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor, singer, and director
• 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
• 1935 – Stig Pettersson, Swedish high jumper
• 1936 – Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Israeli clarinet player
• 1936 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English biologist
• 1941 – Yvon Marcoux, Canadian politician
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American author and poet
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician
• 1944 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer and actress (The Supremes)
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer-songwriter and violinist (The Plastic People of the Universe)
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician
• 1947 – Dar Robinson, American stuntman and actor (d. 1986)
• 1948 – Nash the Slash, Canadian violinist and mandolin player (FM) (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor (Aerosmith and Chain Reaction)
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player (Boston)
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – T. A. Barron, American author
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, American politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian middle-distance runner
• 1953 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1955 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American singer
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1958 – Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1959 – Chris Hansen, American journalist
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
• 1960 – Øystein Mæland, Norwegian psychiatrist and politician
• 1960 – Axel Prahl, German actor
• 1961 – Leigh Bowery, Australian actor, singer, and fashion designer (d. 1994)
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1961 – Billy Warlock, American actor
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest (The Communards)
• 1962 – Paul de Leeuw, Dutch actor and singer
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player, and current hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1963 – Roch Voisine, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 – Todd Barry, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English politician
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist (Morbid Angel)
• 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian middle-distance runner
• 1966 – Lilian Greenwood, English politician
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle, Whiskeytown, and Tinted Windows)
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1969 – Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Zaza-Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a director of Turkey
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and planarialogist
• 1971 – Tommie Sunshine, American DJ and producer
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
• 1973 – Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist, co-founder and CEO of Google
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 – Joachim Alcine, Haitian-Canadian boxer
• 1976 – Natalia Livingston, American actress
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress
• 1976 – Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1977 – Seth Lakeman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lakeman Brothers and Equation)
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1980 – Son Hoyoung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (g.o.d)
• 1980 – Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Jay Sean, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1983 – Anti Saarepuu, Estonian skier
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – David McGowan, English footballer
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Annette Schwarz, German porn actress and model
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, actress, and television host
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
• 1986 – Jonny Craig, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Emarosa, Dance Gavin Dance, and Isles & Glaciers)
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1986 – Misty Stone, American porn actress and model
• 1987 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Ondřej Kúdela, Czech footballer
• 1988 – Suvi Koponen, Finnish-American model
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1989 – Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese singer and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1990 – Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino-Italian actor, singer, race car driver, triathlete and host
• 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 – Haley Ramm, American actress
• 1994 – Mayu Watanabe, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai)
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English football player for Portsmouth F.C.
• 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress and singer

Deaths[edit]

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
• 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
• 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian son of Magnus Barefoot (b. 1090)
• 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendome, French cardinal (b. ca. 1065/70)
• 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1490)
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
• 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (b. 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, British-American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (b. 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and diplomat (b. 1811)
• 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet and author (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1910 – An Jung-geun, North Korean activist (b. 1879)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, Sri Lankan-American surgeon (b. 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
• 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
• 1933 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1934 – John Biller, American jumper (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-German astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, Welsh politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Cyrillus Kreek, Estonian composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (b. 1884)
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English actor, director, playwright, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Don Messer, Canadian-American fiddler (b. 1909)
• 1973 – George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1976 – Lin Yutang, Chinese linguist and author (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American painter (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
• 1995 – Belgin Doruk, Turkish film actress (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Gérard Filion, Canadian journalist (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard, and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Frank Searle, Scottish photographer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Heath Benedict, Dutch-American football player (b. 1983)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier (b. 1969)
• 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American museum director and art collector (b.1928)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Greg Centauro, French pornographic actor and director (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Enn Klooren, Estonian actor (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – David Craighead, American organist (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Stella Tanner, English actress (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Garry Walberg, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Sukumari, Indian actress (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Margie Alexander, American singer (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Patricia McCormick, American bullfighter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist and actor (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – George Bookasta, American actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)