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• 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
• 1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• 1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
• 1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
• 1801 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen: The British capture the Danish fleet.
• 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
• 1863 – Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia, and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
• 1865 – American Civil War: At the Third Battle of Petersburg Virginia, the Siege of Petersburg is broken by Union Army troops capturing trenches and breaking Confederate States Army lines, forcing the Confederates under General Robert E. Lee to retreat in the Appomattox Campaign.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
• 1885 – Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing nine.
• 1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• 1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
• 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• 1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
• 1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• 1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• 1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
• 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• 1962 – The first official panda crossing is opened outside London Waterloo station.
• 1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• 1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 1973 – The Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
• 1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
• 1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
• 1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
• 1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• 1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist most widely known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• 1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
• 1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
• 1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
• 1994 – The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum.
• 2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated; a siege ensues.
• 2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
• 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
• 2011 – India wins the Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka in Wankhede Stadium.
• 2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University at Oakland, California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
• 2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.

Births[edit]

• 742 – Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
• 1348 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
• 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
• 1565 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
• 1614 – Dodo, Chinese prince (d. 1649)
• 1614 – Jahanara Begum, Indian daughter of Shah Jahan (d. 1681)
• 1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1647 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist (d. 1717)
• 1653 – Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
• 1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
• 1788 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
• 1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
• 1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
• 1792 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
• 1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
• 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1827 – William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
• 1835 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (d. 1907)
• 1838 – Léon Gambetta, French politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
• 1840 – Émile Zola, French author and critic (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
• 1861 – Iván Persa, Slovenian priest (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder (d. 1925)
• 1869 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1875 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
• 1875 – William Donne, English cricketer (d. 1942)
• 1884 – J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1957)
• 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Harald Andersson, Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
• 1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1919 – Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian long-distance runner (d. 1981)
• 1920 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1922 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American judge (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author
• 1924 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1925 – George MacDonald Fraser, English author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Hard Boiled Haggerty, American wrestler and actor (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
• 1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English critic (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Roy Masters, English-born American broadcaster
• 1928 – David Robinson, Irish horticulturist (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
• 1930 – Yelizaveta Yermolayeva, Russian middle-distance runner
• 1931 – Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)
• 1932 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015)
• 1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
• 1934 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist
• 1935 – Sharon Acker, Canadian actress
• 1936 – Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker
• 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Denis Tuohy, Irish journalist and actor
• 1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
• 1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984)
• 1939 – Anthony Lake, American diplomat and academic, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
• 1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
• 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio host
• 1942 – Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
• 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
• 1943 – Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician
• 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (The Free Spirits and The Eleventh House)
• 1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
• 1944 – Bill Malinchak, American football player
• 1945 – Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter (Les Humphries Singers)
• 1945 – Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
• 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
• 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
• 1946 – David Heyes, English politician
• 1946 – Judith Ann Lanzinger, American jurist
• 1946 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic
• 1948 – Roald Als, Danish cartoonist
• 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
• 1949 – Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
• 1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer
• 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
• 1949 – David Robinson, American drummer (The Modern Lovers, DMZ, and The Cars)
• 1950 – Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
• 1951 – Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
• 1951 – Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
• 1952 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Thierry Le Luron, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Jim Allister, Northern Irish Unionist politician and barrister
• 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1953 – James Vance, American author and playwright
• 1954 – Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese singer-songwriter (P-Model)
• 1954 – Donald Petrie, American actor and director
• 1955 – Michael Stone, Ulster loyalist paramilitary
• 1957 – Caroline Dean, Scientist
• 1957 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
• 1958 – Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
• 1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Amelia Marshall, American actress
• 1959 – Gelindo Bordin, Italian long-distance runner
• 1959 – David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 – Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
• 1959 – Steve Monarque, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Badou Zaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1960 – Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
• 1960 – Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
• 1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter (Bananarama)
• 1962 – Pierre Carles, French director and producer
• 1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Shane Barbi, American model, author, and activist
• 1963 – Sia Barbi, American model, author, and activist
• 1963 – Karl Beattie, English director and producer
• 1963 – Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
• 1963 – Tim Hodge, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Michael Panes, American actor and singer
• 1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
• 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 1966 – Garnett Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 1967 – Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Helen Chamberlain, English television host
• 1967 – Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter (Machine Head and Vio-lence)
• 1967 – Prince Paul, American DJ and producer (Gravediggaz, Stetsasonic, and Handsome Boy Modeling School)
• 1967 – Renée Estevez, American actress and writer
• 1969 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Elton, German comedian and television host
• 1971 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper (King Giddra)
• 1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
• 1972 – Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
• 1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor
• 1972 – Chico Slimani, Welsh singer and actor
• 1973 – Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
• 1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1973 – Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
• 1974 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish singer (Broder Daniel)
• 1974 – Harold Hunter, American skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
• 1974 – Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
• 1975 – Lisa Ann Beley, Canadian voice actress
• 1975 – Randy Livingston, American basketball player
• 1975 – Adam Rodríguez, American actor and director
• 1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
• 1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1976 – Geneva Cruz, Filipino singer and actress (Smokey Mountain)
• 1976 – Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor and singer
• 1976 – Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 1977 – Jelena Abbou, Serbian-American model
• 1977 – Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
• 1977 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor
• 1977 – Annett Louisan, German singer
• 1977 – Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1977 – Hanno Pevkur, Estonian politician
• 1977 – Marc Raquil, French sprinter
• 1977 – Aiden Turner, English actor
• 1978 – Nick Berg, American businessman (d. 2004)
• 1978 – John Gall, American baseball player
• 1978 – Scott Lynch, American author
• 1978 – Jaime Ray Newman, American actress and singer
• 1978 – Deon Richmond, American actor
• 1978 – Ethan Smith, American actor
• 1979 – Lindy Booth, Canadian-American actress
• 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player (Maroon 5)
• 1979 – Aslı Tandoğan, Turkish actress
• 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
• 1980 – Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1980 – Cristian Lizzori, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
• 1981 – Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress, singer, director, and producer
• 1982 – Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
• 1982 – Bianca Chatfield, Australian netball player
• 1982 – Jack Evans, American wrestler
• 1982 – David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
• 1982 – Shanti Lowry, American actress and dancer
• 1982 – Leyla Milani, Canadian model and actress
• 1983 – Félix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983 – Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
• 1983 – Owen Fussey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
• 1983 – Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1984 – Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
• 1984 – Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress and singer
• 1984 – Jérémy Morel, French footballer
• 1984 – Ashley Peldon, American actress
• 1984 – Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
• 1984 – Engin Atsür, Turkish professional basketball player
• 1985 – Barry Corr, Irish footballer
• 1985 – Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 1986 – R3hab, Moroccan DJ and producer
• 1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1986 – Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Drew Van Acker, American actor
• 1987 – Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1987 – Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1988 – Francesca Catalano, American actress
• 1988 – Kimber James, American porn actress
• 1988 – Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1988 – Ellen Adarna, Filipino actress and model
• 1989 – Midhun Jith, Indian martial artist
• 1989 – Christina Masterson, Filipino-American actress and singer
• 1990 – Amy Castle, American actress
• 1990 – Felipe Chalegre, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Roscoe Dash, American rapper
• 1990 – Evgeniya Kanaeva, Russian gymnast
• 1990 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1991 – Luke Jones, Australian rugby player
• 1991 – Paulina Schippers, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1993 – Aaron Kelly, American singer
• 1993 – Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
• 1995 – Abdou Nef, Algerian footballer (d. 2013)

Deaths[edit]

• 872 – Muflih al-Turki, Abbasid general
• 1118 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b. 1058)
• 1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (b. 1209)
• 1335 – Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
• 1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish author
• 1502 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (b. 1486)
• 1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
• 1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1672 – Saint Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
• 1720 – Joseph Dudley, English colonial politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 – Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
• 1754 – Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
• 1787 – Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 – Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
• 1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician (b. 1776)
• 1845 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral (b. 1763)
• 1865 – A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 – Samuel Morse, American inventor, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 – Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1891 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek-Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright, and translator of the Tanzimat and First Constitutional periods (b. 1823)
• 1894 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (b. 1803)
• 1896 – Theodore Robinson, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1902 – Esther Hobart Morris, American judge (b. 1814)
• 1914 – Paul Heyse, German author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1923 – Topal Osman, Turkish militia leader of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods (b. 1883)
• 1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1948 – Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist (b. 1907)
• 1953 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1958 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (b. 1900)
• 1966 – C. S. Forester, Egyptian-American author (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
• 1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist (b. 1887)
• 1974 – Georges Pompidou, French politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 – Walter Wolf, German politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, actor, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 – Juan Gómez González, Spanish football player (b. 1954)
• 1992 – Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate and television commentator (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1995 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (b. 1904)
• 1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Rob Pilatus, American singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (b. 1965)
• 2000 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian-American mobster (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
• 2002 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2004 – John Argyris, Greek computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Betty Bolton, English actress (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Bernard Seigal, American guitarist (The Beat Farmers) (b. 1957)
• 2006 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Paul Reed, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Paul Arden, English author (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Ray Poole, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Yakup Satar, believed to have been the last Turkish veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
• 2009 – Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (The L.A. Four) (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
• 2010 – Thomas J. Moyer, American jurist (b. 1939)
• 2011 – John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Warren Bonython, Australian explorer, author, and engineer (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Allie Clark, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Mauricio Lasansky, American Printmaker (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Jimmy Little, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Fred, French illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Jane Henson, American puppeteer and voice actress (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Duke Kimbrough McCall, American pastor and activist (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Benjamin Purcell, American colonel and politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1899)
• 2013 – Robert Ward, American composer (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Al Bolton, American soldier and meteorologist (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Harris Goldsmith, American pianist, educator, and critic (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Lucy Hood, American businesswoman, founded Fox Mobile Entertainment (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Miloš Mikeln, Slovene director and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., American general (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Unnikrishnan Puthur, Indian author (b. 1933)
• 2014 – David Werdyger, Polish-American singer (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)