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• 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
• 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
• 589 – Reccared I summons the Third Council of Toledo.
• 1450 – Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
• 1516 – Trần Cảo Rebellion: A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
• 1541 – Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
• 1788 – The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
• 1794 – Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
• 1821 – Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
• 1842 – A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
• 1846 – Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• 1898 – The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• 1899 – The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• 1901 – The Australian Labour Party is established.
• 1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• 1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 1919 – Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of World War I.
• 1924 – The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• 1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• 1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.^[1][2]
• 1941 – The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
• 1942 – World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
• 1945 – Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
• 1945 – World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Reims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
• 1945 – Dissolution and surrender of Nazi Germany and all its forces.
• 1945 – End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
• 1945 – The Halifax Riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax.
• 1946 – Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
• 1962 – The Rabindra Bharati University, a prominent University in India, was founded.
• 1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• 1966 – A plane crash at Connellsville, Pennsylvania kills Pennsylvania Attorney General, Walter E. Alessandroni, his wife, and other state officials.
• 1967 – The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 1970 – The Hard Hat Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
• 1972 – Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• 1972 – Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
• 1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
• 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• 1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• 1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• 1984 – The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
• 1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
• 1984 – The Thames Barrier is officially opened.
• 1987 – The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• 1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
• 1997 – A China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.

Births[edit]

• 1326 – Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (d. 1360)
• 1460 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
• 1521 – Peter Canisius, Dutch-Swiss priest and saint (d. 1597)
• 1587 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
• 1622 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician (d. 1698)
• 1628 – Angelo Italia, Italian architect (d. 1700)
• 1629 – Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (d. 1697)
• 1632 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal (d. 1706)
• 1653 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, Minister of Defence for France (d. 1734)
• 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1726)
• 1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
• 1735 – Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (d. 1811)
• 1745 – Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801)
• 1753 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican priest (d. 1811)
• 1786 – John Vianney, French priest and saint (d. 1859)
• 1815 – Edward Tompkins, American politician and lawyer (d. 1872)
• 1818 – Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician (d. 1896)
• 1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman (d. 1885)
• 1825 – George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel (d. 1898)
• 1828 – Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
• 1828 – Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint (d. 1898)
• 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (d. 1869)
• 1835 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
• 1839 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian judge, author, and songwriter (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (d. 1909)
• 1847 – Oscar Hammerstein I, American businessman and composer (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player (d. 1915)
• 1853 – Dan Brouthers, American baseball player (d. 1932)
• 1858 – Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (d. 1924)
• 1858 – J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (d. 1932)
• 1859 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (d. 1925)
• 1879 – Wesley Coe, American shot putter (d. 1926)
• 1884 – Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972)
• 1885 – Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1965)
• 1893 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Edd Roush, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (d. 1963)
• 1895 – James H. Kindelberger, American businessman (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Edmund Wilson, American author and critic (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (d. 1960)
• 1899 – Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
• 1899 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-English economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1902 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Fernandel, French actor and singer (d. 1971)
• 1904 – John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1965)
• 1906 – Esther Hoffe, Israeli mistress of Max Brod (d. 2007)
• 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1910 – Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1938)
• 1912 – George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984)
• 1913 – Sid James, South African-English actor (d. 1976)
• 1914 – Geoffrey Gilbert, English flute player (d. 1989)
• 1915 – John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (d. 2009)
• 1916 – João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman
• 1916 – Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993)
• 1917 – John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014)
• 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1920 – Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and educator (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author (d. 1992)
• 1924 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan academic (d. 1989)
• 1924 – A. J. Watson, American mechanic
• 1925 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 1926 – David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
• 1927 – Chumy Chúmez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Robert Conley, American journalist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Girija Devi, Indian singer
• 1930 – Heather Harper, Irish-English soprano
• 1930 – René Maltête, French photographer and poet (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Gary Snyder, American poet and educator
• 1932 – Julieta Campos, Mexican author (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1934 – Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English judge
• 1934 – Maurice Norman, English footballer
• 1934 – David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, English soldier and politician
• 1935 – Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 – Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1935 – Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
• 1936 – Kazuo Koike, Japanese author
• 1936 – Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Bernard Cleary, Canadian politician
• 1937 – Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American author
• 1938 – Javed Burki, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Paul Drayton, American sprinter (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1940 – James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington, English businessman
• 1940 – Irwin Cotler, Canadian lawyer and politician, 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1940 – Emilio Delgado, American actor and singer
• 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1985)
• 1940 – Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Captain & Tennille)
• 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
• 1941 – John Fred, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Bill Lockyer, American politician, 30th Attorney General of California
• 1941 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Norman Lamont, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1942 – Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1942 – Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
• 1943 – Pat Barker, English author
• 1943 – Jon Mark, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet Thursday and Mark-Almond)
• 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, English bass player and producer (The Yardbirds and Box of Frogs)
• 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Bill Legend, English drummer (T. Rex)
• 1945 – Mike German, Baron German, Welsh politician, Deputy First Minister for Wales
• 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
• 1946 – André Boulerice, Canadian politician
• 1946 – Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher, author, and educator
• 1947 – H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Felicity Lott, English soprano
• 1947 – David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
• 1947 – John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Scottish historian and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1948 – Steve Braun, American baseball player
• 1948 – Stephen Stohn, American-Canadian television producer and lawyer
• 1949 – David Vines, Australian economist
• 1950 – Robert Mugge, American director and producer
• 1950 – Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1951 – Mike D'Antoni, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Chris Frantz, American drummer and producer (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
• 1951 – Deborah Harmon, American actress
• 1952 – Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1953 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer (Van Halen)
• 1954 – Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actress
• 1954 – David Keith, American actor and director
• 1954 – John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mason Proffit)
• 1954 – Gary Wilmot, English actor and singer
• 1955 – Stephen Furst, American actor and director
• 1955 – Mladen Markač, Croatian general
• 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
• 1956 – Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Bill Cowher, American football player and coach
• 1957 – Gary Lunn, Canadian politician
• 1957 – Marie Myriam, Congolese-French singer
• 1957 – Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
• 1958 – Roddy Doyle, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Jill Evans, Welsh politician
• 1958 – Lovie Smith, American football player and coach
• 1958 – Kevin McCloud, English designer, journalist, and television host
• 1958 – Brooks Newmark, American-English politician, Lord of the Treasury
• 1959 – Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
• 1960 – Eric Brittingham, American bass player (Cinderella and Naked Beggars)
• 1961 – Bill de Blasio, American politician, 109th Mayor of New York City
• 1961 – Vallo Reimaa, Estonian politician
• 1961 – Akira Taue, Japanese wrestler
• 1961 – David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Sylvain Cossette, Canadian singer-songwriter (Paradox)
• 1963 – Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles)
• 1963 – Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Robin Jarvis, English author
• 1963 – Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
• 1963 – Aleksandr Kovalenko, Belarusian triple jumper
• 1963 – Rick Zombo, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 – Päivi Alafrantti, Finnish javelin thrower
• 1964 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress and director
• 1964 – Bobby Labonte, American race car driver
• 1964 – Nathalie Roy, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Dave Rowntree, English drummer and animator (Blur and The Ailerons)
• 1966 – Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
• 1966 – Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1967 – Viviana Durante, Italian ballet dancer
• 1968 – Teet Kask, Estonian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1968 – Chris Lighty, American talent manager, co-founded Violator Entertainment (d. 2012)
• 1968 – Nathalie Normandeau, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1968 – Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
• 1969 – Jonny Searle, English rower
• 1969 – Akebono Tarō, American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna
• 1970 – Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 – Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 – Candice Night, American vocalist/lyricist, multi-instrumentalist (Blackmore's Night)
• 1971 – Chuck Huber, American voice actor, ADR director, and ADR script writer
• 1972 – Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter (Savage Garden)
• 1972 – Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Candy Pangilinan, Filipino actress
• 1973 – Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese illustrator
• 1973 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
• 1973 – Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and actor
• 1974 – Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
• 1974 – Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
• 1974 – Jon Tickle, English television host
• 1975 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 – Gastón Mazzacane, Argentinian race car driver
• 1975 – Dmitri Ustritski, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – Gonçalo Abecasis, Scientist
• 1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Ian "H" Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Steps and H & Claire)
• 1977 – Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloodline and Black Country Communion)
• 1977 – Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor (d. 2011)
• 1977 – Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Jennifer Walcott, American model and actress
• 1977 – Chiaki Takahashi, Japanese model and voice actress
• 1978 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor
• 1978 – Josie Maran, American model and actress
• 1978 – Jang Woo-hyuk, South Korean rapper and dancer (H.O.T. and jtL)
• 1980 – Keyon Dooling, American basketball player
• 1980 – Panagiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-English publisher
• 1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
• 1980 – Benny Yau, Hong Kong-Canadian actor and singer
• 1981 – Namosh, German singer and DJ
• 1981 – Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Ayesha Antoine, English actress
• 1981 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Tatyana Dektyareva, Russian hurdler
• 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mando Diao)
• 1981 – Manny Gamburyan, Armenian-American mixed martial artist
• 1981 – John Maine, American baseball player
• 1981 – Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
• 1981 – Elizabeth Whitmere, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Mich Dulce, Filipino fashion designer
• 1982 – Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer
• 1982 – Christina Cole, English actress
• 1982 – Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1982 – Ninja Sarasalo, Finnish model and singer
• 1983 – Elyes Gabel, English actor
• 1983 – Juan Martin Goity, Argentinian-German rugby player
• 1983 – Bershawn Jackson, American hurdler
• 1983 – Lawrence Vickers, American football player
• 1983 – Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Matt Willis, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Busted)
• 1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, German-Indonesian model, Puteri Indonesia 2005
• 1984 – Martin Compston, Scottish footballer and actor
• 1984 – David King, English figure skater
• 1984 – Mascha Müller, German actress
• 1984 – Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz, Mexican singer
• 1984 – Yara Sofia, Puerto Rican drag queen performer
• 1984 – Julia Whelan, American actress
• 1985 – Tommaso Ciampa, American wrestler
• 1985 – Devon Soltendieck, Canadian journalist
• 1985 – Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast
• 1985 – Sarah Vaillancourt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Usama Young, American football player
• 1986 – Pemra Özgen, Turkish tennis player
• 1986 – Galen Rupp, American runner
• 1986 – Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
• 1987 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
• 1987 – Felix Jones, American football player
• 1987 – Aarne Nirk, Estonian hurdler
• 1987 – Mark Noble, English footballer
• 1988 – Tanel Kurbas, Estonian basketball player
• 1988 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1989 – Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1989 – Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
• 1989 – Dinesh Patel, Indian baseball player
• 1990 – Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 – Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 – Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 – Ana Mulvoy-Ten, English-American actress
• 1992 – Vickie Rushton, Filipino model, Mutya ng Pilipinas International 2011
• 1993 – Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1994 – Ajee' Wilson, American runner
• 2003 – Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

Deaths[edit]

• 535 – Pope John II (b. 470)
• 685 – Pope Benedict II (b. 635)
• 1192 – Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria (b. 1163)
• 1278 – Emperor Duanzong of Song (b. 1268)
• 1319 – Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
• 1473 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
• 1538 – Edward Foxe, English bishop (b. 1496)
• 1668 – Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
• 1766 – Samuel Chandler, English minister (b. 1693)
• 1773 – Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 – Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
• 1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 – Kamehameha I of Hawaii (b. 1758)
• 1822 – John Stark, American general (b. 1728)
• 1828 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
• 1837 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician (b. 1770)
• 1842 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
• 1853 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1873 – John Stuart Mill, English economist and civil servant (b. 1806)
• 1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French author (b. 1821)
• 1891 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian author (b. 1831)
• 1903 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
• 1907 – Edmund G. Ross, American politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 – Natalie of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian general (b. 1890)
• 1943 – Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 – Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 – Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1945 – Bernhard Rust, German politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Josef Terboven, German politician (b. 1898)
• 1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 – U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 – Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 – William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 – John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 – J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 1965 – Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1969 – Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
• 1972 – Beatrice Helen Worsley, Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1975 – Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
• 1981 – Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
• 1982 – Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)
• 1982 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
• 1983 – John Fante, American author (b. 1909)
• 1984 – Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1890)
• 1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916)
• 1985 – Karl Marx, German conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Doris Stokes, English psychic (b. 1920)
• 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American author (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
• 1991 – Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1993 – Avram Davidson, American author (b. 1923)
• 1994 – George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 1995 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
• 1996 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Larry Levis, American poet (b. 1946)
• 1998 – Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1999 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
• 2000 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American theorist (b. 1959)
• 2000 – Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
• 2000 – Henry Nicols, American activist (b. 1973)
• 2005 – Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)
• 2006 – Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Philip R. Craig, American author (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Imperial Show Band) (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918)
• 2008 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
• 2009 – Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Bud Shrake, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Everett Lilly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lilly Brothers) (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Jerry McMorris, American businessman (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Stacy Robinson, American football player (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Taylor Mead, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Asaph Schwapp, American football player (b. 1987)
• 2013 – Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player (Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe, and Man) (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)
• 2014 – Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Leo Marentette, American baseball player (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)
• 2014 – R. Douglas Stuart, Jr., American businessman and diplomat (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (b. 1936)