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• 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
• 1435 – Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
• 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
• 1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
• 1666 – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrived in Dhaka and met Shaista Khan.
• 1793 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
• 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
• 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
• 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
• 1830 – The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.
• 1833 – United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
• 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
• 1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
• 1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• 1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• 1895 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
• 1898 – Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 1908 – The Rhoads Opera House Fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
• 1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• 1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1934 – The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.
• 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
• 1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• 1951 – First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
• 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
• 1958 – The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1960 – The Gulag system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union is officially abolished.
• 1963 – Coup d'état in Togo results in assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio
• 1964 – Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• 1964 – Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
• 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
• 1974 – Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
• 1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1985 – A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• 1988 – Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 1990 – a seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
• 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
• 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
• 2000 – Bill Gates resigns as CEO of Microsoft.
• 2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
• 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 32 confirmed deaths among the 4,232 passengers and crew.
• 2012 – The opening ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria.

Births[edit]

• 1334 – Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
• 1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
• 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601)
• 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
• 1610 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
• 1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)
• 1683 – Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
• 1720 – Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
• 1749 – Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
• 1787 – John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
• 1804 – Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
• 1805 – Thomas Dyer, American politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1812 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (d. 1899)
• 1845 – Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (d. 1896)
• 1857 – Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (d. 1935)
• 1858 – Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)
• 1859 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943)
• 1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (d. 1959)
• 1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1865 – Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
• 1866 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)
• 1869 – Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959)
• 1872 – Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (d. 1928)
• 1878 – Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961)
• 1883 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
• 1884 – Sophie Tucker, Ukrainian-American singer and actress (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
• 1886 – Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
• 1887 – George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher (d. 1949)
• 1890 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Charles Arnison, English airman (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)
• 1893 – Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
• 1893 – Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943)
• 1898 – Kaj Munk, Danish pastor and playwright (d. 1944)
• 1898 – Carlo Tagliabue, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
• 1901 – A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian,(d. 1991)
• 1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Kay Francis, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)
• 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist and academic
• 1909 – Helm Glöckler, German racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (d. 1934)
• 1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Osa Massen, Danish actress (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Stephen Dunne, American actor and radio host (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)
• 1923 – Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and designer
• 1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear
• 1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Shakti Samanta, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Gregory Walcott, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1931 – Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Chris Wiggins, English-Canadian actor
• 1932 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Bearcat Wright, American wrestler (d. 1982)
• 1933 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor and singer
• 1935 – Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
• 1936 – Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer
• 1937 – Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Cabu, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine and Gong) (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1938 – William B. Davis, Canadian actor and director
• 1938 – Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1938 – Anna Home, English screenwriter and producer
• 1938 – Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player and composer
• 1939 – Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 – Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 1939 – Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
• 1941 – Pasqual Maragall i Mira, Catalan academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1942 – Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1943 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor and singer
• 1945 – Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author
• 1945 – Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1946 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
• 1947 – John Lees, English guitarist (Barclay James Harvest)
• 1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 – Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
• 1948 – Gaj Singh, Indian politician
• 1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1950 – Clive Betts, English economist and politician
• 1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1950 – John McNaughton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Bruce Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer
• 1951 – Kim Manners, American producer, director and actor (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Frank E. Peretti, American author, actor, and producer
• 1952 – Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent
• 1953 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Richard Blackford, English composer
• 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
• 1955 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1955 – Ran Ito, Japanese actress (Candies)
• 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 – Jay McInerney, American novelist
• 1955 – Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
• 1956 – Janet Hubert, American actress
• 1957 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Mary Glindon, English politician
• 1957 – Lorrie Moore, American short story writer and novelist
• 1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
• 1958 – Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Ton du Chatinier, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1958 – Tasha Voux, American porn actress
• 1959 – Ernie Irvan, American race car driver
• 1959 – James LoMenzo, American bass player
• 1960 – Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director
• 1960 – Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1961 – Suggs, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1961 – Jeremy Bamber, English murderer
• 1961 – Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress and producer
• 1962 – Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1962 – Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player
• 1963 – Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
• 1964 – Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1964 – Ronan Rafferty, Irish golfer
• 1964 – Gloria Siebert, German hurdler
• 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 1966 – Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist and radio host
• 1966 – Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater
• 1967 – Annie Jones, Australian actress
• 1967 – Paul McCarthy, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Reno Riggins, American wrestler
• 1968 – Chara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 – Traci Bingham, American model and actress
• 1968 – Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder
• 1968 – Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1969 – Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
• 1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
• 1969 – Christopher Karpowitz, American political scientist
• 1969 – John Kronus, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor
• 1970 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Shinya Yamada, Japanese musician and media personality (Luna Sea)
• 1971 – John Mallory Asher, American actor and director
• 1971 – Phil Whyman, English paranormal investigator
• 1972 – Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
• 1972 – Yukiko Iwai, Japanese voice actress
• 1972 – James O'Brien, English journalist and radio host
• 1972 – Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, founded JYP Entertainment
• 1972 – Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-American journalist
• 1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
• 1973 – Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1974 – Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1975 – Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research
• 1976 – Michael Peña, American actor
• 1976 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Tania Vicent, Canadian speed skater
• 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
• 1977 – William Ash, English actor
• 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor and producer
• 1977 – Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player
• 1977 – James Posey, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 – Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
• 1978 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
• 1979 – Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
• 1980 – Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
• 1980 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 1980 – Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Argo Meresaar, Estonian volleyball player
• 1980 – Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – Mirko Soltau, German footballer
• 1981 – Reggie Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Shad Gaspard, American wrestler and actor
• 1981 – Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
• 1981 – Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
• 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
• 1982 – Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
• 1982 – Ruth Wilson, English actress
• 1983 – Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player
• 1983 – William Hung, Hong Kong-American singer and actor
• 1983 – Imran Khan, American-Indian actor
• 1983 – Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
• 1983 – Trina Michaels, American porn actress and director
• 1983 – Julian Morris, English actor
• 1983 – Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
• 1983 – Alan Webb, American runner
• 1984 – Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2006
• 1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
• 1984 – Aya Hirayama, Japanese actress
• 1984 – Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1985 – Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
• 1985 – Luke Robinson, American wrestler
• 1986 – Laura Ludwig, German volleyball player
• 1986 – Josefine Preuß, German actress
• 1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
• 1987 – Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast
• 1987 – Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
• 1987 – Alexandre Pliușchin, Moldovan cyclist
• 1987 – Lee Seung-gi, South Korean singer and actor
• 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
• 1988 – Josh Freeman, American football player
• 1988 – Daniel Scheinig, German footballer
• 1989 – Bryan Arguez, American footballer
• 1989 – James Berrett, English-Irish footballer
• 1989 – Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
• 1989 – Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer
• 1989 – Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor
• 1990 – Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1991 – Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1991 – Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
• 1992 – Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
• 1992 – Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
• 1993 – Larry King, American murder victim (d. 2008)
• 1993 – Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete
• 1993 – Max Whitlock, English gymnast
• 1995 – Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1997 – Connor McDavid, Canadian hockey player
• 2004 – Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, Italian conjoined twins

Deaths[edit]

• 86 BC – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
• 533 – Saint Remigius, French bishop (b. 437)
• 614 – Saint Mungo, English-Scottish bishop
• 703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
• 858 – Æthelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
• 888 – Charles the Fat, Carolingian emperor (b. 839)
• 1151 – 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)
• 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 and author (b. 1693)
• 1790 – Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, 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 pianist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1853 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (b. 1783)
• 1860 – William Mason, American surgeon and 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 journalist and politician; 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 – Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and 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 and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 – Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1923 – Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician; Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1928 – Mara Buneva, Bulgarian activist (b. 1902)
• 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1929 – H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1932 – Sophia of Prussia (b. 1870)
• 1934 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (b. 1878)
• 1941 – James Joyce, Irish novelist 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)
• 1957 – A. E. Coppard English short story writer and poet (b. 1878)
• 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 and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 – Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician; 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 screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (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 pharmacist, academic, and 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-American soprano (b. 1907)
• 1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1983 – René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Carol Wayne, American actress (b. 1942)
• 1986 – Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni educator and politician; 4th President of South Yemen (b. 1939)
• 1988 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician; President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 1990 – Alan Woods, Australian public servant (b. 1930)
• 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 sailor and fisherman (b. 1897)
• 2002 – Frank Shuster, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Zeno Vendler, American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Nell Rankin, American soprano and actress (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (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 and coach (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mary Ejercito, Filipino mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
• 2009 – Cousin Junior, American wrestler (b. 1960)
• 2009 – Dai Llewellyn Welsh humanitarian and politician (b. 1946)
• 2009 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2009 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Hortense Calisher American novelist and short story writer (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (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 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Artie Levine, American boxer (b. 1925)
• 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 – Jacki Clérico, French businessman (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist; co-founded Jewelry Television (b. 1953)
• 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)
• 2015 – Hillel Zaks, Rabbi founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Gary Grimshaw, American graphic designer (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)
• 2014 – Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971)
• 2015 – H. Wesley Kenney, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Hara Patnaik, Indian actor and director (b. 1958)
• 2015 – Ronnie Ronalde, English singer (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Robert White, American soldier and diplomat; United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926)