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• 489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).
• 737 – Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train.
• 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
• 1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
• 1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
• 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
• 1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".
• 1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
• 1860 – Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
• 1882 – Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
• 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• 1895 – Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
• 1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
• 1906 – The Royal Galician Academy, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
• 1907 – McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
• 1915 – A Serbian Army private becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• 1931 – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• 1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
• 1938 – Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• 1939 – General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
• 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34–7.
• 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
• 1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
• 1947 – Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
• 1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
• 1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
• 1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
• 1955 – Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
• 1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
• 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
• 1965 – The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
• 1965 – The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
• 1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
• 1967 – BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show.
• 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
• 1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
• 1972 – Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
• 1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. 8 years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
• 1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
• 1979 – The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
• 1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
• 1982 – Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
• 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
• 1988 – Al Holbert was fatally injured when his privately owned propeller driven Piper PA-60 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Columbus, Ohio when a clamshell door was not closed.
• 1990 – The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
• 1993 – The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• 1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.
• 1994 – Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from Central London, closes.
• 1999 – The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
• 2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
• 2005 – The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
• 2009 – The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake shakes central Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This dip-slip (reverse) earthquake left 1,115 people dead, and was followed several days later by a 6.6 Mw strike-slip event.

Births[edit]

• 1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
• 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
• 1530 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
• 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1631)
• 1689 – Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (d. 1753)
• 1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (d. 1773)
• 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1771)
• 1714 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (d. 1780)
• 1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1804)
• 1743 – Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (d. 1813)
• 1760 – Michele Cachia, Maltese architect and engineer (d. 1839)
• 1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (d. 1815)
• 1800 – Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (d. 1881)
• 1801 – Jerónimo Espejo, Argentinian general (d. 1889)
• 1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 1890)
• 1813 – John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (d. 1918)
• 1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (d. 1905)
• 1836 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (d. 1894)
• 1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1924)
• 1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (d. 1932)
• 1863 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (d. 1928)
• 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (d. 1986)
• 1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)
• 1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)
• 1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)
• 1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
• 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (d. 1962)
• 1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
• 1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Lewis Nixon, American captain (d. 1995)
• 1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2008)
• 1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator
• 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator
• 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic
• 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
• 1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Anthony Hawkins, English-Australian actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo
• 1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Michel Aoun, Lebanese general and politician, President of Lebanon
• 1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer
• 1933 – Barbara Knox, English actress
• 1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Anna Kashfi, British actress (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American singer and guitarist (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China
• 1936 – Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (d. 1976)
• 1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (d. 1997)
• 1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
• 1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
• 1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor and singer
• 1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic
• 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
• 1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and educator
• 1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
• 1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver
• 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
• 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer
• 1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer
• 1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author
• 1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
• 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
• 1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic
• 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
• 1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver
• 1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
• 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
• 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
• 1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
• 1951 – John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
• 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 – Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
• 1952 – Darrell Hair, Australian cricket umpire
• 1952 – John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer
• 1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – Keith Burnett, Welsh physicist and academic
• 1953 – Hilton Dawson, English social worker and politician
• 1953 – S. M. Stirling, French-American author
• 1954 – Basia, Polish singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
• 1954 – Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Barry Williams, American actor and singer
• 1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (d. 1994)
• 1955 – Desmond Shawe-Taylor, English historian and academic
• 1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Nicola Griffith, English-American author
• 1960 – Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1961 – Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 – Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1961 – Mel Stride, English politician
• 1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 – Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1962 – Marley Marl, American rapper and producer
• 1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer
• 1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian model and actress
• 1964 – Mike McKay, Australian rower
• 1964 – Robby Takac, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1965 – Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American actress
• 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
• 1966 – Shankar Balasubramanian, Indian-English chemist and academic
• 1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
• 1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, American graphic designer and illustrator
• 1967 – Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator
• 1967 – Magnus Falkehed, Swedish journalist and author
• 1969 – Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1969 – Chris Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1991)
• 1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer
• 1970 – Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
• 1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright
• 1972 – John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter
• 1972 – Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 – José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1972 – Martine Wright, English volleyball player
• 1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
• 1974 – Tom Greatrex, English politician
• 1974 – Ben Phillips, English cricketer
• 1974 – Daniel Wu, American–born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
• 1975 – Jay Asher, American author
• 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French-American actress and singer
• 1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Sammy Igoe, English footballer
• 1977 – Roy Carroll, Irish footballer and manager
• 1977 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach
• 1979 – Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
• 1980 – Simon Little, English bass player
• 1980 – Shelley Olds, American cyclist
• 1980 – Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player
• 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
• 1981 – Kristina Barrois, German tennis player
• 1981 – Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
• 1981 – Brandon Watson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
• 1982 – Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Seth Smith, American baseball player
• 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ryan Stout, American comedian and television host
• 1983 – Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer
• 1983 – Adam Jones, American football player
• 1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
• 1983 – Reiko Shiota, Japanese badminton player
• 1984 – Keisha Buchanan, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer
• 1985 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1985 – Olcan Adın, Turkish footballer
• 1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
• 1985 – David Gower, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
• 1985 – Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Olivier Giroud, French footballer
• 1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 – Quinn Johnson, American football player
• 1986 – Cemil Mengi, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Takahiro Nishijima, Japanese singer
• 1986 – Rene Ranger, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 – Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Rumi Hanai, Japanese actress, model, and gymnast
• 1987 – Lauren Holiday, American soccer player
• 1988 – Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler
• 1989 – André Weis, German footballer
• 1992 – Bria Hartley, American basketball player
• 1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
• 1993 – Jovana Jakšić, Serbian tennis player
• 1994 – Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
• 1997 – Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver

Deaths[edit]

• 420 – Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint (b. 347)
• 653 – Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint
• 954 – Louis IV of France (b. 920)
• 1101 – Anselm IV, Italian archbishop
• 1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (b. 1191)
• 1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (b. 1362)
• 1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
• 1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (b. 1507)
• 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
• 1572 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1510)
• 1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
• 1626 – Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559)
• 1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1554)
• 1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1695)
• 1770 – George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (b. 1714)
• 1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
• 1888 – Catherine Eddowes, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
• 1888 – Elizabeth Stride, Swedish victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
• 1891 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
• 1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
• 1910 – Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
• 1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1961 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)
• 1977 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 1990 – Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 1990 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1994 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Marius Goring, English actor (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (b. 1953)
• 1998 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (b. 1966)
• 2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)
• 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1944)
• 2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2008 – J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 2011 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (b. 1971)
• 2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Zulema, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Kazys Bobelis, Lithuanian surgeon and politician (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Ruth Maleczech, American actress (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Rangel Valchanov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)
• 2015 – Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)