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• 218 – Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
• 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
• 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
• 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
• 1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
• 1770 – A 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
• 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
• 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
• 1812 – Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia is annexed by Imperial Russia.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
• 1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
• 1843 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
• 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
• 1868 – United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
• 1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1877 – May 1877 political crisis in France.
• 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current (the most common form today).
• 1914 – The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2–1.
• 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
• 1919 – A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards are awarded.
• 1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• 1953 – American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechoslovakia.
• 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
• 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
• 1975 – India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
• 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1983 – Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
• 1986 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
• 1988 – A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
• 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
• 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• 2003 – In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
• 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
• 2007 – Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France.
• 2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
• 2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

Births[edit]

• 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
• 1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)
• 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1782)
• 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)
• 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
• 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
• 1801 – William H. Seward, American politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
• 1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
• 1824 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
• 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)
• 1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
• 1845 – Élie Metchnikoff, Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1861 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
• 1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, statesman, and the third President of Turkey (d. 1986)
• 1888 – Royal Rife, American scientist (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor and actor (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
• 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1982)
• 1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
• 1907 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
• 1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
• 1917 – George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor and singer
• 1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Liberace, American singer, pianist, and actor (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
• 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer
• 1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Betty Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1929 – John Conyers, American lawyer and politician
• 1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian politician
• 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet and author (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1931 – Hana Brady, Poland-born Holocaust victim (d. 1944)
• 1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1931 – Denise Filiatrault, Canadian actress and director
• 1931 – K. Natwar Singh, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs for India
• 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1934 – Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
• 1934 – Anthony Walker, English general
• 1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 – Roy Hudd, English actor
• 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal
• 1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer
• 1938 – Stuart Bell, English politician (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
• 1942 – David Penry-Davey, English judge
• 1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
• 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
• 1943 – Marko Kravos, Italian-Slovenian poet
• 1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader (Mahavishnu Orchestra, New York Jazz Quartet, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites)
• 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor and producer
• 1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer
• 1945 – Massimo Moratti, Italian businessman
• 1945 – Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban economist
• 1946 – Roger Earl, English drummer (Savoy Brown and Foghat)
• 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 – John Law, British sociologist
• 1947 – Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• 1947 – Darrell Sweet, English-Scottish drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
• 1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
• 1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
• 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
• 1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
• 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
• 1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author
• 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
• 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers)
• 1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
• 1951 – Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor
• 1952 – James Herndon, American psychologist
• 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
• 1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician
• 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna
• 1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
• 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast
• 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
• 1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner
• 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
• 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT)
• 1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
• 1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Nigel Twiston-Davies, English horse trainer
• 1958 – Gitane Demone, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death and Pompeii 99)
• 1958 – Glenn Gregory, English singer-songwriter (Heaven 17, Honeyroot, and ABC)
• 1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player
• 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer
• 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
• 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler
• 1962 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish politician
• 1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper
• 1962 – Lisa Yuskavage, American visual artist
• 1963 – Jon Coffelt, American painter and sculptor
• 1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
• 1963 – Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir)
• 1963 – David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
• 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
• 1964 – Edit Bérces, Hungarian runner
• 1964 – Mary Anne Hobbs, English DJ and journalist
• 1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player and songwriter (Nirvana, Flipper, Sweet 75, The No WTO Combo, and Eyes Adrift)
• 1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist and politician
• 1966 – Celia Ireland, Australian actress
• 1966 – Sommore, American comedian and actress
• 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
• 1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor (Blue County)
• 1966 – Metin Şentürk, Turkish pop singer
• 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
• 1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer, actor, and producer (New Edition and Heads of State)
• 1968 – Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
• 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
• 1969 – Tracey Gold, American actress
• 1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slowdive and Mojave 3)
• 1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1972 – Khary Payton, American actor
• 1973 – Jason Acuña, American actor and stuntman
• 1973 – Special Ed, American rapper and actor (Crooklyn Dodgers)
• 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television star, and author
• 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Adam Richman, American actor and television host
• 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter (P.O.D.)
• 1975 – B.Slade, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings)
• 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
• 1977 – Dolcenera, Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 – Claudia Albertario, Argentinian model and actress
• 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Giguère, retired Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter (GusGus)
• 1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Jim Sturgess, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – McKenzie Lee, English porn actress
• 1979 – Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
• 1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
• 1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Joseph Morgan, English actor
• 1981 – Taavi Rähn, Estonian footballer
• 1982 – Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1982 – Ju Ji-hoon, South Korean actor
• 1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
• 1982 – Hanna Mariën, Belgian sprinter
• 1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
• 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
• 1984 – Mickie Knuckles, American wrestler
• 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1984 – Pania Rose, Australian fashion model
• 1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
• 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985 – Tadayoshi Okura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Kanjani Eight)
• 1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Emanuel Saldaño, Argentinian cyclist (d. 2014)
• 1985 – Kazuhito Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
• 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
• 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Shamcey Supsup, Filipino arhitect, model, Miss Universe 2011 3rd runner-up
• 1987 – Can Bonomo, Turkish-Jewish singer
• 1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
• 1988 – Abella Anderson, Cuban-American porn actress
• 1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
• 1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
• 1990 – Charlotte Crosby, English television personality
• 1990 – Thomas Sangster, English actor
• 1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
• 1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player
• 1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1992 – Davika Hoorne Thai actress
• 1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – IU, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1994 – Miles Heizer, American actor
• 1994 – Aaron Moores, English swimmer
• 1994 – Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtensteinerin tennis player
• 1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian Football Player
• 1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
• 1998 – Ariel Waller, Canadian actress

Deaths[edit]

• 1182 – John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132)
• 1265 – Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165)
• 1569 – Dirk Willems, Dutch anabaptist
• 1620 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
• 1657 – Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
• 1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
• 1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
• 1691 – Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
• 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
• 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
• 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
• 1818 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1882 – Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1980 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 – Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and senator (b. 1860)
• 1940 – Jacques Goudstikker, Dutch art dealer (b. 1897)
• 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
• 1944 – George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Karl Weinbacher, German manager and war criminal (executed) (b. 1898)
• 1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
• 1955 – James Agee, American author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1909)
• 1956 – H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1959 – Elisha Scott, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1894)
• 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1977 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 – Willy Hartner, German physician and educator (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and lyricist (b. 1939)
• 1990 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, screenwriter, and producer, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 1992 – Chalino Sánchez, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
• 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
• 1998 – Sevim Tanürek, Turkish classical music artist (b. 1934)
• 2000 – Bodacious, American bull (b. 1988)
• 2002 – Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 – Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Patricia Aakhus, American author (b. 1952)
• 2012 – James Abdnor, American politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Maria Bieşu, Moldovan opera singer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Kurt Felix, Swiss television host (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Paul Shane, English actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Nicola Ghiuselev, Bulgarian actor and singer (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Russi Mody, Indian businessman (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Clyde Snow, American anthropologist (b. 1928)