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• 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
• 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.
• 1527 – Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
• 1622 – Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
• 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
• 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
• 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
• 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
• 1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
• 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
• 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
• 1922 – Herrin massacre: Nineteen strikebreakers and three union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
• 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
• 1941 – Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
• 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
• 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
• 1942 – Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress
• 1944 – Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
• 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 1945 – The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
• 1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case.
• 1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
• 1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
• 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
• 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
• 1986 – The controversial Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century also by Maradona. Argentina would win 2-1 and go on to win the world cup.
• 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
• 2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
• 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
• 2009 – A Washington D.C Metro train was traveling southbound at the Fort Totten station when it collided into another train sitting in the station. Nine people were killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others were injured.
• 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.

Births[edit]

• 662 – Emperor Ruizong of Tang (d. 716)
• 916 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian Emir of Aleppo (d. 967)
• 1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1754)
• 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
• 1704 – John Taylor, English scholar (d. 1766)
• 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (d. 1765)
• 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet (d. 1813)
• 1757 – George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1798)
• 1763 – Étienne Méhul, French composer (d. 1817)
• 1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and diplomat (d. 1835)
• 1792 – James Beaumont Neilson, Scottish inventor (d. 1865)
• 1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1872)
• 1820 – James Hutchison Stirling, British physician and philosopher (d. 1909)
• 1837 – Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
• 1837 – Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (d. 1923)
• 1844 – Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian (d. 1906)
• 1845 – Tom Dula, American soldier (d. 1868)
• 1845 – Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
• 1856 – H. Rider Haggard, English author and scholar (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (d. 1914)
• 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (d. 1909)
• 1871 – William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (d. 1930)
• 1874 – Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (d. 1954)
• 1884 – James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
• 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
• 1887 – Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
• 1889 – Ossian Skiöld, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1970)
• 1891 – Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German general (d. 1945)
• 1896 – Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Richard Gurley Drew, American inventor and engineer (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Artur Kukk, Estonian wrestler (d. 1958)
• 1901 – Elias Katz, Finnish runner (d. 1947)
• 1902 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
• 1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
• 1903 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1906 – William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1909 – Buddy Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2006)
• 1909 – Fuller Kimbrell, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1909 – Mike Todd, American film and theater producer (d. 1958)
• 1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
• 1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Paul Frees, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
• 1920 – James H. Pomerene, American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines
• 1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
• 1923 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Christopher Booth, English clinician and historian (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Géza Vermes, Hungarian-English theologian and scholar (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Anthony Low, English historian and academic
• 1927 – Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Çetin Altan, Turkish writer, journalist, and a former member of parliament
• 1928 – Ralph Waite, American actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Bruce Kent, English priest and activist
• 1930 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998)
• 1930 – J. A. Bailey, English cricketer
• 1930 – Walter Bonatti, Italian journalist and mountaineer (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
• 1932 – John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician, 38th Mayor of San Francisco
• 1933 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
• 1934 – James Bjorken, American physicist and author
• 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Highwaymen)
• 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer
• 1937 – Chris Blackwell, English record producer
• 1937 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Hugh Annesley, Irish police officer
• 1939 – Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 1939 – Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter (d. 2004)
• 1940 – Joan Busfield, British sociologist
• 1940 – Hubert Chesshyre, English historian and author
• 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Esther Rantzen, English journalist
• 1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Michael Lerner, American actor
• 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish politician
• 1942 – Murphy Dunne, American actor and keyboard player (The Blues Brothers)
• 1943 – Judith Barker, English actress
• 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist
• 1943 – Gordon Matta-Clark, American artist (d. 1978)
• 1944 – Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer (Peter & Gordon)
• 1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
• 1944 – Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Rainer Brüderle, German politician
• 1946 – Jean-François Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1946 – Linda Bond, Canadian 19th General of The Salvation Army
• 1946 – Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins, English psychiatrist and academic
• 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Cuarteto Patria)
• 1946 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman
• 1947 – Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
• 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie)
• 1947 – David Lander, American actor
• 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
• 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana
• 1947 – Leelo Tungal, Estonian poet and author
• 1948 – James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, Scottish businessman
• 1948 – Steve Eastin, American actor
• 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nazz, Utopia, and The New Cars)
• 1949 – Larry Junstrom, American bass player (38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1949 – Brian Leveson, English lawyer and judge
• 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
• 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer
• 1949 – Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman
• 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
• 1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
• 1950 – Sharon Maughan, British actress
• 1950 – Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Craig Gruber, American bass player (Rainbow, Elf, Bible Black, and Raven Lord (d. 2015)
• 1951 – Humphrey Ocean, English painter
• 1952 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor
• 1952 – Alastair Stewart, English journalist
• 1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
• 1953 – Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel)
• 1953 – Mai Lin, American porn actress
• 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian sportscaster
• 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
• 1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scritti Politti)
• 1955 – Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1956 – Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
• 1956 – Ron Haslam, English motorcycle racer
• 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan
• 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach
• 1956 – Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist (Simple Minds, Big Country, and Ex-Simple Minds)
• 1957 – Kevin Bond, English footballer and manager
• 1957 – Danny Baker, English journalist and screenwriter
• 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer (INXS and Absent Friends)
• 1957 – Michael Stratton, British scientist
• 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 – Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author and academic
• 1959 – Wayne Federman, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1959 – Michael Kinane, Irish jockey
• 1959 – Mike O'Meara, American radio host
• 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indochine)
• 1959 – Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer
• 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
• 1960 – Catherine Disher, Canadian actress
• 1960 – Margrit Klinger, German runner
• 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
• 1961 – Stephen Batchelor, English field hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Arabella Pollen, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter (Bronski Beat and The Communards)
• 1962 – Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Clyde Drexler, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Ain Evard, Estonian high jumper
• 1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
• 1963 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
• 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1964 – Cadillac Anderson, African-American basketball players
• 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Dan Brown, American author
• 1964 – John Penrose, English politician
• 1965 – Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík, Czech footballer and manager
• 1966 – Schoolly D, American rapper and actor
• 1966 – Michael Park, English race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress and singer
• 1967 – Mike Sussman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese businessman
• 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies)
• 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
• 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Wangechi Mutu, Kenyan-American painter and sculptor
• 1973 – Carson Daly, American television host
• 1974 – Vijay, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
• 1974 – Belinda Panelo, Filipino-American actress, model, and VJ
• 1975 – Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
• 1975 – Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball player
• 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
• 1975 – Urmas Reinsalu, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1975 – Laila Rouass, English actress
• 1977 – Ayça Varlıer, Turkish film and television actress
• 1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
• 1978 – Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer, and dancer
• 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater
• 1979 – Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
• 1979 – Leire Martínez, Spanish singer-songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
• 1979 – Jai Rodriguez, American actor and singer
• 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
• 1980 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Stephanie Jacobsen, Australian actress
• 1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Aquivaldo Mosquera, Colombian footballer
• 1981 – Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese model and actress
• 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
• 1983 – Allar Raja, Estonian rower
• 1984 – Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer
• 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
• 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
• 1985 – Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
• 1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Cameroonian-Greek basketball player
• 1986 – Ramin Ott, American-Samoan footballer
• 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player
• 1987 – Cory Gunz, American rapper
• 1987 – Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and singer
• 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer
• 1987 – Eda Erdem Dündar, Turkish volleyball player
• 1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player
• 1988 – Portia Doubleday, American actress
• 1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
• 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (CN Blue)
• 1991 – Giuseppe De Luca, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Erika Kirpu, Estonian épée fencer
• 1993 – Caydee Denney, American figure skater
• 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French pianist
• 1993 – Izzy Miller, American musician
• 1997 – Tami Grende, Indonesian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 1017 – Leo Passianos, Byzantine general
• 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225)
• 1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
• 1535 – John Fisher, English bishop (b. 1469)
• 1632 – James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (b. 1570)
• 1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
• 1691 – Suleiman II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1642)
• 1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
• 1714 – Matthew Henry, English minister (b. 1662)
• 1868 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
• 1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
• 1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
• 1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
• 1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
• 1905 – Francis Lubbock, American politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1913 – Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
• 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
• 1931 – Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1933 – Tim Birkin, English race car driver (b. 1896)
• 1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1866)
• 1936 – Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1938 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (b. 1876)
• 1940 – Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (b. 1873)
• 1942 – August Froehlich, German priest and activist (b. 1891)
• 1945 – Isamu Chō, Japanese general (b. 1895)
• 1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1956 – Walter de la Mare, English poet and author (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Hermann Brill, German politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (b. 1895)
• 1961 – Maria of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
• 1963 – Maria Tănase, Romanian singer and actress (b. 1913)
• 1964 – Havank, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1965 – David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
• 1966 – Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1970 – Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese surgeon (b. 1942)
• 1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (b. 1892)
• 1977 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1979 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1993 – Pat Nixon, American economist and educator, 44th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Michel Noël, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1997 – Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet and author (b. 1990)
• 2007 – Nancy Benoit, American wrestler and manager (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (b. 1924)
• 2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Dody Goodman, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
• 2011 – Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2011 – Robert Miller, American art dealer (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Coşkun Özarı, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Obaidullah Baig, Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2012 – María Teresa Castillo, Venezuelan journalist, politician, and activist (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Mary Fedden, English painter (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Fernie Flaman, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Rolly Tasker, Australian sailor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Hans Villius, Swedish historian (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Leandro Díaz, Colombian composer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Sergio Focardi, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Henning Larsen, Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2013 – Soccor Velho, Indian footballer (b. 1983)
• 2014 – Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Felix Dennis, English poet and publisher, founded Dennis Publishing (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Grzegorz Knapp, Polish motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
• 2014 – Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Steve Rossi, American comedian and actor (b. 1932)