EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST

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• 1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops
• 1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
• 1523 – Gustav Vasa, the Swedish regent, is elected King of Sweden, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union. This is the Swedish national day.
• 1586 – Francis Drake's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
• 1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
• 1654 – Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav.
• 1674 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
• 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
• 1752 – A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
• 1762 – British forces begin a siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana.
• 1808 – Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
• 1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism. At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden.
• 1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
• 1822 – Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
• 1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
• 1833 – Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.
• 1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
• 1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway.
• 1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• 1882 – More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
• 1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
• 1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 1892 – The Chicago "L" commuter rail system begins operation
• 1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
• 1909 – French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
• 1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
• 1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry.
• 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
• 1921 – Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
• 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (¹⁄₄¢/L) sold.
• 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
• 1934 – New Deal: The U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
• 1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead.
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
• 1946 – The National Basketball Association is created with eleven teams.
• 1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume.
• 1968 – Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Party senator from New York and brother of 35th President John F. Kennedy, dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5.
• 1971 – Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched.
• 1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
• 1971 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
• 1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
• 1981 – Bihar train disaster: A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the death toll is closer to 1,000.
• 1982 – The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
• 1982 – A British Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter is destroyed in a friendly fire incident, resulting in the loss of four lives.
• 1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released in the USSR.
• 1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
• 1992 – The Fantoft Stave Church in Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes. This was the first in a string of church arsons in the Early Norwegian black metal scene
• 1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
• 1997 – Prom Mom incident: While attending her senior prom in Lacey Township, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler gives birth in a bathroom stall, leaves the baby to die in a trash can and then returns to the prom.
• 2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
• 2004 – Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
• 2005 – In Gonzales v. Raich, the United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana.

Births[edit]

• 1236 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)
• 1296 – Władysław of Legnica (d. 1352)
• 1436 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)
• 1553 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
• 1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)
• 1580 – Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)
• 1599 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
• 1606 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (d. 1684)
• 1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
• 1661 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1756)
• 1699 – Johann Georg Estor, German historian and theorist (d. 1773)
• 1714 – Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
• 1735 – Anton Schweitzer, German composer (d. 1787)
• 1755 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)
• 1756 – John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
• 1772 – Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807)
• 1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
• 1807 – Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1847)
• 1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)
• 1829 – Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
• 1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author (d. 1910)
• 1844 – Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)
• 1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
• 1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)
• 1862 – Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)
• 1867 – David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931)
• 1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)
• 1872 – Alexandra Feodorovna, German wife of Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Tyler Brooke, American actor and singer (d. 1943)
• 1890 – Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author (d. 1986)
• 1892 – Donald F. Duncan, Sr., American toy maker and businessman, founded the Duncan Toys Company (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Henry Allingham, English soldier (d. 2009)
• 1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (d. 1940)
• 1898 – Ninette de Valois, Anglo-Irish dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)
• 1898 – Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1900 – Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist (d. 1957)
• 1900 – Lester Matthews, English actor (d. 1975)
• 1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
• 1901 – Jan Struther, English author (d. 1953)
• 1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
• 1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
• 1906 – Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
• 1909 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American academic (d. 1991)
• 1914 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)
• 1916 – Hamani Diori, Nigerien politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Irene von Meyendorff, Estonian-German actress (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation
• 1918 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English captain and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO
• 1919 – Austin M. Lee, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1923 – V.C. Andrews, American author (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)
• 1924 – John Ambler, English businessman (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Fitzhugh L. Fulton, American colonel and pilot (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Frank Chee Willeto, American politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Lars Ekborg, Swedish actor (d. 1969)
• 1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Erdal İnönü, Turkish theoretical physicist and politician (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea, English physician and politician
• 1929 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer
• 1932 – Sara Banerji, English author and sculptor
• 1932 – Anne Claire Poirier, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1932 – David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1932 – Billie Whitelaw, English actress (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Eli Broad, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded KB Home
• 1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Albert II of Belgium
• 1934 – Roy Innis, American activist and politician
• 1936 – Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (d. 2015)
• 1936 – A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician
• 1936 – D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1936 – Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (The Four Tops) (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
• 1938 – Ryuchi Matsuda, Japanese author (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
• 1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
• 1939 – Eddie Giacomin, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1939 – Marian Wright Edelman, American activist, founded the Children's Defense Fund
• 1940 – Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic
• 1940 – Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Larry Lujack, American radio host
• 1940 – Willie John McBride, Irish rugby player, coach, and manager
• 1941 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist (d. 2012)
• 1943 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican jurist (d. 2010)
• 1943 – Ken Hatfield, American football player and coach
• 1943 – Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer
• 1943 – Jean-Claude Lord, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1944 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican pianist (Clue J & His Blues Blasters)
• 1944 – Edgar Froese, Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream) (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Tommie Smith, American runner and football player
• 1945 – David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1945 – Sasha Gabor, Hungarian-Norwegian porn actor (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Arthur Shawcross, American serial killer (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Nikolai Velikov, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1946 – Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter (King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Bruford Levin Upper Extremities)
• 1947 – David Blunkett, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1947 – Robert Englund, American actor and director
• 1947 – Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
• 1949 – Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1949 – Lindsay Posner, English director and manager
• 1950 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian actress, director, and producer
• 1951 – Marietta Giannakou, Greek psychiatrist and politician
• 1951 – Noritake Takahara, Japanese race car driver
• 1952 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright
• 1952 – Jean Hamel, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese drummer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, and Sketch Show)
• 1953 – Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
• 1953 – June Yamagishi, Japanese-American guitarist (Papa Grows Funk and The Wild Magnolias)
• 1954 – Françoise Blanchard, French actress (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Urve Tiidus, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Culture
• 1954 – Władysław Żmuda, Polish footballer
• 1955 – Sandra Bernhard, American actress and singer
• 1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
• 1956 – Hans-Peter Ferner, German runner
• 1956 – Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer-songwriter and guitarist (Utangarðsmenn and Egó)
• 1957 – Mike Gatting, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1957 – Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)
• 1957 – Christian Rach, German chef and author
• 1958 – Danny Webb, English actor
• 1959 – Jimmy Jam, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Time)
• 1959 – Amanda Pays, English actress
• 1959 – Andrey Prokofyev, Russian hurdler (d. 1989)
• 1959 – David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)
• 1960 – Lola Forner, Spanish actress
• 1960 – Jozef Pribilinec, Slovak race walker
• 1960 – Steve Vai, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Alcatrazz)
• 1961 – Tom Araya, Chilean-American singer-songwriter and bass player (Slayer)
• 1961 – Nir Brand, Israeli composer and conductor
• 1961 – George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, English businessman
• 1963 – Eric Cantor, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Bernard Drainville, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1963 – Wolfgang Drechsler, German scholar
• 1963 – Ahmed Johnson, American wrestler
• 1963 – Jason Isaacs, English-American actor and producer
• 1963 – James Palumbo, Baron Palumbo of Southwark, English businessman and politician
• 1964 – Jay Bentley, American singer and bass player (Bad Religion)
• 1964 – Jay Lake, American author (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Cam Neely, Canadian ice hockey player and actor
• 1966 – Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1967 – Max Casella, American actor
• 1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor
• 1968 – François Avard, Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1969 – Erik Prince, American soldier and businessman, co-founded Academi
• 1969 – Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
• 1970 – Evgeni Berzin, Russian cyclist
• 1970 – Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1970 – James Shaffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Korn, Fear and the Nervous System, L.A.P.D.)
• 1972 – Natalie Morales, American journalist
• 1972 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer-songwriter (Lacuna Coil)
• 1973 – Patrick Rothfuss, American author
• 1974 – Uncle Kracker, American singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Danny Strong, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Sonya Walger, English-American actress
• 1975 – Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman
• 1975 – Staci Keanan, American actress
• 1975 – Niklas Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1976 – Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder
• 1976 – Vlado Georgiev, Serbian singer-songwriter
• 1977 – David Connolly, English-Irish footballer
• 1977 – Bryn Williams, Welsh chef and author
• 1978 – Carl Barât, English singer, guitarist, and actor (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, and The Chavs)
• 1978 – Judith Barsi, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1978 – Joy Enriquez, American singer and actress
• 1978 – Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer
• 1981 – Luke Burt, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Johnny Pacar, American actor
• 1982 – Marian Oprea, Romanian triple jumper
• 1983 – Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
• 1983 – Gianna Michaels, American actress
• 1983 – Joe Rokocoko, Fijian rugby player
• 1984 – ByeAlex, Hungarian singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballer
• 1985 – Martyn Irvine, Irish cyclist
• 1985 – Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1985 – Drew McIntyre, Scottish wrestler
• 1985 – Heiki Nabi, Estonian wrestler
• 1985 – Nikolay Varbanov, Bulgarian basketball player
• 1986 – Bhavana, Indian actress
• 1986 – Kim Hyun-joong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
• 1986 – Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American professional baseball player
• 1987 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor
• 1987 – Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer
• 1988 – Maria Alyokhina, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot)
• 1988 – Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 – Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler
• 1988 – Israel Dagg, New Zealand rugby player
• 1989 – Monice, Bosnian-Austrian singer
• 1989 – Paula Brancati, Canadian actress
• 1989 – Paweł Wojciechowski, Polish pole vaulter
• 1990 – Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer
• 1990 – Vid Belec, Slovenian footballer
• 1990 – Ryan Higa, American comedian and actor
• 1990 – Gavin Hoyte, English-Trinidadian footballer
• 1990 – Ieva Lagūna, Latvian model
• 1991 – Son Dong-woon, South Korean singer and dancer (Beast)
• 1992 – Hyuna, South Korean singer, dancer, and model (4minute, Wonder Girls, Trouble Maker)
• 1992 – Megumi Murakami, Japanese singer and actress (Cute and ZYX)
• 1993 – Jack Debreczeni, Australian rugby player
• 1993 – Vic Mensa, American rapper and producer (Kids These Days)
• 1993 – Tom Swoon, Polish DJ
• 1995 – Julian Green, American soccer player

Deaths[edit]

• 1134 – Norbert of Xanten, German bishop and saint (b. 1060)
• 1393 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (b. 1359)
• 1480 – Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1412)
• 1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor and Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1500)
• 1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
• 1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French general (b. 1646)
• 1740 – Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
• 1784 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
• 1799 – Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
• 1813 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé (b. 1739)
• 1832 – Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
• 1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 – Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 – William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 – Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer. (b. 1853)
• 1891 – John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 – William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 1934 – Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1936 – Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (b. 1895)
• 1941 – Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1942 – Harald Tammer, Estonian weightlifter and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1943 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 – James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 – Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1910)
• 1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
• 1962 – Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle road racer (b. 1934)
• 1963 – William Baziotes, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1968 – Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
• 1968 – Kâzım Özalp, Turkish military officer, politician, and one of the leading figures in the Turkish War of Independence (b. 1880)
• 1975 – Larry Blyden, American actor and game show host (b. 1925)
• 1976 – J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1891)
• 1979 – Jack Haley, American actor and singer (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (b. 1918)
• 1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
• 1994 – Barry Sullivan, American actor and director (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Savely Kramarov, Russian-American actor (b. 1934)
• 1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Frédéric Dard, French author (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Ken Grimwood, American author (b. 1944)
• 2005 – Anne Bancroft, American actress and singer (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Dana Elcar, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Hilton Ruiz, American pianist (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Camille Sandorfy, Hungarian-Canadian chemist (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Jean Dausset, French immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Marvin Isley, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley) (b. 1953)
• 2011 – Shrek, New Zealand sheep (b. 1994)
• 2012 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Mykola Volosyanko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
• 2012 – Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Eugen Merzbacher, German-American physicist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Tom Sharpe, English-Spanish author (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Darío Barrio, Spanish chef (b. 1972)
• 2014 – Ado Bayero, Nigerian politician and diplomat (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician (b. 1928)