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• 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
• 911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
• 1189 – Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
• 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
• 1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
• 1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
• 1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
• 1799 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
• 1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• 1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• 1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
• 1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• 1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• 1932 – In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
• 1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
• 1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• 1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
• 1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
• 1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• 1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• 1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• 1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
• 1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• 1949 – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
• 1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• 1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• 1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• 1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
• 1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
• 1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
• 1968 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon later that day (Eastern Time Zone).
• 1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• 1974 – Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
• 1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• 1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
• 1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
• 1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
• 1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
• 1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
• 1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• 1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
• 2012 – A gunman opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, as it is showing The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.

Births[edit]

• 356 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (d. 323 BC)
• 682 – Taichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 767)
• 1304 – Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1374)
• 1537 – Arnaud d'Ossat, French cardinal (d. 1604)
• 1620 – Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch poet and scholar (d. 1681)
• 1754 – Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
• 1757 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat (d. 1811)
• 1762 – Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer (d. 1826)
• 1774 – Auguste de Marmont, French general (d. 1852)
• 1797 – Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1804 – Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (d. 1892)
• 1822 – Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (d. 1884)
• 1838 – Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (d. 1899)
• 1838 – Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1928)
• 1847 – Max Liebermann, German painter (d. 1935)
• 1849 – Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
• 1852 – Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1932)
• 1858 – Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• 1864 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (d. 1913)
• 1868 – Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot (d. 1932)
• 1876 – Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (d. 1944)
• 1887 – Jim Brigden, Australian public servant (d. 1950)
• 1889 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1960)
• 1895 – László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
• 1896 – Eunice Sanborn, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
• 1897 – Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1901 – Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)
• 1902 – Jimmy Kennedy, Irish songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (d. 2004)
• 1911 – Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (d. 1941)
• 1911 – José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (d. 1985)
• 1912 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970)
• 1914 – Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist
• 1914 – Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation
• 1923 – Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Lola Albright, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Mort Garson, Canadian composer, arranger, and pioneer of electronic music (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission
• 1925 – Frantz Fanon, French–Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1926 – Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
• 1927 – Barbara Bergmann, American economist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer
• 1927 – Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Józef Czyrek, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Peter Ind, English bassist and producer
• 1929 – Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars
• 1929 – Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Giannis Agouris, Greek journalist and author (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
• 1930 – William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress
• 1931 – Tony Marsh, English race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Dick Giordano, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Ove Verner Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor
• 1932 – Nam June Paik, South Korean-American director and educator (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Otto Schily, German politician
• 1933 – Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Cormac McCarthy, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Rex Williams, English snooker player
• 1934 – Uwe Johnson, German author and scholar (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1935 – Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector
• 1936 – Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author and academic (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician
• 1937 – Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Roger Hunt, English footballer
• 1938 – Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1938 – Diana Rigg, English actress and singer
• 1938 – Natalie Wood, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
• 1939 – Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
• 1941 – Don Chuy, American football player (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist
• 1941 – Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (d. 1988)
• 1942 – Ron Bowden, Australian politician
• 1942 – Pete Hamilton, American race car racer
• 1942 – Stephenie McMillan, English set decorator (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver
• 1943 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (d. 2010)
• 1943 – Wendy Richard, English actress and singer (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor
• 1945 – Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Larry Craig, American soldier and politician
• 1945 – Harrison Ellenshaw, American special effects artist
• 1945 – John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Moody Blues)
• 1945 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1945 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
• 1946 – Randal Kleiser, American actor, director, and producer
• 1947 – Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santana)
• 1948 – Muse Watson, American actor
• 1950 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
• 1950 – Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor and director
• 1952 – Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
• 1953 – Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author
• 1953 – Lee Garlington, American actress
• 1954 – Moira Harris, American actress
• 1954 – Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer (Twisted Sister)
• 1954 – Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player
• 1955 – René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright
• 1956 – Ryo Ishibashi, Japanese actor
• 1956 – Charlie Magri, Tunisian-English boxer
• 1956 – Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Donna Dixon, American actress
• 1958 – Peter Fraßmann, German footballer
• 1958 – Billy Mays, American salesman (d. 2009)
• 1960 – Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
• 1960 – Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher
• 1961 – Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation
• 1962 – Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver
• 1962 – Lee Harris, English drummer (Talk Talk and .O.rang)
• 1963 – Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancer
• 1964 – Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, and Center for Disease Control Boys)
• 1964 – Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist and author
• 1964 – Kool G Rap, American rapper and producer (Juice Crew)
• 1964 – Bernd Schneider, German race car driver
• 1964 – Dean Winters, American actor
• 1966 – Agot Isidro, Filipino actress
• 1966 – Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican politician, 57th President of Mexico
• 1967 – Indra, Swedish singer and actress
• 1967 – Reed Diamond, American actor
• 1967 – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dandy Warhols)
• 1968 – Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Michael Park, American actor
• 1968 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American director, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1969 – Josh Holloway, American actor
• 1969 – Kreso Kovacec, Croatian-German footballer
• 1969 – Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
• 1969 – Tobi Vail, American singer and guitarist (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies, Some Velvet Sidewalk, and The Old Haunts)
• 1971 – Sandra Oh, Canadian actress
• 1971 – DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000)
• 1972 – Jamie Ainscough, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1972 – Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
• 1973 – Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
• 1973 – Omar Epps, American actor, rapper, and producer
• 1973 – Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 – Nixon McLean, Caribbean cricketer
• 1973 – Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer
• 1973 – Claudio Reyna, American soccer player
• 1973 – Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
• 1974 – Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Simon Rex, American actor and rapper
• 1975 – Ray Allen, American basketball player
• 1975 – Judy Greer, American actress
• 1975 – Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
• 1975 – Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician, 5th Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs
• 1975 – Atiq-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Erica Hill, American journalist
• 1976 – Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wolfmother)
• 1976 – Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver
• 1977 – Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
• 1977 – Yves Niaré, French shot putter (d. 2012)
• 1977 – Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer
• 1978 – Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Charlie Korsmo, American actor and lawyer
• 1978 – Tamsyn Manou, Australian runner
• 1978 – Andrus Murumets, Estonian strongman
• 1978 – Chris Sligh, American singer-songwriter and producer (Half Past Forever)
• 1978 – Will Solomon, American basketball player
• 1978 – Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Ieva Zunda, Latvian runner
• 1979 – Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
• 1979 – Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (d. 2004)
• 1979 – David Ortega, Spanish swimmer
• 1980 – Tesfaye Bramble, English-Montserratian footballer
• 1980 – Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model and actress
• 1981 – Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
• 1981 – Viktoria Ladõnskaja, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1982 – Percy Daggs III, American actor
• 1982 – Antoine Vermette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 – Solenn Heussaff, French-Filipino actress, singer, and fashion designer
• 1985 – John Francis Daley, American actor and screenwriter
• 1985 – David Mundy, Australian footballer
• 1985 – Anastasia Perraki, Greek model
• 1986 – Osric Chau, Canadian actor and producer
• 1987 – Nicola Benedetti, Scottish violinist
• 1987 – Kōsuke Kujirai, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 – Niall McGinn, Irish footballer
• 1988 – Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
• 1988 – Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player
• 1989 – Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Witwisit Hiranyawongkul, Thai actor and singer
• 1989 – Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
• 1991 – Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
• 1991 – Andrew Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1999 – Princess Alexandra of Hanover

Deaths[edit]

• 940 – Ibn Muqla, Iraqi politician (b. 885)
• 985 – Antipope Boniface VII (b. 930)
• 1031 – Robert II of France (b. 972)
• 1156 – Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
• 1320 – Oshin, King of Armenia (b. 1282)
• 1387 – Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1356)
• 1398 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Welsh politician (b. 1374)
• 1453 – Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French author (b. 1400)
• 1454 – John II of Castile (b. 1405)
• 1524 – Claude of France (b. 1499)
• 1616 – Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish Gaelic lord and military officer (b. 1550)
• 1704 – Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 – Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer (b. 1667)
• 1816 – Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
• 1866 – Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 – Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 – Pope Leo XIII (b. 1810)
• 1908 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 – Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1922 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general (b. 1878)
• 1926 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 – Ferdinand I of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
• 1932 – René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)
• 1937 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1941 – Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 – Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1944 – Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1945 – Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 – Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1951 – Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (b. 1882)
• 1953 – Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 – Jan Struther, English author (b. 1901)
• 1955 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 – William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1968 – Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Iain Macleod, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 1972 – Geeta Dutt, Indian singer (b. 1930)
• 1973 – Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
• 1973 – Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 1974 – Allen Jenkins, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1981 – Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1987 – Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Vince Foster, American lawyer, Deputy White House Counsel (b. 1945)
• 1999 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2000 – Malaclypse the Younger American author (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian activist (b. 1978)
• 2002 – Michalis Kritikopoulos Greek footballer (b. 1946)
• 2003 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (b. 1970)
• 2003 – Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
• 2005 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)
• 2006 – Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Tammy Faye Messner, American talk show host, singer, and author (b. 1942)
• 2009 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (b. 1957)
• 2011 – Lucian Freud, German-English painter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Jack Davis, American hurdler (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Hisham Ikhtiyar, Syrian general (b. 1941)
• 2012 – José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian and jurist (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Simon Ward, English actor (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Khurshed Alam Khan, Indian politician, 2nd Governor of Goa (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Kadhal Dhandapani, Indian actor (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Panna Rittikrai, Thai actor, director, and stuntman (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Boswell Williams, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1926)
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