EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 21/8

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• 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wanyan Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song wars.
• 1192 – Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
• 1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
• 1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• 1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
• 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• 1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
• 1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
• 1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
• 1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
• 1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
• 1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
• 1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
• 1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
• 1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• 1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles, is founded.
• 1901 – The International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres is founded in Copenhagen.
• 1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre which pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• 1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• 1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.
• 1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• 1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• 1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• 1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• 1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• 1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
• 1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
• 1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• 1968 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• 1968 – James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
• 1969 – An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
• 1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• 1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea.
• 1979 – Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
• 1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
• 1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
• 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• 1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
• 1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
• 1992 – Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
• 1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
• 2001 – NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
• 2001 – The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
• 2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

Births[edit]

• 1165 – Philip II of France (d. 1223)
• 1535 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (d. 1619)
• 1567 – Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622)
• 1597 – Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (d. 1672)
• 1643 – Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
• 1660 – Hubert Gautier, French engineer (d. 1737)
• 1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729)
• 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1734)
• 1725 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
• 1754 – William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (d. 1839)
• 1754 – Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (d. 1833)
• 1765 – William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
• 1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (d. 1857)
• 1798 – Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (d. 1874)
• 1800 – Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
• 1801 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876)
• 1813 – Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (d. 1891)
• 1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (d. 1856)
• 1823 – Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter, educator and astronomer (d. 1899)
• 1826 – Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and educator (d. 1903)
• 1840 – Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop (d. 1900)
• 1858 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (d. 1889)
• 1862 – Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (d. 1911)
• 1869 – William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet (d. 1963)
• 1872 – Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (d. 1898)
• 1878 – Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (d. 1963)
• 1879 – Claude Grahame-White, English pilot (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Chandler Egan, American golfer (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (d. 1939)
• 1886 – Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
• 1887 – James Paul Moody, English 6th officer of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
• 1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician soldier (d. 2007)
• 1892 – Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1984)
• 1905 – Bipin Gupta, Indian actor (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995)
• 1907 – P. Jeevanandham, Indian politician (d. 1963)
• 1908 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
• 1912 – Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Doug Wright, English cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1916 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d.2008)
• 1918 – Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Christopher Robin Milne, English soldier and bookseller (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Jaymala Shiledar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Mario Laserna Pinzón, French-Colombian educator and politician (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (d. 1977)
• 1925 – Judy Grable, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Can Yücel, Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• 1928 – Addison Farmer, American bassist (d. 1963)
• 1928 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player (The Jazztet) (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1929 – X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author
• 1929 – Marie Severin, American illustrator
• 1930 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
• 1933 – Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Barry Norman, English author and critic
• 1934 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2001)
• 1934 – Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Radish Tordia, Georgian painter
• 1937 – Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000)
• 1937 – Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 51st President of Ecuador
• 1937 – Robert Stone, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The New Christy Minstrels and The First Edition)
• 1939 – James Burton, American guitarist (TCB Band)
• 1939 – Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, 3rd President of Botswana
• 1939 – Harold Reid, American singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers)
• 1939 – Clarence Williams III, American actor
• 1940 – Dominick Harrod, English journalist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
• 1943 – Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer
• 1943 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Lucius Shepard, American author (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• 1944 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
• 1945 – Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
• 1945 – Patty McCormack, American actress and singer
• 1945 – Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (d. 2006)
• 1947 – Sándor Erdős, Hungarian fencer
• 1947 – Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Buckinghams)
• 1949 – Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
• 1949 – Daniel Sivan, Israeli professor
• 1950 – Arthur Bremer, American attempted murderer
• 1950 – Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
• 1951 – Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 1951 – Margo Kane, Canadian actress and playwright
• 1951 – Char Margolis, American psychic medium
• 1951 – Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
• 1951 – Harry Smith, American journalist
• 1952 – Keith Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1952 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion)
• 1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 1952 – Bernadette Porter, English nun and academic
• 1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (d. 2002)
• 1953 – Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
• 1954 – Chip Coffey, American psychic medium
• 1954 – Archie Griffin, American football player
• 1954 – Bodil Niska, Norwegian saxophonist
• 1954 – Steve Smith, American drummer (Journey, Montrose, Steps Ahead, The RD Crusaders, and Vital Information)
• 1956 – Kim Cattrall, English-American actress and producer
• 1956 – Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
• 1957 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Anne Hobbs, English tennis player
• 1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player
• 1961 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess grandmaster and coach (d. 2001)
• 1961 – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1961 – David Morales, American DJ and producer
• 1961 – Peter Slaghuis, Dutch DJ and producer (d. 1991)
• 1962 – John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (d. 2008)
• 1962 – Jeff Stryker, American porn actor and director
• 1963 – Richmond Arquette, American actor
• 1963 – Mohammed VI of Morocco
• 1963 – Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
• 1964 – Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
• 1964 – Trinity Loren, American porn actress and model (d. 1998)
• 1965 – Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
• 1965 – Caryn Mower, American wrestler, actress, and stuntwoman
• 1966 – John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Charb, French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)
• 1967 – Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
• 1967 – B. D. Foxmoor, Greek rapper and producer (Active Member)
• 1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
• 1967 – Marek Jóźwiak, Polish footballer
• 1967 – Serj Tankian, Lebanese-American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (System of a Down and Axis of Justice)
• 1968 – Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
• 1968 – Laura Trevelyan, English journalist
• 1969 – Glen Boss, Australian jockey
• 1969 – Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
• 1970 – Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 – Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 – Nathan Jones, Australian wrestler and actor
• 1970 – Cathy Weseluck, Canadian voice actress
• 1970 – Simone Eriksrud, Norwegian singer (D'Sound)
• 1971 – Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
• 1971 – Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
• 1971 – Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer (The Prodigy)
• 1971 – Jaan Tiidemann, Estonian architect
• 1973 – Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
• 1973 – Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Nikolai Valuev, Russian boxer
• 1974 – Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist
• 1974 – Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 – Johnny Reid, Scottish-Canadian singer
• 1975 – Simon Katich, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Alicia Witt, American actress and singer
• 1976 – Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
• 1976 – Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 – Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1976 – Nikos Vertis, Dutch-Greek singer
• 1978 – Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
• 1978 – Bhumika Chawla, Indian actress
• 1978 – Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
• 1978 – Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Alan Lee, Irish footballer
• 1978 – Jason Marquis, American baseball player
• 1978 – Fay Wolf, American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist
• 1978 – Annie Wu, Taiwanese actress
• 1979 – Kelis, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Burney Lamar, American race car driver
• 1980 – Paul Menard, American race car driver
• 1980 – Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player
• 1981 – Collie Buddz, Bermudian rapper
• 1981 – Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer
• 1981 – Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
• 1981 – Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
• 1982 – Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Josh Harrington, American BMX rider
• 1983 – Chantelle Houghton, English model
• 1983 – Brody Jenner, American model and actor
• 1983 – Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Alizée, French singer and dancer
• 1984 – Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
• 1984 – Rachel Potter, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Melissa Schuman, American actress
• 1984 – Barun Sobti, Indian actor
• 1984 – Eve Torres, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1984 – B. J. Upton, American baseball player
• 1984 – Martin Vunk, Estonian footballer
• 1985 – Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
• 1985 – Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1985 – Melissa M, French singer
• 1985 – Kevin Nee, American strongman
• 1986 – Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
• 1986 – Wout Brama, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Kiami Davael, American actress
• 1986 – Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
• 1986 – Brooks Wheelan, American comedian and actor
• 1987 – Cody Kasch, American actor
• 1987 – Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)
• 1988 – Paris Bennett, American singer
• 1988 – Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1988 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1988 – Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Whitney Sloan, English actress
• 1989 – Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – James Davey, English rugby player
• 1989 – Elarica Gallacher, English actress
• 1989 – Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Rob Knox, English actor (d. 2008)
• 1989 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
• 1989 – Judd Trump, English snooker player
• 1990 – Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor
• 1990 – Big Chocolate, American singer-songwriter, and producer (Burning the Masses)
• 1990 – Omar El Kaddouri, Belgian-Moroccan footballer
• 1990 – Fabian Heimpel, German rugby player
• 1991 – Demy, Greek singer
• 1991 – Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Liis Emajõe, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer
• 1992 – Brad Kavanagh, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1992 – RJ Mitte, American actor
• 1992 – Song Seung-hyun, Korean singer, guitarist and actor (F.T. Island)
• 1994 – Jacqueline Emerson, American actress and singer (Devo 2.0)
• 1996 – Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress
• 1999 – Maxim Knight, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 672 – Kōbun, Japanese emperor (b. 648)
• 1157 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile (b. 1105)
• 1271 – Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. 1220)
• 1614 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (b. 1560)
• 1627 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557)
• 1673 – Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)
• 1689 – William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)
• 1762 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author (b. 1689)
• 1763 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 – Daher el-Omar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 – John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 – Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 – John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist (b. 1773)
• 1836 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 – Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 – Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1870 – Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1905 – Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (b. 1835)
• 1919 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 – John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 – Ernest Thayer, American poet (b. 1863)
• 1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 – Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1957 – Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1960 – David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1966 – Martin Dooling, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1971 – George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 – Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1978 – Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Sobhuza II of Swaziland (b. 1899)
• 1983 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (The Dawn) (b. 1963)
• 1988 – Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)
• 1992 – Dai Vernon, Canadian magician (b. 1894)
• 1993 – Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano (b. 1938)
• 1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Tomata du Plenty, American singer (The Screamers) (b. 1948)
• 2000 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)
• 2003 – Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Wesley Willis Fiasco) (b. 1963)
• 2005 – Martin Dillon, American tenor (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – S. Yizhar, Israeli author and politician (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Siobhan Dowd, English author (b. 1960)
• 2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (b. 1981)
• 2008 – Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)
• 2009 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Dean Turner, Australian singer, bass player, and producer (Magic Dirt) (b. 1972)
• 2010 – Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and singer (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Georg Leber, German politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Gary Mara, Australian rugby player (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Taketoshi Naito, Japanese actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – J. Frank Raley, American politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian politician, 7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region (b. 1931)
• 2012 – William Thurston, American mathematician (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Jean Berkey, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Rodolfo Tan Cardoso, Filipino chess player (b. 1937)
• 2013 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Defence for Zimbabwe (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Lew Wood, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Raed al Atar, Palestinian militant (b. 1974)
• 2014 – Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Jean Redpath, Scottish-American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1932)