EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST-29/11

• 561 – King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons — Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
• 800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
• 903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib deals a crushing defeat on the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
• 1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
• 1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
• 1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
• 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
• 1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• 1807 – Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
• 1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
• 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
• 1847 – Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
• 1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
• 1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
• 1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1885 – End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
• 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
• 1893 – The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
• 1899 – FC Barcelona Association football club is founded.
• 1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
• 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• 1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
• 1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by partisan forces.
• 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1946 – The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
• 1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• 1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
• 1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
• 1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
• 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
• 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• 1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• 1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 1975 – Graham Hill and Tony Brise, along with four other members of the Embassy Hill F1 team, were killed when their plane crashed at Arkley golf course, England, in thick fog.
• 1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
• 1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai–Burmese border, killing 115.
• 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
• 2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
• 2007 – A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affects the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
• 2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
• 2013 – LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing 33 people.
• 2014 – Taiwan local elections, the Democratic Progressive Party won a landslide victory.

Births[edit]

• 1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)
• 1427 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (d. 1464)
• 1484 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss physician, scholar, and politician (d. 1551)
• 1627 – John Ray, English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)
• 1690 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1747)
• 1705 – Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)
• 1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1778)
• 1752 – Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist (d. 1819)
• 1781 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
• 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
• 1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (d. 1877)
• 1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (d. 1888)
• 1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)
• 1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)
• 1803 – Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (d. 1879)
• 1816 – Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
• 1818 – George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)
• 1818 – William Ellery Channing American poet and author (d. 1901)
• 1823 – La Fayette Grover, American politician and lawyer, 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)
• 1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)
• 1831 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)
• 1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American author and poet (d. 1888)
• 1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
• 1849 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)
• 1856 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
• 1857 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)
• 1861 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer (d. 1917)
• 1874 – Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
• 1878 – John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)
• 1881 – Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician (d. 1957)
• 1882 – Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)
• 1888 – Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain (d. 1917)
• 1894 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Yakima Canutt, American actor, stuntman, and director (d. 1986)
• 1898 – C. S. Lewis, Irish-English author and poet (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian lawyer and politician, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian
• 1901 – Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
• 1904 – Egon Eiermann, German architect, designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (d. 1970)
• 1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (d. 1991)
• 1908 – N. S. Krishnan, Indian actor, singer, and director (d. 1957)
• 1908 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)
• 1908 – Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (d. 2006)
• 1910 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961)
• 1912 – Ai Xia, Chinese silent film actress (d. 1934)
• 1915 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
• 1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter
• 1917 – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
• 1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Yegor Ligachev, Russian engineer and politician
• 1920 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Dagmar, American model, actress, and singer (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer, dancer and wrestling promoter
• 1922 – Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic
• 1922 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Chuck Daigh, American racing driver (b. 2008)
• 1924 – Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Charles E. Mower, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
• 1925 – Yuk Young-soo, South Korean wife of Park Chung-hee, 3rd First Lady of South Korea (d. 1974)
• 1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster
• 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator
• 1928 – Paul Simon, American intelligence officer, politician, United States Senator from Illinois (1985–1997) and 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Ernie Vossler, American golfer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Derek Jameson, English journalist (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier
• 1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
• 1930 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
• 1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
• 1931 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France
• 1932 – Fernando Guillén, Spanish actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Marc Vaux, English painter
• 1933 – John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
• 1933 – James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator
• 1935 – Diane Ladd, American actress
• 1935 – Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop
• 1937 – Jan Mangerud, Norwegian geologist
• 1938 – Gene Okerlund, American ring announcer and journalist
• 1938 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Meco, American trombonist and producer
• 1939 – Peter Bergman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III) (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
• 1940 – Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
• 1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1941 – Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Rascals)
• 1942 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and educator (d. 1995)
• 1942 – Maggie Thompson, American author and critic
• 1942 – Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 – John Grillo, English actor and playwright
• 1943 – Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman
• 1943 – Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1943 – Sue Miller, American author and academic
• 1944 – Twink, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Pretty Things, Pink Fairies, Tomorrow and Stars)
• 1945 – Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
• 1946 – Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and producer (The Groop, Axiom, and The Flying Burrito Brothers)
• 1946 – Suzy Chaffee, American skier and actress
• 1946 – Nathan Jung, Chinese American actor and stuntman
• 1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Malcolm Grant, New Zealand-English lawyer and academic
• 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Montrose and Gamma) (d. 2012)
• 1948 – David Rintoul, Scottish actor
• 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor
• 1949 – Dutch Mantel, American wrestler and manager
• 1949 – Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1983)
• 1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (d. 2012)
• 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American guitarist (Boston, RTZ, and Ernie and the Automatics)
• 1951 – Yosi Piamenta, Israeli-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1951 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Zapp) (d. 1999)
• 1951 – Don Walker, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (Cold Chisel and Tex, Don and Charlie)
• 1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
• 1952 – Dusty Hare, English rugby player and cricketer
• 1953 – Jackie French, Australian author
• 1953 – Alex Grey, American painter
• 1953 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1954 – Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1955 – C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
• 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
• 1956 – Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1956 – Yvonne Fovargue, English politician
• 1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Leo Laporte, American television host and author
• 1956 – Katrin Saks, Estonian politician
• 1957 – Jennifer Batten, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1957 – Matthew Rubel, American businessman
• 1957 – Mario Salieri, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player (The Cure, Associates, Presence, Easy Cure, The Lotus Eaters, and Malice)
• 1958 – John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
• 1958 – Devon Scott, American actress
• 1959 – Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
• 1959 – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
• 1959 – Rich Camarillo, American football player and coach
• 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American politician, 23rd White House Chief of Staff
• 1959 – Steve Hindalong, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Choir and Lost Dogs)
• 1960 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)
• 1960 – Howard Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress
• 1961 – Kim Delaney, American actress and producer
• 1961 – Tom Sizemore, American actor and producer
• 1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese bass player (Loudness)
• 1962 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Andy LaRocque, Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Diamond and Death)
• 1962 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
• 1963 – Will Downing, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
• 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Cork Graham, American author and photographer
• 1964 – Ken Monkou, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
• 1965 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese poet and pianist (d. 1992)
• 1966 – John Layfield, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer-songwriter and dancer (New Kids on the Block)
• 1969 – Kasey Keller, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
• 1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
• 1970 – Frank Delgado, American keyboard player (Deftones)
• 1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
• 1970 – Ryu Seung-ryong, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Brad May, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
• 1972 – Willie Bain, Scottish academic and politician
• 1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese wrestler and boxer
• 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1973 – Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
• 1974 – Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model and actress
• 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1975 – Andreas Ioannides, Cypriot footballer
• 1975 – Younus Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• 1976 – Chris Akins, American football player
• 1976 – Lindsay Benko, American swimmer
• 1976 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor and producer
• 1976 – Anna Faris, American actress and singer
• 1976 – Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Ehren McGhehey, American actor and stuntman
• 1977 – Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
• 1977 – Eddie Howe, English footballer and manager
• 1977 – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
• 1978 – Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
• 1978 – Miho Fujima, Japanese actress
• 1978 – Lauren German, American actress
• 1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Ludwika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
• 1978 – Benjamín Vicuña, Chilean actor
• 1979 – Simon Amstell, English comedian, actor, and television host
• 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer
• 1979 – Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – The Game, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
• 1979 – Neal Horgan, American-Irish footballer
• 1980 – Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
• 1980 – Chun Jung-myung, South Korean actor
• 1980 – Ilias Kasidiaris, Greek soldier and politician
• 1980 – Brian Wolfe, American baseball player
• 1981 – Fawad Afzal Khan, Pakistani actor and singer
• 1981 – John Milhiser, American comedian and actor
• 1981 – Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
• 1982 – Ramya, Indian actress, singer, and politician
• 1982 – Marthe Valle, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
• 1982 – Ashley Force, American race car driver
• 1982 – Imogen Thomas, Welsh-English model
• 1983 – Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jennifer Oeser, German heptathlete
• 1984 – Sitti, Filipino singer and actress
• 1984 – Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and guitarist
• 1984 – J. Holiday, American singer
• 1985 – Evangelia Aravani, Greek model
• 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
• 1985 – Junnosuke Taguchi, Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)
• 1986 – Jerome Sala, Filipino singer
• 1986 – Park Ju-hyun, South Korean rapper, dancer, and actress (Spica)
• 1987 – Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
• 1988 – Lee Hyun-ho, South Korean footballer
• 1988 – Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1988 – Clémence Saint-Preux, French singer and actress
• 1988 – Russell Wilson, American football player
• 1990 – Diego Boneta, Mexican singer and actor
• 1991 – Becky James, Welsh cyclist
• 1991 – Zac Sunderland, American sailor
• 1992 – David Lambert, American actor
• 1995 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer
• 1996 – Akvilė Paražinskaitė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1997 – Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
• 1998 – Ayumu Hirano, Japanese snowboarder

Deaths[edit]

• 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
• 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)
• 1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
• 1268 – Pope Clement IV (b. 1190)
• 1314 – Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
• 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)
• 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)
• 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
• 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal (b. 1470)
• 1544 – Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1488)
• 1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
• 1595 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)
• 1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
• 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine, German husband of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1596)
• 1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)
• 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)
• 1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
• 1682 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine (b. 1619)
• 1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628)
• 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)
• 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)
• 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)
• 1780 – Maria Theresa, Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
• 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and academic (b. 1723)
• 1830 – John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, composer of Turkish classical music (b. 1778)
• 1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1883 – Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1881)
• 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
• 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 – Abdullah Cevdet, Ottoman Kurdish intellectual and medical doctor (b. 1869)
• 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
• 1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
• 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1946 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 1953 – Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
• 1953 – Milt Gross, American illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
• 1954 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
• 1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 – James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 1975 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
• 1980 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
• 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Gotthard Günther, Polish-German philosopher and academic (b. 1900)
• 1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 1986 – Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 1991 – Frank Yerby, American author (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, American philanthropist (b. 1909)
• 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Maus Gatsonides, Dutch rally driver and inventor (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (b. 1947)
• 1998 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 – John Berry, American film director (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
• 2001 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono Band, and The Quarrymen) (b. 1943)
• 2001 – John Knowles, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2002 – George Harris, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Moondog Spot, American wrestler (b. 1952)
• 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
• 2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
• 2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)
• 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Roger Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
• 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Al Masini, American production manager and producer (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2010 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Susan Luckey, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Marie-Jacques Perrier, French actress, singer, and fashion designer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Benjamin Tatar, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Dick Dodd, American drummer and actor (The Bel-Airs, The Standells, and Eddie & the Showmen) (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Colin Eglin, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Chris Howland, English-German radio and television host (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)
• 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Gorki) (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Mark Strand, Canadian-American author, poet, academic and poet laureate of the United States (b. 1934)