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Pre-1600[edit]
1601-1900[edit]
- 1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
- 1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- 1715 – At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.[8]
- 1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
- 1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.[9]
- 1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
- 1804 – Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.[10]
- 1831 – The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.[11]
- 1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
- 1838 – Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.[12]
- 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
- 1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- 1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
- 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1901-present[edit]
- 1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
- 1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
- 1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
- 1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
- 1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
- 1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
- 1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
- 1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- 1934 – The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
- 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
- 1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- 1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
- 1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
- 1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.[13]
- 1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
- 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
- 1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.[14]
- 1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
- 1961 – The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
- 1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
- 1967 – Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".[15]
- 1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
- 1969 – Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
- 1970 – Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
- 1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
- 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
- 1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).[16]
- 1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
- 1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
- 1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.[17]
- 1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
- 1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.[18]
- 1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.[19]
- 2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
Pre-1600[edit]
- 948 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982)
- 1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Spanish geographer and poet (d. 1217)[20]
- 1288 – Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
- 1341 – Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377)
- 1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
- 1477 – Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (d. 1525)
- 1561 – Gervase Helwys, English murderer (d. 1615)
- 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (d. 1626)
- 1577 – Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1633)
- 1579 – John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1634)
- 1588 – Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)
- 1592 – Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1665)
1601-1900[edit]
- 1606 – Nicholas Slanning, English politician (d. 1643)
- 1608 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678)
- 1647 – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1717)
- 1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)[21]
- 1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751)
- 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1751)[22]
- 1726 – Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1803)
- 1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)
- 1799 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)
- 1811 – James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (d. 1883)
- 1818 – José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)
- 1848 – Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)
- 1850 – Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1919)
- 1851 – John Clum, American journalist and agent (d. 1932)
- 1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)[23]
- 1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)
- 1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953)
- 1864 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (d. 1919)
- 1866 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933)[24]
- 1867 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947)
- 1868 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (d. 1952)[25]
- 1871 – J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)
- 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (d. 1950)
- 1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (d. 1961)
- 1877 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
- 1877 – Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (d. 1949)
- 1878 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
- 1878 – J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (d. 1966)
- 1878 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (d. 1968)
- 1883 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
- 1884 – Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (d. 1961)
- 1884 – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
- 1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
- 1886 – Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (d. 1957)
- 1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (d. 1961)
- 1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
- 1893 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (d. 1953)
- 1895 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (d. 1955)
- 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
- 1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
- 1898 – Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)
- 1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
1901-present[edit]
- 1902 – Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)
- 1904 – George Biswell, English footballer (d. 1981)
- 1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974)
- 1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
- 1906 – Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001)
- 1906 – Eleanor Hibbert, English author (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
- 1907 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (d. 1981)
- 1907 – Walter Reuther, American union leader, founded United Auto Workers (d. 1970)
- 1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
- 1908 – Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter (d. 2012)
- 1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (d. 1957)
- 1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1979)
- 1914 – John H. Adams, American jockey (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2010)
- 1920 – Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)
- 1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)[26]
- 1922 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
- 1923 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014)
- 1925 – Arvonne Fraser, American activist (d. 2018)
- 1925 – Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1982)
- 1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2017)
- 1926 – Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1927 – Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
- 1929 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
- 1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (d. 2008)
- 1933 – Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1933 – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
- 1933 – T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1982)
- 1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1935 – Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
- 1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director
- 1935 – Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (d. 2001)[27]
- 1938 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
- 1938 – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2018)
- 1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
- 1940 – Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (d. 2019)
- 1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2018)
- 1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator[28]
- 1944 – Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
- 1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer[29]
- 1945 – Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen
- 1946 – Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer[30]
- 1946 – Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer
- 1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Al Green, American lawyer and politician
- 1947 – P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2016)
- 1948 – Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
- 1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (d. 2011)
- 1948 – Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
- 1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
- 1950 – Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
- 1950 – Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
- 1950 – Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
- 1951 – David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
- 1952 – Michael Massee, American actor (d. 2016)[31]
- 1952 – Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
- 1953 – Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Richard Burden, English politician
- 1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1956 – Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1956 – Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter
- 1957 – Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist[32][better source needed]
- 1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1957 – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
- 1959 – Keith Clearwater, American golfer
- 1959 – Mike Duxbury, English footballer
- 1959 – Kenny Mayne, American football player and journalist
- 1959 – Joe Jusko, American illustrator and painter
- 1960 – Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager
- 1960 – Karl Mecklenburg, American football player
- 1961 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (d. 2014)
- 1961 – Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
- 1961 – Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1961 – Boney James, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
- 1962 – Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer
- 1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
- 1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 – Holly Golightly, American author and illustrator
- 1964 – Dave O'Higgins, English jazz saxophonist
- 1964 – Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 – Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
- 1965 – Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
- 1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
- 1966 – Ken Levine, American video game designer, co-founded Irrational Games
- 1967 – Steve Pemberton, English actor, screenwriter and director
- 1967 – David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician
- 1968 – Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1970 – David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
- 1970 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author
- 1971 – Joe Enochs, American soccer player and manager
- 1971 – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer
- 1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician
- 1973 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Rieko Miura, Japanese singer and actress
- 1973 – Simon Shaw, English rugby player
- 1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player
- 1973 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1974 – Burn Gorman, American-born English actor and musician[33]
- 1974 – Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founded Ordet Animation Studio
- 1974 – Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist, and comic illustrator
- 1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1975 – James Innes, English entrepreneur and author
- 1975 – Nomy Lamm, American singer-songwriter and activist
- 1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
- 1975 – Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor
- 1976 – Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1976 – Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
- 1976 – Clare Connor, English cricketer
- 1976 – Érik Morales, Mexican boxer
- 1976 – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
- 1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
- 1977 – Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author
- 1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
- 1978 – Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
- 1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer
- 1981 – Clinton Portis, American football player
- 1981 – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
- 1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
- 1982 – Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
- 1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
- 1983 – Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
- 1983 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (d. 2019)
- 1983 – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer[34]
- 1984 – László Köteles, Hungarian footballer
- 1984 – Nick Noble, American football player
- 1984 – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1985 – Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
- 1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby player
- 1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
- 1986 – Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Dann Hume, New Zealand singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
- 1987 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
- 1987 – Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver
- 1988 – Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player
- 1988 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1988 – Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model
- 1989 – Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player
- 1989 – Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1989 – Daniel Sturridge, English footballer
- 1990 – Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer
- 1991 – Rhys Bennett, English footballer
- 1991 – Angélica Kvieczynski, Brazilian gymnast
- 1992 – Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter[35]
- 1992 – Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 1993 – Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
- 1994 – Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
- 1994 – Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016
- 1995 – Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 – Zendaya, American actress and singer[36]
- 1997 – Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer[37]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 870 – Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (b. 810)
- 1081 – Bishop Eusebius of Angers
- 1159 – Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)[38]
- 1198 – Dulce, Queen of Portugal (b. 1160)
- 1215 – Otto, bishop of Utrecht
- 1256 – Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (b. 1218)
- 1327 – Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- 1339 – Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)
- 1376 – Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (b. 1336)
- 1414 – William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1369)
- 1480 – Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (b. 1413)
- 1557 – Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (b. 1491)
- 1581 – Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (b. 1534)
- 1599 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b.1565)
1601-1900[edit]
- 1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)
- 1646 – Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
- 1648 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)
- 1678 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
- 1685 – Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)
- 1687 – Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)
- 1706 – Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- 1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
- 1715 – Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
- 1838 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
- 1839 – Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
- 1868 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
1901-present[edit]
- 1922 – Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
- 1930 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
- 1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
- 1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
- 1953 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
- 1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (b. 1886)
- 1969 – Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
- 1970 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1971 – Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
- 1974 – Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
- 1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
- 1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
- 1982 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (b. 1905)
- 1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
- 1983 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935)
- 1984 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898)
- 1985 – Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (b. 1957)
- 1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1988 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (b. 1938)
- 1989 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947)
- 1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (b. 1894)
- 1990 – Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (b. 1910)
- 1991 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (b. 1922)
- 1997 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
- 1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)
- 1998 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
- 2003 – Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
- 2005 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
- 2006 – György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)
- 2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Hal David, American songwriter and composer (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)
- 2012 – William Petzäll, Swedish politician (b. 1988)
- 2012 – Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916)
- 2014 – Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977)
- 2014 – Roger McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920)
- 2015 – Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
- 2015 – Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917)[39]
- 2018 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1926)[40]
- 2020 – Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (b. 1971)[41]
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Anniversary of the Start of the Armed Struggle (Eritrea)
- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Slovakia)
- Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)[42]
- Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in September. (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)
- Earliest day on which Labor Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in September. (Canada, United States, Palau)
- First day of school in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
- Flag Day (Honduras)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Journalist Day (Taiwan)
- Knowledge Day (Russia, Ukraine and Armenia)
- Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand)
- Veteran's Day (Poland)
- Wattle Day (Australia)
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