World History of June 10

1719 Event

"Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel."

🌍 Historical Events

671
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
1190
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1225
Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco.
1329
The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to retain its cities in Asia Minor.
1358
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility.
1523
Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
1539
Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
1596
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
1619
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
1692
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
1719
Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel.
1782
King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
1786
A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
1793
The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
1793
French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
1805
First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
1829
The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
1854
The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
1861
American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
1863
During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
1871
Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
1878
League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
1886
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.
1898
Spanish-American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
1916
The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
1918
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
1924
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
1935
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
1935
Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
1940
World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France.
1940
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
1940
World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
1942
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
1944
World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
1944
World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
1944
In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1945
Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
1947
Saab produces its first automobile.
1957
John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
1960
Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29.
1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
1964
United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
1967
The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
1977
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
1980
The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
1982
Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
1987
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
1990
British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
1991
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
1994
China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
1996
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
1997
Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
1999
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
2001
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
2002
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2003
The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2008
Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.
2009
Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
2018
Opportunity rover, sends it last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
2024
A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima.
2025
Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.

🐣 Notable Births

867
Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931)
940
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)
1213
Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian poet and philosopher (died 1289)
1465
Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)
1513
Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561-1582) (died 1582)
1557
Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)
1632
Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (died 1710)
1688
James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)
1713
Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)
1716
Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (died 1784)
1753
William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)
1804
Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
1819
Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
1825
Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (died 1897)
1832
Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
1832
Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)
1832
Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)
1835
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
1839
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1912)
1840
Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (died 1920)
1843
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900)
1851
Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (died 1919)
1854
Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer (died 1943)
1859
Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932)
1862
Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (died 1937)
1863
Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923)
1864
Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (died 1960)
1865
Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940)
1878
Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961)
1880
André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954)
1882
Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969)
1884
Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)
1886
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)
1891
Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945)
1893
Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952)
1897
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
1898
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)
1899
Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish racing driver (died 1933)
1901
Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (died 1988)
1904
Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)
1907
Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (died 1975)
1907
Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist (died 1985)[n 1]
1909
Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman (died 1992)
1910
Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (died 1958)
1910
Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1911
Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist (died 1984)
1911
Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1977)
1912
Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1980)
1913
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)
1913
Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993)
1914
Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (died 1988)
1915
Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1916
Peride Celal, Turkish author (died 2013)
1916
William Rosenberg, American entrepreneur, founded Dunkin' Donuts (died 2002)
1918
Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015)
1918
Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)
1919
Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)
1919
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006)
1921
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021)
1921
Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980)
1922
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
1922
Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014)
1922
Mitchell Wallace, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)
1923
Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
1923
Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)
1924
Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2015)
1925
Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)
1925
Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)
1925
James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)
1926
Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013)
1926
Lionel Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)
1927
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2023)
1927
László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)
1927
Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (died 2013)
1927
Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
1927
Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022)
1928
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012)
1929
James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)
1929
Ian Sinclair, Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence
1929
Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016)
1929
E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
1930
Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor
1930
Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018)
1930
Theo Sommer, German journalist (died 2022)
1930
Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)
1931
Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
1931
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
1932
Pierre Cartier, French mathematician and academic (died 2024)
1933
Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1934
Peter Gibson, English lawyer and judge
1934
Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, English politician (died 2023)
1935
Vic Elford, English racing driver (died 2022)
1935
Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)
1935
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)
1938
Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician (died 2022)
1938
Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)
1938
Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009)
1940
Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (died 2007)
1940
John Stevens, English drummer (died 1994)
1941
Mickey Jones, American drummer (died 2018)
1941
Shirley Owens, American singer
1941
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
1941
David Walker, Australian racing driver
1942
Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist
1942
Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
1942
Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge
1942
Preston Manning, Canadian politician
1943
Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
1943
Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir, Icelandic politician
1944
Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972)
1944
Rick Price, English rock bass player (died 2022)
1947
Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
1947
Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
1947
Robert Wright, English air marshal
1950
Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
1951
Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete
1951
Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
1951
Tony Mundine, Australian boxer
1952
Kage Baker, American author (died 2010)
1953
Eileen Cooper, English painter and academic
1953
John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
1953
Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer
1953
Don Maitz, American artist
1953
Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
1954
Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman
1954
Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955
Annette Schavan, German theologian and politician
1955
Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer
1958
Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)
1958
Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer
1959
Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
1959
Ernie C, American heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1959
Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
1960
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politician
1961
Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician
1961
Maxi Priest, English singer-songwriter
1962
Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author
1962
Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian poet and author (died 1982)
1962
Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
1962
Tzi Ma, Hong Kong American character actor
1962
Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963
Brad Henry, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma
1963
Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
1965
Susanne Albers, German computer scientist and academic
1965
Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer
1965
Joey Santiago, American alternative rock musician
1966
David Platt, English footballer and manager
1967
Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967
Darren Robinson, American rapper (died 1995)
1967
Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian nurse and serial killer
1968
Bill Burr, American comedian and actor
1968
Derek Dooley, American football player and coach
1969
Craig Hancock, Australian rugby league player
1969
Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1969
Kate Snow, American journalist
1970
Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970
Katsuhiro Harada, Japanese game designer, director, and producer
1970
Alex Santos, Filipino journalist
1970
Shane Whereat, Australian rugby league player
1970
Sarah Wixey, Welsh sport shooter
1971
JoJo Hailey, American singer
1971
Bobby Jindal, American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
1971
Bruno Ngotty, French footballer
1971
Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971
Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio and television host
1972
Steven Fischer, American director and producer
1972
Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1972
Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman
1972
Eric Upashantha, Sri Lankan cricketer
1973
Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973
Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper and actor
1973
Pokey Reese, American baseball player
1974
Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist
1975
Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
1976
Alari Lell, Estonian footballer
1976
Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician
1976
Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist
1977
Adam Darski (Nergal), Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977
Mike Rosenthal, American football player and coach
1978
Raheem Brock, American football player
1978
Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist
1979
Evgeni Borounov, Russian ice dancer and coach
1979
Kostas Louboutis, Greek footballer
1980
Jessica DiCicco, American actress and voice actress
1980
Matuzalém, Brazilian footballer
1980
Ovie Mughelli, American football player
1980
Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2013)
1980
Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (died 2013)
1981
Mat Jackson, English racing driver
1981
Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
1981
Andrey Yepishin, Russian sprinter
1982
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
1982
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
1982
Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist
1983
Jade Bailey, Barbadian athlete
1983
Marion Barber III, American football player (died 2022)
1983
Aaron Davey, Australian footballer
1983
Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer
1983
Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
1984
Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter
1984
Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist
1984
Betsy Sodaro, American actress
1985
Richard Chambers, Irish rower
1985
Celina Jade, Hong Kong-American actress
1985
Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
1985
Dane Nielsen, Australian rugby league player
1985
Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist
1985
Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
1986
Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player
1986
Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer
1987
Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer
1987
Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-American football player
1988
Jeff Teague, American basketball player
1989
David Miller, South African cricketer
1989
Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer
1989
Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
1991
Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater
1992
Kate Upton, American model and actress
1996
Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor
1997
Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion
1998
Ryan Papenhuyzen, Australian rugby league player
1999
Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
1999
Blanche, Belgian singer
2001
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian medal-winning 100m sprinter at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

🕯️ Notable Deaths

38
Julia Drusilla, Roman sister of Caligula (born 16 AD)
223
Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (born 161)
754
Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Muslim caliph (born 721)
779
Emperor Daizong of Tang (born 727)
871
Odo I, Frankish nobleman
903
Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord
932
Dong Zhang, Chinese general
942
Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889)
1075
Ernest, Margrave of Austria (born 1027)
1141
Richenza of Northeim (born 1087)
1190
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)
1261
Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1210)
1338
Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318)
1364
Agnes of Austria (born 1281)
1424
Ernest, Duke of Austria (born 1377)
1437
Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (born 1370)
1468
Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (born 1392)
1552
Alexander Barclay, English poet and author (born 1476)
1556
Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (born 1486)
1580
Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524-25)
1604
Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562)
1607
John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531)
1654
Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (born 1598)
1680
Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1635)
1692
Bridget Bishop, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632)
1735
Thomas Hearne, English historian and author (born 1678)
1753
Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (born 1678)
1776
Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (born 1736)
1776
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (born 1722)
1791
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born 1720)
1811
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (born 1728)
1831
Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (born 1785)
1836
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
1849
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (born 1784)
1849
Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (born 1773)
1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (born 1823)
1899
Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)
1901
Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (born 1841)
1902
Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)
1906
Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)
1909
Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)
1914
Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (born 1845)
1918
Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (born 1842)
1923
Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)
1924
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885)
1926
Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852)
1930
Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (born 1851)
1934
Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (born 1862)
1936
John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856)
1937
Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1854)
1939
Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (born 1890)
1940
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)
1944
Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1910)
1946
Jack Johnson, American boxer (born 1878)
1947
Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)
1949
Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)
1955
Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (born 1876)
1958
Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
1959
Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (born 1883)
1963
Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (born 1936)
1965
Vahap Özaltay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1908)
1967
Spencer Tracy, American actor (born 1900)
1971
Michael Rennie, English actor (born 1909)
1973
William Inge, American playwright and novelist (born 1913)
1974
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900)
1976
Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (born 1873)
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
1984
Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish author and poet (born 1901)
1986
Merle Miller, American author and playwright (born 1919)
1987
Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (born 1943)
1988
Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (born 1908)
1991
Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)
1992
Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)
1993
Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931)
1996
George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)
1996
Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915)
1998
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921)
1998
Hammond Innes, English author (born 1913)
2000
Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)
2000
Brian Statham, English cricketer (born 1930)
2001
Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (born 1970)
2002
John Gotti, American mobster (born 1940)
2003
Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (born 1918)
2003
Bernard Williams, English philosopher and academic (born 1929)
2003
Phil Williams, Welsh academic and politician (born 1939)
2004
Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)
2004
Odette Laure, French actress and singer (born 1917)
2004
Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1904)
2005
Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)
2007
Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (born 1940)
2008
Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (born 1928)
2009
Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940)
2010
Basil Schott, American archbishop (born 1939)
2010
Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (born 1941)
2011
Brian Lenihan Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (born 1959)
2012
Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924)
2012
Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944)
2012
Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)
2012
Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921)
2012
Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958)
2012
George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)
2012
Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916)
2012
Gordon West, English footballer (born 1943)
2013
Doug Bailey, American political consultant (born 1933)
2013
Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1922)
2013
Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (born 1921)
2014
Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)
2014
Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)
2014
Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (born 1917)
2014
Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920)
2015
Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)
2015
Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936)
2016
Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (born 1994)
2016
Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)
2017
Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)
2018
Neal E. Boyd, American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)
2020
Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954)
2023
Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)
2024
Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash: Saulos Chilima, Malawian economist and politician (born 1973) Patricia Shanil Muluzi, Malawian teacher, politician, and former First Lady of Malawi (born 1964)
2024
Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)
2025
Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai army general, 19th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1933)