1973
Death
"Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (born 1880)"
🌍 Historical Events
332
Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
872
Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
1096
First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
1152
The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.
1268
The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
1291
Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
1302
Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
1388
During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Ming army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
1499
Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
1565
The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
1593
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1631
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1652
Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
1695
The 1695 Linfen earthquake in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people.
1756
The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
1783
First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
1794
Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
1803
Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
1804
Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
1811
Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
1812
John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
1843
The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
1848
Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
1860
United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
1863
American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant begin the Siege of Vicksburg during the Vicksburg campaign in order to take full control of the Mississippi River.
1896
The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
1896
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1900
The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
1912
The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
1917
World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
1922
Seamus Woods leads an Irish Republican Army attack on the headquarters of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast.
1926
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
1927
The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Bath Township, Michigan.
1927
After being founded for 20 years, the Nationalist government approves Tongji University to be among the its first national universities.
1933
New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1944
World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
1944
Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union.
1948
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
1953
Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1955
Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
1965
Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
1972
During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard.
1973
Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
1974
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
1977
Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
1980
Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
1980
Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
1990
In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
1991
Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland.
1993
Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
1994
Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
2005
A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
2006
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
2009
The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
2015
At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
2018
A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.
2018
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes in Santiago de las Vegas after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.
2019
United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign.
🐣 Notable Births
1048
Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (died 1131)
1186
Konstantin of Rostov (died 1218)
1450
Piero Soderini, Italian politician and diplomat (died 1513)
1537
Guido Luca Ferrero, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585)
1631
Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (died 1701)
1662
George Smalridge, English bishop (died 1719)
1692
(O.S.) Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist (died 1752)
1711
Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1787)
1777
John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (died 1852)
1778
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (died 1854)
1785
John Wilson, Scottish author and critic (died 1854)
1797
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (died 1854)
1822
Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (died 1896)
1824
Wilhelm Hofmeister, German botanist (died 1877)
1835
Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University (died 1908)
1850
Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (died 1925)
1851
James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (died 1908)
1851
Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (died 1930)
1852
Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (died 1934)
1854
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (died 1924)
1855
Francis Bellamy, American minister and author (died 1931)
1862
Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1948)
1867
Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist (died 1941)
1868
Nicholas II of Russia (died 1918)
1869
Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress (died 1937)
1871
Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (died 1922)
1872
Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1876
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (died 1931)
1878
Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (died 1977)
1882
Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (died 1968)
1883
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (died 1974)
1883
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (died 1969)
1886
Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died 1946)
1888
Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records. (died 2007)
1889
Thomas Midgley Jr., American chemist and engineer (died 1944)
1891
Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic (died 1970)
1892
Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer (died 1957)
1895
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (died 1934)
1896
Eric Backman, Swedish runner (died 1965)
1897
Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
1898
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (died 1973)
1901
Henri Sauguet, French composer (died 1989)
1901
Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
1902
Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (died 1984)
1904
Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (died 1986)
1904
Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)
1905
Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot (died 1930)
1905
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (died 1943)
1907
Irene Hunt, American author and educator (died 2001)
1909
Fred Perry, English tennis player and academic (died 1995)
1910
Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (died 1999)
1911
Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer (died 1985)
1912
Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
1912
Perry Como, American singer and television host (died 2001)
1912
Walter Sisulu, South African politician (died 2003)
1913
Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (died 2000)
1914
Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (died 1982)
1914
Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (died 1993)
1917
Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
1919
Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina (died 1991)
1920
Pope John Paul II (died 2005)
1920
Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (died 2001)
1921
Joan Eardley, British artist (died 1963)
1921
Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic (died 2024)
1922
Bill Macy, American actor (died 2019)
1922
Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (died 1983)
1923
Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)
1923
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2004)
1924
Priscilla Pointer, American actress (died 2025)
1924
Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (died 2019)
1925
Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
1927
Richard Body, English politician (died 2018)
1927
Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (died 2015)
1928
Pernell Roberts, American actor (died 2010)
1929
Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach (died 2000)
1929
Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2012)
1930
Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1930
Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (died 2007)
1931
Don Martin, American cartoonist (died 2000)
1931
Robert Morse, American actor (died 2022)
1931
Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (died 1995)
1931
Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician (died 2018)
1933
Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
1933
H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
1933
Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (died 1985)
1934
Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director (died 2022)
1935
Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish activist and writer (died 2025)
1936
Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1936
Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1936
Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic
1937
Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
1937
Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1938
Janet Fish, American painter and academic
1939
Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack, English historian, journalist, and politician (died 2024)
1939
Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (died 1992)
1939
Gordon O'Connor, Canadian general and politician, 38th Canadian Minister of Defence
1940
Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1941
Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler and promoter
1941
Malcolm Longair, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
1941
Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
1942
Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
1943
Jimmy Snuka, Fijian wrestler (died 2017)
1944
Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1944
W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2001)
1945
Gail Strickland, American actress
1946
Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
1946
Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946
Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (died 2013)
1947
John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2024)
1948
Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer (died 2024)
1948
Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic
1948
Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
1948
Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico
1949
Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer and pastor (died 2010)
1949
Rick Wakeman, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter
1950
Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (died 1997)
1950
Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
1951
Richard Clapton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951
Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
1951
Angela Voigt, German long jumper (died 2013)
1952
Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
1952
David Leakey, English general and politician
1952
George Strait, American singer, guitarist and producer
1952
Jeana Yeager, American pilot
1953
Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
1954
Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954
Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer and manager
1955
Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
1956
Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
1956
John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter
1956
Jim Moginie, Australian guitarist and songwriter
1957
Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer
1957
Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
1958
Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
1958
Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1959
Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach (died 2011)
1959
Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960
Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960
Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1960
Yannick Noah, French tennis player
1961
Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963
Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963
Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
1964
Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
1966
Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
1966
Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
1967
Nina Björk, Swedish journalist and author
1967
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
1967
Nancy Juvonen, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
1967
Mimi Macpherson, Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
1968
Philippe Benetton, French rugby player
1968
Ralf Kelleners, German race car driver
1969
Troy Cassar-Daley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969
Martika, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1969
Antônio Carlos Zago, Brazilian footballer and manager
1970
Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
1970
Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1970
Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1970
Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1970
Vicky Sunohara, Canadian former ice hockey player
1971
Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, manager and sportscaster
1971
Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
1971
Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
1972
Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973
Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
1973
Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer (died 2011)
1974
Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player and sportscaster
1975
Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
1975
John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
1975
Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975
Ingvild Kjerkol, Norwegian politician
1976
Ron Mercer, American basketball player
1976
Marko Tomasović, Croatian pianist and composer
1976
Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1977
Lee Hendrie, English footballer
1977
Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
1977
Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
1978
Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
1978
Marcus Giles, American baseball player
1978
Charles Kamathi, Kenyan runner
1979
Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
1979
Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
1979
Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist
1979
Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian footballer
1979
Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
1980
Reggie Evans, American basketball player
1980
Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
1980
Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
1981
Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer
1981
Ashley Harrison, Australian rugby league player
1982
Jason Brown, English footballer
1982
Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
1983
Gary O'Neil, English footballer
1983
Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
1983
Vince Young, American football player
1984
Ivet Lalova, Bulgarian sprinter
1984
Simon Pagenaud, French race car driver
1984
Darius Šilinskis, Lithuanian basketball player
1984
Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
1984
Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
1985
Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
1985
Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
1986
Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
1988
Taeyang, South Korean singer
1990
Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
1990
Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
1990
Josh Starling, Australian rugby league player
1992
Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
1993
Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
1993
Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
1998
Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
1999
Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
2000
Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
2000
Steven Sessegnon, English footballer
2001
Emma Navarro, American tennis player
2002
Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater
2003
Travis Hunter, American football player
2009
Hala Finley, American actress
🕯️ Notable Deaths
526
Pope John I
893
Stephen I of Constantinople (born 867)
932
Ma Shaohong, general of Later Tang
947
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
978
Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine
1065
Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (born c. 1003)
1096
Minna of Worms, Jewish martyr killed during the Worms massacre (1096)
1160
Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden (since 1156); (born circa 1120)
1297
Nicholas Longespee, Bishop of Salisbury
1401
Vladislaus II of Opole (born 1332)
1410
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born 1352)
1550
Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (born 1498)
1551
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (born 1486)
1675
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (born 1623)
1675
Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (born 1637)
1692
Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (born 1617)
1721
Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (born1625)
1733
Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (born 1661)
1780
Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1714)
1781
Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (born 1742)
1792
Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (born 1730)
1795
Robert Rogers, English colonel (born 1731)
1799
Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (born 1732)
1800
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (born 1729)
1807
John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (born 1721)
1808
Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (born 1738)
1844
Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (born 1780)
1853
Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (born 1806)
1867
Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (born 1793)
1889
Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (born 1823)
1900
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (born 1813)
1908
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1823)
1909
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860)
1909
George Meredith, English novelist and poet (born 1828)
1910
Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (born 1841)
1910
Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (born 1821)
1911
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1860)
1916
Chen Qimei, Chinese revolutionary (born 1878)
1922
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
1941
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (born 1863)
1943
Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (born 1883)
1947
Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (born 1883)
1955
Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (born 1875)
1956
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)
1958
Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (born 1881)
1963
Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1939)
1968
Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (born 1897)
1971
Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1908)
1973
Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (born 1880)
1974
Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (born 1885)
1975
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
1980
Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
Reid Blackburn, American photographer and journalist (born 1952)
David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (born 1949)
1980
Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (born 1956)
1981
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (born 1908)
1981
William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (born 1908)
1987
Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (born 1936)
1989
Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (born 1921)
1990
Jill Ireland, English actress (born 1936)
1995
Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (born 1903)
1995
Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (born 1949)
1995
Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (born 1911)
1995
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (born 1933)
1998
Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1939)
1999
Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1954)
1999
Betty Robinson, American runner (born 1911)
2000
Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (born 1946)
2001
Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (born 1907)
2002
Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (born 1962)
2004
Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (born 1927)
2006
Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (born 1933)
2007
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
2008
Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (born 1911)
2008
Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (born 1942)
2009
Dolla, American rapper (born 1987)
2009
Wayne Allwine, American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (born 1947)
2009
Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
2012
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (born 1925)
2012
Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (born 1967)
2012
Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (born 1927)
2013
Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1959)
2013
Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1924)
2013
Steve Forrest, American actor (born 1925)
2013
David McMillan, American football player (born 1981)
2013
Lothar Schmid, German chess player (born 1928)
2014
Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1921)
2014
Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (born 1929)
2014
Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)
2014
Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (born 1921)
2014
Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (born 1946)
2015
Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947)
2015
Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (born 1926)
2015
Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (born 1946)
2017
Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)
2017
Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)
2017
Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)
2019
Austin Eubanks, American addiction recovery advocate, survivor of the Columbine shooting (born 1981)
2020
Ken Osmond, American actor and police officer (born 1943)
2021
Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (born 1935)
2021
Yolanda Tortolero, Venezuelan politician
2023
Jim Brown, American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1936)
2024
Bruce Nordstrom, American businessman (born 1933)
2024
Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (born 1936)
2024
Alice Stewart, American political commentator (born 1966)