World History of May 30

1469 Death

"Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (born 1389)"

🌍 Historical Events

70
Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi).
1381
Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
1416
The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
1431
Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1434
Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
1510
During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
1536
King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1539
In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
1574
Henry III becomes King of France.
1588
The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
1631
Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
1635
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
1642
From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
1723
Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
1796
War of the First Coalition: In the Battle of Borghetto, Napoleon Bonaparte manages to cross the Mincio River against the Austrian army. This crossing forces the Austrians to abandon Lombardy and retreat to the Tyrol, leaving the fortress of Mantua as the sole remaining Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy.
1806
Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
1814
The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
1815
The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
1834
Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
1842
John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
1845
The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
1862
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from retreating Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard.
1866
Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.
1868
Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
1876
Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
1876
The secret decree of Ems Ukaz, issued by Russian Tsar Alexander II in the German city of Bad Ems, was aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language publications in the Russian Empire.
1883
In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge.
1899
Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1911
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
1913
The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
1914
The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1922
The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1925
May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
1937
Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
1941
World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
1942
World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1943
The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
1948
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1958
Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
1959
The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
1961
The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1961
Viasa Flight 897 crashes after takeoff from Lisbon Airport, killing 61.
1963
A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966
Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
1967
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
1968
Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
1971
Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
1972
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
1972
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1974
The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
1975
European Space Agency is established.
1979
Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
1982
Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1990
Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
1998
The 6.5 Mw  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000-4,500.
1998
Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
2003
Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
2008
Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
2008
TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people.
2012
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
2013
Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
2020
The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
2024
Donald Trump is convicted of falsifying business records in his New York trial, the first time a former President of the United States has been found guilty in a criminal case.

🐣 Notable Births

1010
Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1063)
1201
Theobald IV, count of Champagne (died 1253)
1423
Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1461)
1464
Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (died 1515)
1580
Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (died 1634)
1599
Samuel Bochart, French Protestant biblical scholar (died 1667)
1623
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1686)
1686
Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (died 1736)
1718
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1793)
1719
Roger Newdigate, English politician (died 1806)
1757
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844)
1768
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (died 1815)
1797
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (died 1873)
1800
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (died 1883)
1814
Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876)
1814
Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
1819
William McMurdo, English general (died 1894)
1820
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (died 1890)
1835
Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)
1844
Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (died 1921)
1845
Amadeo I, Spanish king (died 1890)
1846
Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (died 1920)
1862
Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (died 1911)
1869
Grace Andrews, American mathematician (died 1951)
1874
Ernest Duchesne, French physician (died 1912)
1875
Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (died 1944)
1879
Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (died 1917)
1879
Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (died 1975)
1881
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (died 1968)
1882
Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (died 1915)
1883
Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (died 1930)
1884
Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (died 1942)
1885
Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (died 1942)
1886
Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964)
1886
Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (died 1918)
1887
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964)
1887
Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964)
1890
Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1936)
1892
Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (died 1972)
1894
Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1965)
1895
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (died 1956)
1896
Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
1897
Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)
1898
John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (died 1985)
1899
Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 1936)
1901
Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (died 1969)
1901
Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (died 1979)
1902
Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (died 1985)
1903
Countee Cullen, American poet and author (died 1946)
1906
Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (died 1959)
1907
Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (died 2008)
1908
Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
1908
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (died 1989)
1909
Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (died 1997)
1909
Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (died 1988)
1909
Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986)
1910
Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (died 2011)
1912
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
1912
Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (died 1996)
1912
Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (died 1980)
1912
Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (died 1996)
1912
Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (died 2010)
1914
Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (died 1979)
1915
Len Carney, English footballer and soldier (died 1996)
1916
Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (died 1962)
1916
Mort Meskin, American illustrator (died 1995)
1918
Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (died 2000)
1918
Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (died 2007)
1919
René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (died 1969)
1920
Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (died 1989)
1922
Hal Clement, American author and educator (died 2003)
1924
Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (died 2014)
1925
John Henry Marks, English physician and author (died 2022)
1926
Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (died 2015)
1927
Joan Birman, American mathematician
1927
Clint Walker, American actor and singer (died 2018)
1927
Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1993)
1928
Pro Hart, Australian painter (died 2006)
1928
Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1929
Georges Gilson, French archbishop (died 2024)
1930
Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (died 2007)
1930
Robert Ryman, American painter (died 2019)
1931
Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate
1932
Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright
1932
Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (died 2016)
1932
Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2018)
1934
Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019)
1934
Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (died 2012)
1935
Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
1935
Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (died 2005)
1936
Keir Dullea, American actor
1937
Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician
1937
Rick Mather, American-English architect (died 2013)
1938
Billie Letts, American author and educator (died 2014)
1939
Michael J. Pollard, American actor (died 2019)
1939
Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
1939
Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones
1940
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (died 2015)
1940
Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1942
John Gladwin, English bishop
1942
Carole Stone, English journalist and author
1943
James Chaney, American civil rights activist (died 1964)
1943
Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer
1943
Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist (died 2020)
1944
Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter
1944
Meredith MacRae, American actress (died 2000)
1944
Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman
1945
Gladys Horton, American singer (died 2011)
1946
Allan Chapman, English historian and author
1946
Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer
1947
Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (died 2021)
1948
Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist
1948
Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
1948
David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer
1949
P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
1949
Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge
1949
Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)
1950
Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician
1950
Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author
1950
Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris
1951
Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter
1951
Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
1951
Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
1952
Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer
1952
Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster
1953
Jim Hunter, Canadian skier
1953
Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1955
Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter
1955
Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic
1955
Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
1955
Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
1955
Jake Roberts, American professional wrestler
1956
Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic
1956
Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (died 2012)
1957
Mike Clayton, Australian golfer
1958
Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player
1958
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
1958
Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician
1958
Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1958
Ted McGinley, American actor
1959
Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager
1959
Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler
1959
Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
1961
Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1961
John Terlesky, American actor
1961
Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer
1962
Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1962
Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician
1962
Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician
1962
Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer
1963
Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter
1963
Élise Lucet, French journalist
1963
Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
1964
Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1964
Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver
1964
Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1965
Troy Coker, Australian rugby player
1965
Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
1965
Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.
1966
Sonya Curry, mother of American basketball players
1966
Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager
1966
Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967
Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter
1967
Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player
1967
Sven Pipien, German-American bass player
1968
Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta
1968
Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks
1969
Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1969
Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1971
Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach
1971
Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1971
Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
1971
Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
1971
Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1972
Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
1974
Big L, American rapper (died 1999)
1974
Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer
1974
Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
1974
David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
1975
Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
1975
Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter
1975
Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach
1975
CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter
1975
Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman
1976
Arna Lára Jónsdóttir, Icelandic politician
1976
Rasho Nesterović, basketball player
1976
Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach
1976
Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner
1977
Rachael Stirling, English actress
1977
Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer
1979
Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
1979
Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
1979
Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Steven Gerrard, English international footballer and manager
1980
Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player
1980
Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author
1981
Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981
Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
1981
Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
1981
Remy Ma, American rapper
1981
Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
1981
Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
1982
Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (died 2007)
1982
James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
1984
Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
1984
Matt Maguire, Australian footballer
1984
Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player
1985
Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (died 2013)
1985
Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer
1985
Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player
1986
Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer
1986
Will Peltz, American actor
1989
Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter
1989
Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1990
Im Yoon-ah, South Korean singer and actress
1990
Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
1990
Zack Wheeler, American baseball player
1991
Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
1992
Harrison Barnes, American basketball player
1992
Danielle Harold, English actress
1992
Jeremy Lamb, American basketball player
1994
Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
1996
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
1997
Jung Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress
1997
Charlie Hall, American actor
1997
Jake Short, American actor
1999
Eddie Nketiah, English footballer
1999
Guanyu Zhou, Chinese race car driver
2000
Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
2002
Natty, Thai singer based in South Korea

🕯️ Notable Deaths

531
Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang dynasty (born 501)
727
Hubertus, bishop Liège
947
Ma Xifan, king of Chu (born 899)
1035
Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (born 980)
1159
Władysław II the Exile, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (born 1105)
1252
Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León (born 1199)
1347
John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (born 1290)
1376
Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon, French noblewoman
1416
Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (born 1379)
1431
Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (born 1412)
1434
Prokop the Great, Czech general (born 1380)
1469
Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (born 1389)
1472
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (born 1416)
1574
Charles IX of France (born 1550)
1593
Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564)
1606
Guru Arjan Dev, fifth of the Sikh gurus (born 1563)
1640
Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (born 1577)
1670
John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (born 1597)
1696
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1638)
1712
Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (born 1645)
1718
Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (born 1670)
1744
Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688)
1770
François Boucher, French painter and set designer (born 1703)
1778
Voltaire, French philosopher and author (born 1694)
1778
José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (born ca. 1700)
1829
Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (born 1774)
1832
James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (born 1765)
1855
Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (born 1777)
1865
John Catron, American lawyer and judge (born 1786)
1867
Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (born 1797)
1873
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)
1875
Rosa May Billinghurst, "cripple suffragette" (sic)
1892
Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (born 1835)
1901
Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841)
1911
Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (born 1836)
1912
Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867)
1918
Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (born 1856)
1920
Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali, Bengali writer and social activist (born 1858)
1925
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (born 1876)
1926
Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (born 1864)
1934
Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (born 1848)
1939
Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (born 1904)
1941
Prajadhipok, Thai king (born 1893)
1946
Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (born 1910)
1947
Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880)
1948
József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874)
1949
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (born 1874)
1951
Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (born 1886)
1953
Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (born 1886)
1955
Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (born 1918)
1957
Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (born 1921)
1960
Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
1961
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891)
1964
Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (born 1882)
1964
Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (born 1927)
1964
Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (born 1898)
1965
Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (born 1899)
1967
Claude Rains, English-American actor (born 1889)
1971
Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (born 1886)
1975
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born 1951)
1975
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908)
1975
Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (born 1895)
1976
Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890)
1976
Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (born 1902)
1978
Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)
1980
Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (born 1942)
1981
Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)
1981
Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (born 1936)
1982
Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (born 1904)
1984
Manuel Buendía, Mexican journalist and political columnist (born 1926)
1986
Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (born 1940)
1993
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914)
1994
Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)
1994
Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (born 1914)
1994
Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (born 1955)
1995
Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (born 1912)
1995
Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (born 1911)
1995
Bobby Stokes, English footballer (born 1951)
1996
Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (born 1903)
1996
Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (born 1961)
1999
Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (born 1920)
2000
Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1914)
2001
Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (born 1915)
2005
Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (born 1945)
2005
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (born 1958)
2005
Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918)
2006
Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2006
David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938)
2006
Robert Sterling, American actor (born 1917)
2007
Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (born 1933)
2007
Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (born 1907)
2007
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (born 1927)
2009
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)
2009
Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966)
2009
Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)
2010
Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1933)
2010
Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (born 1917)
2011
Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (born 1952)
2011
Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (born 1970)
2011
Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (born 1942)
2011
Clarice Taylor, American actress (born 1917)
2011
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
2012
John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957)
2012
Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
2012
Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (born 1937)
2012
Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
2013
Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (born 1953)
2013
Larry Jones, American football player and coach (born 1933)
2014
Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)
2014
Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
2014
Joan Lorring, British actress (born 1926)
2014
Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (born 1932)
2015
Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969)
2015
Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957)
2015
L. Tom Perry, American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1922)
2016
Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)
2016
Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950)
2019
Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)
2019
Jason Marcano, Trinidadian footballer (born 1983)
2020
Michael Angelis, British actor (born 1944)
2021
Jason Dupasquier, Swiss motorcycle road racer (born 2001)
2024
Geneviève de Galard, French nurse (born 1925)
2024
Drew Gordon, American professional basketball player (born 1990)
2025
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926)
2025
Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (born 1953)
2025
Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (born 1937)
2025
John E. Thrasher, American politician (born 1943)