2024
Event
"At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo."
🌍 Historical Events
31 BC
Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
44 BC
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
44
Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
1192
The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
1561
Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
1601
4th Spanish Armada makes landfall in Ireland at Kinsale.
1649
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1666
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
1752
Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1789
The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792
During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1806
A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
1807
Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1856
The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
1859
The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
1862
American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864
American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta as the city surrenders, ending the Atlanta campaign as a victory for General William T. Sherman.
1867
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
1870
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885
Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1898
Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
1901
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1912
Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
1923
Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lynch mobs of Japanese begin massacring thousands of civilians over the course of several weeks, mainly ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese.
1935
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
1939
World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1944
The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
1945
World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, thus marking the official end to the war.
1945
Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.
1946
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
1957
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958
A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1960
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
1963
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1968
Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
1970
NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1970
Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.
1984
Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
1985
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
1987
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
1990
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1992
The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms-Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3-8 meters (9.8-26.2 ft).
1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
1998
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
2008
Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.
2009
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2010
Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
2013
The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
2018
National Museum of Brazil fire, A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
2019
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
2019
The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
2022
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
2023
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
2024
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
2024
A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13.
2024
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
🐣 Notable Births
1243
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, English politician (died 1295)
1251
Francis of Fabriano, Italian writer (died 1322)
1516
Francis I, Duke of Nevers (died 1561)
1531
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of Fiesole (died 1595)
1548
Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
1661
Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (died 1733)
1675
William Somervile, English poet and author (died 1742)
1753
Marie Joséphine of Savoy (died 1810)
1778
Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king (died 1846)
1805
Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (died 1851)
1810
Lysander Button, American engineer (died 1898)
1810
William Seymour Tyler, American historian and educator (died 1897)
1814
Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (died 1896)
1820
Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (died 1900)
1830
William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (died 1911)
1838
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (died 1914)
1838
Liliʻuokalani, Last sovereign monarch of Hawaiʻi (died 1917)
1839
Henry George, American economist and author (died 1897)
1850
Eugene Field, American author and poet (died 1895)
1850
Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company (died 1915)
1850
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (died 1919)
1852
Paul Bourget, French author and critic (died 1935)
1853
Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
1856
John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (died 1936)
1865
Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician (died 1952)
1866
Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1943)
1873
Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1897)
1877
Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956)
1878
Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (died 1961)
1878
Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (died 1946)
1883
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (died 1963)
1884
Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (died 1970)
1892
Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director (died 1965)
1894
Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author (died 1939)
1897
Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1963)
1901
Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (died 1975)
1901
Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (died 1977)
1904
August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (died 1963)
1907
Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (died 1998)
1908
Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (died 2017)
1910
Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (died 1996)
1910
Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (died 2005)
1911
Romare Bearden, American painter and author (died 1988)
1911
William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded Harrah's Entertainment (died 1978)
1911
Lill Tschudi, Swiss artist (died 2004)
1912
Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (died 1967)
1913
Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist (died 2009)
1913
Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1981)
1915
Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (died 2007)
1916
Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (died 2011)
1917
Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (died 1995)
1917
Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (died 1997)
1918
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (died 1998)
1919
Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)
1919
Lance Macklin, English racing driver and businessman (died 2002)
1922
Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
1922
Leigh Kamman, American radio host (died 2014)
1923
René Thom, French mathematician, biologist, and academic (died 2002)
1923
Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (died 1988)
1924
Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (died 2020)
1925
Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (died 1981)
1927
Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (died 2015)
1927
Francis Matthews, English actor (died 2014)
1927
Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (died 2014)
1928
Jim Jordan, Canadian educator and politician (died 2012)
1928
Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (died 2014)
1928
Mel Stuart, American director and producer (died 2012)
1929
Hal Ashby, American actor, director, and producer (died 1988)
1929
Beulah Bewley, English physician and academic (died 2018)
1929
Rex Hartwig, Australian tennis player (died 2022)
1929
Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor and director (died 2012)
1931
Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (died 1993)
1931
Alan Simpson, American politician, US Senator from Wyoming (died 2025)
1932
Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (died 1990)
1932
Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (died 2012)
1933
Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
1933
Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (died 2015)
1934
Hilla Becher, German conceptual photographer (died 2015)
1934
Sam Gooden, American soul singer (died 2022)
1934
Chuck McCann, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
1934
Grady Nutt, American comedian, minister, and author (died 1982)
1935
D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer (died 2025)
1936
Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (died 2016)
1936
Károly Krajczár, Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (died 2018)
1937
Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (died 2006)
1937
Peter Ueberroth, American businessman
1938
Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China (died 2020)
1938
Jimmy Clanton, American pop singer-songwriter
1938
Ernie Sigley, Australian television host (died 2021)
1941
Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician (died 2003)
1941
Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress (died 2015)
1941
John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
1943
Rosalind Ashford, American singer
1943
Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1943
Joe Simon, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2021)
1944
Janet Simpson, English sprinter (died 2010)
1946
Luis Ávalos, Cuban-American actor (died 2014)
1946
Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie, English humanitarian and politician
1946
Marty Grebb, American keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, and music producer/arranger (died 2020)
1946
Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2006)
1946
Walt Simonson, American author and illustrator
1946
Dan White, American assassin and politician (died 1985)
1947
Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947
Jim Richards, New Zealand racing driver
1948
Nate Archibald, American basketball player and coach
1948
Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1948
Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (died 1986)
1949
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, American economist and philosopher
1949
Moira Stuart, British broadcaster
1950
Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1950
Michael Rother, German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
1950
Tony Windsor, Australian politician
1951
Jim DeMint, American politician
1951
Mark Harmon, American actor and producer
1951
Mik Kaminski, English musician, rock violinist
1952
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1952
Mihhail Lotman, Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
1953
Maurice Colclough, English rugby player (died 2006)
1953
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (died 2001)
1953
John Zorn, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
1954
Billi Gordon, American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (died 2018)
1954
Gai Waterhouse, Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman
1954
Andrej Babiš, Czech politician, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1955
Linda Purl, American actress
1956
Mario Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957
Tony Alva, American skateboarder and bass player
1957
Steve Porcaro, American keyboard player and songwriter
1958
Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (died 2014)
1959
Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player (died 2013)
1959
Guy Laliberté, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded Cirque du Soleil
1960
Eric Dickerson, American football player and sportscaster
1960
Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1960
Rex Hudler, American baseball player and sportscaster
1961
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager
1961
Ron Wasserman, American singer-songwriter and producer
1962
Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (died 2012)
1962
Prachya Pinkaew, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1962
Tracy Smothers, American wrestler (died 2020)
1962
Keir Starmer, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1963
Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach
1964
Andrea Illy, Italian businessman
1964
Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
1965
Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer
1965
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian director and screenwriter
1966
Dino Cazares, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1966
Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
1966
Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer
1966
Olivier Panis, French racing driver
1966
Tuc Watkins, American actor
1967
Frank Fontsere, American drummer and songwriter
1967
Andreas Möller, German footballer and manager
1968
Cynthia Watros, American actress
1968
Francisco Acevedo, American serial killer
1969
Laurence Brihaye, Belgian rhythmic gymnast
1969
K-Ci, American R&B singer-songwriter
1969
Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player
1971
Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971
Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor politician
1971
Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach
1971
César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1971
Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1971
Katt Williams, American comedian and actor
1972
Robert Coles, English golfer
1973
Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
1973
Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
1973
Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
1973
Nicholas Pinnock, English actor
1973
Sudeep, Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter
1974
Sami Salo, Finnish ice hockey player
1975
Jill Janus, American singer (died 2018)
1975
MC Chris, American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
1975
Tony Thompson, American singer (died 2007)
1976
Syleena Johnson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress
1976
Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
1977
Tiffany Hines, American actress
1977
Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1977
Sam Rivers, American musician (died 2025)
1979
Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1979
Jonathan Kite, American actor and comedian
1979
Brian Westbrook, American football player
1980
Dany Sabourin, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Danny Shittu, Nigerian footballer
1980
Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese race car driver
1981
Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
1981
Jennifer Hopkins, American tennis player
1981
Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1982
Joey Barton, English footballer
1982
Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1982
Mark Phillips, English footballer
1983
Mark Foster, English rugby player
1984
Jack Peñate, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985
Keith Galloway, Australian rugby league player
1985
Allison Miller, American actress
1986
Gélson Fernandes, Swiss footballer
1986
Kyle Hines, American basketball player
1987
Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
1987
Spencer Smith, American musician
1988
Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer
1988
Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
1988
Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer
1988
Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
1988
Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (died 2008)
1989
Marcus Morris, American basketball player
1989
Markieff Morris, American basketball player
1989
Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989
Zedd, Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
1990
Marcus Ericsson, Swedish race car driver
1990
Shayla Worley, American gymnast
1991
Christian Bethancourt, Panamanian baseball player
1991
Mareks Mejeris, Latvian basketball player
1991
Gyasi Zardes, American footballer
1992
Xenia Knoll, Swiss tennis player
1992
Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer
1992
Alberto Masi, Italian footballer
1992
Emiliano Martínez, Argentine footballer
1992
Ella Toone, English footballer
1993
Tom Anderson, English footballer
1993
Zaza Nadiradze, Georgian sprint canoeist
1993
Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player
1995
Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player
1995
Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player
1995
Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer
1996
Austin Abrams, American actor
1997
645AR, American rapper
1997
Brandon Ingram, American basketball player
1998
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Canadian basketball player
1998
Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
🕯️ Notable Deaths
421
Constantius III, Roman emperor
459
Simeon Stylites, Byzantine saint (born 390)
595
John IV of Constantinople
1022
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, king of Mide and High King of Ireland
1031
Saint Emeric of Hungary (born 1000)
1083
King Munjong of Goryeo (born 1019)
1274
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1242)
1397
Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1540
Dawit II of Ethiopia (born 1501)
1606
Karel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (born 1548)
1651
Kosem Sultan, Ottoman Valide sultan and regent (born 1589)
1680
Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of Sweden (born 1602)
1688
Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (born 1631)
1690
Philip William, Elector Palatine, German Count Palatine of Neuburg (born 1615)
1764
Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1700)
1765
Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (born 1719)
1768
Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and theorist (born 1703)
1790
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (born 1701)
1813
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (born 1763)
1820
Jiaqing Emperor of China (born 1760)
1832
Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (born 1754)
1834
Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (born 1757)
1865
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1805)
1872
N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (born 1783)
1877
Konstantinos Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1793)
1885
Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (born 1821)
1898
Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1807)
1910
Henri Rousseau, French painter (born 1844)
1911
Marie Andrieu, French anarchist, cartomancer and spiritualist (born 1851)
1918
John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (born 1847)
1921
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (born 1840)
1922
Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (born 1867)
1927
Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (born 1878)
1934
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (born 1860)
1934
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (born 1908)
1934
Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (born 1884)
1937
Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (born 1863)
1941
Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (born 1919)
1942
Tom Williams (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1923)
1942
James Juvenal, American rower (born 1874)
1943
Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (born 1877)
1944
Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (born 1895)
1945
Mason Phelps, American golfer (born 1885)
1948
Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (born 1883)
1953
Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (born 1875)
1953
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1883)
1954
Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (born 1900)
1962
William Wilkerson, American publisher and businessman (born 1890)
1964
Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
1964
Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1887)
1965
Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (born 1917)
1969
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (born 1890)
1971
Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (born 1939)
1973
Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
1973
J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (born 1892)
1975
Mabel Vernon, American activist (born 1883)
1976
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (born 1934)
1977
Stephen Dunne, American actor (born 1918)
1978
Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (born 1886)
1979
Otto P. Weyland, American general (born 1903)
1983
Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (born 1944)
1984
Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (born 1908)
1985
M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
1985
Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (born 1920)
1985
V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (born 1918)
1985
Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (born 1955)
1987
Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (born 1935)
1990
Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (born 1937)
1991
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1992
Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1996
Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1953)
1997
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (born 1902)
1997
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1905)
1998
Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (born 1933)
1998
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (born 1918)
2000
Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (born 1905)
2000
Curt Siodmak, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1907)
2001
Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (born 1922)
2001
Troy Donahue, American actor (born 1936)
2002
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (born 1915)
2004
Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (born 1923)
2005
Bob Denver, American actor (born 1935)
2006
Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (born 1930)
2006
Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (born 1961)
2006
Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (born 1931)
2007
Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer, created TransAmerica (born 1957)
2007
Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)
2008
Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (born 1916)
2008
Alan Waddell, Australian walker
2009
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)
2011
Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (born 1979)
2011
Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television presenter (born 1966)
2012
Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (born 1966)
2012
Jack Boucher, American photographer and director (born 1931)
2012
John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
2012
Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (born 1941)
2013
Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (born 1965)
2013
Terry Clawson, English rugby player and coach (born 1940)
2013
Ronald Coase, English-American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
2013
David Jacobs, English radio and television host (born 1926)
2013
Frederik Pohl, American author and publisher (born 1919)
2013
Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (born 1935)
2014
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (born 1930)
2014
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (born 1911)
2014
Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (born 1921)
2014
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (born 1949)
2015
Ephraim Engleman, American rheumatologist, author, and academic (born 1911)
2016
Jerry Heller, American music manager (born 1940)
2016
Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (born 1938)
2018
Claire Wineland, American activist and author (born 1997)
2021
Siddharth Shukla, Indian TV and film actor (born 1980)
2021
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (born 1925)
2022
Frank Drake, American radio astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1930)
2022
T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Indian Carnatic vocalist (born 1945)
2024
James Darren, American actor (born 1936)
2024
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, Colombian politician (born 1945)