Events

1240 - At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 - Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
1418 - Armagnac/Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and his suspected sympathizers, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.
1429 - Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
1550 - The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
1560 - Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
1653 - First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
1758 - French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
1775 - American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
1776 - The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
1860 - The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
1864 - American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
1889 - Eighty people are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
1898 - Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1899 - New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1905 - The Servants of India Society was established in Pune, India by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
1922 - At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded: The Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
1935 - A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War
1939 - Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1940 - World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1942 - Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
1943 - Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzezhany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
1944 - American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan.
1954 - Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
1964 - Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
1967 - The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
1967 - Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
1972 - The fast food restaurant chain Popeyes is founded in Arabi, Louisiana.
1978 - David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
1979 - Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
1987 - The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
1987 - Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1990 - Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1991 - Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic.
1991 - 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
1993 - An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.
1994 - The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight.
1996 - In Philadelphia, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
1996 - 2 Australian Army S-70A-9 Colided During A training mission. Killing 18 and injuring 12.
1997 - Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
1999 - Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2009 - A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.
2016 - 49 civilians are killed and 53 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The gunman, Omar Mateen, was killed in a gunfight with police.

Births

1107 - Emperor Gaozong of Song (died 1187)
1161 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201)
1519 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
1561 - Anna of Württemberg (died 1616)
1573 - Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629)
1577 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
1711 - Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
1760 - Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
1771 - Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)
1775 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (died 1851)
1777 - Robert Clark, American physician and politician (died 1837)
1795 - John Marston, American sailor (died 1885)
1798 - Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
1800 - Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician (died 1836)
1802 - Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author (died 1876)
1806 - John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869)
1812 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
1819 - Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)
1827 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (died 1901)
1841 - Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928)
1843 - David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
1851 - Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (died 1940)
1857 - Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)
1858 - Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (died 1927)
1858 - Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (died 1929)
1861 - William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
1864 - Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
1875 - Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (died 1953)
1877 - Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (died 1971)
1883 - Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (died 1969)
1883 - Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
1888 - Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)
1892 - Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)
1897 - Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
1899 - Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1899 - Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968)
1902 - Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973)
1903 - Emmett Hardy, American cornet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (died 1925)
1905 - Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
1906 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died 1977)
1908 - Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster (died 1988)
1908 - Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)
1908 - Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975)
1910 - Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author (died 1992)
1912 - Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)
1912 - Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (died 1961)
1913 - Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996)
1913 - Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005)
1914 - William Lundigan, American actor and singer (died 1975)
1914 - Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (died 2014)
1915 - Priscilla Lane, American actress and singer (died 1995)
1915 - Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
1915 - David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman
1916 - Irwin Allen, American director and producer (died 1991)
1916 - Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015)
1918 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (died 2001)
1918 - Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
1919 - Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator (died 2004)
1920 - Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)
1920 - Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)
1920 - Jim Siedow, American actor (died 2003)
1921 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
1921 - Christopher Derrick, English author, critic, and academic (died 2007)
1921 - James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
1922 - Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)
1923 - Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (died 2007)
1924 - George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States
1924 - Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)
1925 - Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese psychiatrist, author, and poet (died 1975)
1928 - Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1928 - Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
1928 - Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director
1929 - Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (died 1995)
1929 - Anne Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim and author (died 1945)
1929 - Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic
1929 - John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
1930 - Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (died 1979)
1930 - Donald Byrne, American chess player (died 1976)
1930 - Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver and engineer (died 1993)
1930 - Jim Nabors, American actor and singer
1931 - Trevanian, American author and scholar (died 2005)
1931 - Rona Jaffe, American novelist (died 2005)
1932 - Mimi Coertse, South African soprano and producer
1932 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
1933 - Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (died 2004)
1934 - John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)
1934 - Nicole Berger, French actress (died 1967)
1934 - Kevin Billington, English director and producer
1935 - Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (died 2014)
1935 - Paul Kennedy, English lawyer and judge
1937 - Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
1937 - Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager
1937 - Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
1938 - Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, English horse trainer (died 2014)
1938 - Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016)
1938 - Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
1938 - Ian Partridge, English tenor and educator
1939 - Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (died 2003)
1940 - Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician
1941 - Marv Albert, American sportscaster
1941 - Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (Chick Corea Elektric Band, Return to Forever, and Five Peace Band)
1941 - Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1941 - Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (died 2013)
1941 - Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
1942 - Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dovells)
1942 - Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 - Pat Jennings, Irish footballer and coach
1946 - Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 - Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
1946 - Catherine Bréchignac, French physicist and academic
1948 - Hans Binder, Austrian race car driver
1948 - Lyn Collins, American singer (died 2005)
1948 - Herbert Meyer, German footballer
1949 - Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician, President of Germany
1949 - Roger Aaron Brown, American actor
1949 - Ivo Linna, Estonian singer and guitarist (Apelsin)
1949 - Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (King Crimson, Mogul Thrash, Family, Roxy Music, UK, and Asia)
1950 - Michael Fabricant, English politician
1950 - Sonia Manzano, American television personality, singer, and screenwriter
1951 - Bun E. Carlos, American drummer (Cheap Trick and Tinted Windows)
1951 - Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston, RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (died 2007)
1951 - Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)
1952 - Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
1952 - Pete Farndon, English bass player (The Pretenders) (died 1983)
1952 - Oliver Knussen, Scottish composer and conductor
1953 - Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 - Tess Gerritsen, American physician and author
1953 - David Thornton, American actor
1954 - Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall, English lawyer and politician
1956 - Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1957 - Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
1957 - Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1958 - Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 - Rory Sparrow, American basketball player and manager
1959 - John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (They Might Be Giants and The Mundanes)
1959 - Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1959 - Jalal-ud-Din, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1960 - Mark Calcavecchia, American golfer
1960 - Joe Kopicki, American basketball player and coach
1961 - Jim Goad, American singer, author, and publisher
1961 - Julius Kariuki, Kenyan runner
1961 - Kira Roessler, American singer and bass player (Black Flag and Dos)
1962 - Paul Clark, English keyboard player (The Bolshoi)
1962 - John Enos III, American actor
1963 - Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (died 2012)
1963 - Warwick Capper, Australian footballer, coach, and actor
1963 - Tim DeKay, American actor, director, and producer
1963 - Johnny Hotbody, American wrestler
1963 - T. born Joshua, Nigerian minister and television host
1963 - Jerry Lynn, American wrestler
1963 - Patrice Martinez, Mexican-American actress
1964 - Derek Higgins, Irish race car driver
1964 - Kent Jones, American journalist
1964 - Paula Marshall, American actress
1964 - Peter Such, Scottish-born, English cricketer
1965 - Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (Psí vojáci) (died 2013)
1965 - Gwen Torrence, American sprinter
1965 - Cathy Tyson, English actress
1966 - Tom Misteli, Swiss cell biologist
1967 - Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1967 - Aivar Kuusmaa, Estonian basketball player and coach
1967 - Frances O'Connor, English-Australian actress
1968 - Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach
1968 - Htay Kywe, Burmese activist
1968 - Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (Blues Traveler) (died 1999)
1969 - Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (died 2007)
1969 - Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (died 2013)
1969 - Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
1969 - Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
1970 - Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1971 - Arman Alizad, Iranian-Finnish tailor and television host
1971 - Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
1971 - Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
1971 - Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
1972 - Bounty Killer, Jamaican rapper and DJ (The Alliance)
1972 - Sophie Lawrence, English actress and singer
1972 - Finesse Mitchell, American actor and screenwriter
1973 - Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
1973 - Jennifer Jo Cobb, American race car driver
1973 - Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer
1973 - Mitsuki Saiga, Japanese voice actress and singer
1973 - Darryl White, Australian footballer
1974 - Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
1974 - Jason Mewes, American actor and producer
1974 - Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
1975 - Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and journalist
1975 - Stephanie Szostak, French-American actress
1976 - Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 - Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer
1976 - Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
1977 - Richard Ayoade, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 - Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Rides)
1978 - Lewis Moody, English rugby player
1978 - Shiloh Strong, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1979 - Dallas Clark, American football player
1979 - Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler
1979 - Wil Horneff, American actor
1979 - Diego Milito, Argentinian footballer
1979 - Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1979 - Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach
1980 - Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player
1980 - Jason Dent, American mixed martial artist
1980 - Larry Foote, American football player
1981 - Raitis Grafs, Latvian basketball player
1981 - Paul Hasleby, Australian footballer
1981 - Jeremy Howard, American actor
1981 - Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress
1982 - Ben Blackwell, American drummer (The Dirtbombs)
1982 - Diem Brown, German-American journalist and activist (died 2014)
1982 - Jason David, American football player
1982 - Loïc Duval, French race car driver
1982 - James Tomlinson, English cricketer
1983 - Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
1983 - Andy Ologun, Nigerian boxer and actor
1983 - Alexander Pipa, German rugby player
1983 - Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
1984 - James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari runner
1984 - Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (died 2013)
1985 - Colin Doyle, Irish footballer
1985 - Dave Franco, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1985 - Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
1985 - Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league player
1985 - Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author
1985 - Chris Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 - Erik Ainge, American football player
1986 - Stanislava Komarova, Russian swimmer
1986 - Sergio Rodríguez, Spanish basketball player
1986 - Harry Taylor, Australian footballer
1987 - Seyi Ajirotutu, American football player
1987 - Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
1987 - Abbey Lee Kershaw, Australian model and actress
1987 - Kristjan Rand, Estonian ice dancer
1988 - Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
1988 - Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
1988 - Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anarbor and Cute Is What We Aim For)
1988 - Dakota Morton, Canadian actor and radio host
1989 - Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989 - Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
1990 - KevJumba, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1990 - Kevin López, Spanish runner
1990 - David Worrall, English footballer
1991 - Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
1992 - Allie DiMeco, American actress
1992 - Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Laura Jones, English gymnast
1995 - Furkan Soyalp, Turkish footballer
2001 - John Bigelow IV, Filipino-American golfer

Deaths

816 - Pope Leo III (born 750)
918 - Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870)
1020 - Lyfing, English archbishop (born 999)
1036 - Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990)
1144 - Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075)
1418 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (born 1360)
1428 - Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight (born 1379)
1435 - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1408)
1560 - Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (born 1506)
1560 - Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (born 1519)
1565 - Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (born 1512)
1567 - Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490)
1647 - Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (born 1575)
1668 - Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (born 1599)
1675 - Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634)
1734 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1670)
1758 - Prince Augustus William of Prussia (born 1722)
1772 - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born 1724)
1778 - Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (born 1716)
1816 - Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757)
1818 - Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
1841 - Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archeologist, and philologist (born 1786)
1900 - Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820)
1904 - Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836)
1912 - Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822)
1917 - Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853)
1932 - Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852)
1937 - Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (born 1893)
1944 - Erich Marcks, German general (born 1891)
1957 - Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (born 1904)
1962 - John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
1963 - Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (born 1925)
1966 - Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (born 1891)
1968 - Herbert Read, English poet and critic (born 1893)
1969 - Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
1972 - Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)
1976 - Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)
1978 - Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
1978 - Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
1980 - Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904)
1980 - Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899)
1982 - Peter Maivia, Samoan-American wrestler and promoter (born 1935)
1982 - Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1953)
1982 - Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
1983 - Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1902)
1989 - Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
1990 - Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1914)
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American murder victim (born 1959)
1994 - Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and author (born 1902)
1995 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920)
1995 - Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949)
1997 - Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924)
1998 - Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (born 1924)
1998 - Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1999 - J. F. Powers American novelist and short story writer (born 1917)
2000 - Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
2000 - Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (born 1978)
2002 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (born 1922)
2003 - Gregory Peck, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1916)
2005 - Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
2006 - Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (born 1921)
2006 - Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (born 1915)
2006 - György Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer and educator (born 1923)
2006 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (born 1923)
2007 - Don Herbert, American television host and producer (born 1917)
2008 - Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1932)
2010 - Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931)
2011 - René Audet, Canadian bishop (born 1920)
2012 - Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923)
2012 - Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)
2012 - Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)
2012 - Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
2012 - Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942)
2013 - Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (born 1908)
2013 - Jason Leffler, American race car driver (born 1975)
2013 - Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (born 1925)
2013 - Scott Winkler, Norwegian ice hockey player (born 1990)
2014 - Nabil Hemani, Algerian footballer (born 1979)
2014 - Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (born 1929)
2014 - Carla Laemmle, American actress (born 1909)
2014 - Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist (born 1959)
2015 - Nasir al-Wuhayshi, Yemeni terrorist (born 1976)
2015 - Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946)
2015 - Frederick Pei Li, Chinese-American physician and academic (born 1940)
2015 - Nek Chand Saini, Indian sculptor (born 1924)
2015 - Patrick Lennox Tierney, American historian and academic (born 1914)
2016 - Omar Mateen, American terrorist and mass murderer (born 1986)
2016 - George Voinovich, American politician (born 1936)
2016 - Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (born 1920)