Events

332 - Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
872 - Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome.
1096 - First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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 led a Chinese 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.
1565 - The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain.
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 - Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
1763 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal
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 - 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: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
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.
1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
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.
1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
1927 - The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1927 - After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
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 government.
1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
1951 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 93 relating to Palestine is adopted.
1953 - Jackie 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.
1956 - First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
1958 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1959 - Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
1965 - Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
1974 - Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
1974 - Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991.
1980 - Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
1980 - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
1983 - In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
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 but is not recognized by the international community.
1993 - Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
1994 - Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestine 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.
2011 - Twenty-two people are killed when Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crashes in southern Argentina.
2012 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 2048 relating to Guinea-Bissau is adopted.
2015 - At least 78 people die in a landslides caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.

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)
1474 - Isabella d'Este, Italian wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (died 1539)
1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher (died 1664)
1662 - George Smalridge, English bishop (died 1719)
1692 - 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)
1835 - Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and third 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)
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)
1868 - Nicholas II of Russia (died 1918)
1871 - Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (died 1922)
1872 - Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1873 - Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress (died 1937)
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)
1887 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died 1946)
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)
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)
1905 - Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (died 1943)
1907 - Irene Hunt, American author and educator (died 2001)
1907 - Lincoln Stedman, American actor (died 1948)
1909 - Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic (died 1995)
1910 - Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (died 1999)
1911 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (died 1985)
1912 - Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
1912 - Perry Como, American singer and actor (died 2001)
1912 - Walter Sisulu, South African politician (died 2003)
1913 - Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (died 2000)
1913 - Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress and singer (died 2009)
1913 - Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (died 2001)
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)
1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (died 2003)
1919 - Margot Fonteyn, English-Panamanian ballerina and academic (died 1991)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (died 2005)
1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer and actress (Quartetto Cetra) (died 2012)
1921 - Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
1922 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychologist and academic (died 2005)
1922 - Bill Macy, American actor
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
1924 - Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
1925 - Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (died 1980)
1927 - Richard Body, English politician
1927 - Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (died 2015)
1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor and singer (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 and singer
1931 - Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (died 1995)
1931 - Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician
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
1936 - Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1936 - Rita Cadillac, French dancer, singer, and actress (died 1995)
1936 - Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic
1937 - Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster
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
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
1943 - Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-American wrestler and actor
1944 - Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Family Dogg)
1944 - W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2001)
1946 - Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
1946 - Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino warlord (died 2015)
1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
1946 - Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (died 2013)
1946 - Suze Randall, English model, photographer, and pornographer
1947 - John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
1947 - Gail Strickland, American actress
1947 - Hugh Keays-Byrne, Indian-Australian actor
1947 - Akira Terao, Japanese singer and actor
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 - Rick Wakeman, English keyboard player and songwriter (Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, and Warhorse)
1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and television host
1950 - Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (died 1997)
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter (Devo)
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, producer, and actor (Ace in the Hole Band)
1952 - Jeana Yeager, American pilot
1953 - Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
1954 - Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 - Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer
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 (Midnight Oil)
1956 - Naomichi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
1957 - Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer (Moti Special and Enigma)
1957 - Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
1957 - Jane Root, English broadcaster and academic
1958 - Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
1958 - Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Toyah, The Humans, and Sunday All Over the World)
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 and singer
1961 - Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pulp)
1962 - Sandra, German singer (Arabesque and Enigma)
1962 - Mike Darnell, American businessman
1962 - Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer-songwriter (One More Time)
1962 - Olga Volozhinskaya, Russian ice dancer and choreographer
1962 - Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (died 2009)
1963 - Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and actor
1963 - Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
1964 - Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (Helloween) (died 1995)
1966 - Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
1966 - Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer (DC Talk, Tait, and Newsboys)
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
1968 - Sergei Martynov, Belarusian target shooter
1969 - Martika, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Oppera)
1970 - Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1970 - Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1970 - Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide)
1971 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player 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
1974 - Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
1974 - Valmo Kriisa, Estonian basketball player
1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
1975 - Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 - Ron Mercer, American basketball player
1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1977 - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
1977 - Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
1978 - Jessica Cutler, American blogger and author
1978 - Marcus Giles, American baseball player
1978 - Charles Kamathi, Kenyan runner
1979 - Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
1979 - Anna Chatziathanassiou, Greek figure skater
1979 - Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
1979 - Blagoj Nacoski, Macedonian opera singer
1979 - Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe racer
1979 - David Nail, American singer-songwriter
1979 - Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
1980 - Reggie Evans, American basketball player
1980 - Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
1980 - Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
1980 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1981 - Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
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 - Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
1984 - Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
1985 - Francesca Battistelli, American singer-songwriter
1985 - Dalma Kovács, Romanian singer and actress
1985 - Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
1985 - Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
1986 - Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
1986 - Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
1987 - Luisana Lopilato, Argentinian actress and singer (Erreway)
1988 - Taeyang, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Big Bang)
1990 - Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
1990 - Heo Ga-yoon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (4Minute and 2YOON)
1990 - Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
1992 - Spencer Breslin, American actor and singer
1993 - Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
1993 - Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
1998 - Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
1999 - Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter

Deaths

526 - Pope John I (born 470)
1401 - Vladislaus II of Opole (born 1332)
1550 - Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (born 1498)
1551 - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (born 1486)
1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese commander (born 1559)
1675 - Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (born 1637)
1692 - Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (born 1617)
1733 - Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (born 1761)
1780 - Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1714)
1781 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (born 1742)
1792 - Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (born 1730)
1795 - Robert Rogers, American-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)
1829 - Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (born 1803)
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)
1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
1927 - Andrew Kehoe, American educator and murderer, committed the Bath School disaster (born 1872)
1941 - Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (born 1863)
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)
1967 - Andy Clyde, Scottish-American actor and singer (born 1892)
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:
1980 - Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (born 1956)
1981 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (born 1908)
1981 - William Saroyan, American author and playwright (born 1908)
1987 - Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (born 1936)
1988 - Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (born 1916)
1989 - Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (born 1921)
1990 - Jill Ireland, English-American actress and singer (born 1936)
1992 - Skip Stephenson, American comedian and actor (born 1940)
1992 - Marshall Thompson, American actor and director (born 1925)
1995 - Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (born 1903)
1995 - Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (born 1949)
1995 - Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (born 1911)
1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and singer (born 1933)
1998 - Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1939)
1997 - Bridgette Andersen, American actress (born 1975)
1999 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1954)
1999 - Betty Robinson, American runner (born 1911)
2000 - Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi, Indian-Pakistani scholar (born 1932)
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 wrestler (born 1962)
2003 - Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman (born 1914)
2003 - Barb Tarbox, Canadian activist (born 1961)
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)
2007 - Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (born 1932)
2008 - Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (born 1911)
2009 - Dolla, American rapper (born 1987)
2009 - Wayne Allwine, American voice actor and sound editor (born 1947)
2009 - Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
2009 - Türkan Saylan, Turkish physician and academic (born 1935)
2012 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (born 1925)
2012 - Jai Gurudev, Indian religious leader (born 1895)
2012 - Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (Crowded House and Deadstar) (born 1967)
2012 - Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (born 1927)
2012 - Paul O'Sullivan, Canadian actor and educator (born 1964)
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 - Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Greek singer, musicologist, and academic (born 1941)
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)
2014 - Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (born 1932)
2015 - Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947)
2015 - Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (born 1926)
2015 - T. J. Moran, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1930)
2015 - Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (born 1946)
2015 - Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)