Events

25 - Guangwu claims the throne as emperor, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
642 - Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
910 - The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.
939 - The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
1068 - Byzantine-Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1278 - The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
1305 - William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1388 - The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1600 - The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
1620 - The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1689 - One thousand five hundred Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
1716 - The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1772 - The First Partition of Poland begins.
1781 - The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
1796 - The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1816 - The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
1824 - Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
1858 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
1860 - Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1861 - American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 - The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1882 - The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 - Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1901 - Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years.
1906 - Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
1914 - World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
1914 - World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
1914 - In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 - Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1940 - World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1941 - World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
1943 - World War II: Anti-Nazi resistance fighter Eva-Maria Buch guillotined at Plötzensee Prison, Berlin.
1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
1944 - World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1949 - In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
1949 - The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
1958 - Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
1960 - Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
1962 - Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1963 - The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 - Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
1969 - Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
1971 - The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
1995 - Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2010 - The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
2010 - Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
2012 - The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.
2015 - The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.

Births

1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1330)
1397 - Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (died 1474)
1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (died 1506)
1540 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (died 1609)
1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (died 1669)
1641 - John Hathorne, American merchant and jurist (died 1717)
1662 - James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (died 1728)
1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (died 1744)
1749 - Thomas Lynch, Jr., American commander and politician (died 1779)
1797 - Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (died 1879)
1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1829)
1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French composer (died 1896)
1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (died 1896)
1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (died 1901)
1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (died 1892)
1828 - Louise of the Netherlands (died 1871)
1833 - Carola of Vasa (died 1907)
1843 - James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (died 1927)
1844 - Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (died 1930)
1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (died 1893)
1862 - Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (died 1890)
1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (died 1923)
1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (died 1917)
1868 - Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1924)
1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (died 1917)
1874 - Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (died 1948)
1874 - Horace Rawlins, English golfer (died 1935)
1876 - Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (died 1958)
1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (died 1917)
1880 - Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (died 1962)
1880 - Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (died 1970)
1887 - Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer (died 1972)
1888 - Victor Francen, Belgian-French actor (died 1977)
1889 - Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (died 1973)
1890 - Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (died 1977)
1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (died 1956)
1897 - Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator (died 1954)
1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1972)
1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000)
1904 - Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (died 1997)
1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (died 1998)
1906 - John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1987)
1906 - Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1908 - Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)
1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (died 1979)
1910 - Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (died 1956)
1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (died 1969)
1912 - Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (died 2007)
1914 - Parley Baer, American actor (died 2002)
1914 - David Brian, American actor and dancer (died 1993)
1916 - Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (died 2006)
1918 - Tom Drake, American actor and singer (died 1982)
1918 - Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the Canada's National Ballet School (died 2004)
1920 - George Tooker, American painter and academic (died 2011)
1921 - Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
1922 - L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (died 2015)
1922 - Frank Stranahan, American golfer (died 2013)
1923 - Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (died 2005)
1926 - Betsy Jolas, French composer
1927 - John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (died 2013)
1928 - Carla Lane, English television writer (died 2016)
1929 - Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (died 1988)
1929 - Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor (died 2014)
1930 - Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (died 2012)
1930 - Richie Ginther, American race car driver (died 1989)
1930 - Michal Kovák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia
1931 - Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)
1932 - Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (died 1996)
1932 - Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
1934 - Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
1934 - Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
1934 - Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host
1934 - Vern Gosdin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
1935 - Michael Ballhaus, German director and cinematographer
1935 - Peter Inge, Baron Inge, English field marshal
1935 - John Saxon, American actor
1935 - Roy Benavidez, American Master Sergeant and Medal of Honor Winner (died 1998)
1936 - Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
1937 - Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (died 2010)
1939 - Roger Clark, English race car driver (died 1998)
1940 - Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor
1940 - Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (died 2013)
1941 - Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1941 - Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2010)
1941 - Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer (Return to Forever)
1942 - Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2005)
1943 - Sammi Smith, American singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1943 - Rodney Pattisson, English yachtsman
1944 - Christopher Gunning, English composer
1945 - Loni Anderson, American actress
1945 - John Monks, English trade union leader and politician
1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
1946 - Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace) (died 2006)
1946 - Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress
1946 - Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Rose Tattoo, The Party Boys, and Buster Brown)
1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player and hairdresser
1947 - France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
1947 - Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The McCoys)
1947 - Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who)
1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
1948 - Barbara Flynn, English actress
1948 - Carole Laure, Canadian actress and singer
1948 - Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic
1950 - Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian union leader and politician (died 2013)
1950 - Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1950 - Goldie Rogers, Canadian wrestler (died 2012)
1951 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer
1952 - Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
1952 - John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
1952 - Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (died 2005)
1955 - Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter (Twisted Sister and Scarecrow)
1956 - Christopher Chessun, English bishop
1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress and singer
1957 - David Gill, English businessman
1957 - Faith Prince, American actress and singer
1959 - Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive)
1959 - Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs, and Adolescents)
1960 - David Baldacci, American lawyer and author
1960 - Vivian Kubrick, American-English actress and composer
1960 - Seth Swirsky, American singer-songwriter
1961 - Roly Keating, English businessman
1961 - Janet McTeer, English actress
1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist and composer
1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1961 - Tim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1962 - Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
1962 - Ramsay Gilderdale, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962 - Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
1963 - Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (died 2010)
1964 - Rory Morrison, English journalist (died 2013)
1964 - Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (Beastie Boys) (died 2012)
1965 - Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer (Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966 - Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer (L7 and The Shocker)
1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer
1967 - Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nada Surf)
1967 - Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer and producer (stOrk and Vienna Art Orchestra)
1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host
1968 - Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 - Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
1968 - Oleh Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (died 2007)
1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player
1969 - Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
1969 - Robert Scott, Australian rower
1970 - James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 - DJ Ajax, Australian DJ and producer (died 2013)
1971 - Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
1971 - Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter (Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
1972 - Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1972 - Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (died 2015)
1972 - Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
1972 - Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager
1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Fear Factory, Beowülf, Arkaea, and Kush)
1973 - Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1973 - Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer
1974 - Julio César Enciso, Paraguayan footballer
1974 - Kajol, Indian actress
1974 - Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1975 - Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist (Toploader)
1975 - Josep Jufré, Catalan cyclist
1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer (Apocalyptica)
1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
1976 - Eugen Trici, Romanian footballer and manager
1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach
1977 - Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter (died 2013)
1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer
1978 - Carolina Duer, Argentinian boxer
1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
1979 - David Healy, Irish footballer
1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980 - Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
1980 - Jason Culina, Australian footballer
1981 - David Clarke, English ice hockey player
1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1981 - Maik Franz, German footballer
1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian skier
1981 - Kenta Hamano, Japanese musician, composer, and actor (Sakerock)
1981 - Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 - Anna Rawson, Australian golfer
1981 - Jesse Williams, American actor
1982 - Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player
1982 - Lolo Jones, American hurdler
1982 - Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer
1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer-songwriter
1982 - Jeff Robson, Australian rugby league player
1982 - Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
1982 - Ryu Seung-min, South Korean table tennis player
1983 - Korey Hall, American football player
1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane and Diddy - Dirty Money)
1984 - Helene Fischer, German singer and dancer
1984 - Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player
1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1985 - Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
1985 - Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer
1987 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
1988 - Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer
1988 - Eddie Nolan, Irish footballer
1988 - Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
1988 - Kaimar Saag, Estonian footballer
1989 - Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
1989 - Mathieu Manset, French footballer
1991 - Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
1991 - Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
1991 - Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
1992 - Tray Walker, American football player (died 2016)
1993 - Patrick McBrearty, Irish footballer
1993 - Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
1995 - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer

Deaths

642 - Eowa of Mercia
642 - Oswald of Northumbria (born 604)
824 - Heizei, Japanese emperor (born 773)
882 - Louis III, Frankish king (born 863)
917 - Euthymius I of Constantinople (born 834)
1364 - Kogon, Japanese emperor (born 1313)
1579 - Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (born 1504)
1610 - Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (born 1552)
1633 - George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (born 1562)
1678 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (born 1619)
1729 - Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the Newcomen atmospheric engine (born 1664)
1743 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (born 1696)
1778 - Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (born 1703)
1778 - Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (born 1756)
1792 - Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1732)
1799 - Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (born 1726)
1868 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecrur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (born 1788)
1877 - Gustav, Prince of Vasa (born 1799)
1877 - Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (born 1830)
1880 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (born 1816)
1881 - Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (born 1823)
1888 - Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (born 1846)
1895 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (born 1820)
1901 - Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (born 1840)
1911 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (born 1864)
1916 - George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (born 1885)
1921 - Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1844)
1925 - Jennie Lee, American actress (born 1848)
1929 - Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (born 1847)
1933 - Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (born 1856)
1935 - David Townsend, American art director and set designer (born 1891)
1939 - Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (born 1865)
1944 - Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (born 1906)
1946 - Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (born 1863)
1948 - Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1871)
1952 - Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (born 1917)
1955 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (born 1909)
1957 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
1959 - Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (born 1881)
1960 - Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, and singer (born 1926)
1963 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (born 1898)
1964 - Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1886)
1967 - György Bródy, Hungarian water polo player (born 1908)
1968 - Luther Perkins, American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (born 1928)
1978 - Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (born 1893)
1980 - Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (born 1924)
1983 - Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (born 1913)
1983 - Joan Robinson, English economist and author (born 1903)
1984 - Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (born 1925)
1985 - Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (born 1898)
1987 - Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1910)
1991 - Paul Brown, American football player and coach (born 1908)
1991 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (born 1906)
1992 - Robert Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)
1992 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto and Clover) (born 1954)
1994 - Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (born 1908)
1994 - Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (born 1922)
1998 - Otto Kretschmer, German commander (born 1912)
1998 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1911)
2000 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1920)
2000 - Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (born 1910)
2000 - Alec Guinness, English actor (born 1914)
2001 - Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (born 1929)
2001 - Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (born 1948)
2002 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (born 1982)
2002 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (born 1916)
2002 - Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (born 1920)
2002 - Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2005 - Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (born 1936)
2005 - Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (born 1915)
2005 - Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (born 1941)
2006 - Susan Butcher, American dog sled racer (born 1954)
2007 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (born 1926)
2008 - Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (born 1932)
2008 - Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1929)
2009 - Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1914)
2011 - Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (born 1954)
2011 - Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor (born 1963)
2011 - Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder and model (born 1989)
2012 - Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1917)
2012 - Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
2012 - Fred Matua, American football player (born 1984)
2012 - Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (born 1916)
2012 - Sister Boom Boom, American astrologer and drag queen performer (born 1955)
2012 - Kirk Urso, American soccer player (born 1990)
2012 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1919)
2012 - Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (born 1960)
2013 - Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (born 1926)
2013 - Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1966)
2013 - George Duke, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (born 1946)
2013 - Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
2013 - Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
2013 - May Song Vang, American activist (born 1951)
2013 - Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (born 1959)
2014 - Diann Blakely, American poet and academic (born 1957)
2014 - Scott Ciencin, American author (born 1962)
2014 - Harold J. Greene, American general (born 1962)
2014 - Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (born 1936)
2014 - Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1914)
2014 - Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (born 1927)
2015 - Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (born 1912)
2015 - Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (born 1943)