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Events
Pre-1600
- 686 – The Ummayad forces suffer a decisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar in the battle of Khazir.[1]
- 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.[2]
- 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[3]
- 1585 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).[4]
1601–1900
- 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.[5]
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.[6]
- 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.[7]
- 1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
- 1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of Junín.[8]
- 1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
- 1861 – Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found. is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a German victory.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive German victory.
- 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901–present
- 1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
- 1914 – World War I: U-boat campaign: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- 1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
- 1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
- 1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
- 1926 – First public screening using the Vitaphone process[9]
- 1940 – Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union.[10]
- 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
- 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
- 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- 1958 – Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,[11] is repealed in Chile.[12]
- 1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.[13]
- 1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.[14]
- 2001 – Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.[15]
- 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
- 2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
- 2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
- 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.[16]
- 2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.[17]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (died 1239)
- 1504 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop (died 1575)
- 1572 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze emir (died 1635)
1601–1900
- 1605 – Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (died 1675)
- 1609 – Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1675)
- 1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter (died 1677)[18]
- 1622 – Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral (died 1666)
- 1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (died 1715)
- 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (died 1710)[19]
- 1651 – François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (died 1715)
- 1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (died 1733)
- 1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (died 1699)
- 1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1748)
- 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1745)
- 1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (died 1747)
- 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1848)
- 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (died 1828)
- 1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician (died 1813)
- 1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (died 1847)
- 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (died 1892)[20]
- 1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (died 1915)
- 1835 – Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (died 1900)
- 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1900)[21]
- 1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (died 1896)
- 1848 – Susie Taylor, American writer and first black Army nurse (died 1912)[22]
- 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (died 1888)
- 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (died 1955)[23]
- 1874 – Charles Fort, American author (died 1932)
- 1877 – Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1952)
- 1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (died 1964)
- 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (died 1961)
- 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)[24]
- 1881 – Louella Parsons, American journalist (died 1972)
- 1883 – Constance Georgina Adams, South African botanist (died 1968)[25]
- 1883 – Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (died 1983)
- 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (died 1971)
- 1886 – Florence Goodenough, American child psychologist (died 1959)[26]
- 1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver (died 1957)
- 1889 – George Kenney, Canadian-American general (died 1977)
- 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (died 1957)
- 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia (died 1970)
- 1895 – Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (died 1978)
- 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (died 2003)
1901–present
- 1901 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (died 1935)
- 1903 – Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist (died 1999)[27]
- 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (died 1970)
- 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (died 1993)
- 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (died 1984)
- 1908 – Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance (died 1998)[28]
- 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (died 1997)
- 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (died 1941)
- 1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (died 2013)
- 1910 – Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (died 1982)
- 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (died 1989)[29]
- 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (died 2014)
- 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (died 1995)
- 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (died 2010)
- 1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2001)
- 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (died 1970)
- 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (died 2012)
- 1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (died 2000)
- 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (died 1997)
- 1918 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (died 2001)
- 1919 – Pauline Betz, American tennis player (died 2011)
- 1920 – John Graves, American author (died 2013)
- 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (died 1988)
- 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (died 2006)
- 1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (died 2015)
- 1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (died 2004)
- 1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (died 2021)
- 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American white supremacist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (died 2006)
- 1924 – Ella Jenkins, American folk singer (died 2024)[30]
- 1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (died 2010)[31]
- 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor (died 2016)
- 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)
- 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (died 2012)
- 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (died 2005)
- 1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987)
- 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
- 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (died 2007)
- 1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2010)
- 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (died 2010)
- 1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
- 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter (died 2017)[32]
- 1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2020)[33]
- 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (died 1987)
- 1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
- 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
- 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
- 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (died 2012)
- 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (died 2012)
- 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2000)
- 1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (died 2014)
- 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress (died 2020)[34]
- 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2000)
- 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
- 1938 – Bert Yancey, American golfer (died 1994)
- 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
- 1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2017)
- 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
- 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
- 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (died 2012)
- 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (died 1998)
- 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (died 2003)
- 1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
- 1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
- 1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (died 1993)
- 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
- 1947 – Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (died 2014)
- 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (died 1993)
- 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
- 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
- 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
- 1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2013)
- 1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1954 – Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player
- 1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
- 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
- 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
- 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
- 1959 – Joyce Sims, American singer (died 2022)[35]
- 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
- 1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host[36]
- 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer[37]
- 1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
- 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (died 2023)[38]
- 1964 – Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
- 1965 – Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
- 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant[39]
- 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
- 1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
- 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1972 – Jason O'Mara, Irish actor[40]
- 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress[40]
- 1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
- 1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
- 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
- 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress[40]
- 1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress[40]
- 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
- 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
- 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
- 1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
- 1981 – Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer[40]
- 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
- 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
- 1984 – Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player[41]
- 1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer[42]
- 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist[43]
- 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer[44]
- 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer[45]
- 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player[46]
- 1987 – Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer[47]
- 1991 – Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player[48]
- 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer[49]
- 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player[50]
- 1999 – Hunter Greene, American baseball player[51]
- 1999 – Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player[52]
- 2002 – Nessa Barrett, American singer-songwriter[53]
- 2004 – Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast[54]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 258 – Pope Sixtus II[55]
- 523 – Pope Hormisdas (born 450)[56]
- 750 – Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (born 688)
- 1027 – Richard III, Duke of Normandy
- 1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (born 1113)
- 1195 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (born 1129)[57]
- 1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (born 1170)
- 1272 – Stephen V of Hungary (born 1239)
- 1384 – Francesco I of Lesbos
- 1412 – Margherita of Durazzo, Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (born 1347)[58]
- 1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (born 1377)
- 1458 – Pope Callixtus III (born 1378)
- 1530 – Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (born 1458)
- 1553 – Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (born 1478)
- 1588 – Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578–1588) (born 1554)[59][60]
1601–1900
- 1628 – Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (born 1573)
- 1637 – Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (born 1572)
- 1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (born 1575)
- 1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (born 1595)
- 1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (born 1599)
- 1666 – Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (born 1622)
- 1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (born 1629)
- 1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1612)
- 1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (born 1625)
- 1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (born 1711)
- 1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (born 1673)
- 1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1714)
- 1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (born 1767)
- 1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (born 1785)
- 1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet (born 1805)[61]
- 1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (born 1818)
- 1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born 1821)[62]
- 1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1811)
1901–present
- 1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (born 1825)
- 1906 – George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1824)[63]
- 1915 – Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (born 1841)[64]
- 1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (born 1890)[65]
- 1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (born 1848)
- 1925 – Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (born 1853)
- 1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (born 1903)[66]
- 1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1920)[67]
- 1945 – Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (born 1866)[68]
- 1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (born 1903)[69]
- 1952 – Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (born 1905)[70]
- 1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (born 1898)[71]
- 1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (born 1893)
- 1968 – Ye Gongchuo, Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (born 1881)[72]
- 1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1903)
- 1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1912)
- 1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (born 1901)
- 1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (born 1903)
- 1978 – Pope Paul VI (born 1897)[73][74]
- 1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (born 1902)[75]
- 1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
- 1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (born 1944)
- 1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (born 1923)
- 1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1904)
- 1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (born 1896)[76][77]
- 1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (born 1912)
- 1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (born 1915)[78]
- 1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (born 1900)[79]
- 1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, co-created 60 Minutes (born 1923)[80]
- 1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (born 1949)[81]
- 1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (born 1916)[82]
- 1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter and politician (born 1928)
- 1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1941)[83]
- 1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (born 1906)[84]
- 2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (born 1912)[85]
- 2001 – Adhar Kumar Chatterji, Indian Naval officer (born 1914)[86]
- 2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (born 1911)
- 2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (born 1928)[87]
- 2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (born 1930)[88]
- 2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (born 1930)[89]
- 2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (born 1915)[90]
- 2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)[91]
- 2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (born 1925)[92]
- 2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1946)[93]
- 2005 – Creme Puff, tabby domestic cat, oldest recorded cat (born 1967)[94]
- 2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (born 1969)[95]
- 2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (born 1934)[96]
- 2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (born 1909)[97]
- 2009 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)[98]
- 2009 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)[99]
- 2011 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (born 1911)[100]
- 2012 – Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1944)[101]
- 2012 – Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1944)[102]
- 2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (born 1938)[103]
- 2012 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (born 1913)[104]
- 2012 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (born 1954)[105]
- 2012 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (born 1918)[106]
- 2012 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (born 1953)[107]
- 2013 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (born 1931)[108]
- 2013 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (born 1929)[109]
- 2013 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (born 1927)[110]
- 2014 – Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1941)[111]
- 2014 – Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (born 1928)[112]
- 2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (born 1927)[113]
- 2015 – Ray Hill, American football player (born 1975)[114]
- 2015 – Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (born 1924)[115]
- 2017 – Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (born 1938)[116]
- 2017 – Darren Daulton, American baseball player (born 1962)[117]
- 2018 – Joël Robuchon, French Chef (born 1945)[118]
- 2018 – Margaret Heckler, American politician (born 1931)[119]
- 2018 – Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (born 1968)[120]
- 2020 – Vern Rumsey, American bass guitarist (born 1973)[121]
- 2024 – Billy Bean, American baseball player (born 1964)[122]
- 2024 – Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (born 1952)[123]
- 2024 – James Bjorken, American theoretical physicist (born 1934)[124]
Holidays and observances
- Christian holidays and observances
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
- Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
- Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)[126]
- Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)
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