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Events
Pre-1600
- 830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.[1]
- 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm.[2]
- 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.[3]
- 1284 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.[4]
- 1288 – The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors.[5]
- 1305 – Election of Pope Clement V following the death of Pope Benedict XI in the previous year.[6]
1601–1900
- 1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.[7]
- 1644 – The Qing dynasty's Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.[8]
- 1794 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue.[9]
- 1798 – Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
- 1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- 1829 – Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found. captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
- 1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
- 1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
- 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.[10]
- 1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
- 1873 – Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.[11]
- 1879 – The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of the Zulu Kingdom.[12]
- 1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
- 1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- 1893 – The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.[13]
1901–present
- 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
- 1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
- 1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
- 1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
- 1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
- 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
- 1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
- 1944 – World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
- 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
- 1947 – Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
- 1959 – The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
- 1960 – The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland.[14]
- 1963 – The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
- 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
- 1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
- 1968 – Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.[15]
- 1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).[16]
- 1976 – The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.[17]
- 1981 – The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
- 1983 – More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.[18]
- 1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.[19]
- 1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1991 – Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.[20]
- 1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- 1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
- 1997 – The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
- 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
- 2000 – The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
- 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
- 2002 – Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.[21]
- 2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
- 2004 – Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
- 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
- 2009 – A fire at a day-care center kills 49 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.[22]
- 2012 – Last transit of Venus until the year 2117.[23]
- 2015 – An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.[24]
- 2016 – Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.[25]
- 2017 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.
- 2017 – Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
- 2022 – A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.[26]
- 2024 – The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.[27]
- 2025 – The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.[28]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1402)[29]
- 1412 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (died 1478)
- 1493 – Justus Jonas, German priest and academic (died 1555)
- 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1573)
- 1554 – Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian clergyman (died 1621)
- 1587 – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English colonial administrator and admiral (died 1658)
- 1596 – Peter Wtewael, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1660)
1601–1900
- 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (died 1715)
- 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1684)
- 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (died 1744)
- 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (died 1808)
- 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (died 1852)
- 1771 – Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (died 1851)[30]
- 1781 – Christian Lobeck, German scholar and academic (died 1860)
- 1801 – William Scamp, English architect and engineer (died 1872)[31]
- 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)[32]
- 1830 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (died 1905)
- 1850 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (died 1908)
- 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1868 – James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (died 1916)
- 1870 – Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (died 1935)
- 1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1957)
- 1877 – Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1959)
- 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (died 1923)
- 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (died 1985)
- 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)
- 1883 – Mary Helen Young, Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945)[33]
- 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (died 1957)
- 1884 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)
- 1884 – Frederick Lorz, American runner (died 1914)
- 1892 – Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (died 1944)
- 1894 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher and academic (died 1976)
- 1895 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (died 1972)
- 1895 – William Roberts, English soldier and painter (died 1980)
- 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (died 1960)
- 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)
- 1899 – Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (died 1992)
- 1899 – Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer (died 1942)
- 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
1901–present
- 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (died 2003)
- 1912 – Eric Hollies, English cricketer (died 1981)
- 1913 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (died 2000)
- 1914 – Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic (died 2016)
- 1915 – Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (died 2000)[34]
- 1916 – Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (died 1973)
- 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
- 1920 – Marion Motley, American football player and coach (died 1999)[35]
- 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (died 1974)
- 1922 – Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (died 2013)
- 1922 – Sheila Sim, English actress (died 2016)
- 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentinian racing driver (died 1963)
- 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (died 2006)[36]
- 1924 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (died 2013)
- 1926 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (died 2013)
- 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (died 1994)
- 1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (died 1991)
- 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (died 1996)
- 1931 – Yves Blais, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1998)
- 1931 – Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990)
- 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher (died 2021)
- 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (died 1981)
- 1932 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (died 2013)
- 1933 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (died 2016)
- 1934 – Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator (died 2019)
- 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (died 2025)[37]
- 1937 – Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
- 1938 – Moira Anderson, Scottish singer
- 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler (died 2019)
- 1938 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (died 2014)
- 1939 – Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th prime minister of Canada[38]
- 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic[39]
- 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist[40]
- 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2022)
- 1941 – Spalding Gray, American writer, actor, and monologist (died 2004)[41]
- 1941 – Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer
- 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd president of Equatorial Guinea
- 1943 – Abraham Viruthakulangara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (died 2018)
- 1944 – Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic
- 1945 – John Carlos, American runner and football player
- 1945 – André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (died 2001)
- 1946 – Bob Grant, Australian rugby league player
- 1946 – Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1
- 1946 – Wanderléa, Brazilian singer and television host
- 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1947 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
- 1947 – David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1947 – Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
- 1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
- 1949 – Elizabeth Gloster, English lawyer and judge
- 1949 – Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, Scottish politician
- 1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (died 1990)
- 1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977)
- 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
- 1952 – Pierre Bruneau, Canadian journalist and news anchor
- 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (died 2001)
- 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer and songwriter
- 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
- 1954 – Alberto Malesani, Italian footballer and manager
- 1954 – Phil Neale, English cricketer, coach, and manager
- 1954 – Nancy Stafford, American model and actress
- 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
- 1958 – Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
- 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros
- 1959 – Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
- 1959 – Werner Schildhauer, German runner
- 1960 – Claire Fox, English author and academic
- 1961 – Anke Behmer, German heptathlete
- 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (died 1999)
- 1961 – Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (died 2006)
- 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
- 1961 – Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach
- 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
- 1962 – Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education
- 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
- 1964 – Rick Riordan, American author[42]
- 1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author
- 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
- 1965 – Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
- 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American sprinter[43]
- 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor[44]
- 1968 – Ed Vaizey, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
- 1969 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1970 – Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
- 1971 – Alex Mooney, American politician[45]
- 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
- 1972 – Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician
- 1972 – Paweł Kotla, Polish conductor and academic
- 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
- 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian martial artist
- 1974 – Mervyn Dillon, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1974 – Scott Draper, Australian tennis player and golfer
- 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
- 1975 – Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player
- 1975 – Duncan Patterson, English drummer and keyboard player
- 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian runner
- 1976 – Joe Gatto, American comedian[46]
- 1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
- 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player[47]
- 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
- 1978 – Nick Kroll, American actor and comedian[48]
- 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
- 1979 – Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
- 1979 – Jason White, American race car driver
- 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Antonio García, Spanish racing driver
- 1981 – Serhat Akın, Turkish footballer
- 1981 – Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and guitarist
- 1982 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (died 2005)
- 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
- 1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player
- 1985 – Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
- 1985 – Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player[49]
- 1986 – Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
- 1987 – Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
- 1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
- 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1990 – Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
- 1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
- 1991 – Ninja, American professional gamer[50]
- 1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
- 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer[51]
- 1993 – Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player[52]
- 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber[53]
- 1995 – Ross Wilson, English table tennis player[54]
- 1997 – Sam Darnold, American football player[55]
- 1998 – Kale Clague, Canadian ice hockey player[56]
- 1998 – Jaqueline Cristian, Romanian tennis player[57]
- 1998 – Dave, British rapper[58]
- 1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
- 2001 – Chaeryeong, South Korean singer and dancer[59]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 301 – Sima Lun, Chinese emperor (born 249)
- 535 – Epiphanius, patriarch of Constantinople
- 567 – Theodosius I, patriarch of Alexandria
- 708 – Jacob of Edessa, Syrian bishop (born 640)
- 754 – Eoban, bishop of Utrecht
- 754 – Boniface, English missionary and martyr (born 675)
- 879 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, Persian emir (born 840)
- 928 – Louis the Blind, king of Provence
- 1017 – Sanjō, emperor of Japan (born 976)
- 1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Norman nobleman and politician (born 1049)
- 1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1245)
- 1310 – Amalric, prince of Tyre
- 1316 – Louis X, king of France (born 1289)
- 1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal, Russian grand prince (born 1324)
- 1400 – Frederick I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 1424 – Braccio da Montone, Italian nobleman (born 1368)
- 1434 – Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (born 1374)
- 1443 – Ferdinand, Portuguese prince (born 1402)
- 1445 – Leonel Power, English composer
- 1530 – Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (born 1465)
- 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (born 1522)
1601–1900
- 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (born 1583)
- 1667 – Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1607)
- 1708 – Ignatius George II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1648)[60]
- 1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
- 1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (born 1660)
- 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor and theologian (born 1659)
- 1740 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (born 1671)
- 1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd governor of Quebec (born 1718)
- 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (born 1741)
- 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (born 1788)
- 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)
- 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (born 1815)
- 1899 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general (born 1866)
- 1900 – Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)
1901–present
- 1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (born 1842)
- 1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (born 1862)
- 1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (born 1851)
- 1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1850)
- 1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (born 1840)
- 1921 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (born 1852)
- 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (born 1862)
- 1930 – Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (born 1880)[61]
- 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (born 1885)
- 1934 – Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (born 1842)[62]
- 1934 – William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th premier of New South Wales (born 1871)
- 1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (born 1884)
- 1965 – Eleanor Farjeon, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1881)[63]
- 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1878)
- 1967 – Harry Brown, Australian public servant (born 1878)
- 1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)
- 1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (born 1933)
- 1997 – J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (born 1933)
- 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (born 1911)
- 1998 – Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th mayor of Los Angeles (born 1909)
- 1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)
- 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (born 1925)
- 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1951)
- 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1945)
- 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (born 1904)
- 2004 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (born 1941)
- 2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th president of the United States (born 1911)
- 2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (born 1949)
- 2005 – Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (born 1917)[64]
- 2006 – Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1909)
- 2006 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (born 1928)
- 2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)
- 2011 – Azam Khan, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (born 1950)[65]
- 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (born 1920)
- 2012 – Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
- 2012 – Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (born 1982)
- 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (born 1924)
- 2013 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (born 1933)[66]
- 2013 – Stanisław Nagy, Polish cardinal (born 1921)
- 2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish republican activist and politician (born 1932)
- 2013 – Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (born 1924)
- 2014 – Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (born 1971)
- 2014 – Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (born 1938)
- 2014 – Reiulf Steen, Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (born 1933)
- 2015 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1936)
- 2015 – Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (born 1938)
- 2015 – Richard Johnson, English actor (born 1927)
- 2015 – Roger Vergé, French chef and author (born 1930)
- 2016 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (born 1915)
- 2017 – Andy Cunningham, English actor (born 1950)
- 2017 – Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986)
- 2018 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (born 1962)[67]
- 2021 – T. B. Joshua, Nigerian televangelist (born 1963)[68]
- 2023 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer (born 1940)[69]
Holidays and observances
- Arbor Day (New Zealand)
- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Denmark)
- Father's Day (Denmark)
- Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
- Liberation Day (Seychelles)
- President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
- Reclamation Day (Azerbaijan)
- World Day Against Speciesism (International)[71]
- World Environment Day (International)[72]
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