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Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1901 – U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt .1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov 's The Tale of Tsar Saltan Tsar Nicholas II .[11] 1914 – HMAS AE1 , the Royal Australian Navy 's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain , Papua New Guinea.1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic .1936 – Raoul Villain , who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès , is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza .1939 – World War II : The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn , sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.1940 – Ip massacre : The Hungarian Army , supported by local Hungarians , kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj , a village in Northern Transylvania , an act of ethnic cleansing .1943 – World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos , whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces .1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo .1954 – In a top secret nuclear test , a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.1958 – The first two German post-war rockets , designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr , reach the upper atmosphere.1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) is founded.1960 – Congo Crisis : Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution. 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton , is canonized by Pope Paul VI .1979 – Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin , who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party .1982 – President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated .1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.1985 – Penang Bridge , the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.1989 – The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure , before committing suicide.1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904 , an Airbus A320 , crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport ), killing two people.[12] 1994 – The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike .1997 – Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh , India.1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom .1999 – Kiribati , Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations .2000 – Microsoft releases Windows Me .2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks . A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill , the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.2002 – Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema , Brazil, killing both pilots on board.[13] 2003 – In a referendum , Estonia approves joining the European Union .2003 – Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra .[14] 2007 – Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis : Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.2008 – Aeroflot Flight 821 , a Boeing 737-500 , crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport , in Perm, Russia , killing all 88 people on board.[15] 2015 – The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.2019 – Yemen 's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.[16] [17] 2022 – Death of Queen Elizabeth II : The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace , placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames .[18] [19] Births
Pre-1600
208 – Diadumenian , Roman emperor (died 218)768 – Al-Ma'mun , Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)938 – Sahib ibn Abbad , Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)953 – Guo Zongxun , Chinese emperor (died 973)1032 – Dao Zong , Chinese emperor (died 1101)1246 – John Fitzalan III , English nobleman (died 1272)1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri , Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)1388 – Claudius Clavus , Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)1401 – Maria of Castile , Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)1485 – Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa , German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)1543 – Claudio Acquaviva , Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt , Dutch politician (died 1619)1580 – Francisco de Quevedo , Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)1601–1900
1618 – Peter Lely , Dutch-English painter (died 1680)1643 – Jeremiah Dummer , American silversmith (died 1718)1656 – Thomas Baker , English historian and author (died 1746)1713 – Johann Kies , German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)1721 – Eliphalet Dyer , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)1736 – Robert Raikes , English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)1737 – Michael Haydn , Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)1769 – Alexander von Humboldt , German geographer and explorer (died 1859)1774 – Lord William Bentinck , English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)1791 – Franz Bopp , German linguist and academic (died 1867)1804 – John Gould , English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret , French bishop (died 1882) 1816 – Mary Hall Barrett Adams , American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)[20] 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev , Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)1843 – Lola Rodríguez de Tió , Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)1847 – Fanny Holland , English actress and singer (died 1931)1850 – Anton Mahnič , Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam , Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)1857 – Julia Platt , American embryologist and politician (died 1935)1860 – Hamlin Garland , American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood , English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)1867 – Charles Dana Gibson , American illustrator (died 1944)1868 – Théodore Botrel , French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)1869 – Kid Nichols , American baseball player and manager (died 1953)1872 – John Olof Dahlgren , Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)1879 – Margaret Sanger , American nurse and activist (died 1966)[21] 1880 – Benjamin , Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)1880 – Archie Hahn , American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955) 1883 – Richard Gerstl , Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)1885 – Vittorio Gui , Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)1886 – Jan Masaryk , Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)1887 – Karl Taylor Compton , American physicist (died 1954)1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov , Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)1892 – Laurence W. Allen , English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)1896 – José Mojica , Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)1898 – Lawrence Gellert , Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)1898 – Ernest Nash , German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974) 1901–present
1902 – Giorgos Papasideris , Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)1902 – Alice Tully , American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993) 1903 – Mart Raud , Estonian poet and author (died 1980)1904 – Frank Amyot , Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)[22] 1904 – Richard Mohaupt , German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957) 1907 – Yuri Ivask , Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)1909 – Peter Scott , English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)1910 – Lehman Engel , American composer and conductor (died 1982)1910 – Jack Hawkins , English actor and producer (died 1973) 1910 – Yiannis Latsis , Greek businessman (died 2003) 1910 – Rolf Liebermann , Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999) 1910 – Rasuna Said , Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)[23] 1911 – William H. Armstrong , American author and educator (died 1999)1913 – Jacobo Árbenz , Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)1913 – Rubby Sherr , American physicist and academic (died 2013) 1914 – Mae Boren Axton , American composer and educator (died 1997)1915 – John Dobson , Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)1916 – Eric Bentley , English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)1916 – John Heyer , Australian director and producer (died 2001) 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner , Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)1918 – Georges Berger , Belgian race car driver (died 1967)1918 – Cachao López , Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008) 1919 – Deryck Cooke , English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)1919 – Gil Langley , Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001) 1919 – Olga Lowe , South African-English actress (died 2013) 1919 – Kay Medford , American actress (died 1980) 1920 – Mario Benedetti , Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)1920 – Lawrence Klein , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) 1920 – Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998) 1921 – Constance Baker Motley , American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré , Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022) 1921 – Paul Poberezny , American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013) 1921 – Dario Vittori , Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001) 1922 – Michel Auclair , German-French actor (died 1988)1922 – Frances Bergen , American model and actress (died 2006) 1922 – Alfred Käärmann , Estonian soldier and author (died 2010) 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis , Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)1924 – Patricia Barringer , American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)1924 – Jerry Coleman , American baseball player and manager (died 2014) 1924 – Abioseh Nicol , Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) 1924 – Wim Polak , Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999) 1926 – Michel Butor , French author and critic (died 2016)1926 – Richard Ellsasser , American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972) 1926 – Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco , Spanish noblewoman (died 2017) 1927 – Martin Caidin , American author and screenwriter (died 1997)1927 – Janet Davies , English actress (died 1986) 1927 – Gardner Dickinson , American golfer (died 1998) 1927 – Jim Fanning , American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015) 1927 – Edmund Szoka , American cardinal (died 2014) 1928 – Jay Cameron , American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)1928 – Alberto Korda , Cuban photographer (died 2001) 1928 – Angus Ogilvy , English businessman (died 2004) 1929 – Larry Collins , American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)1930 – Allan Bloom , American philosopher and academic (died 1992)1930 – Romola Costantino , Australian pianist and critic (died 1988) 1930 – Eugene I. Gordon , American physicist and engineer (died 2014) 1932 – Harry Sinden , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager1932 – John Tembo , Malawian politician (died 2023) 1933 – Zoe Caldwell , Australian actress (died 2020)1933 – Harve Presnell , American actor and singer (died 2009) 1934 – Sarah Kofman , French philosopher and academic (died 1994)1934 – Paul Little , New Zealand rugby player (died 1993) 1934 – Don Walser , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese illustrator (died 2008)1936 – Harry Danielsen , Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)1936 – Terence Donovan , English photographer and director (died 1996) 1936 – Ferid Murad , American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) 1936 – Lucas Samaras , Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024) 1937 – Renzo Piano , Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building 1938 – Franco Califano , Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)1938 – Nicol Williamson , Scottish actor (died 2011) 1939 – DeWitt Weaver , American golfer (died 2021)1940 – Ventseslav Konstantinov , Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)1940 – Padmakar Shivalkar , Indian cricketer (died 2025)[24] 1941 – Bruce Hyde , American actor and academic (died 2015)1941 – Ian Kennedy , English lawyer and academic 1941 – Joan Trumpauer Mulholland , American civil rights activist 1941 – Alberto Naranjo , Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020) 1941 – Alex St. Clair , American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006) 1942 – Oliver Lake , American saxophonist, flute player, and composer1942 – Roger Lyons , English trade union leader 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty , Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter 1943 – Irwin Goodman , Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)1943 – Marcos Valle , Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1944 – Rowena Morrill , American artist (died 2021)[25] 1944 – Günter Netzer , German footballer and manager 1945 – Martin Tyler , English sportscaster1946 – Pete Agnew , Scottish rock bassist and singer1946 – Jim Angle , American soldier and journalist (died 2022) 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz , German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019) 1946 – Kjell Gjerseth , Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)[26] 1948 – Marc Reisner , American environmentalist and author (died 2000)1949 – Steve Gaines , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)1949 – Ed King , American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018) 1949 – Tommy Seebach , Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003) 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith , American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994) 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa , Japanese singer-songwriter 1950 – Paul Kossoff , English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)1950 – Masami Kuwashima , Japanese race car driver 1950 – Mike Nifong , American lawyer and politician 1950 – John Steptoe , American author and illustrator (died 1989) 1951 – Volodymyr Melnykov , Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer1951 – Joe McDonnell , Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)[27] 1953 – Tom Cora , American cellist and composer (died 1998)1953 – Judy Playfair , Australian swimmer 1954 – Barry Cowsill , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)1954 – David Wojnarowicz , American painter and photographer (died 1992) 1955 – Geraldine Brooks , Australian-American novelist and journalist1955 – William Jackson , Scottish harp player and composer 1955 – Edu Manzano , American-Filipino actor and politician 1955 – Pope Leo XIV [28] 1956 – Paul Allott , English cricketer and sportscaster1956 – Kostas Karamanlis , Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece 1956 – Nathalie Roussel , French actress 1956 – Ray Wilkins , English footballer and manager (died 2018) 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis , Greek lawyer and politician 1957 – Tim Wallach , American baseball player and coach1957 – Kepler Wessels , South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster 1958 – Paul Clark , English footballer and manager1958 – Jeff Crowe , New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager 1958 – Arlindo Cruz , Brazilian singer-songwriter 1958 – Billy Abercromby , Scottish footballer (died 2024)[29] 1960 – Ronald Lengkeek , Dutch footballer1960 – Callum Keith Rennie , English-Canadian actor and producer 1961 – Freeman Mbowe , Tanzanian politician1961 – Wendy Thomas , American businesswoman 1962 – Robert Herjavec , Croatian-Canadian businessman1962 – Tom Kurvers , American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021) 1962 – Nick Botterill , British business man[30] 1962 – Bonnie Jo Campbell , American novelist and short story writer 1963 – Robin Singh , Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach1965 – Emily Bell , English journalist and academic1965 – Kevin O'Hare , English ballet dancer and director 1966 – Iztok Puc , Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)[31] 1966 – Aamer Sohail , Pakistani cricketer and politician 1967 – Jens Lien , Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter1967 – John Power , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1968 – Grant Shapps , English politician1969 – Denis Betts , English rugby league player and coach1969 – Konstandinos Koukodimos , Australian-Greek long jumper and politician 1970 – Francesco Casagrande , Italian cyclist1970 – Satoshi Kojima , Japanese wrestler 1970 – Jason Martin , Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist 1970 – Craig Montoya , American singer-songwriter and bass player 1970 – Mark Webber , English guitarist 1971 – Jeff Loomis , American guitarist and songwriter1971 – Andre Matos , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019) 1971 – Christopher McCulloch , American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter 1972 – Notah Begay III , American golfer1972 – David Bell , American baseball player and coach 1973 – Tony Bui , Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter1973 – Terrell Fletcher , American football player 1973 – Linvoy Primus , English footballer 1973 – Mike Ward , Canadian comedian and actor 1974 – Chad Bradford , American baseball player1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan runner 1974 – Mattias Marklund , Swedish guitarist 1974 – Sunday Oliseh , Nigerian footballer and manager 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson , Icelandic footballer 1974 – Patrick van Balkom , Dutch sprinter 1976 – Agustín Calleri , Argentinian tennis player1976 – Kevin Lyttle , Vincentian soca artist[32] 1977 – Mattias Agabus , Estonian architect1977 – Malik Bendjelloul , Swedish director and producer (died 2014) 1977 – Miyu Matsuki , Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015) 1978 – Ben Cohen , English rugby union player1978 – Ron DeSantis , American politician, 46th Governor of Florida [33] 1978 – Carmen Kass , Estonian model and actress 1978 – Danielle Peck , American singer-songwriter 1979 – Ivica Olić , Croatian footballer1979 – Stefan Stam , Dutch footballer 1980 – Ayọ , German singer-songwriter and actress1980 – Gareth Maybin , Northern Irish professional golfer 1981 – Miyavi , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1981 – Stefan Reisinger , German footballer 1981 – Yumi Adachi , Japanese actress and singer 1982 – SoShy , French-American singer-songwriter1982 – Petr Průcha , Czech ice hockey player 1983 – Arash Borhani , Iranian footballer1983 – Josh Outman , American baseball player 1983 – Frostee Rucker , American football player 1984 – Ayushmann Khurrana , Indian actor, singer and anchor1985 – Alex Clare , English singer and songwriter[34] 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto , American bass player and songwriter 1985 – Trevis Smith , American football player 1985 – Aya Ueto , Japanese actress and singer 1985 – Delmon Young , American baseball player 1986 – David Desharnais , Canadian ice hockey player[35] 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1986 – Steven Naismith , Scottish footballer 1986 – Barış Özbek , German-Turkish footballer 1986 – Alan Sheehan , Irish footballer 1986 – Ai Takahashi , Japanese singer and actress 1986 – Reggie Williams , American basketball player[36] 1987 – Michael Crabtree , American football player1987 – Tinchy Stryder , Ghanaian-English rapper and producer 1988 – Martin Fourcade , French biathlete1988 – Diogo Salomão , Portuguese footballer 1989 – Jimmy Butler , American basketball player[37] 1989 – Tony Finau , American golfer 1989 – Jesse James , American actor 1989 – Lee Jong-suk , South Korean actor and model 1989 – Alex Killorn , Canadian ice hockey player[38] 1989 – Jonathon Simmons , American basketball player[39] 1989 – Miriam Zetter , Mexican ten-pin bowler[40] 1990 – Douglas Costa , Brazilian footballer1990 – Petar Filipović , German-born Croatian footballer 1990 – Belinda Hocking , Australian backstroke swimmer 1990 – Cecilie Pedersen , Norwegian footballer 1991 – Dee Milliner , American football player1991 – Nana , South Korean singer, actress and model 1991 – Shayne Topp , American actor and Smosh cast member 1992 – Connor Fields , American cyclist1992 – Cassie Sharpe , Canadian freestyle skier[41] 1992 – Zico , South Korean rapper 1993 – Brandon Brown , American race car driver1994 – Brahim Darri , Dutch footballer1994 – Gary Harris , American basketball player[42] 1994 – Daniel O'Shaughnessy , Finnish footballer 1994 – Krasimir Stanoev , Bulgarian footballer 1995 – Jevon Carter , American basketball player[43] 1995 – Deshaun Watson , American football player 1996 – Hugh Bernard , English cricketer1996 – Myles Wright , English professional footballer 1997 – Benjamin Ingrosso , Swedish singer and songwriter[44] 1997 – Dominic Solanke , English footballer[45] 2000 – Han , South Korean rapper[46] Deaths
Pre-1600
AD 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar , Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)258 – Cyprian , African bishop and saint (born 200)407 – John Chrysostom , Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)585 – Bidatsu , emperor of Japan (born 538)619 – Yang You , emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605)775 – Constantine V , Byzantine emperor (born 718)786 – Al-Hadi , Abbasid caliph (born 764)788 – Li Mian , Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)[47] 820 – Li Yong , chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 891 – Stephen V , pope of the Catholic Church919 – Niall Glúndub , High King of Ireland 927 – Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal , Irish abbot949 – Fujiwara no Tadahira , Japanese statesman (born 880)1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi , Syrian ruler (born 1087)1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)1214 – Albert Avogadro , Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)1321 – Dante Alighieri , Italian writer (born 1265)[48] 1401 – Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór , Polish bishop (born 1355)1404 – Albert IV , duke of Austria (born 1377)1412 – Ingegerd Knutsdotter , Swedish abbess (born 1356)1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford , English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)1487 – Mara Branković , Serbian princess (born 1416)1523 – Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)[49] 1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)1601–1900
1605 – Jan Tarnowski , Polish archbishop (born 1550)1613 – Thomas Overbury , English poet1638 – John Harvard , English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)1715 – Dom Pérignon , French monk and priest (born 1638)1743 – Nicolas Lancret , French painter (born 1690)1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham , English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm , French general (born 1712)1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend , English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)1821 – Heinrich Kuhl , German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)1836 – Aaron Burr , American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)1851 – James Fenimore Cooper , American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)1852 – Augustus Pugin , English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769) 1862 – Charles Pearson , English lawyer and politician (born 1793)1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson , English-Chinese merchant (born 1834) 1868 – Swami Virajanand Dandeesha , also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura , celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati , a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)[50] 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta , German geologist and author (born 1808)1891 – Johannes Bosboom , Dutch painter (born 1817)1898 – William Seward Burroughs I , American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)1901–present
1901 – William McKinley , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza , Italian-French explorer (born 1852)1910 – Lombe Atthill , Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)[51] 1916 – José Echegaray , Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)1927 – Isadora Duncan , American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)1931 – Tom Roberts , English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch , Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)1936 – Lina Ódena , Spanish communist and miliciana (born 1911)[52] [53] 1936 – Irving Thalberg , American screenwriter and producer (born 1899) 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)1942 – E. S. Gosney , American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)1943 – Jacob Gens , head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)[54] 1951 – Fritz Busch , German conductor and director (born 1890)1952 – John McPhee , Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)1959 – Wayne Morris , American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)1960 – M. Karagatsis , Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert , Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)1962 – Frederick Schule , American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)1965 – J. W. Hearne , English cricketer (born 1891)1966 – Gertrude Berg , American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)[55] 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans , American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881) 1966 – Cemal Gürsel , Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895) 1975 – Walter Herbert , German-American conductor (born 1902)1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki , Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)1981 – Furry Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)1982 – Christian Ferras , French violinist (born 1933)1982 – John Gardner , American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933) 1982 – Bachir Gemayel , Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947) 1982 – Grace Kelly , American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)[56] 1984 – Janet Gaynor , American actress (born 1906)1986 – Gordon McLendon , American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)1989 – Pérez Prado , Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)1991 – Julie Bovasso , American actress and playwright (born 1930)1991 – Russell Lynes , American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910) 1992 – August Komendant , Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)1992 – Paul Martin Sr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903) 1993 – Clayton Young , American long-distance runner [57] 1994 – Marika Krevata , Greek actress (born 1910)1995 – Maurice K. Goddard , American colonel and politician (born 1912)1996 – Juliet Prowse , Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)1998 – Yang Shangkun , Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907)1999 – Charles Crichton , English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis , Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947) 2000 – Beah Richards , American actress (born 1920)2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc , Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906) 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis , Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)2002 – LaWanda Page , American actress (born 1920)2003 – Jerry Fleck , American actor and director (born 1947)2003 – Garrett Hardin , American ecologist and author (born 1915) 2003 – John Serry Sr. , American accordion player and composer (born 1915) 2005 – William Berenberg , American physician and academic (born 1915)2005 – Vladimir Volkoff , French soldier and author (born 1932) 2005 – Robert Wise , American director and producer (born 1914) 2006 – Mickey Hargitay , Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)2006 – Esme Melville , Australian actress (born 1918) 2007 – Jacques Martin , French television host and producer (born 1933)2007 – Robert Savoie , Canadian opera singer (born 1927) 2008 – Hyman Golden , American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)2009 – Keith Floyd , English chef and author (born 1943)2009 – Henry Gibson , American actor (born 1935) 2009 – Jody Powell , American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943) 2009 – Patrick Swayze , American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952) 2011 – Malcolm Wallop , American politician (born 1933)2012 – Jacques Antoine , French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze Fort Boyard 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque , Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963) 2012 – Winston Rekert , Canadian actor and director (born 1949) 2012 – Kan Yuet-keung , Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913) 2013 – Maksym Bilyi , Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)2013 – Osama El-Baz , Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931) 2013 – Faith Leech , Australian swimmer (born 1941)[58] 2014 – Tony Auth , American illustrator (born 1942)2014 – Peter Gutteridge , New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961) 2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan , English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933) 2015 – Davey Browne , Australian boxer (born 1986)2015 – Fred DeLuca , American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947) 2015 – Martin Kearns , English drummer (born 1977) 2015 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor , Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949) 2018 – Ethel Johnson , American professional wrestler (born 1935)[59] 2018 – Zienia Merton , British actress (born 1945)[60] 2021 – Norm Macdonald , Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)[61] 2024 – Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)[62] 2024 – Otis Davis , American sprinter (born 1932)[63] 2025 – Jim Edgar , American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois [64] 2025 – Ricky Hatton , British professional boxer (born 1978)[65] Holidays and observances
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