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Pre-1600
1601–1900
1620 – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower [1] 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart , sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II .[2] 1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal , a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.1776 – American Revolutionary War : The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.1810 – With the Grito de Dolores ,Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain .1822 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel , in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences , reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster 's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence .[3] 1863 – Robert College , in Istanbul , the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert , an American philanthropist.1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun Ithaca, New York .1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma .1901–present
1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.1914 – World War I : The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.1920 – The Wall Street bombing : A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.1940 – World War II : Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani .1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno .1945 – World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.1953 – American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York , killing 28 people.[4] 1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.1955 – A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile . 1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914 , is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther . Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury .1961 – Typhoon Nancy , with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka , Japan, killing 173 people. 1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya , Singapore , North Borneo (Sabah ) and Sarawak . However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra 1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization , the conflict came to be known as Black September .1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.1975 – Cape Verde , Mozambique , and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations. 1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. 1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.1976 – Night of the Pencils : In the city of La Plata , Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship [5] 1978 – The 7.4 Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas , Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). At least 15,000 people are killed.1979 – Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.1982 – Lebanon War : The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion .1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk , adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge .1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.1992 – Black Wednesday : The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark. 1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.1996 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir [6] 2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane .2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.2007 – One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.2007 – Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad. 2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.[7] 2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.2015 – A 8.3 earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel , killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.[8] 2021 – A 6.0 earthquake strikes Lu County , Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.[9] 2021 – Inspiration4 , the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center .[10] 2022 – During the Let Yet Kone massacre , the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region , Myanmar.[11] 2022 – The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran , sparking worldwide protests .[12] Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1615 – Heinrich Bach , German organist and composer (died 1692)1625 – Gregorio Barbarigo , Roman Catholic saint (died 1697)1651 – Engelbert Kaempfer , German physician and botanist (died 1716)1666 – Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist (died 1716)1678 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751)1716 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli , Italian tenor and actor (died 1798)1722 – Gabriel Christie , Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799)1725 – Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)1745 – Mikhail Kutuzov , Russian field marshal (died 1813)[16] 1777 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild , German-English banker and financier (died 1836)1782 – Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850)1812 – Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint , Dutch novelist (died 1886)[17] 1822 – Charles Crocker , American businessman (died 1888)[18] 1823 – Francis Parkman , American historian and author (died 1893)1823 – Ludwik Teichmann , Polish anatomist (died 1895)[19] 1827 – Jean Albert Gaudry , French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908)1828 – Per Pålsson , Swedish murderer (died 1914)1830 – Patrick Francis Moran , Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911)1837 – Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)1838 – James J. Hill , Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)1844 – Paul Taffanel , French flute player and conductor (died 1908)1846 – Anna Kingsford , English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)1853 – Albrecht Kossel , German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)1858 – Edward Marshall Hall , English lawyer and politician (died 1927)1858 – Bonar Law , Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923) 1859 – Yuan Shikai , Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)1861 – Miriam Benjamin , African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)1866 – Georg Voigt , German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927)1870 – John Pius Boland , Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)1875 – James Cash Penney , American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)1876 – Marvin Hart , American boxer (died 1931)1877 – Jacob Schick , American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937)1878 – Karl Albiker , German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)1880 – Clara Ayres , American nurse (died 1917)1880 – Alfred Noyes , English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958) 1881 – Clive Bell , English philosopher and critic (died 1964)1883 – T. E. Hulme , English poet and critic (died 1917)1886 – Jean Arp , Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966)1887 – Nadia Boulanger , French composer and educator (died 1979)[20] 1888 – W. O. Bentley , English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971)1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964) 1890 – Avigdor Hameiri , Israeli author (died 1970)1891 – Karl Dönitz , German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe , Austrian-German spy (died 1972) 1893 – Alexander Korda , Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi , Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)[21] 1895 – Zainal Abidin Ahmad , Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)1897 – Milt Franklyn , American composer (died 1962)1898 – H. A. Rey , American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George 1899 – Hans Swarowsky , Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)1901–present
1901 – Josef Schächter , Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)1905 – Vladimír Holan , Czech poet and author (died 1980)1906 – Jack Churchill , Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996)1910 – Erich Kempka , German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)1910 – Karl Kling , German race car driver and manager (died 2003) 1911 – Wilfred Burchett , Australian journalist and author (died 1983)1911 – Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer (died 2005) 1914 – Allen Funt , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)1915 – Cy Walter , American pianist (died 1968)1916 – Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw , Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978)1916 – Frank Farrell , Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985) 1916 – M. S. Subbulakshmi , Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004) 1916 – Frank Leslie Walcott , Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999) 1916 – Marie Vieux-Chauvet , Haitian writer (died 1973)[22] 1916 – Raosaheb Gogte , Indian industrialist (died 2000)[23] 1918 – Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist (died 1968)1919 – Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)1919 – Laurence J. Peter , Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990) 1919 – Andy Russell , American singer and actor (died 1992) 1920 – Staryl C. Austin , American air force general (died 2015)1920 – Sheila Quinn , English nurse and educator (died 2016) 1920 – Art Sansom , American cartoonist (died 1991) 1921 – Ursula Franklin , German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016)1921 – Jon Hendricks , American singer-songwriter (died 2017) 1921 – Korla Pandit , American pianist and composer (died 1998) 1922 – Guy Hamilton , French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016)1922 – Janis Paige , American actress and singer (died 2024)[24] [25] 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew , Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)1924 – Lauren Bacall , American actress (died 2014)[26] 1924 – Raoul Coutard , French cinematographer and director (died 2016)[27] 1925 – Charlie Byrd , American singer and guitarist (died 1999)1925 – Charles Haughey , Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006) 1925 – B.B. King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)[26] 1926 – Eric Gross , Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)1926 – John Knowles , American novelist (died 2001) 1926 – Roger McKee , American baseball player (died 2014) 1926 – Robert H. Schuller , American pastor and author (died 2015) 1927 – Peter Falk , American actor (died 2011)[26] 1927 – Jack Kelly , American actor and politician (died 1992)[26] 1927 – Sadako Ogata , Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019) 1928 – Rex Trailer , American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)1928 – Lady Gwen Thompson , English author and educator (died 1986) 1928 – Patricia Wald , American judge (died 2019) 1929 – Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar , last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024)1929 – Stan Stephens , Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021) 1930 – Anne Francis , American actress (died 2011)[26] 1931 – K. D. Arulpragasam , Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003)1931 – Little Willie Littlefield , American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013) 1932 – George Chakiris , American actor[24] 1932 – Micky Stewart , English cricketer and coach 1933 – Steve Shirley , German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa 1934 – Elgin Baylor , American basketball player and coach (died 2021)[26] 1934 – Ronnie Drew , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008) 1935 – Carl Andre , American sculptor (died 2024)1935 – Billy Boy Arnold , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1935 – Jules Bass , American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022)[28] 1935 – Lilia Cuntapay , Filipino actress (died 2016)[29] [30] 1935 – Bob Kiley , American-English businessman (died 2016) 1935 – Esther Vilar , Argentinian-German author and playwright[31] 1935 – Helen Williams , American fashion model (died 2023)[32] 1937 – Aleksandr Medved , Russian wrestler (died 2024)1937 – Vince Naimoli , American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019) 1939 – Breyten Breytenbach , South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)[33] 1939 – Bill McGill , American basketball player (died 2014) 1940 – Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2018)1940 – Butch Buchholz , American tennis player 1940 – Paul White, Baron Hanningfield , British life peer (died 2024)[34] 1941 – Joe Butler , American singer, autoharp player, and drummer1941 – Richard Perle , American political scientist and politician 1942 – Bernie Calvert , English bass player and keyboard player1942 – Susan L. Graham , American computer scientist and academic 1943 – Wang Houjun , Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012)1943 – James Alan McPherson , American short story writer and essayist (died 2016) 1944 – Linda Kaye Henning , American actress1944 – Betty Kelly , American soul/R&B singer[24] 1946 – Sonny LeMaire , American country music singer-songwriter and bass player1946 – Mike Reynolds , Australian lawyer and politician 1946 – Camilo Sesto , Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019) 1947 – Dusty Hughes , English director and playwright1948 – Ron Blair , American bass player1948 – Rosemary Casals , American tennis player and sportscaster 1948 – Julia Donaldson , English author and playwright 1948 – Kenney Jones , English drummer[24] 1948 – Susan Ruttan , American actress[24] 1949 – Ed Begley Jr. , American actor and environmental activist[24] 1950 – David Bellamy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[24] 1950 – Henry Louis Gates Jr. , American historian, scholar, and journalist 1950 – Loyd Grossman , American-English singer, guitarist, and television host 1951 – Vince Bell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1951 – Andy Irvine , Scottish rugby player and coach 1951 – Cornelius Sim , Bruneian cardinal[35] 1952 – Tony Cunningham , English educator and politician1952 – Česlovas Laurinavičius , Lithuanian historian 1952 – Karen Muir , South African swimmer and physician (died 2013) 1952 – Mickey Rourke , American boxer and actor[24] 1953 – Kurt Fuller , American character actor 1953 – Alan Barton , English singer and guitarist (died 1995)1953 – Nancy Huston , Canadian-American author and translator 1953 – Earl Klugh , American musician[24] 1953 – Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown , English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953 – Jerry Pate , American golfer and sportscaster 1953 – Manuel Pellegrini , Chilean footballer and manager 1953 – Christopher Rich , American actor[24] 1953 – Eric Vail , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1954 – Sanjoy Bandopadhyay , Indian sitar player and composer1954 – William McKeen , American author and academic 1954 – Colin Newman , English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer 1954 – Frank Reed , American singer-songwriter (died 2014) 1954 – Roger Woolley , Australian cricketer 1955 – Ron Brewer , American basketball player1955 – Robin Yount , American baseball player and coach[26] 1956 – Maggie Atkinson , English educator and civil servant1956 – David Copperfield , American magician and actor[24] 1956 – Ross Greenberg , American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017) 1956 – Dave Schulthise , American bass player (died 2004) 1956 – Kazuharu Sonoda , Japanese wrestler (died 1987) 1957 – D. C. Drake , American wrestler1957 – Clara Furse , English businesswoman 1957 – Norman Lamb , English lawyer and politician 1957 – David McCreery , Northern Irish footballer and manager 1957 – Anca Parghel , Romanian singer and pianist (died 2008) 1958 – Orel Hershiser , American baseball player and coach1958 – Neville Southall , Welsh footballer and manager 1958 – Jennifer Tilly , American actress and poker player[24] 1959 – Peter Keleghan , Canadian actor and screenwriter1959 – Tim Raines , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1959 – Dave Richardson , South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer 1959 – Victory Tischler-Blue , American bass player, director, and producer 1960 – Jayne Brook , American actress[24] 1960 – Graham Haynes , American trumpet player and composer 1960 – Mike Mignola , American author and illustrator 1961 – Bilinda Butcher , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1961 – Philip Lafon , Canadian wrestler 1961 – Annamária Szalai , Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (died 2013) 1962 – Seth , Canadian author and illustrator1963 – Richard Marx , American singer-songwriter and producer[24] 1964 – Mary Coustas , Australian actress and screenwriter1964 – Rossy de Palma , Spanish-French model and actress 1964 – Dave Sabo , American guitarist and songwriter 1964 – Molly Shannon , American actress, comedian and producer[24] 1965 – Katy Kurtzman , American actress and producer1965 – Karl-Heinz Riedle , German footballer and manager 1965 – Stephen Shareaux , American singer-songwriter 1966 – John Bel Edwards , American attorney and politician1966 – Wil McCarthy , American author and playwright 1966 – Kevin Young , American hurdler 1967 – Hiroya Oku , Japanese author and illustrator1967 – Damon Thayer , Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader[36] 1968 – Marc Anthony , American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer[24] 1968 – Walt Becker , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1968 – Tommy Keane , Irish footballer (died 2012) 1969 – Justine Frischmann , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1969 – Janno Gibbs , Filipino singer-songwriter and actor 1970 – Mark Schultz , American singer-songwriter1971 – Joel Heyman , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1971 – Charlie Jacobs , American businessman 1971 – Amy Poehler , American actress, comedian, and producer[24] 1971 – Richard Slinger , American wrestler 1971 – Shawntel Smith , American beauty pageant contestant 1972 – Mark Bruener , American football player1972 – Mike Doyle , American actor and producer 1972 – Alessandro Nunziati , Italian singer-songwriter and producer 1973 – George Corrie , English footballer1973 – Camiel Eurlings , Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee 1973 – Justin Haythe , American author and screenwriter 1973 – Alexander Vinokourov , Kazakh cyclist and manager 1974 – Loona , Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer1974 – Monique Brumby , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1974 – Joaquin Castro , American lawyer and politician 1974 – Julian Castro , American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1975 – Jason Leffler , American race car driver (died 2013)1975 – Shannon Noll , Australian singer-songwriter 1975 – Toks Olagundoye , Nigerian actress[24] 1976 – Elīna Garanča , Latvian soprano1976 – Tina Barrett , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1976 – Greg Buckner , American basketball player and coach 1977 – Gregory Ball , American captain and politician1977 – Musiq Soulchild , American singer-songwriter[24] 1978 – Dan Dickau , American basketball player and coach1978 – Claudia Marx , German runner 1978 – Sensei , Mexican wrestler 1978 – Brian Sims , American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist 1979 – Bobby Korecky , American baseball player1979 – Flo Rida , American rapper, singer, and songwriter[24] 1980 – Kenny van Weeghel , Dutch wheelchair racer1981 – Fan Bingbing , Chinese actress, singer, and producer[26] 1981 – Alexis Bledel , American actress[24] 1981 – LaVerne Jones-Ferrette , Virgin Islander sprinter 1982 – Leon Knight , English footballer1982 – Michele Rizzo , Italian rugby player 1983 – John Afoa , New Zealand rugby player1983 – Katerine Avgoustakis , Belgian singer and pianist 1983 – Jennifer Blake , Canadian wrestler 1983 – Kirsty Coventry , Zimbabwean swimmer and 10th President of the International Olympic Committee 1983 – Brandon Moss , American baseball player 1984 – Sabrina Bryan , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress[24] 1984 – Katie Melua , Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1985 – Matt Harrison , American baseball player[37] 1985 – Max Minghella , English actor 1985 – Madeline Zima , American actress[24] 1986 – Gordon Beckham , American baseball player1986 – Ian Harding , American actor[24] 1986 – Kyla Pratt , American actress and singer[24] 1987 – Merve Boluğur , Turkish actress1987 – Kyle Lafferty , Northern Irish footballer 1987 – Louis Ngwat-Mahop , Cameroonian footballer 1987 – Anthony Padilla , American internet personality and filmmaker[38] 1987 – Burry Stander , South African cyclist (died 2013) 1987 – Travis Wall , American dancer and choreographer 1988 – Teddy Geiger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress[24] 1989 – Robbie Grossman , American baseball player[39] 1989 – Braden Holtby , Canadian ice hockey player 1989 – Salomón Rondón , Venezuelan footballer 1989 – Dustin Tokarski , Canadian ice hockey player 1991 – Alexandra Paul , Canadian figure skater (died 2023)1992 – Vytenis Čižauskas , Lithuanian basketball player1992 – Nick Jonas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[24] 1992 – Jake Roche , English singer-songwriter and actor 1992 – Chase Stokes , American actor[26] 1993 – Metro Boomin , American record producer and songwriter[40] 1993 – Sam Byram , English footballer 1993 – Bryson DeChambeau , American golfer[41] 1993 – Joji , Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter[42] 1994 – Anthony Mantha , Canadian ice hockey player[43] 1994 – Aleksandar Mitrović , Serbian footballer[44] 1994 – Mitchell Moses , Australian rugby league player 1995 – Aaron Gordon , American basketball player[45] 1997 – Jackie Young , American basketball player[46] 1999 – Brady Tkachuk , American ice hockey player[47] 2000 – Sam Howell , American football player[48] 2000 – Oliver Skipp , English footballer[49] 2001 – Avishag Semberg , Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist[50] 2003 – Toby Couchman , Australian rugby league player[51] Deaths
Pre-1600
307 – Flavius Valerius Severus , Roman emperor655 – Pope Martin I 1087 – Pope Victor III (born 1026)1100 – Bernold of Constance , German priest and historian (born 1054)1122 – Vitalis of Savigny , Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)[52] 1226 – Pandulf Verraccio , Roman ecclesiastical politician1343 – Philip III of Navarre (born 1306)1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295)1360 – William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319)1380 – Charles V of France (born 1338)1394 – Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)1406 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336)1498 – Tomás de Torquemada , Spanish friar (born 1420)1581 – Peter Niers , notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)1583 – Catherine Jagiellon , queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526)1589 – Michael Baius , Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513)1601–1900
1607 – Mary Stuart , English-Scottish princess (born 1605)1672 – Anne Bradstreet , English poet (born 1612)1701 – James II of England (born 1633)1736 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit , Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)1792 – Nguyễn Huệ , Vietnamese emperor (born 1753)1803 – Nicolas Baudin , French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)1819 – John Jeffries , American physician and surgeon (born 1744)1824 – Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)1843 – Ezekiel Hart , Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)1845 – Thomas Davis , Irish poet and publisher (born 1814)1865 – Christian de Meza , Danish general (born 1792)1887 – Sakaigawa Namiemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)1896 – Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer (born 1836)1896 – Pavlos Kalligas , Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814) 1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)1901–present
1911 – Edward Whymper , English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840)1914 – C. X. Larrabee , American businessman (born 1843)1919 – Maria Nikiforova , Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885)[53] 1925 – Leo Fall , Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)1925 – Alexander Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888) 1931 – Omar Mukhtar , Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)1932 – Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle , British stage and screen actress (born 1908)1932 – Ronald Ross , Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) 1933 – George Gore , American baseball player and manager (born 1857)1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot , French physician and explorer (born 1867)1940 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington , English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)1944 – Gustav Bauer , German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)1945 – John McCormack , Irish tenor and actor (born 1884)1946 – James Hopwood Jeans , English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877)1950 – Pedro de Cordoba , American actor (born 1881)1955 – Leo Amery , Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)1961 – Hasan Polatkan , Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915)1961 – Fatin Rüştü Zorlu , Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910) 1965 – Ahn Eak-tai , North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)1965 – Fred Quimby , American animator and producer (born 1886) 1973 – Víctor Jara , Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)1976 – Bertha Lutz , Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)1977 – Marc Bolan , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)1977 – Maria Callas , Greek operatic soprano (born 1923) 1980 – Jean Piaget , Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)1984 – Louis Réard , French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)1984 – Richard Brautigan , American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935) 1987 – Christopher Soames , English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920) 1991 – Olga Spessivtseva , Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)1992 – Millicent Fenwick , American journalist and politician (born 1910)1993 – František Jílek , Czech conductor (born 1913)1993 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Australian poet and activist (born 1920) 1996 – McGeorge Bundy , American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)1996 – Gene Nelson , American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920) 2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff , American producer (born 1918)2002 – James Gregory , American actor (born 1911)2003 – Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter (born 1921)2004 – Michael Donaghy , American-English poet and author (born 1954)2005 – Harry Freedman , Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922)2005 – Gordon Gould , American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920) 2006 – Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)2006 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy , Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)[54] 2007 – Robert Jordan , American engineer and author (born 1948)2008 – Norman Whitfield , American songwriter and producer (born 1940)2009 – Myles Brand , American philosopher and academic (born 1942)2009 – Ernst Märzendorfer , Austrian conductor (born 1921) 2009 – Mary Travers , American singer-songwriter (born 1936) 2010 – George N. Parks , American educator and bandleader (born 1953)2010 – Jim Towers , English footballer (born 1933) 2011 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)2011 – Enamul Haque Chowdhury , Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)2012 – Roman Kroitor , Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)2012 – Julien J. LeBourgeois , American admiral (born 1923) 2012 – Friedrich Zimmermann , German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925) 2013 – Scott Adams , American football player (born 1966)2013 – Ratiba El-Hefny , Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931) 2013 – Patsy Swayze , American dancer and choreographer (born 1927) 2015 – Guy Béart , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)2015 – Julio Brady , Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942) 2015 – Kurt Oppelt , Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932) 2015 – Allan Wright , English captain and pilot (born 1920) 2016 – Tarık Akan , Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)[55] 2016 – Edward Albee , American director and playwright (born 1928) 2016 – Gabriele Amorth , Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925) 2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920) 2016 – W. P. Kinsella , Canadian novelist (born 1935) 2016 – Gérard Louis-Dreyfus , French-born American businessman (born 1932) 2016 – António Mascarenhas Monteiro , Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944) 2017 – Marcelo Rezende , Brazilian journalist (born 1951)2017 – Arjan Singh , Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919) 2018 – James Burdette Thayer , American brigadier general (born 1920)2019 – H. S. Dillon , Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)2020 – Maxim Martsinkevich , Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)[56] 2021 – Jane Powell , American actress (born 1929)[57] 2021 – Clive Sinclair , English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)[58] 2024 – Song Binbin , Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)[59] 2025 – Robert Redford , American actor, producer and director (born 1936)[60] [61] Holidays and observances
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