• 33 BC – Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania.
• 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
• 629 – Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
• 711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
• 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
• 1509 – Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
• 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
• 1522 – Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
• 1539 – Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
• 1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
• 1578 – Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
• 1595 – The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
• 1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
• 1667 – John Milton, blind and impoverished, sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• 1805 – First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).
• 1813 – War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
• 1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• 1865 – The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• 1906 – The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• 1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• 1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• 1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• 1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• 1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
• 1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
• 1945 – World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
• 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
• 1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
• 1960 – Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
• 1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• 1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
• 1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
• 1978 – The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• 1986 – The city of Pripyat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
• 1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the USA, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• 1989 – The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
• 1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
• 1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
• 1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
• 1994 – South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
• 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
• 2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
• 2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
• 2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.

• 85 BC – Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (d. 43 BC)
• 1468 – Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503)
• 1564 – Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1632)
• 1556 – François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (d. 1626)
• 1650 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670-1699) (d. 1714)
• 1654 – Charles Blount (deist), English deist and philosopher (d. 1693)
• 1701 – Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
• 1718 – Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (d. 1790)
• 1748 – Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)
• 1755 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1836)
• 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (d. 1797)
• 1788 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (d. 1863)
• 1791 – Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (d. 1872)
• 1812 – William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)
• 1812 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
• 1820 – Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1903)
• 1822 – Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
• 1840 – Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (d. 1911)
• 1848 – Otto of Bavaria (d. 1916)
• 1850 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (d. 1921)
• 1853 – Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (d. 1914)
• 1857 – Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)
• 1861 – William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (d. 1948)
• 1866 – Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (d. 1916)
• 1875 – Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Warren Wood, American golfer (d. 1926)
• 1888 – Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
• 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)
• 1893 – Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (d. 1946)
• 1893 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1939)
• 1894 – George Petty, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1896 – Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)
• 1896 – William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)
• 1896 – Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (d. 1937)
• 1898 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1994)
• 1900 – August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)
• 1904 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (d. 1972)
• 1904 – Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973)
• 1905 – John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
• 1911 – Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)
• 1912 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001)
• 1912 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1913 – Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (d. 1943)
• 1916 – Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
• 1920 – Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
• 1920 – James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Jack Klugman, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator
• 1932 – Anouk Aimée, French actress
• 1932 – Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States
• 1932 – Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, music historian, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Chuck Knox, American football coach
• 1932 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London
• 1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach
• 1936 – Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator
• 1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1937 – Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop
• 1937 – Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1939 – Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
• 1941 – Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian
• 1941 – Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
• 1941 – Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
• 1942 – Ruth Glick, American author
• 1942 – Jim Keltner, American drummer
• 1943 – Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager
• 1944 – Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist
• 1944 – Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (d. 2017)
• 1944 – Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager
• 1945 – Jack Deverell, English general
• 1945 – Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author
• 1945 – Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host
• 1945 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Franz Roth, German footballer
• 1947 – G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 – Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
• 1947 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
• 1947 – Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1947 – Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Frank Abagnale Jr., CEO of Abagnale & Associates, famous criminal
• 1948 – Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1948 – Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 – Grant Chapman, Australian businessman and politician
• 1950 – Paul Lockyer, Australian journalist (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host
• 1952 – George Gervin, American basketball player
• 1952 – Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician
• 1953 – Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model
• 1954 – Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1954 – Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1954 – Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer
• 1955 – Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
• 1956 – Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1956 – Jeff Probyn, English rugby player, coach, and manager
• 1957 – Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 – Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1959 – Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 – Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
• 1962 – Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 – Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach
• 1962 – Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1962 – Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician
• 1963 – Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer
• 1965 – Anna Chancellor, English actress
• 1966 – Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator
• 1967 – Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
• 1967 – Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
• 1967 – Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor
• 1967 – Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist
• 1968 – Dana Milbank, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician
• 1969 – Darcey Bussell, English ballerina
• 1969 – Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian wrestler
• 1971 – Olari Elts, Estonian conductor
• 1972 – Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
• 1972 – Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach
• 1973 – Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 1973 – Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
• 1973 – Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
• 1974 – Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
• 1974 – Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Rabih Abdullah, American football player
• 1975 – Chris Carpenter, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 – Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
• 1976 – Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
• 1976 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
• 1976 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 – Faisal Saif, Indian director, screenwriter, and critic
• 1979 – Will Boyd, American bass player
• 1979 – Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
• 1980 – Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
• 1980 – Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
• 1980 – Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1981 – Joey Gathright, American baseball player
• 1981 – Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – François Parisien, Canadian cyclist
• 1982 – Alexander Widiker, German rugby player
• 1983 – Ari Graynor, American actress and producer
• 1983 – Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Patrick Stump, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1985 – José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner
• 1986 – Jenna Coleman, English actress
• 1986 – Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
• 1987 – Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
• 1987 – William Moseley, English actor
• 1987 – Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress (Miss A)
• 1988 – Joeri Dequevy, Belgian footballer
• 1988 – Kris Thackray, English footballer
• 1988 – Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Lars Bender, German footballer
• 1989 – Sven Bender, German footballer
• 1989 – Tim Glasby, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Dmytro Kozban, Ukrainian footballer
• 1990 – Trude Raad, Norwegian deaf track and field athlete
• 1991 – Isaac Cuenca, Spanish footballer
• 1991 – Eric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer
• 1991 – Lara Gut, Swiss skier
• 1992 – Keenan Allen, American football player
• 1994 – Corey Seager, American baseball player
• 1995 – Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player

• 630 – Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621)
• 1160 – Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (b. 1081)
• 1272 – Zita, Italian saint (b. 1212)
• 1321 – Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250)
• 1353 – Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
• 1403 – Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335)
• 1404 – Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)
• 1463 – Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)
• 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480)
• 1599 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
• 1605 – Pope Leo XI (b. 1535)
• 1607 – Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560)
• 1613 – Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)
• 1656 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
• 1694 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
• 1695 – John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
• 1702 – Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
• 1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
• 1813 – Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 – William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 – John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 – Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 – John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1932 – Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 – Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 – Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 – William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 – René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 – Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 – Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 – Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)
• 1992 – Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1996 – William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1998 – John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 1999 – Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)
• 2002 – George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
• 2002 – Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (b. 1983)
• 2009 – Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Bill Skowron, American baseball player (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (b. 1969)
• 2013 – Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2017 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (b. 1946)
• 2017 – Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b.1938)

Eurovision fans laugh at 'hilarious' list of items banned from the contest

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Some Eurovision fans are finding the list of items banned from the contest this year "hilarious".

Shopping trolleys, ladders, extension leads and golf balls are included on the list of prohibited items.

The singing contest is being held in Lisbon, Portugal, for the very first time - with final taking place on 12 May.

On the official Eurovision Song Contest website it states that the items will be confiscated for security reasons.

Image copyrightEUROVISION SONG CONTEST

On the list are items you'd expect to be banned like explosives, toxic substances and drugs.

Then there's the more unusual things such as ropes, umbrellas and adhesive tape. 

Luckily, flags are not on the list.

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Forty three countries will take part in the 63rd edition of the contest in a few weeks' time.

There will be two semi-finals and 26 contestants will make it through to final - which will be broadcast on BBC One.

The UK automatically gets a pass to the final because it helps fund the event, as does France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

More than 180 million watched it live across Europe last year, and was reported to be most popular with younger viewers.

Πωλειται το σπίτι της Ζωής Λάσκαρη στο Πόρτο Ράφτη 

Την απόφαση να προχωρήσει στην πώληση του αγαπημένου

 σπιτιού της Ζωής Λάσκαρη, στο Πόρτο Ράφτη, πήρε ο

 Αλέξανδρος Λυκουρέζος, καθώς κάθε γωνιά του σπιτιού τού 

θυμίζει την αξέχαστη ηθοποιό.

Σύμφωνα με το περιοδικό «Λοιπόν», την πώληση της βίλας έχει αναλάβει γνωστό

 μεσιτικό γραφείο των Αθηνών και οι φωτογραφίες των εσωτερικών χώρων 

διατίθενται στο διαδίκτυο προς κάθε επίδοξο αγοραστή.

Η απόφαση του κ. Λυκουρέζου να αφήσει πίσω του το σπίτι αυτό είναι κάτι

 παραπάνω από οριστική, αφού κάθε γωνιά του σπιτιού είναι και μια ανάμνηση

 που τον πονά. Όπως έχει αναφέρει και ο ίδιος σε παλαιότερη συνέντευξή του, το

 σπίτι αυτό χωρίς τη Ζωή Λάσκαρη είναι άδειο.

«Μετά το θάνατο της Ζωής δεν είχε νόημα για μένα να μένω στο Πόρτο Ράφτη. 

Το Πόρτο Ράφτη, όπου ζούσαμε τα τελευταία 15-20 χρόνια, ήταν επιλογή της.

 Δεν ήθελε να φύγει από εκεί κι εγώ γυρνούσα εκεί κάθε βράδυ. Μετά από τόσα 

χρόνια συμβίωσης δεν μπορούσα να την εγκαταλείψω. Το σπίτι στο Πόρτο Ράφτη

το είχε φτιάξει εκείνη. Καθετί ήταν από εκείνη. Το τασάκι, το βάζο, ήταν όλα

 επιλογή της, ακόμα και η θέση που είχε το καθένα. Μετά την απουσία της, το σπίτι

 ήταν άδειο για μένα. Το σκέφτηκα, ήθελα να ωριμάσει μέσα μου αυτή η σκέψη για

 να μπορέσω να φύγω. Ένα σπίτι κενό ήταν πολύ δύσκολο, δεν μπορούσα να το 

αντιμετωπίσω. Συναισθηματικά δεν μπορούσα να συμφιλιωθώ με αυτό το κενό…

 Ιδίως το δωμάτιό μας, η κρεβατοκάμαρά μας στο Πόρτο Ράφτη, ήταν πια τόσο

άδεια. Είχε τόσο πολλά πράγματα η Ζωή. Ούτε μπορεί να φανταστεί κανείς τι 

είχε μαζέψει στη ζωή της. Δεν μπορείς να συμφιλιωθείς και να εξοικειωθείς με 

αυτό το κενό, τη μόνιμη απουσία. Είναι βαρύ, αλλά δεν έχεις κι άλλη επιλογή.

 Τώρα σκοπός μου είναι να έχω υγεία, και διανοητική, για να συνεχίσω την

 εργασία μου, που και αγαπώ και χρειάζομαι. Κι αυτό μου δίνει δύναμη», είχε πει

 χαρακτηριστικά ο γνωστός ποινικολόγος

Πρόκειται για μια πολυτελή βίλα στο Πόρτο Ράφτη, στο συγκρότημα «Απολλώνιο»,

 με μόνιμες κατοικίες στην περιοχή του Αγίου Σπυρίδωνος, που είναι στην ουσία

 ένας μικρός λόφος.

Ειδικότερα, η αγγελία αναφέρει:

ΠΟΡΤΟ ΡΑΦΤΗ (ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΝ): Μονοκατοικία-μεζονέτα εντός οικισμού

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΝ, 498 m2 σε δύο επίπεδα με ιδιωτική πισίνα και απεριόριστη θέα,

 επί οικοπέδου 521 m2. Στο 1ο επίπεδο (202 m2) έχουμε την κύρια είσοδο της

 κατοικίας με χώρους υποδοχής, καθιστικό με πρόσβαση σε βεράντα, τραπεζαρία

 με πρόσβαση στον κήπο, κουζίνα ανεξάρτητη, 1 υ/δ master με φανταστική θέα 

που περιλαμβάνει ανοιχτό λουτρό με Jacuzzi, δωμάτιο γκαρνταρόμπας και

 υπερυψωμένο χώρο γραφείου. Στο 2ο επίπεδο (222 m2) με πρόσβαση και θέα

 στην πισίνα, βρίσκονται 2 υ/δ master με en suite λουτρά, χώρος γραφείου, 1 WC

 επισκεπτών, 2 υ/δ (ξενώνες) με λουτρό, δωμάτιο υπηρεσίας με δικό του μπάνιο,

 αποθηκευτικοί χώροι και ντουλάπες, χώρος πλυντηρίου-εργασίας, WC με

 ντουζιέρα - χαμάμ. Στο χώρο της πισίνας υπάρχει στεγασμένο μπαρ & bbq. Άπλετο

 φως στους κύριους χώρους της κατοικίας και εξαιρετική θέα. Την κατοικία 

χαρακτηρίζουν ιδιωτικότητα και η λειτουργική διαρρύθμιση. Διαθέτει 2 θέσεις 

στάθμευσης (στεγασμένες), αυτόνομη θέρμανση με κλιματισμό, πόρτα ασφαλείας,

 συναγερμό, αυτόματο πότισμα. Βοηθητικοί χώροι 74 m2. Το συγκρότημα 

κατοικιών «Απολλώνιον» παρέχει 24ωρη φύλαξη, εστιατόριο, γήπεδα τένις, 

μπάσκετ, θερινό κινηματογράφο, 2 κοινόχρηστες πισίνες, γυμναστήριο, παιδική

 χαρά, εκκλησία. Κατασκευή 1975, ανακαινίστηκε το 1992 Τιμή: Κατόπιν εκδήλωσης 

ενδιαφέροντος.

ID:  Bryan Ferry

Επανενώνονται οι ABBA μετά από 35 χρόνια 

Η μεγαλύτερη επανένωση στην μουσική μόλις ανακοινώθηκε. 

Οι ABBA, το θρυλικό συγκρότημα από την Σουηδία,

 ανακοίνωσε την επανασύνδεσή του, σχεδόν 4 δεκαετίες

μετά τη διάσπασή του.

Οι Αγκνέθα, Μπένι, Μπγιορν και Άννι Φριντ επιβεβαίωσαν την είδηση με 

μια ανάρτηση στο Instagram, λέγοντας ότι ήταν μια «απροσδόκητη συνέπεια»

 της απόφασης τους να κάνουν μια «περιοδεία εικονικής πραγματικότητας».

Οι τέσσερις τους περιέγραψαν την επιστροφή τους στο στούντιο προκειμένου να

 ηχογραφήσουν δύο νέα κομμάτια σαν μια «εξαιρετικά χαρούμενη εμπειρία».

Η δήλωσή τους αναφέρει: «Η απόφαση να προχωρήσουμε με το συναρπαστικό 

πρότζεκτ της περιοδείας avatar των ABBA είχε μια απροσδόκητη συνέπεια. Και

οι τέσσερις είχαμε την αίσθηση ότι έπειτα από περίπου 35 χρόνια, θα μπορούσε 

να είναι διασκεδαστικό να ενώσουμε τις δυνάμεις ξανά και να μπούμε στο 

στούντιο ηχογράφησης. Έτσι το κάναμε. Και ήταν σαν να είχε σταματήσει ο χρόνος

 και να είχαμε απλώς λείψει σε σύντομες διακοπές. Μια εξαιρετικά ευχάριστη 

εμπειρία. Αυτό είχε ως αποτέλεσμα δύο νέα τραγούδια και ένα από αυτά το

 ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ θα εκτελεστεί από τους ψηφιακούς εαυτούς μας σε

 ένα νέο τηλεοπτικό πρόγραμμα του NBC και του BBC που θα μεταδοθεί το 

Δεκέμβριο. Μπορεί να είμαστε λίγο μεγάλοι σε ηλικία, αλλά το τραγούδι είναι νέο. 

Και είναι υπέροχο».

Η είδηση έρχεται περίπου ένα χρόνο αφότου το συγκρότημα ανακοίνωσε τα σχέδιά 

του για μια ψηφιακή εμπειρία σε συνεργασία με τον μάνατζερ των Spice Girls,

 Σάιμον Φούλερ.

Το θρυλικό συγκρότημα που δημιουργήθηκε το 1972, έγινε διάσημο για πολλά

τραγούδια μεταξύ των οποίων και τα «Voulez-Vouz» και «Dancing Queen».

Απέκτησαν διεθνή φήμη μετά τη νίκη τους στο διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού της

 Eurovision με το «Waterloo» το 1974 και πούλησαν πάνω από 400 εκατομμύρια 

singles και άλμπουμ παγκοσμίως.

Το συγκρότημα, που εμφανίσθηκε επί σκηνής για τελευταία φορά το 1986, δεν 

διαλύθηκε ποτέ, όμως οι τέσσερις καλλιτέχνες υπογράμμιζαν με βεβαιότητα 

πως δεν πρόκειται να τραγουδήσουν πια μαζί.

• 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgān is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
• 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
• 1192 – Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
• 1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
• 1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
• 1788 – Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 1792 – France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
• 1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• 1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
• 1887 – A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
• 1920 – Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• 1923 – Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• 1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• 1941 – The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
• 1944 – World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• 1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
• 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• 1949 – The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
• 1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
• 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• 1965 – United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
• 1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
• 1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number 1 in the US charts, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
• 1975 – General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
• 1977 – The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
• 1978 – President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
• 1986 – High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
• 1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
• 1994 – Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
• 1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
• 1996 – Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
• 2011 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1980 relating to Ivorian crisis is adopted.
• 2015 – The National Football League announces it is giving up its tax-exempt status.

• AD 32 – Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)
• 1402 – Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (d. 1472)
• 1442 – Edward IV, king of England (d. 1483)
• 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander (d. 1598)
• 1573 – Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (d. 1650)
• 1604 – Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)
• 1623 – Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (d. 1707)
• 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet and author (d. 1687)
• 1676 – Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (d. 1751)
• 1715 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1767)
• 1758 – James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
• 1761 – Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (d. 1844)
• 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
• 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (d. 1884)
• 1827 – William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)
• 1838 – Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1913)
• 1848 – Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1909)
• 1854 – Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (d. 1923)
• 1855 – José Malhoa, Portuguese painter (d. 1933)
• 1863 – Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic (d. 1940)
• 1868 – Lucy Booth, English composer (d. 1953)
• 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)
• 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Sidney Toler, American actor and director (d. 1947)
• 1876 – Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)
• 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Art Shaw, American hurdler (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier (d. 1918)
• 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) ^[1]
• 1900 – Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992)
• 1901 – H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)
• 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American author (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Rose Murphy, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Carolyn Cassady, American author (d. 2013)
• 1923 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia
• 1925 – T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996)
• 1925 – John Leonard Thorn, English lieutenant, author, and academic
• 1926 – James Bama, American artist and illustrator
• 1926 – Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
• 1928 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997)
• 1930 – James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
• 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1933 – Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Lois Duncan, American journalist and author (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player
• 1935 – Jimmy Wray, Scottish boxer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1937 – John White, Scottish footballer (d. 1964)
• 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)
• 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
• 1941 – John Madejski, English businessman and academic
• 1941 – Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst
• 1943 – Aryeh Bibi, Iraqi-born Israeli politician
• 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer
• 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
• 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef and author
• 1946 – Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1946 – Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist
• 1947 – Christian Jacq, French historian and author
• 1947 – Nicola LeFanu, English composer and academic
• 1947 – Steve Khan, American Jazz guitarist
• 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
• 1949 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
• 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
• 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
• 1950 – Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster
• 1951 – Tim Congdon, English economist and politician
• 1951 – Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
• 1952 – Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
• 1953 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (d. 2003)
• 1953 – Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 – Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Timothy Curley, American educator
• 1954 – Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1954 – Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
• 1954 – Ron Zook, American football player and coach
• 1955 – Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist
• 1955 – Dieter Rubach, German bass player for Accept, U.D.O. and Julian Thome
• 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
• 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
• 1960 – Tom Browning, American baseball player
• 1960 – Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1960 – Phil King, English bass player
• 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish author
• 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (d. 1993)
• 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Sandrine Dumas, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1963 – Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
• 1964 – Stephen Ames, Trinidadian golfer
• 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
• 1964 – Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic
• 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1964 – L'Wren Scott, American model and fashion designer (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Jennifer Rardin, American author (d. 2010)
• 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
• 1966 – Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor
• 1967 – Chris White, English engineer and politician
• 1968 – Howard Donald, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1969 – LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
• 1970 – Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
• 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
• 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
• 1972 – Violent J, American rapper, Insane Clown Posse
• 1972 – Helena Tulve, Estonian composer
• 1972 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer
• 1973 – Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player
• 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
• 1974 – Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
• 1974 – Vernon Kay, English radio and television host
• 1974 – Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist
• 1975 – Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier
• 1976 – Shane Jurgensen, Australian cricketer
• 1978 – Lauren Laverne, English singer and television host
• 1978 – Nate Richert, American actor
• 1979 – Scott Fujita, American football player and sportscaster
• 1980 – Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist
• 1981 – Jessica Alba, American model and actress
• 1981 – Pietro Travagli, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist
• 1982 – Chris Kaman, American basketball player
• 1983 – Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1983 – David Freese, American baseball player
• 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
• 1983 – Graham Wagg, English cricketer
• 1983 – Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
• 1984 – Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer
• 1985 – Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
• 1985 – Deividas Stagniūnas, Lithuanian ice dancer
• 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1986 – Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1987 – Ryan Conroy, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Bradley Johnson, English footballer
• 1987 – Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
• 1988 – Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
• 1988 – Juan Manuel Mata, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player
• 1989 – Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
• 1990 – Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer
• 1992 – Blake Bortles, American football player
• 1992 – DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
• 1993 – Craig Garvey, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
• 1995 – Jonathan Benteke, Belgian footballer
• 1995 – Melanie Martinez, American singer

• 224 – Artabanus V of Parthia (b. 191)
• 948 – Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
• 1109 – Abbot Hugh of Cluny (b. 1024)^[2]
• 1192 – Conrad of Montferrat (b. 1140)
• 1197 – Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth (b. 1132)
• 1257 – Shajar al-Durr, sovereign sultana of Egypt
• 1260 – Luchesius Modestini, founding member of the Third Order of St. Francis
• 1400 – Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (b. 1327)
• 1489 – Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1449)
• 1533 – Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
• 1643 – Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
• 1710 – Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
• 1716 – Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
• 1726 – Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
• 1741 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
• 1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
• 1781 – Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
• 1813 – Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1816 – Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 – Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 – Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 – Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1905 – Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
• 1925 – Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1929 – Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (b. 1879)
• 1936 – Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
• 1944 – Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
• 1944 – Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 – Hermann Fegelein, German general (b. 1906)
• 1945 – Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1883)
• 1946 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1956 – Fred Marriott, American racing driver (b. 1872)
• 1957 – Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1963 – Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)
• 1970 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1973 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 – Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1987 – Ben Linder, American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
• 1991 – Steve Broidy, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Francis Bacon, Irish painter (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1996 – Lester Sumrall, American minister, founded LeSEA (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Ann Petry, American novelist (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1999 – Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
• 2002 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Percy Heath, American bassist (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1971)
• 2005 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1959)
• 2006 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
• 2007 – René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Richard Pratt, Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Erhard Loretan, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Al Ecuyer, American football player (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Patricia Medina, English actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Milan N. Popović, Serbian psychiatrist and author (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Aberdeen Shikoyi, Kenyan rugby player (b. 1985)
• 2013 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Fredrick McKissack, American author (b. 1939)
• 2013 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2013 – János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Bernie Wood, New Zealand journalist and author (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)
• 2014 – William Honan, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981)
• 2015 – Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Michael J. Ingelido, American general (b. 1916)
• 2016 – Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 2017 – Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1929)