Ανοίγει το αρχαίο θέατρο της Απτέρας στα Χανιά -Χτισμένο ημικύκλιο σε φυσική πλαγιά 

Έπειτα από 17 αιώνες θεατρικής σιωπής, όπως αναφέρεται

 σε σχετική ανακοίνωση, «ζωντανεύει» το Αρχαίο Θέατρο

 της Απτέρας στα Χανιά.

Ανασκαμμένο και αναστηλωμένο το μοναδικό αυτό μνημείο της Κρήτης θα

 φιλοξενήσει την Παρασκευή 29 Ιουνίου 2018 στις 20:30 ραψωδία από την

 Οδύσσεια του Ομήρου, μέσα από τη δραματοποιημένη αφήγηση των ηθοποιών

 Σοφίας Χιλλ και Αντώνη Μυριαγκού, με τη συνοδεία μουσικής από τη λύρα

 του Γιώργου Καλούδη και το κανονάκι της Ρουθ Χιλλ.

Την εκδήλωση οργανώνει η Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Χανίων σε συνεργασία με 

την Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, την Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Χανίων, την Κοινωφελή 

Επιχείρηση Πολιτισμού και Περιβάλλοντος Δήμου Χανίων-Κέντρο

Αρχιτεκτονικής της Μεσογείου (ΚΕΠΠΕΔΗΧ-ΚΑΜ) και το Δημοτικό

 Περιφερειακό Θέατρο Κρήτης (ΔΗΠΕΘΕΚ).

Όπως αναφέρει σημείωμα των διοργανωτών, «στη ραψωδία, αντιπροσωπευτική 

της αντίληψης περί ατομικής ευθύνης που διέπει την Οδύσσεια, παρακολουθούμε 

τους ήρωες να συντρίβονται, όχι από την ανεξέλεγκτη και τυφλή τιμωρητική 

διάθεση των θεών αλλά από τη δική τους ανυπακοή και την υπέρβαση των ορίων

 - γεγονός που συνιστά πρόκληση του κλασικού ηθικού σχήματος “Ύβρις - Τίσις – 

Νέμεσις”, το οποίο χαρακτηρίζει την κοσμοαντίληψη των αρχαίων Ελλήνων».

Η είσοδος στην παράσταση θα είναι δωρεάν και θα γίνεται μόνο με ατομικά 

δελτία που θα διατίθενται τη Δευτέρα 18 Ιουνίου και τη Δευτέρα 25 Ιουνίου από 

τα γραφεία της Εφορείας Αρχαιοτήτων Χανίων. Η ώρα προσέλευσης στον 

αρχαιολογικό χώρο την ημέρα της παράστασης ορίστηκε από τις 19:45 έως 20:15.

φωτογραφία: diazoma.gr

Το αρχαίο θέατρο της Απτέρας βρίσκεται στην ομώνυμη αρχαία πόλη της Κρήτης,

 η οποία ιδρύθηκε κατά τα γεωμετρικά χρόνια και βρίσκεται έξω από τα Χανιά,

 στο ύψωμα Παλιόκαστρο.
Στην αρχαία πόλη της Απτέρας ανυψώθηκαν αρκετά σημαντικά δημόσια κτίρια

 και μνημεία, ένα εκ των οποίων ήταν το αρχαίο θέατρο.

Η οικοδόμησή του αρχαίου θεάτρου της Απτέρας έγινε σε δύο φάσεις: η πρώτη

χρονολογείται κατά τους ελληνιστικούς χρόνους και η δεύτερη τον 1ο αιώνα μ.Χ.

 Σε τμήματα του σκηνικού οικοδομήματος διακρίνεται μετασκευή, η οποία έγινε 

μετά την ολοκλήρωση του μνημείου.
Με το πέρασμα των αιώνων το θέατρο εγκαταλείφθηκε και το μεγαλύτερο μέρος 

του καλύφθηκε με χώμα.
Οπως αναφέρεται στη wikipedia το θέατρο έχει τη χαρακτηριστική διάρθρωση

 των ελληνιστικών θεάτρων, δηλαδή αποτελούνταν από κοίλο, ορχήστρα και

 σκηνικό οικοδόμημα. Για την κατασκευή του χρησιμοποιήθηκε το ασβεστολιθικό

 πέτρωμα της περιοχής, από το οποίο έχουν κατασκευαστεί τα περισσότερα μνημεία

 της πόλης.

Το αρχαίο θέατρο της Απτέρας χτίστηκε πάνω σε φυσική πλαγιά και ως προς το

 σχήμα του ήταν λίγο μεγαλύτερο από ημικύκλιο. Το κοίλο αναφέρεται ότι 

χωριζόταν μέσω πέντε κάθετων κλιμάκων σε τέσσερις κερκίδες , ενώ με την

 ύπαρξη ενός διαζώματος διαιρούνταν σε άνω και κάτω κοίλο.
Από τις σειρές εδωλίων του σώζονται σήμερα μόνο δεκατρείς. Η κυκλική πέτρα

 που υπάρχει στο κέντρο ήταν η βάση της θυμέλης, του βωμού δηλαδή προς τιμήν

 του θεού Διονύσου. Στην ορχήστρα οδηγούσαν δύο διάδρομοι, οι πάροδοι, οι

 οποίοι βρίσκονται ανάμεσα στο κοίλο και τη σκηνή και είχαν μήκος περίπου 20

 μέτρα

• 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested in the Lateran Palace before being taken to Constantinople and tried for high treason.
• 1244 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.
• 1397 – The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.
• 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
• 1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
• 1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
• 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
• 1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
• 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
• 1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
• 1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• 1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• 1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• 1794 – Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom.
• 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
• 1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
• 1843 – The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• 1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• 1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• 1922 – Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
• 1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
• 1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
• 1932 – Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
• 1933 – Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
• 1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• 1940 – World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
• 1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
• 1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
• 1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• 1953 – Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• 1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
• 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km²) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• 1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
• 1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
• 1967 – Nuclear weapons testing: The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
• 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
• 1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
• 1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• 1991 – Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
• 1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
• 1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
• 2015 – Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 2017 – A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.

• 801 – Drogo of Metz (d. 855)
• 1239 – Edward I of England (d. 1307)
• 1530 – François de Montmorency, French nobleman (d. 1579)
• 1571 – Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (d. 1641)
• 1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1663)
• 1604 – John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1679)
• 1610 – Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (b. 1662)
• 1631 – Gauharara Begum, Mughal daughter of Shah Jahan (d. 1706)
• 1682 – Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
• 1691 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
• 1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (d. 1775)
• 1704 – John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780)
• 1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
• 1718 – George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1796)
• 1800 – William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (d. 1867)
• 1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)
• 1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (d. 1876)
• 1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (d. 1879)
• 1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (d. 1893)
• 1818 – Sophie of Württemberg (d. 1877)
• 1821 – E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (d. 1888)
• 1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)
• 1858 – Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
• 1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
• 1861 – Omar Bundy, American general (d. 1940)
• 1863 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934)
• 1865 – Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician (d. 1915)
• 1867 – Flora Finch, English-American actress (d. 1940)
• 1867 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948)
• 1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (d. 1922)
• 1871 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938)
• 1876 – William Carr, American rower (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (d. 1922)
• 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (d. 1955)
• 1882 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
• 1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (d. 1911)
• 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961)
• 1898 – Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)
• 1900 – Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945)
• 1900 – Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (d. 2000) ^[1]
• 1902 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
• 1903 – Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1904 – J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)
• 1910 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1968)
• 1910 – George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)
• 1914 – John Hersey, American journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (d. 1973)
• 1915 – Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 1981)
• 1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (d. 1992)
• 1919 – William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1919 – John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2016)
• 1919 – Beryl Reid, English actress (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
• 1920 – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (d. 2015)
• 1920 – François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (d. 2018)
• 1922 – John Amis, English journalist and critic (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor
• 1927 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)
• 1928 – Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
• 1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
• 1930 – Cliff Gallup, American rock & roll guitarist (d. 1988)
• 1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
• 1931 – John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator
• 1932 – Derek Ibbotson, English runner (d. 2017)
• 1932 – John Murtha, American colonel and politician (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
• 1936 – Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist
• 1936 – Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 – Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
• 1937 – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (d. 2009)
• 1940 – George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Bobby Bell, American football player
• 1940 – Chuck Rainey, American bassist
• 1941 – Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
• 1943 – Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1943 – Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 – Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
• 1943 – Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot
• 1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Tommy Franks, American general
• 1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
• 1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
• 1945 – Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM (d. 2018)
• 1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
• 1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1947 – Linda Chavez, American journalist and author
• 1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter
• 1947 – Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Santana, Journey)
• 1947 – Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (Sad Café, Mike + the Mechanics) (d. 2000)
• 1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
• 1948 – Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic
• 1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (d. 1992)
• 1948 – Karol Sikora, English physician and academic
• 1949 – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
• 1949 – John Craven, English economist and academic
• 1949 – Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
• 1951 – Starhawk, American author and activist
• 1951 – John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1953 – Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
• 1955 – Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1955 – Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 – Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman
• 1956 – Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
• 1957 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005)
• 1957 – Uģis Prauliņš, Latvian composer
• 1958 – Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
• 1958 – Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
• 1958 – Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor
• 1959 – Carol Anderson, American author and historian
• 1959 – Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic
• 1959 – Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
• 1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
• 1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer
• 1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23)
• 1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer
• 1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
• 1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer
• 1964 – Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach
• 1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach
• 1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster
• 1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
• 1966 – Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
• 1966 – Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist
• 1966 – Ken Clark, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1966 – Diane Modahl, English runner
• 1966 – Jason Patric, American actor
• 1967 – Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
• 1967 – Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer
• 1968 – Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
• 1969 – Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player
• 1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
• 1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
• 1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
• 1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model
• 1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
• 1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 – Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
• 1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
• 1978 – Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Nick Rimando, American soccer player
• 1979 – Tyson Apostol, American television personality
• 1979 – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor
• 1980 – Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker
• 1980 – Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator
• 1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player
• 1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player
• 1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
• 1982 – Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2016)
• 1982 – Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player
• 1982 – Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver
• 1983 – Lee Ryan, English singer/actor
• 1983 – Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer
• 1984 – Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter
• 1984 – Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker
• 1985 – Özge Akın, Turkish sprinter
• 1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
• 1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer
• 1986 – Helen Glover, English rower
• 1987 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
• 1987 – Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress
• 1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
• 1988 – Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
• 1988 – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
• 1989 – Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 1989 – Simone Battle, American singer and actress (d. 2014)
• 1990 – Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 – Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 – Ryan Allsop, English footballer
• 1994 – Amari Cooper, American football player

• 656 – Uthman, Persian ruler (b. 577)
• 676 – Pope Adeodatus II
• 811 – Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese shogun (b. 758)
• 850 – Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese wife of Emperor Saga (b. 786)
• 900 – Fulk, French archbishop
• 1025 – Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (b. 967)
• 1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
• 1207 – Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)
• 1219 – David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
• 1361 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
• 1400 – Jan of Jenštejn, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1348)
• 1463 – Catherine of Portugal, Infanta and religious writer (b. 1436)
• 1501 – John I Albert of Poland (b. 1459)
• 1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
• 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan (b. 1593)
• 1649 – Injo of Joseon, sixteenth king of the Joseon dynasty in Korea (b. 1595)
• 1694 – Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
• 1696 – John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
• 1719 – Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
• 1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 – Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 – John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
• 1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 – Joseph Méry French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 – Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 – Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 – Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 – Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 – Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1956 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 – J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 – Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 – James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1981 – Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1985 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
• 2002 – Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Bussunda, Brazilian comediant (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Darrell Powers, American sergeant (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (b. 1971)
• 2012 – Patricia Brown, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (b. 1923)
• 2013 – James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Patsy Byrne, English actress (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (b. 1937)
• 2015 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (b. 1973)
• 2017 – Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (b. 1948)

• 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
• 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
• 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
• 1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
• 1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
• 1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
• 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
• 1633 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
• 1684 – The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
• 1757 – Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• 1799 – Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith
• 1812 – The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison.
• 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
• 1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
• 1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
• 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 1900 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• 1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 1908 – The University of the Philippines is established.
• 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• 1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
• 1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
• 1940 – Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• 1940 – The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• 1945 – William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• 1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• 1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• 1953 – The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• 1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• 1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
• 1972 – Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
• 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• 1982 – Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
• 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• 1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
• 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
• 1994 – The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
• 2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
• 2007 – The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
• 2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

• 1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)
• 1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
• 1332 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)
• 1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
• 1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592)
• 1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
• 1521 – Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (d. 1577)
• 1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
• 1673 – Antoni Lliteres Carrió, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
• 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
• 1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter and educator (d. 1809)
• 1717 – Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
• 1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (d. 1831)
• 1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1833)
• 1769 – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1822)
• 1799 – William Lassell, English astronomer and merchant (d. 1880)
• 1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (d. 1891)
• 1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
• 1816 – Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (d. 1907)
• 1816 – Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali ruler (d. 1877)
• 1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher and academic (d. 1895)
• 1839 – William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (d. 1920)
• 1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
• 1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914)
• 1854 – E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)
• 1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Andrew Forsyth, Scottish-English mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
• 1858 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1927)
• 1863 – George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet and author (d. 1909)
• 1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (d. 1957)
• 1870 – Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1954)
• 1877 – James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1970)
• 1886 – George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1924)
• 1886 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1956)
• 1896 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner (d. 1940)
• 1900 – Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1901 – Llewellyn Rees, English actor (d. 1994)
• 1902 – Louis Alter, American musician (d. 1980)
• 1902 – Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (d. 1923)
• 1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
• 1905 – Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
• 1908 – Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Dick Foran, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Avon Long, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974)
• 1913 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician (d. 1943)
• 1914 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Efraín Huerta, Mexican poet (d.1982)
• 1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Robert Kanigher, American author (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Alice T. Schafer, American mathematician (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Alf Francis, West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (d. 1983)
• 1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Ian Carmichael, English actor and singer (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Lode Van Den Bergh, Belgian author and academic
• 1922 – Claude Helffer, French pianist and educator (d. 2004)
• 1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Robert Beadell, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1928 – David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
• 1929 – Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil
• 1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet and academic (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Colin Brumby, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2018)^[1]
• 1933 – Tommy Hunt, American singer
• 1934 – Brian Kenny, English general (d. 2017)
• 1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1936 – Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
• 1936 – Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname
• 1937 – Del Harris, American basketball player and coach
• 1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia
• 1937 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian footballer and coach
• 1939 – Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1939 – Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian historian, author, and journalist
• 1939 – Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
• 1941 – Roger Lemerre, French footballer and manager
• 1941 – Paul Mayersberg, English director and screenwriter
• 1941 – Delia Smith, English chef and author
• 1942 – John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator
• 1942 – Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa
• 1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Richard Perry, American record producer
• 1942 – Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (d. 1980)
• 1942 – Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
• 1942 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Barry Evans, English actor (d. 1997)
• 1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress
• 1944 – Bruce DuMont, American broadcaster and political analyst
• 1944 – Sandy Posey, American pop/country singer
• 1946 – Russell Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (d. 1988)
• 1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager
• 1946 – Maria Bethânia, Brazilian singer
• 1947 – Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
• 1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
• 1948 – Philip Jackson, English actor
• 1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano and actress
• 1948 – Sherry Turkle, American academic, psychologist, and sociologist
• 1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
• 1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer and producer (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Annelie Ehrhardt, German hurdler
• 1950 – Mike Johanns, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1950 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
• 1951 – Miriam Flynn, American actress and comedian
• 1951 – Ian Hargreaves, English-Welsh journalist and academic
• 1951 – Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist and academic
• 1951 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1952 – Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Carol Kane, American actress
• 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
• 1953 – Peter Donohoe, English pianist and educator
• 1955 – Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Brian Benben, American actor and producer
• 1956 – John Scott, English organist and conductor (d. 2015)
• 1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1957 – Richard Powers, American novelist
• 1958 – Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
• 1958 – Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
• 1959 – Joe Ansolabehere, American animation screenwriter and producer
• 1960 – Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
• 1960 – Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 – Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1961 – Angela Johnson, American novelist and poet
• 1961 – Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Lisa Randall, American physicist and academic
• 1963 – Dizzy Reed, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1963 – Bruce Smith, American football player
• 1964 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi commander (d. 2003)
• 1964 – Patti Webster, American publicist and author (d. 2013)
• 1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster
• 1966 – Troy Kemp, Bahamian high jumper
• 1968 – Frank Müller, German decathlete
• 1969 – Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
• 1969 – Christopher Largen, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
• 1970 – Katie Derham, English journalist
• 1970 – Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
• 1970 – Greg Yaitanes, American director and producer
• 1971 – Kerry Butler, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Nathan Morris, American soul singer
• 1972 – Anu Tali, Estonian pianist and conductor
• 1972 – Wikus du Toit, South African actor, director, and composer
• 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
• 1973 – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, American author and music critic
• 1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austrian skier
• 1973 – Matt Parsons, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 – Gavin Wanganeen Australian footballer and coach
• 1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sergey Sharikov, Russian fencer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1975 – Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
• 1975 – Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer
• 1975 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
• 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1979 – Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player
• 1980 – Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
• 1980 – Craig Mottram, Australian runner
• 1980 – Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980 – Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1980 – Tara Platt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Clint Newton, American-Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Marco Streller, Swiss footballer
• 1982 – Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
• 1982 – Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Nathan Cavaleri, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1983 – Billy Slater, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – Cameron Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Nanyak Dala, Canadian rugby player
• 1985 – Chris Coghlan, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alex Hirsch, American animator and television producer
• 1986 – Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete
• 1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
• 1986 – Richard Madden, Scottish actor
• 1987 – Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Josh Dun, American musician
• 1989 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer
• 1989 – Chris Harris Jr., American football player
• 1989 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
• 1990 – Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast
• 1990 – Derek Stepan, American ice hockey player
• 1990 – Christian Taylor, American triple jumper
• 1990 – Mitsuki Tanimura, Japanese actress
• 1994 – Sean McMahon, Australian rugby player
• 1995 – Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater
• 1996 – Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
• 1996 – Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater
• 1997 – Katharina Hobgarski, German tennis player
• 1997 – Latrell Mitchell, Australian rugby league player

• 741 – Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (b. 685)
• 908 – Zhang Hao, guard commander during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• 1095 – Sophia of Hungary (b. c. 1050)
• 1164 – Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine visionary (b. c. 1129)
• 1234 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
• 1250 – Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León
• 1291 – Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
• 1333 – Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1312)
• 1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)
• 1588 – Robert Crowley, English minister and poet (b. 1517)
• 1629 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (b. 1577)
• 1650 – Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575)
• 1673 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606)
• 1704 – Tom Brown, English author and translator (b. 1662)
• 1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
• 1742 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670)
• 1749 – Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (b. 1674)
• 1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (b. 1706)
• 1772 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (b. 1700)
• 1788 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
• 1794 – François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (b. 1760)
• 1794 – James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (b. 1721)
• 1815 – Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1833 – Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
• 1835 – William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1860 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)
• 1866 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 – Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 – Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 – Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 – Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 – Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 – Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 – Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1967 – Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1971 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1971 – Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1975 – Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)
• 1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (b. 1884)
• 1980 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1980 – André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1982 – John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934)
• 1985 – Paul Colin, French illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria ^[2] (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 1992 – Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (b. 1896)
• 1993 – Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (b. 1940)
• 1996 – Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 2006 – Joseph Zobel, Martinique-French author (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Bernard Manning, English comedian and actor (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Hank Medress, American singer and producer (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2008 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (b. 1980)
• 2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Okan Demiriş, Turkish composer (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906)
• 2012 – Lina Haag, German author and activist (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2012 – William Van Regenmorter, American businessman and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Alastair Donaldson, Scottish bass player (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (b. 1980)
• 2013 – David Wall, English ballet dancer (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Claire Martin, Canadian author (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (b. 1937)
• 2016 – Jeppiaar, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University (b. 1931)