• 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor himself.^[1]
• 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
• 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.
• 1143 – King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
• 1450 – Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
• 1550 – Foundation of Concepción, Chile.
• 1607 – Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
• 1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
• 1789 – French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
• 1813 – War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
• 1838 – The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
• 1857 – The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
• 1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• 1869 – During construction, the Hennepin Island tunnel has a limestone cap breached and the rushing water breaks large chunks of land away, and the St. Anthony Falls are nearly destroyed.
• 1877 – The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• 1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots the Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
• 1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
• 1911 – The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• 1914 – World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.^[2]
• 1921 – The 1921 World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
• 1930 – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
• 1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1938 – In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• 1943 – Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• 1944 – The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
• 1947 – In the first televised Oval Office address, President Truman asks Americans to reduce their consumption of grain in order to help starving Europeans.^[3]
• 1948 – The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
• 1966 – A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltddown.
• 1968 – A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
• 1970 – The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
• 1974 – Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
• 1982 – Tylenol products are recalled after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.
• 1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
• 1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed when the British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story.
• 1988 – A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt, and a general election is called the following year.
• 1990 – After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
• 1991 – The 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
• 1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 2000 – Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
• 2011 – In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of southeast Asia.

• 1274 – Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)
• 1338 – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
• 1377 – Louis II of Naples (d. 1417)
• 1422 – Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (d. 1424)^[4]
• 1487 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
• 1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
• 1524 – Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
• 1609 – Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (d. 1640)
• 1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
• 1658 – Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
• 1687 – Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (d. 1737)
• 1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
• 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)
• 1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
• 1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)
• 1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (d. 1789)
• 1728 – Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)
• 1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)
• 1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
• 1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844)
• 1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
• 1803 – Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (d. 1844)
• 1816 – Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (d. 1885)
• 1820 – David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)
• 1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
• 1844 – Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
• 1848 – Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
• 1857 – Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1858 – Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
• 1864 – Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
• 1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1882 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Ernst Pittschau, German actor (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)
• 1885 – Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)
• 1887 – René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
• 1887 – Manny Ziener, German actress (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1889 – Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)
• 1898 – Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
• 1900 – Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. 1998)
• 1900 – Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992)
• 1901 – John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
• 1902 – Larry Fine, American comedian (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)
• 1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)
• 1905 – John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (d. 1997)
• 1907 – Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)
• 1908 – Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2011)
• 1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1911 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
• 1912 – Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
• 1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Jim Godbolt, English historian and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1922 – José Froilán González, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Bil Keane, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
• 1923 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author (d. 1954)
• 1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress and singer
• 1923 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
• 1924 – José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter
• 1925 – Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)
• 1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (d. 1974)
• 1929 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
• 1937 – Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts) (d. 2016)
• 1937 – Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
• 1938 – Johnny Duncan, American country singer (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
• 1939 – A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor
• 1939 – Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
• 1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 1940 – Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)
• 1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer (d. 2017)
• 1940 – Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer
• 1941 – Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 – Stephanie Cole, English actress
• 1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
• 1942 – Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1944 – Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician
• 1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1945 – Geoff Leigh, English saxophonist and flute player
• 1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
• 1946 – Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
• 1946 – Heather MacRae, American actress
• 1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1946 – David Watson, English footballer
• 1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1948 – Carter Cornelius, American singer (d. 1991)
• 1948 – Russell Mael, American vocalist
• 1948 – Tawl Ross, American guitarist
• 1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian author and academic
• 1949 – Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic
• 1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1949 – Bill James, American historian and author
• 1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
• 1949 – Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
• 1950 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, English rock guitarist
• 1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
• 1950 – James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
• 1951 – Bob Geldof, Britsh singer-songwriter and actor
• 1952 – Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and Prime Minister
• 1953 – Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
• 1953 – Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 – John Alexander, English footballer
• 1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
• 1957 – Mark Geragos, American lawyer
• 1957 – Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
• 1958 – Neil Peart, Australian footballer
• 1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
• 1959 – Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
• 1959 – Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – David Shannon, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge
• 1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
• 1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1961 – Pato Banton, English singer-songwriter
• 1961 – David Bryson, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Counting Crows)
• 1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
• 1962 – Caron Keating, British television host (d. 2004)
• 1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1963 – Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
• 1963 – Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
• 1963 – Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
• 1964 – Dave Dederer, American guitarist and singer
• 1964 – Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
• 1964 – Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
• 1964 – Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
• 1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent
• 1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
• 1966 – Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
• 1966 – Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
• 1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
• 1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
• 1967 – Dorian West, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 – Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 – Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player (d. 1997)
• 1970 – Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1970 – Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
• 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1972 – Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
• 1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
• 1972 – Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
• 1973 – Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
• 1974 – Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
• 1975 – Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
• 1975 – Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator
• 1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
• 1975 – Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress
• 1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
• 1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
• 1977 – Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
• 1977 – Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
• 1978 – Mark Gower, English footballer
• 1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
• 1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
• 1978 – James Valentine, American guitarist
• 1978 – Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
• 1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
• 1979 – Vince Grella, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Paul Thomas, American bass player
• 1980 – James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
• 1981 – Andy Nägelein, German footballer
• 1982 – Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
• 1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
• 1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer
• 1983 – Florian Mayer, German tennis player
• 1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1984 – Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer
• 1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
• 1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
• 1987 – Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
• 1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Tim Ream, American soccer player
• 1987 – Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish race car driver
• 1987 – Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Benny Howell, English cricketer
• 1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Kevin Olusola, American musician, beatboxer, singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer (Pentatonix)
• 1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
• 1989 – Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
• 1989 – Marcel Baude, German footballer
• 1989 – Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
• 1990 – Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 – Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1999 – Connor McLennan, Scottish footballer
• 2000 – Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
• 2006 – Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor

• 578 – Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
• 610 – Phocas, Byzantine emperor
• 989 – Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
• 1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)
• 1111 – Robert II, count of Flanders (b. 1065)
• 1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
• 1214 – Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
• 1225 – Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)
• 1285 – Philip III, king of France (b. 1245)
• 1354 – Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (b. 1290)^[5]
• 1398 – Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (b. 1330)
• 1399 – Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (b. c. 1330)
• 1524 – Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
• 1528 – Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)
• 1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)
• 1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
• 1565 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
• 1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)
• 1629 – Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
• 1714 – Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
• 1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1777 – Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
• 1802 – Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)^[6]
• 1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
• 1813 – Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
• 1827 – William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
• 1848 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
• 1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
• 1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 – Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 – Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 – Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 – John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 – Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 – Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1933 – Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1936 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1938 – Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1940 – Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1941 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
• 1942 – Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 – Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 – Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 – Joe Jagersberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 – Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1983 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver and accountant (b. 1947)
• 1986 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1996 – Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2000 – Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
• 2001 – Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
• 2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
• 2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (b. 1953)
• 2009 – Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1977)
• 2010 – Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)
• 2011 – Charles Napier, American actor and singer (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – James W. Holley, III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)
• 2014 – David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)
• 2016 – Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 2017 – Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)
• 2017 – Anne Wiazemsky, French actress (b. 1947)

Κλείνει το Mega -Το ΣτΕ έκανε δεκτή 

την απόφαση του ΕΣΡ

Τίτλοι τέλους για το Mega μετά από σειρά αποφάσεων του ΣτΕ, το οποίο απέρριψε τις προσφυγές του σταθμού και τωνεργαζομένων, με τις οποίες συζητούσαν να ακυρωθεί η απόφαση του ΕΣΡ με την οποία διατάχθηκε ο τερματισμός τηςλειτουργίας του. Οι σύμβουλοι Επικρατείας έκριναν ότι μετά την εφαρμογή του νόμου 4496/17 οι τηλεοπτικοί σταθμοί εξαρτούν τη συνέχιση της λειτουργίας τους από τη συμμετοχή τους στην προκηρυχθείσα διαδικασία αδειοδότησης.Στην περίπτωση που δεν υπάρχει συμμετοχή, επιβάλλεται κατά δέσμια αρμοδιότητα ο τερματισμός της λειτουργίας του χωρίς να καταλείπεται στάδιο εκτίμησης τωνκατ’ ιδίαν περιστάσεων. 

Εγκαινιάζεται το ΙΙΕΚ της Αμερικανικής Γεωργικής Σχολής 

• 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army.
• 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: Forces of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
• AD 23 – Rebels decapitate the Xin emperor two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
• 404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh and last pregnancy.
• 618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
• 1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
• 1600 – Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
• 1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
• 1762 – Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• 1789 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
• 1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
• 1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
• 1884 – The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• 1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• 1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• 1908 – The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
• 1923 – The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
• 1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• 1942 – World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
• 1943 – World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• 1944 – World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
• 1973 – Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• 1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
• 1976 – Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
• 1976 – Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
• 1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• 1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• 1985 – Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
• 1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
• 2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
• 2010 – Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

• 1289 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
• 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
• 1510 – John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (d. 1573)
• 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (d. 1555)
• 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)
• 1555 – Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (d. 1604)
• 1565 – Marie de Gournay, French writer (d. 1645)
• 1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)
• 1576 – Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (d. 1612)
• 1591 – Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)
• 1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (d. 1690)
• 1626 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (d. 1684)
• 1716 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1771)
• 1729 – Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (d. 1804)
• 1732 – John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)
• 1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
• 1742 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755)
• 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813)
• 1767 – Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820)
• 1769 – Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1812)
• 1773 – John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (d. 1835)
• 1773 – Louis Philippe I of France (d. 1850)
• 1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (d. 1888)
• 1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)
• 1820 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (d. 1892)
• 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)
• 1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916)
• 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910)
• 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)
• 1862 – Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (d. 1927)
• 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)
• 1874 – Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937)
• 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)
• 1888 – Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (d. 1918)
• 1891 – Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946)
• 1893 – Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)
• 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (d. 1981)
• 1896 – David Howard, American film director (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934)
• 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1901 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (d. 1990)
• 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1906 – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
• 1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (d. 1974)
• 1912 – Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983)
• 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
• 1918 – André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1919 – Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (d. 1996)
• 1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)
• 1921 –  Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
• 1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Teala Loring, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
• 1923 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
• 1931 – Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State
• 1934 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2018)
• 1936 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player
• 1939 – Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
• 1939 – Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
• 1939 – John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
• 1940 – Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
• 1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress
• 1941 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987)
• 1942 – Dan Christensen, American painter (d. 2007)
• 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
• 1942 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
• 1943 – Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1943 – Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
• 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
• 1943 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
• 1944 – Patrick Cordingley, English general
• 1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1944 – Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1946 – John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
• 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (d. 2017)
• 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 – Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
• 1948 – Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
• 1948 – Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer
• 1949 – Lonnie Johnson, American inventor
• 1949 – Penny Junor, English journalist and author
• 1949 – Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman
• 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
• 1950 – David Brin, American physicist and author
• 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
• 1951 – Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
• 1953 – Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
• 1954 – Bill Buford, American author and journalist
• 1954 – David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1955 – Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
• 1956 – Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician
• 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
• 1957 – Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
• 1959 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
• 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician
• 1959 – Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
• 1961 – Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
• 1961 – Paul Sansome, English footballer
• 1961 – Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
• 1962 – David Baker, American biologist and academic
• 1962 – Rich Yett, American baseball player
• 1963 – Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
• 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
• 1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
• 1964 – Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
• 1964 – Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
• 1964 – Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
• 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 – Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager
• 1965 – Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
• 1965 – Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
• 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1965 – John McWhorter, American academic and linguist
• 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
• 1966 – Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1967 – Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
• 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
• 1967 – Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
• 1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 – Bob May, American golfer
• 1969 – Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
• 1969 – Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• 1970 – Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
• 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
• 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American Actress
• 1971 – Phil Bennett, English race car driver
• 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
• 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1972 – Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player
• 1972 – Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
• 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
• 1972 – Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
• 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
• 1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
• 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Seema Kennedy, British politician
• 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter
• 1975 – Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
• 1976 – Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 – Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
• 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1977 – Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
• 1977 – Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
• 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter
• 1978 – Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut
• 1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
• 1979 – Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
• 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
• 1979 – Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
• 1980 – Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Wes Durston, English cricketer
• 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
• 1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
• 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player
• 1982 – William Butler, American musician and composer
• 1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
• 1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer
• 1983 – Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
• 1984 – Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
• 1985 – Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
• 1986 – Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
• 1987 – Joe Lewis, English footballer
• 1987 – Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
• 1988 – Trey Edward Shults, American film director
• 1989 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1989 – Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 – Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 – Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
• 1993 – Adam Gemili, English sprinter
• 1993 – Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
• 1993 – Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
• 1994 – Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
• 1997 – Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
• 1999 – Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver^[1]

• AD 23 – Wang Mang, emperor of the Han Dynasty
• 404 – Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress
• 836 – Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general
• 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (b. 823)
• 877 – Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 823)
• 997 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (b. 912)
• 1014 – Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire
• 1019 – Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (b. 965)
• 1145 – Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa
• 1090 – Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg
• 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order
• 1173 – Engelbert III, margrave of Istria
• 1349 – Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (b. 13112
• 1398 – Jeong Dojeon, Korean prime minister (b. 1342)
• 1413 – Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
• 1536 – William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (b. c. 1494)
• 1553 – Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (b. 1515)
• 1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
• 1644 – Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (b. 1602)
• 1657 – Kâtip Çelebi, Turkish geographer, historian, and scholar (b. 1609)
• 1660 – Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610)
• 1661 – Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
• 1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 – Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 – Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 – Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 – Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 – Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 – Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 – Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
• 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1959 – Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
• 1962 – Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
• 1969 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892)
• 1969 – Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909)^[2]
• 1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1973 – Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 – Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 – Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
• 1979 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922)
• 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)
• 1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961)
• 1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1921)
• 2007 – Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (b. 1966)
• 2011 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
• 2012 – B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
• 2012 – J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Paul Rogers, English actor (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976)
• 2014 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923)
• 2017 – Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1972)
• 2017 – David Marks (architect), British architect, designer of the London Eye (b. 1952)