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- 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
- 1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
- 1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
- 1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
- 1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
- 1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois.)
- 1676 – Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
- 1745 – Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
- 1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
- 1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
- 1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
- 1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
- 1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
- 1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison. He will later be recaptured in Spain.
- 1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
- 1893 – First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
- 1909 – In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
- 1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
- 1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
- 1921 – The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
- 1937 – The first issue of the children's comic, The Dandy, is published.
- 1939 – World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
- 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
- 1943 – World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
- 1943 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
- 1945 – By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
- 1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
- 1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
- 1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
- 1971 – The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
- 1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
- 1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
- 1971 – "The Troubles": The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
- 1975 – Suriname joins the United Nations.
- 1977 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
- 1977 – Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
- 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. (She will serve until January 8, 1988.)
- 1979 – The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
- 1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.
- 1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
- 1982 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
- 1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar.
- 1984 – Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
- 1991 – Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
- 1991 – Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
- 1992 – Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
- 1993 – A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
- 1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
- 2005 – Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
- 2006 – Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
Births[edit]
- 1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
- 1585 – John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
- 1595 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)
- 1646 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French field marshal (d. 1730)
- 1647 – Daniel Eberlin, German composer and conductor (d. ca. 1715)
- 1660 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
- 1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer (d. 1737)
- 1670 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
- 1711 – Barbara of Portugal (d. 1758)
- 1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
- 1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)
- 1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
- 1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
- 1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)
- 1835 – Samuel Butler, English author (d. 1902)
- 1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
- 1861 – Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
- 1861 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1922)
- 1868 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
- 1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
- 1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (d. 1926)
- 1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1880 – Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)
- 1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
- 1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
- 1886 – Jan Thomée, Dutch footballer (d. 1954)
- 1889 – Lloyd Bacon, American actor and director (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
- 1892 – Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
- 1893 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (d. 1968)
- 1895 – Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
- 1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and polygraph (d. 1934)
- 1899 – Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
- 1903 – Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
- 1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)
- 1908 – Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
- 1909 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Alex North, American composer (d. 1991)
- 1910 – R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)
- 1912 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
- 1913 – Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
- 1914 – Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
- 1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
- 1915 – Eddie Heywood, American pianist (d. 1989)
- 1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
- 1917 – Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer
- 1919 – I. K. Gujral, Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Neville Thiele, Australian engineer (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Deanna Durbin, Canadian-French actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
- 1923 – Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
- 1923 – John Krish, English screenwriter and director
- 1923 – Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1924 – John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
- 1925 – Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic
- 1925 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Monty M. Wyche, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Barbara Knudson, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1927 – William Labov, American linguist and academic
- 1927 – Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, Swedish silversmith and jeweler (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Dena Dietrich, American actress
- 1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor
- 1930 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1931 – Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
- 1932 – Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea
- 1933 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1934 – Wink Martindale, American game show host
- 1935 – Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1935 – Robert Vesco, American financier (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Bernie McInerney, American actor
- 1936 – Derek Nally, Irish politician
- 1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer
- 1938 – Andre Marrou, American politician
- 1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
- 1939 – Joan Brady, American-English author
- 1939 – Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
- 1940 – Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
- 1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
- 1942 – Gemma Jones, English actress
- 1944 – Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, The Hillmen, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Manassas)
- 1944 – Anna McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)
- 1944 – François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
- 1945 – Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
- 1946 – Geert Mak, Dutch journalist and author
- 1947 – Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
- 1947 – Terry Woods, Irish guitarist (The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks, and Dr. Strangely Strange)
- 1948 – Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
- 1949 – A. Scott Berg, American journalist and author
- 1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1949 – Paula England, American sociologist
- 1949 – Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-Australian actress and psychologist
- 1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician, 20th Chief of the Defence Staff
- 1951 – Gary Rossington, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington-Collins Band, and The Rossington Band)
- 1951 – Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
- 1953 – Gwen Humble, American actress
- 1953 – Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1954 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer
- 1955 – Philip Hammond, English politician, 21st Secretary of State for Defence
- 1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1955 – Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base)
- 1956 – Nia Griffith, Irish-Welsh educator and politician
- 1956 – Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver
- 1957 – Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author
- 1958 – Tim Hutchings, English long-distance runner
- 1959 – Susan W. Krebs, American politician
- 1959 – Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
- 1959 – Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
- 1960 – David Green, American baseball player
- 1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete
- 1961 – Frank Reich, American football player and coach
- 1962 – Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- 1962 – Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress and singer
- 1962 – Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager
- 1963 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
- 1964 – Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Jonathan Goldstein, American actor and director
- 1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
- 1964 – Chelsea Noble, American actress
- 1964 – Marisa Tomei, American actress
- 1965 – Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Masta Ace, American rapper (eMC and Juice Crew)
- 1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and screenwriter
- 1966 – Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist
- 1966 – Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Andy Hess, American bass player (Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes)
- 1968 – Mike Barrowman, Paraguayan-American swimmer
- 1968 – Dionne Farris, American, singer-songwriter, producer and actress
- 1969 – Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
- 1969 – Plum Sykes, English-American journalist and author
- 1970 – Kevin Sussman, American actor
- 1970 – Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1971 – Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor
- 1972 – Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Nikki Tyler, American porn actress and model
- 1972 – Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress
- 1973 – Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
- 1973 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering)
- 1973 – Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Life Of Agony)
- 1973 – Ferry Corsten, Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Veracocha)
- 1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby player
- 1973 – Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Poozies)
- 1973 – Racci Shay, American drummer (Murderdolls, Synical, Dope, and Genitorturers)
- 1973 – Atsushi Tamura, Japanese actor and singer (Jealkb)
- 1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
- 1976 – Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
- 1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
- 1977 – Darvis Patton, American sprinter
- 1977 – Big Pokey, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
- 1977 – Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Sirenia, Tristania, and Mortemia)
- 1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
- 1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer
- 1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
- 1981 – Courtney Cummz, American porn actress and director
- 1981 – Lila McCann, American singer
- 1982 – Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper
- 1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
- 1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
- 1982 – Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
- 1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Brooke Adams, American wrestler and model
- 1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress
- 1984 – Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
- 1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player
- 1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
- 1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
- 1986 – Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
- 1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player
- 1987 – Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
- 1987 – Kethy Õunpuu, Estonian footballer
- 1988 – Mario Maurer, Thai actor and model
- 1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
- 1990 – Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
- 1990 – Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper
- 1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
- 1992 – Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower
- 1992 – Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dancer
Deaths[edit]
- 530 BC – Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire
- 749 – John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
- 771 – Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)
- 1075 – Anno II, German archbishop (b. 1010)
- 1131 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
- 1214 – William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
- 1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
- 1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
- 1340 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop (b. 1292)
- 1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
- 1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
- 1585 – John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
- 1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
- 1642 – Cardinal Richelieu, French clergyman (b. 1585)
- 1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden (b. 1585)
- 1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and author (b. 1588)
- 1680 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
- 1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
- 1732 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
- 1798 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
- 1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
- 1841 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
- 1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
- 1893 – John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
- 1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
- 1902 – Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
- 1926 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
- 1933 – Stefan George, German-Swiss poet (b. 1868)
- 1935 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
- 1935 – Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
- 1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
- 1942 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
- 1944 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
- 1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1948 – Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
- 1955 – József Galamb, Hungarian engineer (b. 1881)
- 1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
- 1969 – Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
- 1971 – Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
- 1975 – Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
- 1976 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple) (b. 1951)
- 1976 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1976 – W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
- 1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
- 1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
- 1984 – Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
- 1987 – Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
- 1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1988 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
- 1992 – Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
- 1993 – Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1940)
- 1995 – Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
- 1997 – Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
- 1999 – Rose Bird, American judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
- 2000 – Henck Arron, Surinamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
- 2004 – Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Argentine poet & translator (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
- 2004 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
- 2005 – Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
- 2006 – K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
- 2006 – James Kim, American television host and blogger (b. 1971)
- 2006 – Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
- 2007 – Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (b. 1973)
- 2007 – Norval Morrisseau, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
- 2009 – Umaga, Samoan-American wrestler (b. 1973)
- 2009 – Liam Clancy, Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers) (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Mall Vaasma, Estonian mycologist (b. 1945)
- 2011 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
- 2011 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Grady Allen, American football player (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
- 2012 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
- 2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Larry Lawrence, American football player (b. 1949)
- 2012 – Hilmar Moore, American rancher and politician (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Ken Trickey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Robert Allman, Australian opera singer (b. 1927)
- 2013 – McDonald Bailey, English sprinter (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Charles Grigg, English illustrator (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio host and actor (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author, poet, and librarian (b. 1913)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of Shango (Santería, Lukumí)
- First day that rain is prayed for, notably the only Jewish day which is tied to the civil calendar. (Diaspora in Judaism)
- Navy Day (India and Italy)
- Saint Barbara Day-related observance:
- Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland
- Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine)
- Secret ceremonies in honor of Bona Dea (Roman Empire)
- Thai Environment Day (Thailand)
- Tupou I Day (Tonga)
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