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• 36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
• 590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
• 673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
• 863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• 1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
• 1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• 1650 – Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
• 1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
• 1658 – Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
• 1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
• 1802 – William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
• 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
• 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
• 1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
• 1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• 1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• 1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
• 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
• 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• 1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
• 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
• 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
• 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
• 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
• 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
• 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
• 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• 1954 – The German submarine U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
• 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
• 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
• 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
• 1994 – Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• 1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
• 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.

Births[edit]

• 1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
• 1499 – Diane de Poitiers, French mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566)
• 1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (d. 1634)
• 1596 – Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (d. 1684)
• 1675 – Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1751)
• 1693 – Charles Radclyffe, English captain and politician (d. 1746)
• 1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1764)
• 1704 – Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (d. 1779)
• 1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist (d. 1784)
• 1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1808)
• 1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (d. 1824)
• 1803 – Prudence Crandall, American educator (d. 1890)
• 1810 – Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (d. 1871)
• 1811 – John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community (d. 1886)
• 1814 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
• 1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
• 1840 – Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer (d. 1919)
• 1841 – Tom Emmett, English cricketer (d. 1904)
• 1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1909)
• 1854 – Charles Tatham, American fencer (d. 1939)
• 1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (d. 1924)
• 1869 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
• 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (d. 1951)
• 1878 – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player (d. 1960)
• 1882 – Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
• 1887 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (d. 1973)
• 1893 – Andrey Dikiy, Russian-American journalist, historian, and politician (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Percy Chapman, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 1959)
• 1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
• 1910 – Maurice Papon, French civil servant (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (d. 1964)
• 1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994)
• 1915 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1915 – Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (d. 2012)
• 1921 – John Aston Sr., English footballer (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
• 1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
• 1923 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist
• 1924 – Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Anne Jackson, American actress (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Alison Lurie, American author and academic
• 1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress
• 1928 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Whitey Bulger, American gangster and murderer
• 1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
• 1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach
• 1931 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer
• 1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Helmut Clasen, German-Canadian motorcycle racer
• 1936 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia
• 1936 – Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
• 1938 – Liliane Ackermann, Jewish-French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
• 1938 – Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
• 1938 – Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
• 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (d. 1990)
• 1942 – Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
• 1944 – Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
• 1944 – Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
• 1945 – George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter
• 1945 – Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician
• 1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
• 1947 – Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
• 1947 – Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
• 1947 – Gerard Houllier, French footballer and coach
• 1947 – Susan Milan, English flute player and composer
• 1948 – Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter (Grand Funk Railroad)
• 1948 – Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
• 1948 – Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1948 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (d. 2008)
• 1949 – José Pékerman, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player (King's X)
• 1951 – Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
• 1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
• 1954 – Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
• 1955 – Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1956 – Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist (d. 1996)
• 1956 – Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
• 1957 – Garth Ancier, American businessman
• 1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 – Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
• 1960 – Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician
• 1962 – David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
• 1963 – Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
• 1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
• 1963 – Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
• 1964 – Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
• 1964 – Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
• 1965 – Vaden Todd Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toadies, Burden Brothers)
• 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author
• 1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and politician
• 1967 – Chris Gatling, American basketball player
• 1967 – Luis Gonzalez, Cuban-American baseball player
• 1968 – Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician
• 1969 – Noah Baumbach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1969 – Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer
• 1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1969 – Matthew Offord, English journalist and politician
• 1970 – Jeremy Glick, American businessman (d. 2001)
• 1970 – George Lynch, American basketball player and manager
• 1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Kiran Desai, Indian-American author
• 1971 – Glen Housman, Australian swimmer
• 1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist
• 1972 – Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater
• 1972 – Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer
• 1972 – Robbie O'Davis, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
• 1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 – Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player
• 1975 – Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
• 1976 – Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
• 1976 – Raheem Morris, American football player and coach
• 1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
• 1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
• 1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
• 1978 – Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
• 1979 – Júlio César, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 – Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American guitarist
• 1980 – B.G., American rapper and actor
• 1980 – Daniel Bilos, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1982 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (d. 2012)
• 1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer
• 1982 – Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver
• 1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
• 1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
• 1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
• 1984 – T.J. Perkins, Filipino-American wrestler
• 1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
• 1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
• 1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
• 1986 – OMI, Jamaican singer
• 1987 – Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer
• 1987 – Dawid Malan, English cricketer
• 1987 – James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1988 – Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
• 1992 – August Alsina, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 – Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 – Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 264 – Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor (b. 235)
• 618 – Xue Ju, emperor of Qin
• 863 – Umar al-Aqta, Arab emir
• 931 – Uda, emperor of Japan (b. 867)
• 1120 – Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040)
• 1301 – Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona
• 1313 – Anna of Bohemia (b. 1290)
• 1354 – Joanikije II, Serbian patriarch and saint
• 1400 – John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. c. 1352)
• 1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (b. 1351)
• 1420 – Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. 1340)
• 1467 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1434)
• 1592 – Robert Greene, English author and playwright (b. 1558)
• 1609 – Jean Richardot, Belgian diplomat (b. 1540)
• 1634 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1552)
• 1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
• 1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
• 1651 – Kösem Sultan, regent of the Ottoman Empire (b. c.1590)
• 1720 – Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
• 1729 – Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
• 1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1808 – John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 – Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 – William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 – Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 – Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 – Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 – Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 – John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 – Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1970 – Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1974 – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 – Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Beryl Markham, English-Kenyan pilot, horse trainer, and author (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (b. 1926)
• 1988 – Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
• 1989 – Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
• 1991 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1993 – David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904)
• 1994 – James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 1994 – Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2002 – W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
• 2003 – Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (b. 1914)
• 2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (b. 1913)
• 2005 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (b. 1973)
• 2007 – Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and activist (b. 1939)
• 2007 – Jane Tomlinson, English runner (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Noah Howard, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2013 – José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 2014 – A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971)
• 2015 – Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)

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• 476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
• 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
• 929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
• 1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
• 1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
• 1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
• 1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
• 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• 1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
• 1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
• 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
• 1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• 1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• 1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
• 1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
• 1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• 1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
• 1939 – World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
• 1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
• 1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
• 1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• 1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• 1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
• 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• 1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• 1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
• 1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
• 1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• 1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
• 1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
• 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
• 1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• 1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
• 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
• 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• 1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
• 1996 – War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
• 1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
• 2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
• 2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
• 2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
• 2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.

Births[edit]

• 1241 – Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scots (d. 1286)
• 1383 – Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
• 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1483)
• 1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1631)
• 1563 – Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620)
• 1580 – George Percy, English explorer (d. 1632)
• 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
• 1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1749)
• 1717 – Job Orton, English minister and author (d. 1783)
• 1745 – Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (d. 1812)
• 1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (d. 1810)
• 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (d. 1848)
• 1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860)
• 1798 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869)
• 1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)
• 1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1849)
• 1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1896)
• 1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1917)
• 1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (d. 1915)
• 1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912)
• 1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)
• 1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)
• 1851 – John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
• 1890 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
• 1891 – Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1948)
• 1901 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Thomas Mitchell, English cricketer (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Mary Renault, English-South African author (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Eduard Wirths, German physician (d. 1945)
• 1910 – Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1913 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
• 1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
• 1919 – Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (d. 1979)
• 1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (d. 1992)
• 1930 – William Maxson, American general (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
• 1932 – Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico
• 1934 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
• 1937 – Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Virgil A. Richard, American general (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Les Allen, English footballer and manager
• 1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
• 1941 – Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1941 – Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
• 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
• 1942 – Raymond Floyd, American golfer
• 1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
• 1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
• 1944 – Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (d. 2017)
• 1944 – Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
• 1944 – Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
• 1944 – Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (d. 1994)
• 1945 – Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer
• 1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist
• 1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
• 1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
• 1947 – Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster
• 1949 – Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Dean Pees, American football player and coach
• 1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
• 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
• 1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress
• 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1952 – Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
• 1953 – Michael Stean, English chess player and author
• 1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1955 – David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
• 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
• 1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1958 – Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1958 – Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
• 1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 – Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
• 1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
• 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education
• 1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer
• 1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1963 – Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1964 – Guy Boros, American golfer
• 1964 – Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1965 – Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
• 1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant
• 1967 – Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
• 1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor
• 1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player
• 1969 – Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer
• 1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia
• 1969 – Inga Tuigamala, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
• 1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer
• 1970 – Sven Meyer, German footballer
• 1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
• 1971 – Ione Skye, English-American actress
• 1971 – Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer and coach
• 1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Lazlow Jones, American radio presenter, producer and screenwriter
• 1974 – Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1974 – Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
• 1975 – Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records
• 1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer
• 1976 – Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
• 1977 – Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
• 1977 – Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1977 – Kia Stevens, American wrestler
• 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor and producer
• 1978 – Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist
• 1978 – Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer
• 1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
• 1980 – Max Greenfield, American actor
• 1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player
• 1981 – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
• 1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1982 – Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter
• 1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host
• 1983 – Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
• 1983 – Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player
• 1984 – Jonathan Adam, Scottish race car driver
• 1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1985 – Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
• 1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
• 1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
• 1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician
• 1989 – Elliott Whitehead, English rugby league player
• 1990 – James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1990 – Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
• 1990 – Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Hanna Schwamborn, German actress
• 1992 – Kevin Lee, American mixed martial artist
• 1993 – Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Belgian footballer
• 1993 – Jody Fannin, English race car driver
• 1993 – Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1994 – Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
• 1994 – Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player
• 1994 – Thomas Minns, English rugby player
• 1995 – Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Jordan Lilley, English rugby player
• 1996 – Ashton Golding, English rugby player

Deaths[edit]

• 422 – Pope Boniface I
• 799 – Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (b. 745)
• 1037 – Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
• 1063 – Tughril, Turkish ruler (b. 990)
• 1199 – Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (b. 1165)
• 1308 – Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily (b. 1250)
• 1323 – Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan (b. 1303)
• 1342 – Anna Anachoutlou, Empress of Trebizond
• 1417 – Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop
• 1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)
• 1571 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (b. 1516)
• 1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)
• 1625 – Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)
• 1676 – John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)
• 1767 – Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
• 1780 – John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1784 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
• 1794 – John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
• 1804 – Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
• 1820 – Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
• 1821 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 – Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 – George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 – Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 – Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
• 1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (b. 1938)
• 1985 – George O'Brien, American actor and singer (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1990 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (b. 1934)
• 1991 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)
• 1991 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1932)
• 1993 – Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)
• 1995 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)
• 1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
• 1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
• 1998 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)
• 2003 – Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
• 2004 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918)
• 2007 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – George Savitsky, American football player (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (b. 1980)
• 2013 – Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2015 – Jean Darling, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)

Steely Dan's Walter Becker dies aged 67

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Walter Becker, co-founder and guitarist for the US band Steely Dan, has died aged 67, an announcement on his website said.

No cause of death or other details were given.

Becker missed the band's July concerts to recover from an unspecified condition, band mate Donald Fagen said at the time.

The jazz-rock group has sold more than 40m albums and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

"Walter's recovering from a procedure and hopefully he'll be fine very soon," Fagen told Billboard magazine earlier this month.

In a statement, he said his band mate was "smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter. 

"He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny," he said.

"I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band."

Becker and Fagen began working on music together as students in New York.

In the early 1970s they moved to California to set up the band with guitarists Jeff Baxter and Denny Dias, drummer Jim Hodder and singer David Palmer.

Steely Dan - named after a sex toy in the book Naked Lunch by William Burroughs - released its first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972.

Becker, who also provided backing vocals, and keyboardist and singer Fagen remained the core band members as other musicians and singers came and left.

The band split up in 1981 but reformed in 1993 and released two more albums, one of which - Two Against nature - won the Grammy album of the year award.

Becker also had a career as a solo artist, releasing two albums including Circus Money in 2008. 

Musicians and DJs were quick to pay tribute on social media.