Ο τυφώνας Ιρμα σάρωσε το νησί του δισεκατομμυριούχου Μπράνσον 

Ο Σερ Ρίτσαρντ Μπράνσον μαζί με την οικογένειά του

κατάφερε να επιβιώσει από τον τυφώνα Ιρμα, που πέρασε 

από το πολυτελές νησί του.

Η νήσος Νέκερ υπέστη σοβαρές ζημιές από τον τυφώνα, δήλωσε εκπρόσωπος 

της Virgin Group στο Business Insider μέσω mail.

«Δεν υπήρχαν επισκέπτες και όλο το προσωπικό είναι καλά και ασφαλές»,

 πρόσθεσε.

Ο γιος του Μπράνσον, Σαμ, επιβεβαίωσε μέσω Instagram πως ο πατέρας του

 είναι «ΟΚ».

Ο δισεκατομμυριούχος ανακοίνωσε την Τρίτη πως δεν θα εγκαταλείψει το

 πολυτελές νησί του και πως θα μείνει εκεί μέχρι να περάσει η Ιρμα.

«Στη νήσο Νέκερ έχουμε κατασκευάσει γερά κτίρια που θα πρέπει να είναι σε

 θέση να αντέξουν τις ακραίες καιρικές συνθήκες, αν και με τυφώνα 

κατηγορίας 5 σχεδόν τίποτα δεν μπορεί να αντέξει», έγραψε ο Μπράνσον. 

«Θα είμαι στη νήσο Νέκερ μαζί με την ομάδα, όπως έκανα και τρεις άλλες φορές 

που είχαμε τυφώνες τα τελευταία 30 χρόνια», πρόσθεσε.

Το σπίτι του δισεκατομμυριούχο καταστράφηκε ολοσχερώς, με τον ίδιο και την

 οικογένειά του να είναι σώοι και ασφαλείς.

Εικόνες που είδαν το φως της δημοσιότητας απεικόνιζαν τον δισεκατομμυριούχο

 να παίζει ζάρια μαζί με τον γιο του και το προσωπικό να είναι στο κελάρι.

Η νήσος Νέκερ

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• 9 AD – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
• 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
• 533 – A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.
• 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
• 1087 – William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).
• 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
• 1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
• 1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
• 1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
• 1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
• 1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• 1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
• 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
• 1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
• 1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
• 1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 1892 – Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
• 1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
• 1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• 1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• 1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• 1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• 1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• 1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
• 1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
• 1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• 1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• 1954 – The 6.7 M_w Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• 1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
• 1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
• 1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
• 1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• 1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
• 1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
• 1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
• 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
• 2002 – The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• 2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.
• 2012 – A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• 2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• 2016 – Fifth nuclear weapon testing by North Korea is completed.

Births[edit]

• 214 – Aurelian, Roman emperor (d. 275)
• 384 – Honorius, Roman emperor (d. 423)
• 1349 – Albert III, Duke of Austria (d. 1395)
• 1427 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1464)
• 1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
• 1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602)
• 1585 – Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (d. 1642)
• 1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general (d. 1691)
• 1700 – Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
• 1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, English historian and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1780)
• 1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (d. 1808)
• 1731 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (d. 1787)
• 1737 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
• 1754 – William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (d. 1817)
• 1755 – Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (d. 1808)
• 1777 – James Carr, American soldier and politician (d. 1818)
• 1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet and author (d. 1842)
• 1789 – Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Polish rabbi (d. 1866)
• 1807 – Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish-English archbishop and philologist (d. 1886)
• 1823 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and academic (d. 1891)
• 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (d. 1910)
• 1834 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (d. 1903)
• 1853 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant (d. 1926)
• 1855 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (d. 1927)
• 1863 – Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1943)
• 1868 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (d. 1943)
• 1877 – James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1947)
• 1877 – Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 1924)
• 1878 – Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic (d. 1914)
• 1878 – Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (d. 1958)
• 1878 – Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
• 1885 – Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Alf Landon, American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (d. 1987)
• 1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (d. 1980)
• 1894 – Arthur Freed, American composer and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1950)
• 1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
• 1900 – James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1903 – Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Edward Upward, English author (d. 2009)
• 1903 – Phyllis A. Whitney, American author (d. 2008)
• 1904 – Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1904 – Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Leon Edel, American author and critic (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1908 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945)
• 1911 – Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
• 1911 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002)
• 1914 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (d. 1998)
• 1919 – Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1922 – Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author, and academic
• 1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
• 1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek journalist and politician
• 1922 – Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer
• 1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader
• 1924 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author
• 1927 – Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Moses Anderson, American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop
• 1931 – Robin Hyman, English author and publisher
• 1931 – Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor and author (d. 1976)
• 1931 – Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician
• 1931 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean neurosurgeon and author (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-born English actor
• 1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, and producer
• 1936 – William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
• 1938 – John Davis, English anthropologist and academic
• 1938 – Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
• 1940 – Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 1940 – Joe Negroni, American doo-wop singer (Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers) (d. 1978)
• 1941 – Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
• 1941 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
• 1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Inez Foxx, American singer
• 1942 – Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist (Blues Project)
• 1943 – Frank Clark, English footballer, manager and chairman
• 1945 – Ton van Heugten, Dutch motocross racer (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Dee Dee Sharp, American singer
• 1945 – Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1946 – Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian folk-rock bass player (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)
• 1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer and educator
• 1947 – Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1949 – John Curry, English figure skater (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Daniel Pipes, American historian and author
• 1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
• 1950 – Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player and coach
• 1950 – John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
• 1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
• 1952 – Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
• 1952 – David A. Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Eurythmics)
• 1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist and educator
• 1959 – Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 – Éric Serra, French composer and producer
• 1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
• 1960 – Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Bob Stoops, American football player and coach
• 1960 – Kimberly Willis Holt, American author
• 1963 – Chris Coons, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Neil Fairbrother, English test cricketer
• 1964 – Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic
• 1964 – Skip Kendall, American golfer
• 1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer
• 1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
• 1966 – Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
• 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
• 1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach
• 1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
• 1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
• 1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
• 1969 – Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
• 1970 – Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress
• 1971 – Eric Stonestreet, American actor
• 1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist
• 1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
• 1972 – Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater
• 1972 – Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
• 1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (d. 1999)
• 1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian footballer and television host
• 1974 – Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 – Gok Wan, English fashion stylist, author, and television host
• 1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 – Anton Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
• 1976 – Joey Newman, American composer and conductor
• 1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Fatih Tekke, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports
• 1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American singer
• 1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
• 1980 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (d. 2012)
• 1980 – David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress
• 1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
• 1982 – John Kuhn, American football player
• 1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
• 1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1982 – Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Vitolo, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
• 1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
• 1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player
• 1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
• 1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
• 1985 – Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
• 1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
• 1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1986 – Keith Yandle, American hockey player
• 1987 – Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer
• 1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
• 1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
• 1988 – Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
• 1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
• 1990 – Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 – Andrew Smith, American basketball player (d. 2016)
• 1990 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer (d. 2014)
• 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 – Oscar, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
• 1991 – Yevgeni Ponyatovskiy, Russian footballer
• 1992 – Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer
• 1992 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1993 – Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 – Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
• 1994 – Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player

Deaths[edit]

• 906 – Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
• 1000 – Olaf I of Norway
• 1087 – William the Conqueror, English king (b. 1028)
• 1191 – Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (b.c 1136)
• 1271 – Yaroslav of Tver, Grand Duke of Vladimir
• 1282 – Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, Swedish saint
• 1285 – Kunigunda of Halych, queen regent of Bohemia (b. 1245)
• 1398 – James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
• 1435 – Sir Robert Harling, knight under the Duke of Bedford
• 1438 – Edward, King of Portugal (b. 1391)
• 1487 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
• 1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
• 1513 – James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
• 1513 – George Douglas, Master of Angus (b. 1469)
• 1513 – William Douglas of Glenbervie (b. 1473)
• 1513 – William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose, Scottish politician (b. 1464)
• 1513 – George Hepburn, Scottish bishop
• 1513 – Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish politician, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
• 1513 – Adam Hepburn of Craggis
• 1513 – David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, Scottish soldier (b. 1478)
• 1513 – Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Scottish politician
• 1513 – Alexander Stewart, Scottish archbishop (b. 1493)
• 1513 – Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Scottish politician (b. 1488)
• 1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1525)
• 1583 – Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer and politician (b. 1539)
• 1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (b. 1523)
• 1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1547)
• 1611 – Eleanor de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1567)
• 1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyo (b. 1570)
• 1676 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (b. 1612)
• 1680 – Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
• 1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author (b. 1694)
• 1806 – William Paterson, Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (b. 1745)
• 1815 – John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (b. 1738)
• 1834 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (b. 1787)
• 1841 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
• 1891 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
• 1893 – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
• 1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1907 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• 1909 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
• 1910 – Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (b. 1859)
• 1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)
• 1934 – Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1943 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
• 1943 – Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
• 1945 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
• 1955 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
• 1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 – John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1980 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1981 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
• 1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1985 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (b. 1893)
• 1990 – Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
• 1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (b. 1930)
• 1993 – Larry Noble, English comedian and actor (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 1997 – John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
• 1999 – Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Caitlin Clarke, American actress (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (b. 1955)
• 2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
• 2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (b. 1921)
• 2012 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 – K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)

Why whiskey tastes better with 

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8. Jim Beam bourbon. US retail sales in 2014: $125 million. 

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9. Jose Cuervo tequila. US retail sales in 2014: $109 million. 

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10. Svedka vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $101 million. 

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11. Skyy vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $97 million. 

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12. Grey Goose vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $83 million. 

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13. Jagermeister. US retail sales in 2014: $81 million. 

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14. Hennessy cognac. US retail sales in 2014: $79 million. 

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15. Jameson Irish Whiskey. US retail sales in 2014: $73 million. 

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With the craft-cocktail revolution in full swing, Americans today have a dizzying array of liquors to choose from. Here are the 15 most popular liquor brands in the US by 2014 retail-store sales (not counting liquor sold at bars) as measured by IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.

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1. Smirnoff vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $315 million. 

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2. Captain Morgan rum. US retail sales in 2014: $224 million. 

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3. Jack Daniel's whiskey. US retail sales in 2014: $219 million. 

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4. Bacardi rum. US retail sales in 2014: $204 million. 

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5. Crown Royal whisky. US retail sales in 2014: $187 million. 

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6. Absolut vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $130.7 million. 

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7. Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. US retail sales in 2014: $130.6 million. 

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8. Jim Beam bourbon. US retail sales in 2014: $125 million. 

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9. Jose Cuervo tequila. US retail sales in 2014: $109 million. 

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10. Svedka vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $101 million. 

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11. Skyy vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $97 million. 

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12. Grey Goose vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $83 million. 

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13. Jagermeister. US retail sales in 2014: $81 million. 

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14. Hennessy cognac. US retail sales in 2014: $79 million. 

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15. Jameson Irish Whiskey. US retail sales in 2014: $73 million. 

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With the craft-cocktail revolution in full swing, Americans today have a dizzying array of liquors to choose from. Here are the 15 most popular liquor brands in the US by 2014 retail-store sales (not counting liquor sold at bars) as measured by IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.

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1. Smirnoff vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $315 million. 

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2. Captain Morgan rum. US retail sales in 2014: $224 million. 

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3. Jack Daniel's whiskey. US retail sales in 2014: $219 million. 

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4. Bacardi rum. US retail sales in 2014: $204 million. 

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5. Crown Royal whisky. US retail sales in 2014: $187 million. 

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6. Absolut vodka. US retail sales in 2014: $130.7 million. 

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7. Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. US retail sales in 2014: $130.6 million. 

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If anyone has suggested adding a little water to your whiskey, you may want to give it a try. Rather than watering it down, the addition may act as a flavor enhancement, and we now know the science behind it,thanks to a new study. 

The combination is a bit counterintuitive, which is part of the reason researchers wanted to look at the molecular chemistry behind what's happening in your whiskey glass.

On the surface, whiskey seems simple: It's mostly grain and water that goes through a specific process. But from a chemistry standpoint, whiskey includes a complex variety of molecules that contribute to its unique taste. One of those is the compound guaiacol, which lends itself to the smokiness associated with some whiskeys. 

Guaiacol is the molecule that two researchers from the Linnaeus University Center for Biomaterials Chemistry in Sweden focused on for their study, published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. 

The researchers looked at both bottled and cask-strength whiskey. Bottled whiskey has been diluted to about 40% alcohol by volume, down from 70% after distilling. Cask whiskey is stronger, at about 55% to 65% alcohol by volume, even if some alcohol evaporates as it matures in barrels for at least three years. 

What they discovered is that guaiacol is most present at the surface of diluted whiskey, which is why whiskey with added water tastes better: The taste molecules are at the top of your glass.

"From a molecular perspective, water and alcohol don't completely mix," co-author Ran Friedman wrote in an email. "Instead, we have clusters of water molecules and clusters of alcohol molecules. When whisky is diluted, the alcohol is driven to the surface, and many of the taste molecules follow it because they like to be in a slightly less aqueous environment. The taste that we experience is therefore enhanced -- but there's a limit. If we dilute the whisky too much the concentration of the taste compounds is reduced and the drink will be meager."

In higher-alcohol whiskey, the flavor is different because the taste molecules aren't reacting to the presence of water.

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"The most interesting finding was that at high alcohol by volume concentrations -- 59% and up, cask-strength whisky -- the taste compound was surrounded by ethanol molecules in the solution," Friedman wrote.

Friedman and colleague Bjorn Karlsson didn't discover this through taste, although both like whiskey, but by using computer simulations of the molecules. 

"They enable us to follow on chemical processes as if we're watching a molecular movie. We usually work on problems that have something to do with biology or human health, but at some point got interested in understanding why dilution affects the taste of whisky," Friedman said. 

The researchers believe their findings can be applied to other aged spirits, like brandy, rum and tequila, because they have similar solutions, taste compounds and alcohol by volume. 

Though they didn't drink any whiskey during the study, the two researchers enjoy traditional Swedish snaps (what we might call schnapps), ice-cold and undiluted.

"We believe that the principles we describe are true for a long list of taste compounds," Friedman said. "In that case, one can find an optimal alcohol content for a spirit to taste best for many drinkers. The conclusions may also apply for the food industry, as some extracts that are used in the industry are stored in diluted alcohol solutions." 

Whiskey expert: 'Feel the Kentucky hug'

When it comes to whiskey and how best to enjoy it, it can be a very personal choice. 

As a mixologist, Rod Weaver likes to offer a pour of bourbon or rye whiskey in two ways: neat and over ice. 

"This approach allows the drinker to compare the two; one room temp, and the other throughout the natural dilution as the ice melts over time," Weaver wrote in an email. "There will be considerable change as it 'opens up.' This can also happen with oxidation."

But as a whiskey lover, he recommends becoming acquainted with the type of whiskey "just the way the maker intended" before changing it in any way, whether it's "a 10-year plus, non-chill filtered, barrel-proof 'Haz-Mat' (over 140 proof) face-melting monster, or a 6-month-young local and grainy infant" whiskey.

He believes that Scots were most likely the first to dilute their whiskey in the glass, while blenders and distillers of whiskey decide how much to dilute their products individually.

"But the best way to taste bourbon is hot, straight out the bottle," Weaver said. "Chew it around your mouth, swallow, and feel the Kentucky hug."

LeNell Camacho Santa Ana, owner of LeNell's Beverage Boutique in Alabama, tells people to drink whiskey however they like it best. She isn't one to say there's a "proper" way to drink. 

She used to sell her own brand of whiskey called Red Hook Rye, and included a formula for how to add water to reduce proof in the packaging of her barrels. The formula comes from Chuck Cowdery's book "Bourbon, Straight."

"Divide the proof you have by the proof you want and subtract one," she wrote in an email. "Multiply that number by the amount of whiskey you want to dilute and the result will be the amount of water to add. For example, to reduce 2 ounces of 135 proof whiskey to 100 proof, divide 135 by 100 and subtract one. Multiply that number by 2 ounces. You add 0.7 ounces water to 2 ounces Red Hook Rye to make it 100 proof.

"The only time I do highly recommend adding water is when drinking a cask-strength whiskey, a whiskey that has been bottled straight from the barrel to the bottle without addition of water," she said. "Those high proofs are fine for a sip to taste the power of the spirit; however, if you drink barrel-proof whiskeys, the strength could damage the lining of your esophagus, besides the fact you may end up with a nasty hangover."

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• 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
• 1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
• 1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
• 1515 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
• 1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
• 1561 – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
• 1570 – Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
• 1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• 1798 – At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
• 1813 – The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
• 1823 – Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
• 1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
• 1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
• 1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• 1898 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• 1918 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
• 1919 – Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
• 1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
• 1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
• 1937 – Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• 1942 – World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
• 1943 – World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
• 1960 – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
• 1961 – Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
• 1967 – The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
• 1974 – Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• 1976 – A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
• 1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
• 2000 – Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 2001 – Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
• 2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
• 2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
• 2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Births[edit]

• 904 – Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou
• 920 – Louis IV of France (d. 954)
• 1169 – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
• 1487 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
• 1497 – Wolfgang Musculus, German theologian (d. 1563)
• 1550 – Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish general (d. 1615)
• 1547 – George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1596)
• 1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (d. 1634)
• 1588 – Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1666)
• 1624 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (d. 1689)
• 1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain (d. 1683)
• 1659 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
• 1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
• 1753 – John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (d. 1837)
• 1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
• 1786 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (d. 1854)
• 1786 – William Mason, American surgeon and politician (d. 1860)
• 1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author (d. 1868)
• 1793 – Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (d. 1834)
• 1801 – Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
• 1821 – William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
• 1839 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
• 1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (d. 1914)
• 1844 – Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (d. 1918)
• 1852 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (d. 1937)
• 1852 – Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (d. 1935)
• 1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
• 1864 – Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (d. 1930)
• 1871 – Charles Collett, English engineer (d. 1952)
• 1872 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (d. 1933)
• 1875 – George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)
• 1876 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (d. 1942)
• 1880 – Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (d. 1964)
• 1885 – Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (d. 1955)
• 1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (d. 1950)
• 1886 – H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (d. 1976)
• 1887 – Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (d. 1961)
• 1888 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
• 1889 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (d. 1929)
• 1890 – Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1978)
• 1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1894 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (d. 1956)
• 1895 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1976)
• 1896 – Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946)
• 1897 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1898 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
• 1903 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003)
• 1904 – Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972)
• 1906 – Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (d. 1937)
• 1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
• 1921 – John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
• 1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric
• 1925 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician
• 1928 – Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (d. 1989)
• 1928 – Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche
• 1929 – Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
• 1929 – John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Isabel Colegate, English author and agent
• 1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor
• 1932 – Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer
• 1933 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and astronaut (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer
• 1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1934 – Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator
• 1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet
• 1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
• 1937 – Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – David Hamilton, English radio and television host
• 1940 – Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer
• 1940 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (d. 1997)
• 1942 – Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
• 1943 – Tezer Özlü, Turkish writer (b. 1986)
• 1944 – Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic
• 1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author
• 1945 – Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut
• 1946 – Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
• 1946 – Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player
• 1946 – Don Powell, English rock drummer (Slade)
• 1946 – Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Larry Nelson, American golfer
• 1947 – David Pountney, English director and manager
• 1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
• 1948 – Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
• 1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress
• 1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
• 1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
• 1949 – Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter (Jethro Tull)
• 1949 – Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (d. 2017)
• 1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
• 1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist
• 1950 – Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic
• 1951 – Bill Rogers, American golfer
• 1952 – Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
• 1953 – John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1954 – Jackie Ashley, English journalist
• 1954 – Lorely Burt, English politician
• 1954 – Don Wilson, American kickboxer and actor
• 1955 – Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer
• 1956 – Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter (The Boomtown Rats)
• 1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss-born British actress
• 1957 – Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter (T'Pau)
• 1958 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 – Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (d. 2015)
• 1960 – Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator
• 1960 – Margaret Ferrier, Scottish politician
• 1960 – Colin Firth, English actor and producer
• 1960 – Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Trace Gallagher, American journalist
• 1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player and actor
• 1963 – Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1964 – John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician
• 1966 – Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress
• 1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1968 – Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player
• 1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper
• 1970 – Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager
• 1970 – Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Joe Bravo, American jockey
• 1972 – James Duval, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian skier
• 1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
• 1973 – Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist
• 1973 – Tim Stimpson, English rugby player
• 1974 – Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1974 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician
• 1974 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer
• 1974 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
• 1975 – Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster
• 1975 – Melanie Pullen, American photographer
• 1976 – Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
• 1976 – Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player
• 1977 – Caleb Ralph, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 – Julia Goldsworthy, English politician
• 1978 – Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 – Mikey Way, American bass player and songwriter
• 1981 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
• 1981 – Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Misty Copeland, American ballerina and author
• 1982 – Javi Varas, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer
• 1983 – Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
• 1984 – Sander Post, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Harry Treadaway, English actor
• 1984 – Luke Treadaway, English actor
• 1985 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer
• 1985 – James Graham, English rugby league player
• 1985 – Neil Walker, American baseball player
• 1986 – Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Eoin Morgan, English cricketer
• 1987 – Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
• 1987 – Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Alex Saxon, American actor
• 1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
• 1989 – Matt Ritchie, English footballer
• 1989 – Lee Sawyer, English footballer
• 1991 – Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 – Ricky Ledo, American basketball player
• 1992 – Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
• 1992 – Tobu, Latvian music producer
• 1997 – Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer
• 1998 – Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 210 BC – Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 260 BC)
• 602 – Dugu Qieluo, empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty (b. 544)
• 689 – Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• 710 – Li Chongfu, imperial prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. c. 680)
• 918 – Baldwin II, Frankish margrave (b. c. 865)
• 952 – Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885)
• 954 – Louis IV, king of West Francia (b. 920)
• 1167 – Matilda of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1102)
• 1197 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (b. 1166)
• 1217 – William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, English politician
• 1281 – John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (b. 1237)
• 1306 – Nicholas of Tolentino, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1245)
• 1308 – Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
• 1364 – Robert of Taranto, King of Albania
• 1382 – Louis I of Hungary (b. 1326)
• 1384 – Joanna of Dreux, Countess of Penthievre and Duchess of Brittany (b. 1319)
• 1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1371)
• 1479 – Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian cardinal and humanist (b. 1422)
• 1482 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian warlord (b. 1422)
• 1504 – Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1480)
• 1519 – John Colet, English theologian and scholar (b. 1467)
• 1549 – Anthony Denny, English politician (b. 1501)
• 1591 – Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (b. 1542)
• 1604 – William Morgan, Welsh bishop and translator (b. 1545)
• 1607 – Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1545)
• 1669 – Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
• 1676 – Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
• 1748 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
• 1749 – Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
• 1759 – Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
• 1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (b. 1759)
• 1842 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
• 1842 – Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1851 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (b. 1787)
• 1867 – Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788)
• 1889 – Charles III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1818)
• 1891 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and naturalist (b. 1804)
• 1898 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1837)
• 1905 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
• 1915 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
• 1915 – Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1879 )
• 1919 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (b. 1856)
• 1922 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (b. 1840)
• 1923 – Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1931 – Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1931 – Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (b. 1886)
• 1933 – Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1933 – Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1933 – Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1934 – George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
• 1935 – Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
• 1937 – Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1938 – Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 – Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
• 1948 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
• 1952 – Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866)
• 1954 – Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (b. 1908)
• 1961 – Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1965 – Father Divine, American spiritual leader (b. 1880)
• 1966 – Emil Julius Gumbel, German mathematician and statistician (b. 1891)
• 1971 – Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 1973 – Cornelia Meigs, American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1975 – Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (b. 1899)
• 1975 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1905)
• 1979 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (b. 1922)
• 1983 – Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Norah Lofts, English author (b. 1904)
• 1983 – Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (b. 1941)
• 1983 – B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
• 1985 – Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1893)
• 1985 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (b. 1937)
• 1988 – Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Charles Drake, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
• 2000 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Hermann Bondi, Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Patty Berg, American golfer (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Anita Roddick, English businesswoman, founded The Body Shop (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Ted Stepien, American businessman (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Vernon Handley, English conductor (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2012 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (b. 1922)
• 2013 – John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Josef Němec, Czech boxer (b. 1933)
• 2013 – E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Jack Vance, Canadian general (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
• 2014 – George Spencer, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927)

[edit]

• 1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1226 – The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
• 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
• 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
• 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco.
• 1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
• 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
• 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
• 1697 – Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
• 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
• 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
• 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• 1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1776 – British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• 1786 – The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
• 1800 – The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.
• 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
• 1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.
• 1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
• 1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
• 1826 – Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
• 1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.
• 1830 – Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
• 1836 – The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
• 1851 – Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement.
• 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on September 17, 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event.
• 1857 – The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
• 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
• 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• 1905 – The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• 1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• 1919 – United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
• 1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
• 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• 1922 – The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
• 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's first independent declaration of war
• 1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
• 1943 – World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
• 1943 – World War II: Start of the Nazi liquidation of the Minsk and Lida ghettos.
• 1944 – World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• 1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• 1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
• 1950 – Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38^th parallel.
• 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
• 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
• 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• 1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• 1973 – A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
• 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• 1976 – A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
• 1980 – Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of President Pinochet.
• 1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
• 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit.
• 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
• 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
• 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
• 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
• 2001 – Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. A total of 2,996 people are killed.
• 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
• 2008 – A major Channel Tunnel fire broke out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for 6 months.
• 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
• 2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
• 2015 – A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

Births[edit]

• 600 – Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler
• 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
• 1318 – Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (d. 1372)
• 1465 – Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (d. 1536)
• 1470 – Martin Waldseemüller, German mapmaker (d. 1520)
• 1476 – Louise of Savoy (d. 1531)
• 1494 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (d. 1572)
• 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (d. 1605)
• 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (d. 1585)
• 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
• 1557 – Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (d. 1648)
• 1572 – Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (d. 1604)
• 1578 – Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (d. 1667)
• 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (d. 1675)
• 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (d. 1741)
• 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1748)
• 1711 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (d. 1779)
• 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (d. 1790)
• 1751 – Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1827)
• 1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1837)
• 1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (d. 1806)
• 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (d. 1832)
• 1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
• 1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (d. 1866)
• 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (d. 1888)
• 1825 – Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (d. 1904)
• 1829 – Thomas Hill, American painter (d. 1908)
• 1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (d. 1870)
• 1838 – John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1918)
• 1847 – Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)
• 1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (d. 1905)
• 1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1921)
• 1862 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (d. 1910)
• 1862 – O. Henry, American short story writer (d. 1910)
• 1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1871 – Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian race car driver, mountaineer, and politician (d. 1927)
• 1876 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (d. 1924)
• 1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (d. 1926)
• 1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Louis Coatalen, French engineer (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (d. 1974)
• 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1930)
• 1885 – Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1949)
• 1893 – Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek race car driver and engineer (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German politician (d. 1945)
• 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000)
• 1899 – Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1953)
• 1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (d. 1999)
• 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
• 1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (d. 1974)
• 1908 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2015)
• 1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Betsy Drake, American actress (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician
• 1924 – Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1927 – G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor
• 1928 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
• 1929 – Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1930 – Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1930 – Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (d. 2002)
• 1931 – John Reger, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
• 1932 – Bob Packwood, American politician
• 1933 – Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge
• 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player
• 1934 – Oliver Jones, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
• 1935 – Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium
• 1938 – David Higgins, English composer and conductor (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
• 1939 – Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems
• 1940 – Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
• 1940 – Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and author (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Theodore Olson, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General
• 1940 – Robert Palmer, American businessman, co-founded Mostek
• 1942 – Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1943 – André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
• 1943 – Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer, percussionist and musicologist (Grateful Dead)
• 1943 – Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
• 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (d. 1974)
• 1944 – Phil May, English rock singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels
• 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager
• 1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor
• 1945 – Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Anthony Browne, English author and illustrator
• 1946 – John Roberts, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2016)
• 1946 – Jim Shoulder, English footballer and manager
• 1946 – Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
• 1948 – John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
• 1949 – Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
• 1949 – Bill Whittington, American race car driver
• 1950 – Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
• 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
• 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
• 1950 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2003)
• 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1951 – Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic
• 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
• 1952 – Catherine Bott, English soprano
• 1953 – Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author
• 1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic
• 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer
• 1957 – Jeff Sluman, American golfer
• 1957 – Jeh Johnson, American political appointee; Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• 1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1958 – Scott Patterson, American baseball player
• 1958 – Phoef Sutton, American screenwriter and producer
• 1959 – Andre Dubus III, American novelist and short story writer
• 1959 – David Frost, South African golfer
• 1959 – Robert Wrenn, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 – Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Michael P. Leavitt, American soldier
• 1961 – Philip Ardagh, English author
• 1961 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress
• 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
• 1961 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (d. 2012)
• 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
• 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
• 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer
• 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
• 1962 – Jenny Sanford, American banker and businesswoman
• 1963 – Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian marshal and politician, 21st President of Syria
• 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
• 1965 – Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician and DJ
• 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
• 1967 – Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
• 1967 – Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (d. 2013)
• 1967 – Charles Walker, English politician
• 1968 – Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
• 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
• 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian photographer and director
• 1969 – Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress
• 1970 – William Joppy, American boxer and coach
• 1970 – Ted Leo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1971 – Markos Moulitsas, American soldier, activist, blogger, and author
• 1971 – Shelton Quarles, American football player and scout
• 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer
• 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
• 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech race car driver
• 1976 – Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer
• 1977 – Jonny Buckland, English guitarist
• 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper and producer
• 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
• 1977 – Tobias Zellner, German footballer
• 1978 – Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
• 1978 – Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1979 – Éric Abidal, French footballer
• 1979 – Leon Cort, English footballer
• 1979 – Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Steve Hofstetter, American comedian, journalist, and author
• 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
• 1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian journalist and publisher
• 1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
• 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Dylan Klebold, American spree killer and mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
• 1982 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
• 1983 – Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan sprinter
• 1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
• 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
• 1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
• 1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
• 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
• 1987 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• 1988 – Mike Moustakas, American baseball player
• 1990 – Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 – Jarrod Croker, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
• 1991 – Rhema Obed, English footballer
• 1992 – Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
• 1993 – Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer

Deaths[edit]

• 883 – Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general
• 1063 – Béla I of Hungary (b. 1016)
• 1161 – Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• 1185 – Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (b. 1130)
• 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (b. 1215)
• 1297 – Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer
• 1298 – Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (b. 1269)
• 1349 – Bonne of Bohemia (b. 1315)
• 1569 – Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (b. 1530)
• 1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
• 1677 – James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
• 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
• 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
• 1733 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (b. 1668)
• 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704)
• 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772)
• 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 – Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
• 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 – William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 – Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
• 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 – Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)
• 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1935 – Charles Norris, American coroner (b. 1867)
• 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
• 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 – Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter (d. 1913)
• 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1957 – James Burns, English cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1957 – Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
• 1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
• 1958 – Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1964 – Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
• 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 – René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
• 1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1974 – Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1978 – Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
• 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895)
• 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
• 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1987 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (b. 1935)
• 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (b. 1949)
• 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (b. 1920)
• 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
• 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (b. 1952)
• 1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Hannah Weiner, American poet (b. 1928)
• 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (b. 1972)
• 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (b. 1938)
  • Casualties of the September 11 attacks:
    • Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (b. 1968)
    • David Angell, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1946)
    • Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1948)
    • Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model (b. 1948)
    • Carolyn Beug, American director and producer (b. 1952)
    • Bill Biggart, American photographer and journalist (b. 1947)
    • Ronald Paul Bucca, American fire marshal (b. 1954)
    • Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (b. 1949)
    • Kevin Cosgrove, American business executive (b. 1955)
    • Wilson Flagg, American admiral (b. 1938)
    • Mychal Judge, American priest and chaplain (b. 1933)
    • Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and businessman, co-founded Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)
    • Timothy Maude, American general (b. 1947)
    • Eamon McEneaney, American lacrosse player and poet (b. 1954)
    • John P. O'Neill, American FBI agent (b. 1952)
    • Barbara Olson, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1955)
    • Rick Rescorla, Cornish-American colonel (b. 1939)
• 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
• 2002 – David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (b. 1957)
• 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Fred Ebb, American songwriter (b. 1928)
• 2004 – David Mann, American painter and illustrator (b. 1939)
• 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
• 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet and author (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Harold Gould, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (b. 1984)
• 2011 – Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (b. 1975)
• 2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model
• 2012 – Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (b. 1972)
• 2012 – J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (b. 1960)
• 2013 – Marshall Berman, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Keith Dunstan, American-Australian journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Virgil A. Richard, American general (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Dennis Paul Hebert, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
• 2016 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (b. 1969)