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• 708 – Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.
• 717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.
• 919 – Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
• 1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
• 1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
• 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
• 1409 – The Council of Pisa opens.
• 1555 – The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.
• 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
• 1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
• 1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
• 1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
• 1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
• 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
• 1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
• 1821 – Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
• 1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army^[1]
• 1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• 1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
• 1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
• 1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• 1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• 1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• 1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• 1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
• 1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• 1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• 1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• 1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• 1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• 1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
• 1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
• 1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
• 1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
• 1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
• 1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
• 2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
• 2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.

Births[edit]

• 1252 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
• 1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
• 1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
• 1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Polish archbishop (d. 1364)
• 1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)
• 1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
• 1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
• 1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (d. 1455)
• 1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)
• 1453 – Giuliano de' Medici (d. 1478)
• 1479 – Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
• 1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
• 1510 – Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581)
• 1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
• 1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
• 1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
• 1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (d. 1616)
• 1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1611 – Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
• 1636 – Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
• 1643 – Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
• 1661 – Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
• 1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer-songwriter (d. 1783)
• 1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
• 1745 – John Barry (naval officer), American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
• 1767 – Joachim Murat, French general (d. 1815)
• 1782 – Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)
• 1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
• 1808 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
• 1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)
• 1840 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
• 1863 – Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
• 1868 – Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1871 – Louis Perrée, French fencer (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
• 1873 – Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Irving Baxter, American jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
• 1877 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
• 1878 – František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
• 1879 – Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
• 1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
• 1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (d. 1936)
• 1881 – Mary Webb, English author and poet (d. 1927)
• 1893 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
• 1899 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)
• 1901 – Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (d. 1944)
• 1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994)
• 1906 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (d. 1990)
• 1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)
• 1910 – Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
• 1912 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (d. 1998)
• 1916 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
• 1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Simone Signoret, Jewish French actress (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1923 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
• 1925 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
• 1927 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer
• 1930 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
• 1930 – Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host
• 1932 – Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
• 1932 – Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1934 – Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman
• 1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center
• 1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
• 1936 – Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
• 1938 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
• 1938 – Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian race car driver
• 1939 – Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
• 1939 – D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer
• 1941 – Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
• 1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter
• 1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television host
• 1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
• 1945 – Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
• 1946 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer
• 1946 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
• 1946 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)
• 1947 – Richard Cork, English historian and critic
• 1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1948 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
• 1948 – Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)
• 1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
• 1950 – Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – David Paquette, American-New Zealand pianist
• 1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1952 – Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1952 – Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
• 1953 – Robert Fox, English producer and manager
• 1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1953 – Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
• 1955 – Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
• 1955 – Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1957 – Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist
• 1957 – Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic
• 1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
• 1957 – Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer
• 1958 – Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer
• 1958 – Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1958 – Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician
• 1958 – María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
• 1958 – John Ensign, American physician and politician
• 1958 – Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach
• 1958 – Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
• 1960 – Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1960 – Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
• 1960 – Brenda Strong, American actress
• 1961 – Mark Brooks, American golfer
• 1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress
• 1962 – David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1963 – Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect
• 1963 – Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
• 1964 – René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Norm Duke, American bowler
• 1965 – Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
• 1966 – Tom Glavine, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer
• 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1966 – Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
• 1967 – Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer
• 1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor
• 1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician
• 1969 – George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer
• 1969 – Dale Davis, American basketball player
• 1969 – Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
• 1969 – Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 – Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach
• 1971 – Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Giniel de Villiers, South African race car driver
• 1972 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
• 1973 – Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 – Bob Sura, American basketball player
• 1974 – Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
• 1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1975 – Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
• 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter
• 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator
• 1977 – Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
• 1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
• 1980 – Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
• 1981 – Danica Patrick, American race car driver
• 1982 – Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
• 1983 – Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper
• 1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
• 1986 – Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
• 1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player
• 1986 – Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
• 1986 – Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
• 1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
• 1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• 1988 – Ryan Lewis, American DJ, musician, record producer, and hip hop recording artist
• 1988 – Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper
• 1988 – Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
• 1989 – Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer
• 1990 – Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer
• 1990 – Alexander Esswein, German footballer
• 1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer
• 1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
• 1997 – Prakash Neupane, Nepalese rapper and activist

Deaths[edit]

• 908 – Li Kening, Chinese general
• 940 – Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
• 1005 – King Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle)
• 1051 – Hugh IV, Count of Maine
• 1189 – Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
• 1223 – Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
• 1351 – Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
• 1351 – Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
• 1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai
• 1458 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)
• 1558 – Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
• 1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1526)
• 1609 – Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
• 1609 – Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (b. 1535)
• 1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
• 1625 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (b. 1569)
• 1658 – Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (b. 1607)
• 1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)
• 1701 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (b. 1624)
• 1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
• 1732 – Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672)
• 1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)
• 1738 – Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
• 1751 – Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
• 1801 – Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)
• 1818 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
• 1857 – William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
• 1860 – James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)
• 1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)
• 1907 – Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
• 1908 – Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
• 1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
• 1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 1918 – Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
• 1927 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
• 1931 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1931 – Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
• 1932 – Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)
• 1942 – William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1956 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1956 – Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)
• 1957 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1958 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)
• 1964 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
• 1965 – Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
• 1969 – Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1969 – Max Eastman, American poet and activist (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)
• 1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
• 1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
• 1979 – Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)
• 1979 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1980 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
• 1983 – Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
• 1988 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
• 1991 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
• 1995 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
• 1995 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
• 1998 – Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
• 2000 – Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
• 2008 – Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)
• 2009 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Len E. Blaylock, American businessman and politician (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
• 2013 – John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
• 2014 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)
• 2015 – George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
• 2016 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2017 – Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)

Ο μοναχικός σημαιοφόρος στους Αρκιούς -Ο 8χρονος Χρήστος

• 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 908 – Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
• 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
• 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
• 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1812 – An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
• 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
• 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1913 – First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
• 1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
• 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
• 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
• 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1998 – During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
• 2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
• 2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
• 2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

Births[edit]

• 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
• 1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
• 1584 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
• 1633 – Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
• 1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
• 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
• 1829 – Théodore Aubanel, French poet (d. 1886)
• 1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
• 1850 – Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
• 1852 – Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
• 1857 – Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, Jewish German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
• 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1873 – Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
• 1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
• 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941) ^[1]
• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, Jewish Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 1917 – Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 – Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
• 1932 – James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor
• 1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1941 – Lella Lombardi, Italian motor racing driver (d. 1992)
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1947 – John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Graham Barlow, English cricketer
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
• 1952 – T. A. Barron, American novelist
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 – Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American country singer
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1957 – Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1959 – Chris Hansen, American journalist
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
• 1960 – Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1964 – Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
• 1966 – Lilian Greenwood, English politician
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
• 1967 – Jason Chaffetz, American politician
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist
• 1971 – Martyn Day, Scottish politician
• 1971 – Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and producer
• 1971 – Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress and former model
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 – Jay Sean, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
• 1980 – Margaret Brennan, American journalist
• 1980 – Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
• 1983 – Floriana Lima, American actress
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1987 – Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1990 – Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
• 1990 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
• 1990 – Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor, member of South Korean boy band EXO
• 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 – Nina Agdal, Danish model
• 1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1998 – Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
• 2003 – Danielle Bregoli, American rapper and social media personality
• 2005 – Ella Anderson, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 809 – Ludger, Frisian missionary
• 903 – Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
• 908 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
• 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
• 929 – Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
• 973 – Guntram (the Rich), Frankish nobleman
• 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
• 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
• 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
• 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
• 1242 – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
• 1324 – Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
• 1326 – Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (b. c. 1307)
• 1402 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)
• 1437 – Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
• 1625 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
• 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 – John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (b. 1963)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
• 2009 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
• 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
• 2016 – Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)