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Events
Pre-1600
1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.[1] 1416 – The Council of Constance , called by Emperor Sigismund , a supporter of Antipope John XXIII , burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy .[2] 1431 – Hundred Years' War : In Rouen , France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.[3] 1434 – Hussite Wars : Battle of Lipany : End of the war, the Utraquist defeat and annihilate Taborite forces.[4] 1510 – During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor , Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion .1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour , a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.[5] 1539 – In Florida , Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold .1574 – Henry III becomes King of France.[6] 1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel .
1601–1900
1631 – Publication of Gazette de France , the first French newspaper.1635 – Thirty Years' War : The Peace of Prague is signed.1642 – From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament .1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach assumes the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen , BWV 75 , in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity .[7] 1796 – War of the First Coalition : In the Battle of Borghetto , Napoleon Bonaparte manages to cross the Mincio River against the Austrian army. This crossing forces the Austrians to abandon Lombardy and retreat to the Tyrol, leaving the fortress of Mantua as the sole remaining Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy.[8] 1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.1814 – The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.1815 – The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans , near Cape Agulhas , in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.1834 – Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".1842 – John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert .1845 – The Fatel Razack , coming from India , lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.1854 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law, establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska .1862 – American Civil War : The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from retreating Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard .[9] 1866 – Bedrich Smetana 's comic opera The Bartered Bride premieres in Prague .[10] 1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day ") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan , head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).1876 – Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V .1876 – The secret decree of Ems Ukaz is issued by Russian Tsar Alexander II in the German city of Bad Ems , aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language publications in the Russian Empire .[11] [12] 1883 – In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge .1899 – Pearl Hart , a female outlaw of the Old West , robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona .
1901–present
1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.1913 – The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War between the Balkan allies and the Ottoman Empire . The Ottomans cede all their European territories west of a straight line between Enos and Media and Albania becomes an independent nation.[13] 1914 – The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania , 45,647 tons, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool , England, to New York City.1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.1925 – May Thirtieth Movement : Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.1937 – Memorial Day massacre : Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.[14] 1941 – World War II : Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne , Germany.1943 – The Holocaust : Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp .1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery .1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge , crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland , New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham .1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic.1961 – Viasa Flight 897 crashes after takeoff from Lisbon Airport , killing 61.[15] 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam 's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem .1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba , and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu .1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra , sparking a civil war .1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden , West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of the May 1968 events in France .[16] 1971 – Mariner program : Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars .1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.1972 – In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel , members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre , killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. 1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.1975 – The European Space Agency is established.[17] 1979 – Downeast Airlines Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine , killing 17.[18] 1982 – Cold War : Spain joins NATO .1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 : The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy " statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.1990 – Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia .1998 – The 6.5 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong ), killing around 4,000–4,500.1998 – Nuclear Testing : Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert . It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent . 1999 – 53 people are killed in a stampede at the Nyamiha metro station in Minsk , Belarus.[19] 2003 – Depayin massacre : At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma . Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.2008 – Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.2008 – TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa , Honduras and crashes, killing five people.[20] 2012 – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War .2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage .2020 – Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from Kennedy Space Center , becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station .[21] 2024 – Donald Trump is convicted of falsifying business records in his New York trial , the first time a former President of the United States has been found guilty in a criminal case.[22] [23]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1686)1686 – Antonina Houbraken , Dutch illustrator (died 1736)1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1793)1719 – Roger Newdigate , English politician (died 1806)1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844)1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty , French general (died 1815)1797 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann , German mineralogist and geologist (died 1873)1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose , French cardinal (died 1883)1814 – Mikhail Bakunin , Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876)1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894) 1819 – William McMurdo , English general (died 1894)1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (died 1890)1835 – Alfred Austin , English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)1844 – Félix Arnaudin , French poet and photographer (died 1921)1845 – Amadeo I , Spanish king (died 1890)[24] 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé , Russian goldsmith and jeweler (died 1920)1862 – Mirza Alakbar Sabir , Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (died 1911)1869 – Grace Andrews , American mathematician (died 1951)1874 – Ernest Duchesne , French physician (died 1912)1875 – Giovanni Gentile , Italian philosopher and academic (died 1944)1879 – Colin Blythe , English cricketer and soldier (died 1917)1879 – Konstantin Ramul , Estonian psychologist and academic (died 1975) 1881 – Georg von Küchler , German field marshal (died 1968)1882 – Wyndham Halswelle , English runner and soldier (died 1915)1883 – Sandy Pearce , Australian rugby league player (died 1930)1884 – Siegmund Glücksmann , German soldier and politician (died 1942)1885 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala , Estonian poet and linguist (died 1942)1886 – Laurent Barré , Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964)1886 – Randolph Bourne , American theorist and author (died 1918) 1887 – Alexander Archipenko , Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964)1887 – Emil Reesen , Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964) 1890 – Roger Salengro , French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1936)1892 – Fernando Amorsolo , Filipino painter (died 1972)1894 – Hubertus van Mook , Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1965)1895 – Maurice Tate , English cricketer (died 1956)1896 – Howard Hawks , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)1897 – Frank Wise , Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)1898 – John Gilroy , English artist and illustrator (died 1985)1899 – Irving Thalberg , American screenwriter and producer (died 1936)
1901–present
1901 – Alfred Karindi , Estonian pianist and composer (died 1969)1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner , American actress and author (died 1979) 1902 – Stepin Fetchit , American actor and dancer (died 1985)1903 – Countee Cullen , American poet and author (died 1946)1906 – Bruno Gröning , German mystic and author (died 1959)1907 – Germaine Tillion , French anthropologist and academic (died 2008)1908 – Hannes Alfvén , Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)1908 – Mel Blanc , American voice actor (died 1989)[25] 1909 – Jacques Canetti , French music executive and talent agent (died 1997)1909 – Freddie Frith , English motorcycle road racer (died 1988) 1909 – Benny Goodman , American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986) 1910 – Harry Bernstein , English-American journalist and author (died 2011)1912 – Julius Axelrod , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)1912 – Erich Bagge , German physicist and academic (died 1996) 1912 – Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor (died 1980) 1912 – Millicent Selsam , American author and academic (died 1996) 1912 – Joseph Stein , American playwright and author (died 2010) 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (died 1979)1915 – Len Carney , English footballer and soldier (died 1996)[26] 1916 – Justin Catayée , French soldier and politician (died 1962)1916 – Mort Meskin , American illustrator (died 1995)[27] 1918 – Pita Amor , Mexican poet and author (died 2000)1918 – Bob Evans , American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (died 2007) 1919 – René Barrientos , Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (died 1969)1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner , Japanese-American director and producer (died 1989)1922 – Hal Clement , American author and educator (died 2003)1924 – Anthony Dryden Marshall , American CIA officer and diplomat (died 2014)1925 – John Henry Marks , English physician and author (died 2022)1926 – Johnny Gimble , American country/western swing musician (died 2015)1926 – Christine Jorgensen , American trans woman and actress (died 1989)[28] 1927 – Joan Birman , American mathematician1927 – Clint Walker , American actor and singer (died 2018) 1927 – Billy Wilson , Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1993) 1928 – Pro Hart , Australian painter (died 2006)1928 – Agnès Varda , Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019) 1928 – Radoslav Rotković , Montenegrin historian (died 2013)[29] 1929 – Georges Gilson , French archbishop (died 2024)1930 – Mark Birley , English businessman, founded Annabel's (died 2007)1930 – Robert Ryman , American painter (died 2019) 1931 – Larry Silverstein , American real estate magnate1932 – Ray Cooney , English actor and playwright1932 – Pauline Oliveros , American accordion player and composer (died 2016) 1932 – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard , Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2018) 1934 – Alexei Leonov , Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019)[30] 1934 – Alketas Panagoulias , Greek footballer and manager (died 2012) 1935 – Ruta Lee , Canadian-American actress and dancer1935 – Guy Tardif , Canadian academic and politician (died 2005) 1936 – Keir Dullea , American actor1937 – Christopher Haskins , Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician1937 – Rick Mather , American-English architect (died 2013) 1938 – Billie Letts , American author and educator (died 2014)1939 – Michael J. Pollard , American actor (died 2019)1939 – Dieter Quester , Austrian race car driver 1939 – Tim Waterstone , Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones 1940 – Jagmohan Dalmiya , Indian cricket administrator (died 2015)1940 – Gilles Villemure , Canadian-American ice hockey player 1942 – John Gladwin , English bishop1942 – Carole Stone , English journalist and author 1943 – James Chaney , American civil rights activist (died 1964)[31] 1943 – Anders Michanek , Swedish motorcycle racer 1943 – Gale Sayers , American football player and philanthropist (died 2020) 1944 – Lenny Davidson , English guitarist and songwriter1944 – Meredith MacRae , American actress (died 2000) 1944 – Stav Prodromou , Greek-American engineer and businessman 1945 – Gladys Horton , American singer (died 2011)1946 – Allan Chapman , English historian and author1946 – Dragan Džajić , Serbian and Yugoslav footballer 1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa , Canadian golfer (died 2021)1948 – Johan De Muynck , Belgian former professional road racing cyclist1948 – Michael Piller , American screenwriter and producer (died 2005) 1948 – David Thorpe , Australian rules footballer 1949 – P.J. Carlesimo , American basketball player and coach1949 – Paul Coleridge , English lawyer and judge 1949 – Bob Willis , English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019) 1950 – Bertrand Delanoë , French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris 1950 – Paresh Rawal , Indian actor, producer, and politician 1950 – Joshua Rozenberg , English lawyer, journalist, and author 1951 – Zdravko Čolić , Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter1951 – Fernando Lugo , Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay 1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor, singer, and director 1952 – Daniel Grodnik , American screenwriter and producer1952 – Kerry Fraser , Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster 1953 – Jim Hunter , Canadian skier1953 – Colm Meaney , Irish actor 1955 – Topper Headon , English drummer and songwriter1955 – Jacqueline McGlade , English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic 1955 – Caroline Swift , English lawyer and judge 1955 – Colm Tóibín , Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic 1955 – Jake Roberts , American professional wrestler[32] 1956 – Tim Lucas , American author, screenwriter, and critic1956 – Jonathan Idema , American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (died 2012)[33] 1957 – Mike Clayton , Australian golfer1958 – Eugene Belliveau , Canadian football player1958 – Marie Fredriksson , Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019) 1958 – Steve Israel , American lawyer and politician 1958 – Michael López-Alegría , Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut 1958 – Ted McGinley , American actor 1959 – Phil Brown , English footballer, coach, and manager1959 – Randy Ferbey , Canadian curler 1959 – Frank Vanhecke , Belgian politician 1961 – Harry Enfield , English actor, director, and screenwriter1961 – John Terlesky , American actor[34] 1961 – Bob Yari , Iranian-American director and producer 1962 – Kevin Eastman , American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1962 – Richard Fuller , English lawyer and politician 1962 – Tim Loughton , English businessman and politician 1962 – Tonya Pinkins , American actress and singer 1963 – Michel Langevin , Canadian drummer and songwriter1963 – Élise Lucet , French journalist 1963 – Helen Sharman , English chemist and astronaut 1964 – Wynonna Judd , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress1964 – Andrea Montermini , Italian race car driver 1964 – Tom Morello , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1965 – Troy Coker , Australian rugby player1965 – Billy Donovan , American basketball player and coach 1965 – Iginio Straffi , Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l. 1966 – Sonya Curry , mother of American basketball players[35] 1966 – Thomas Häßler , German footballer and manager 1966 – Stephen Malkmus , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 – Tim Burgess , English singer-songwriter1967 – Rechelle Hawkes , Australian hockey player 1967 – Sven Pipien , German-American bass player 1968 – Jason Kenney , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta 1968 – Zacarias Moussaoui , French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks 1969 – Naomi Kawase , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Paul Grayson , English rugby player and coach1971 – Duncan Jones , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Idina Menzel , American singer-songwriter and actress 1971 – Jiří Šlégr , Czech ice hockey player and politician 1971 – Adrian Vowles , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster 1972 – Manny Ramirez , Dominican-American baseball player and coach1974 – Big L , American rapper (died 1999)1974 – Kostas Chalkias , Greek footballer 1974 – Shin Ha-kyun , South Korean actor[36] 1974 – David Wilkie , American ice hockey player and coach 1975 – Evan Eschmeyer , American basketball player1975 – Brian Fair , American singer-songwriter 1975 – Andy Farrell , English rugby player and coach[37] 1975 – CeeLo Green , American singer-songwriter[38] 1975 – Marissa Mayer , American computer scientist and businesswoman 1976 – Arna Lára Jónsdóttir , Icelandic politician[39] 1976 – Rasho Nesterović , basketball player 1976 – Magnus Norman , Swedish tennis player and coach 1976 – Margaret Okayo , Kenyan runner[40] 1977 – Rachael Stirling , English actress1977 – Federico Vilar , Argentinian-Italian footballer 1979 – Mike Bishai , Canadian ice hockey player[41] 1979 – Clint Bowyer , American race car driver 1979 – Francis Lessard , Canadian ice hockey player 1980 – Steven Gerrard , English international footballer and manager[42] 1980 – Ilona Korstin , Russian basketball player 1980 – Ryōgo Narita , Japanese author 1981 – Devendra Banhart , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1981 – Gianmaria Bruni , Italian race car driver 1981 – Ahmad Elrich , Australian footballer 1981 – Remy Ma , American rapper 1981 – Lars Møller Madsen , Danish handball player 1981 – Hisanori Takada , Japanese footballer 1982 – Eddie Griffin , American basketball player (died 2007)1982 – James Simpson-Daniel , English rugby player[43] 1982 – Leonid Radvinsky , American businessman (died 2026)[44] 1984 – Sham Kwok Fai , Hong Kong footballer[45] 1984 – Matt Maguire , Australian footballer[46] 1984 – Alexander Sulzer , German ice hockey player[47] 1985 – Igor Kurnosov , Russian chess player (died 2013)[48] 1985 – Igor Lewczuk , Polish footballer[49] 1985 – Aaron Volpatti , Canadian ice hockey player[50] 1986 – Nikolay Bodurov , Bulgarian international footballer[51] 1986 – Will Peltz , American actor[52] 1989 – Ailee , Korean-American singer and songwriter[53] 1989 – Lesia Tsurenko , Ukrainian tennis player[54] 1990 – Im Yoon-ah , South Korean singer and actress[55] 1990 – Andrei Loktionov , Russian ice hockey player[56] 1990 – Zack Wheeler , American baseball player[57] 1991 – Jonathan Fox , English swimmer[58] 1992 – Harrison Barnes , American basketball player[59] 1992 – Danielle Harold , English actress[60] 1992 – Jeremy Lamb , American basketball player[61] 1994 – Scott Laughton , Canadian ice hockey player[62] 1996 – Beatriz Haddad Maia , Brazilian tennis player[63] 1996 – Aleksandr Golovin , Russian footballer[64] 1997 – Jung Eun-bi , South Korean singer and actress[65] 1997 – Charlie Hall , American actor[66] 1997 – Jake Short , American actor[67] 1999 – Eddie Nketiah , English footballer[68] 1999 – Guanyu Zhou , Chinese race car driver[69] 2000 – Jared S. Gilmore , American actor[70] 2002 – Natty , Thai singer based in South Korea[71]
Deaths
Pre-1600
531 – Xiao Tong , prince of the Liang dynasty (born 501)727 – Hubertus , bishop Liège 947 – Ma Xifan , king of Chu (born 899)1035 – Baldwin IV , count of Flanders (born 980)1159 – Władysław II the Exile , High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (born 1105)1252 – Ferdinand III , king of Castile and León (born 1199)1347 – John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth , English peer (born 1290)1376 – Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon , French noblewoman1416 – Jerome of Prague , Czech martyr and theologian (born 1379)1431 – Joan of Arc , French martyr and saint (born 1412)[72] 1434 – Prokop the Great , Czech general (born 1380)1469 – Lope de Barrientos , Castilian bishop (born 1389)1472 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg , daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (born 1416)1574 – Charles IX of France (born 1550)1593 – Christopher Marlowe , English poet and playwright (born 1564)
1601–1900
1606 – Guru Arjan Dev , fifth of the Sikh gurus (born 1563)1640 – Peter Paul Rubens , German-Belgian painter (born 1577)1696 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1638)1670 – John Davenport , English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (born 1597)1712 – Andrea Lanzani , Italian painter (born 1645)1718 – Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle , Dutch-English general (born 1670)1744 – Alexander Pope , English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688)1770 – François Boucher , French painter and set designer (born 1703)1778 – Voltaire , French philosopher and author (born 1694)[73] 1778 – José de la Borda , French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (born ca. 1700) 1829 – Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial , French general (born 1774)1832 – James Mackintosh , Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (born 1765)1855 – Mary Reibey , Australian businesswoman, (born 1777)1865 – John Catron , American lawyer and judge (born 1786)1867 – Ramón Castilla , Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (born 1797)[74] 1873 – Karamat Ali Jaunpuri , Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)[75] 1875 – Rosa May Billinghurst , "cripple suffragette" (sic)[76] 1892 – Mary Hannah Gray Clarke , American author, correspondent, and poet (born 1835)
1901–present
1901 – Victor D'Hondt , Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841)1911 – Milton Bradley , American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (born 1836)1912 – Wilbur Wright , American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867)[77] 1918 – Georgi Plekhanov , Russian philosopher and theorist (born 1856)1920 – Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali , Bengali writer and social activist (born 1858)[78] 1925 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German historian and author (born 1876)1926 – Vladimir Steklov , Russian mathematician and physicist (born 1864)1934 – Tōgō Heihachirō , Japanese admiral (born 1848)1939 – Floyd Roberts , American race car driver (born 1904)1941 – Prajadhipok , Thai king (born 1893)1946 – Louis Slotin , Canadian physicist and chemist (born 1910)1947 – Georg von Trapp , Austrian captain (born 1880)1948 – József Klekl , Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874)1949 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard , French cardinal (born 1874)1951 – Hermann Broch , Austrian-American author (born 1886)1953 – Dooley Wilson , American actor and singer (born 1886)1955 – Bill Vukovich , American race car driver (born 1918)1957 – Piero Carini , Italian race car driver (born 1921)1960 – Boris Pasternak , Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)1961 – Rafael Trujillo , Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891)1964 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele , Nigerian king (born 1882)1964 – Eddie Sachs , American race car driver (born 1927) 1964 – Leó Szilárd , Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (born 1898) 1965 – Louis Hjelmslev , Danish linguist and academic (born 1899)1967 – Claude Rains , English-American actor (born 1889)1971 – Marcel Dupré , French organist and composer (born 1886)1975 – Steve Prefontaine , American runner (born 1951)1975 – Tatsuo Shimabuku , Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908) 1975 – Michel Simon , Swiss-born French actor (born 1895) 1976 – Max Carey , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890)1976 – Mitsuo Fuchida , Japanese captain (born 1902) 1978 – Jean Deslauriers , Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)1980 – Carl Radle , American bass player and producer (born 1942)1981 – Don Ashby , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)1981 – Ziaur Rahman , Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (born 1936) 1982 – Albert Norden , German journalist and politician (born 1904)1984 – Manuel Buendía , Mexican journalist and political columnist (born 1926)[79] 1986 – Perry Ellis , American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (born 1940)1990 – Cécile Chabot , Canadian poet and illustrator (born 1907)[80] 1993 – Sun Ra , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914)1994 – Ezra Taft Benson , American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)1994 – Marcel Bich , Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (born 1914) 1994 – Agostino Di Bartolomei , Italian footballer (born 1955) 1995 – Ted Drake , English footballer and manager (born 1912)1995 – Lofty England , English-Austrian engineer (born 1911) 1995 – Bobby Stokes , English footballer (born 1951) 1996 – Léon-Étienne Duval , French cardinal (born 1903)1996 – Alo Mattiisen , Estonian composer (born 1961) 1999 – Kalju Lepik , Estonian poet and author (born 1920)2000 – Tex Beneke , American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1914)2001 – Denis Whitaker , Canadian general and historian (born 1915)2005 – Gérald Leblanc , Acadian poet (born 1945)2005 – Tomasz Pacyński , Polish journalist and author (born 1958) 2005 – Alma Ziegler , American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918) 2006 – Shohei Imamura , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)2006 – David Lloyd , New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938) 2006 – Robert Sterling , American actor (born 1917) 2007 – Jean-Claude Brialy , Algerian-French actor and director (born 1933)2007 – Birgit Dalland , Norwegian politician (born 1907) 2007 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma , Indian poet and critic (born 1927) 2009 – Torsten Andersson , Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)2009 – Susanna Haapoja , Finnish politician (born 1966) 2009 – Ephraim Katzir , Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916) 2010 – Yuri Chesnokov , Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1933)2010 – Dufferin Roblin , Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (born 1917) 2011 – Isikia Savua , Fijian police officer and diplomat (born 1952)2011 – Saleem Shahzad , Pakistani journalist (born 1970) 2011 – Marek Siemek , Polish philosopher and historian (born 1942) 2011 – Clarice Taylor , American actress (born 1917) 2011 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921) 2012 – John Fox , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957)2012 – Andrew Huxley , English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917) 2012 – Gerhard Pohl , German economist and politician (born 1937) 2012 – Jack Twyman , American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934) 2013 – Jayalath Jayawardena , Sri Lankan physician and politician (born 1953)2013 – Larry Jones , American football player and coach (born 1933) 2014 – Hienadz Buraukin , Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)2014 – Henning Carlsen , Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927) 2014 – Joan Lorring , British actress (born 1926) 2014 – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos , Greek admiral (born 1932) 2015 – Beau Biden , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969)2015 – Joël Champetier , Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957) 2015 – L. Tom Perry , American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1922) 2016 – Tom Lysiak , Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)2016 – Rick MacLeish , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950) 2019 – Thad Cochran , American lawyer and politician (born 1937)[81] 2019 – Jason Marcano , Trinidadian footballer (born 1983)[82] 2020 – Michael Angelis , British actor (born 1944)[83] 2021 – Jason Dupasquier , Swiss motorcycle road racer (born 2001)[84] 2024 – Geneviève de Galard , French nurse (born 1925)[85] 2024 – Drew Gordon , American professional basketball player (born 1990)[86] 2025 – Étienne-Émile Baulieu , French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926)[87] 2025 – Valerie Mahaffey , American actress (born 1953)[88] 2025 – Loretta Swit , American actress and singer (born 1937)[89] 2025 – John E. Thrasher , American politician (born 1943)[90]
Holidays and observances
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