Events

1244 - Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.
1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
1497 - Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1565 - Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
1596 - The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
1631 - Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
1673 - French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
1773 - Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
1789 - In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
1795 - The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
1839 - In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
1843 - The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Maori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
1876 - American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
1877 - American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1898 - The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1900 - Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
1901 - The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
1910 - Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
1922 - Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
1929 - The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
1930 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
1932 - Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1933 - Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
1939 - Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
1940 - World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
1940 - World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
1940 - The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
1944 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
1948 - A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
1953 - East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
1958 - The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
1960 - The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
1963 - The United States Supreme Court rules 8-1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
1963 - A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Dình Diem announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
1967 - The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
1972 - Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
1985 - STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
1987 - With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
1991 - Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
1992 - A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
1994 - Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
2015 - Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Births

801 - Drogo of Metz (died 855)
1239 - Edward I of England (died 1307)
1603 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (died 1663)
1631 - Gauharara Begum, Mughal daughter of Shah Jahan (died 1706)
1682 - Charles XII of Sweden (died 1718)
1691 - Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (died 1765)
1693 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (died 1775)
1704 - John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (died 1780)
1714 - César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (died 1784)
1718 - George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1796)
1800 - William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (died 1867)
1808 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845)
1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (died 1876)
1811 - Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (died 1879)
1818 - Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (died 1893)
1818 - Sophie of Württemberg (died 1877)
1821 - E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (died 1888)
1832 - William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919)
1858 - Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1914)
1861 - Pete Browning, American baseball player (died 1905)
1861 - Omar Bundy, American general (died 1940)
1863 - Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1934)
1867 - Flora Finch, English-American actress (died 1940)
1867 - John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (died 1948)
1867 - Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (died 1922)
1871 - James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938)
1876 - William Carr, American rower (died 1942)
1876 - Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922)
1880 - Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (died 1964)
1881 - Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955)
1882 - Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1918)
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1971)
1888 - Heinz Guderian, German general (died 1954)
1897 - Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (died 1911)
1898 - M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (died 1972)
1898 - Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (died 1961)
1898 - Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009)
1900 - Martin Bormann, German politician (died 1945)
1902 - Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (died 1989)
1902 - Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (died 1982)
1903 - Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (died 1977)
1904 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor and singer (died 1991)
1904 - J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (died 1988)
1904 - Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (died 1989)
1907 - Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
1909 - Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (died 2004)
1909 - Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (died 2004)
1910 - Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1968)
1910 - George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (died 1996)
1914 - John Hersey, American journalist and author (died 1993)
1915 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973)
1915 - Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981)
1915 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (died 1996)
1916 - Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Easy Riders) (died 1999)
1917 - Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (died 2010)
1918 - Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (died 1992)
1919 - William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (died 2011)
1919 - John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot
1919 - Beryl Reid, English actress (died 1996)
1920 - Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (died 1981)
1920 - Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (died 2015)
1920 - François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1920 - Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1922 - John Amis, English journalist and critic (died 2013)
1923 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (died 2004)
1923 - Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (died 2014)
1923 - Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (died 1999)
1924 - William MacDonald, English-Australian serial killer (died 2015)
1925 - Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014)
1927 - Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor
1927 - Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 1981)
1929 - Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2016)
1929 - Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (died 1984)
1930 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (died 2000)
1931 - John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator
1932 - Derek Ibbotson, English runner
1932 - John Murtha, American colonel and politician (died 2010)
1933 - Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (died 2006)
1933 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (died 1982)
1936 - Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist
1936 - Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 - Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)
1937 - Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
1940 - George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 - Bobby Bell, American football player
1941 - Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (died 2012)
1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 - Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
1943 - Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1943 - Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
1943 - Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
1943 - Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot
1944 - Randy Johnson, American football player (died 2009)
1944 - Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nucleus and Sharks)
1945 - Tommy Franks, American general
1945 - Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
1946 - Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
1947 - Christopher Allport, American actor (died 2008)
1947 - Linda Chavez, American journalist and author
1947 - George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter
1947 - Gregg Rolie, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Santana, Journey, and The Storm)
1947 - Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (died 2000)
1948 - Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1948 - Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic
1948 - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (died 1992)
1948 - Karol Sikora, English physician and academic
1949 - Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (died 1987)
1949 - John Craven, English economist and academic
1951 - Starhawk, American author and activist
1951 - John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1951 - Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1952 - Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1952 - Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1953 - Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1954 - Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
1955 - Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
1955 - Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 - Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman
1956 - Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
1957 - Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues and The Radiators from Space) (died 2013)
1957 - Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (died 2005)
1957 - Jon Gries, American actor and producer
1958 - Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
1958 - Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer (Dead Kennedys, The No WTO Combo, and Lard)
1958 - Nicky Clarke, English hairdresser
1958 - Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 - Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
1958 - Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician
1958 - Daniel McVicar, American actor
1959 - Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic
1959 - Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1960 - Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
1960 - Thomas Haden Church, American actor
1962 - Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23)
1963 - Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer
1964 - Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
1964 - Michael Gross, German swimmer
1964 - Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach
1965 - Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach
1965 - Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster
1965 - Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
1966 - Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
1966 - Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist
1966 - Ken Clark, American football player (died 2013)
1966 - Diane Modahl, English runner
1966 - Jason Patric, American actor and activist
1967 - Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
1967 - Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer (No Doubt)
1968 - Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach
1968 - Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1969 - Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
1969 - Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach
1969 - Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (died 2013)
1970 - Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Will Forte, American actor and screenwriter
1970 - Jason Hanson, American football player
1970 - Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
1970 - Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 - Mildred Fox, Irish politician
1971 - Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer and actress (Timbiriche)
1973 - Krayzie Bone, American rapper and producer (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1973 - Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican-American martial artist and author
1973 - Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
1973 - Leander Paes, Indian tennis player and actor
1974 - Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
1975 - Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1976 - Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
1976 - Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
1976 - Keisuke Ogihara, Japanese rapper (Rip Slyme)
1977 - Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
1978 - Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
1979 - Tyson Apostol, American television personality
1979 - Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor
1979 - Nick Rimando, American soccer player
1980 - Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator
1980 - Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker
1980 - Venus Williams, American tennis player
1981 - Kyle Boller, American football player
1981 - Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
1982 - Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver
1982 - Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player
1983 - Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer
1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Arashi)
1983 - Lee Ryan, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue)
1984 - Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter
1984 - Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker
1984 - Chris Weidman, American mixed martial artist
1985 - Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
1985 - Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1986 - Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer
1986 - Helen Glover, English rower
1987 - Kendrick Lamar, American rapper (Black Hippy)
1987 - Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Minimoni, and Morning Musume Otomegumi)
1988 - Toru Baba, Japanese actor, entertainer, and singer
1988 - Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
1988 - Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
1988 - Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
1989 - Simone Battle, American actress, singer, and dancer (G.R.L) (died 2014)
1989 - Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
1990 - Jordan Henderson, English footballer
1990 - Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
1990 - Hansle Parchment, Jamaican hurdler
1990 - Laura Wright, English singer (All Angels)
1991 - Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1992 - Ryan Allsop, English footballer
1993 - Jean Marie Froget, Mauritian swimmer
1997 - Ottomar Ladva, Estonian chess player

Deaths

656 - Uthman, Persian ruler (born 577)
676 - Pope Adeodatus II
850 - Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese wife of Emperor Saga (born 786)
900 - Fulk, French archbishop
1025 - Boleslaw I the Brave, Polish king (born 967)
1091 - Dirk V, Count of Holland (born 1052)
1463 - Catherine of Portugal (born 1436)
1565 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (born 1536)
1694 - Philip Howard, English cardinal (born 1629)
1696 - John III Sobieski, Polish king (born 1629)
1719 - Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (born 1672)
1734 - Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1653)
1740 - Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1687)
1762 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (born 1674)
1771 - Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (born 1722)
1775 - John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (born 1722)
1797 - Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (born 1742)
1813 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1726)
1821 - Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (born 1785)
1839 - Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774)
1866 - Joseph Méry French poet and author (born 1798)
1898 - Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (born 1833)
1904 - Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (born 1839)
1936 - Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1883)
1939 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1893)
1940 - Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
1941 - Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (born 1862)
1942 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853)
1952 - Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (born 1914)
1954 - Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920)
1956 - Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (born 1878)
1956 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (born 1892)
1956 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (born 1926)
1957 - Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (born 1873)
1957 - J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (born 1888)
1961 - Jeff Chandler, American actor and singer (born 1918)
1963 - Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (born 1882)
1968 - José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1901)
1974 - Pamela Britton, American actress (born 1923)
1974 - Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (born 1889)
1975 - James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893)
1979 - Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (born 1898)
1979 - Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (born 1888)
1981 - Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (born 1889)
1981 - Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (born 1889)
1982 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (born 1920)
1983 - Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (born 1923)
1985 - John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)
1986 - Kate Smith, American singer and actress (born 1907)
1987 - Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)
1996 - Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (born 1922)
1996 - Curt Swan, American illustrator (born 1920)
1999 - Basil Hume, English cardinal (born 1923)
2000 - Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)
2001 - Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
2001 - Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (born 1925)
2002 - Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1943)
2002 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (born 1920)
2004 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926)
2007 - Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (born 1944)
2007 - Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1933)
2008 - Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (born 1922)
2009 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929)
2009 - Darrell Powers, American sergeant (born 1923)
2011 - Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (born 1928)
2012 - Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (born 1971)
2012 - Patricia Brown, American baseball player (born 1931)
2012 - Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925)
2012 - Brian Hibbard, Welsh actor and singer (The Flying Pickets) (born 1946)
2012 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965)
2012 - Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956)
2013 - Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (born 1948)
2013 - Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (born 1930)
2013 - Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (born 1927)
2013 - Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (born 1923)
2013 - James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (born 1934)
2013 - Jalil Shahnaz, Iranian tar player and composer (born 1921)
2014 - Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933)
2014 - Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954)
2014 - Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938)
2014 - Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923)
2014 - Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928)
2015 - Chang Ch'ung-ho, Chinese-American poet, calligrapher, and educator (born 1914)
2015 - Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937)
2015 - John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935)
2015 - Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924)
2015 - Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920)
2015 - Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)
2016 - Rubén Aguirre, Mexican actor (born 1934)
2016 - Attrell Cordes, American musician, co-founder of P.M. Dawn (born 1970)