Events

1122 - Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
1338 - The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun.
1409 - Battle of Kherlen, the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
1568 - Spanish naval forces rout an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.
1641 - The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land's End.
1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1779 - American Revolution: John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
1780 - American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
1803 - Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
1806 - Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1821 - Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1845 - The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 - Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1868 - Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
1899 - American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1908 - University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
1909 - The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1911 - Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
1913 - Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1936 - First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
1938 - Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis.
1942 - World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1943 - World War II: The Nazi puppet state the Italian Social Republic is founded.
1950 - Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282: The first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II occurs.
1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech".
1959 - Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
1959 - The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia's first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
1962 - The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
1969 - The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
1973 - Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1980 - Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.
1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
1983 - Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
1986 - Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1988 - José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 cluborn
1992 - A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys forensic laboratories in Belfast.
1999 - Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first observed in the United States.
1999 - NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
2002 - The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
2004 - Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
2008 - Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
2010 - Convict Teresa Lewis became the first female inmate to die by lethal injection in the state of Virginia.

Births

63 BC - Augustus, Roman emperor (died 14)
1158 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (died 1186)
1215 - Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1294)
1434 - Yolande of Valois (died 1478)
1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1655)
1642 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1678)
1647 - Joseph Dudley, American politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1720)
1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (died 1726)
1713 - Ferdinand VI of Spain (died 1759)
1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (died 1813)
1759 - Marie Clotilde of France (died 1802)
1778 - Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1811)
1781 - Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1860)
1791 - Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (died 1865)
1791 - Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (died 1813)
1800 - William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (died 1873)
1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (died 1896)
1838 - Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (died 1927)
1851 - Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (died 1930)
1852 - James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (died 1917)
1852 - William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (died 1922)
1853 - Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1923)
1861 - Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (died 1942)
1863 - Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (died 1954)
1865 - Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (died 1933)
1865 - Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (died 1947)
1865 - Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (died 1938)
1869 - Typhoid Mary, Irish-American carrier of Typhoid fever (died 1938)
1876 - Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 1968)
1880 - John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1889 - Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (died 1974)
1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (died 1957)
1893 - Cläre Lotto, German actress (died 1952)
1895 - Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (died 1975)
1895 - Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (died 1985)
1897 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (died 1994)
1897 - Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1984)
1898 - Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (died 1977)
1899 - Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (died 1977)
1899 - Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor (died 1988)
1900 - Bill Stone, English soldier (died 2009)
1901 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1902 - Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (died 2003)
1905 - Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)
1906 - Bardu Ali, American singer and guitarist (died 1995)
1906 - Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (died 1995)
1907 - Albert Ammons, American pianist (died 1949)
1907 - Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (died 1998)
1907 - Herbert Kappler, German SS officer (died 1978)
1907 - Nicola Moscona, Greek-American actor and singer (died 1975)
1907 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (died 1976)
1908 - Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (died 1974)
1909 - Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (died 1991)
1910 - Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (died 2009)
1911 - Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
1912 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (died 2005)
1912 - Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (died 1980)
1913 - Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (died 2007)
1914 - Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Bruneian sultan (died 1986)
1915 - Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (died 2003)
1915 - Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1978)
1920 - Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2014)
1922 - Louise Latham, American actress
1923 - Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (died 2016)
1923 - Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (died 2014)
1923 - Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (died 2013)
1924 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (died 1978)
1925 - Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress (died 2007)
1925 - Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (died 2006)
1926 - André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (died 2013)
1926 - John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (died 1967)
1926 - Jimmy Woode, American bassist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) (died 2005)
1927 - Mighty Joe Young, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)
1928 - Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (died 2011)
1928 - Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (died 1995)
1929 - Wally Whyton, English singer-songwriter (The Vipers Skiffle Group) (died 1997)
1930 - Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 1996)
1930 - Colin Blakely, Irish-English actor (died 1987)
1930 - Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2004)
1931 - Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (died 2007)
1931 - Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (died 2013)
1931 - Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (died 2004)
1932 - Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
1933 - Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (died 2011)
1934 - Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright
1934 - Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
1935 - Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
1935 - Les McCann, American singer and pianist
1935 - Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (died 2012)
1935 - Arland D. Williams, Jr., American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 (died 1982)
1936 - Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (died 2006)
1936 - Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
1936 - Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (died 2014)
1937 - Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
1938 - Tom Lester, American actor and producer
1938 - Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress and singer (died 1982)
1939 - Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
1939 - Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Snakestretchers) (died 1988)
1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
1939 - Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician
1939 - Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman
1940 - Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (The Big 3) (died 2002)
1940 - Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Iranian singer-songwriter
1940 - Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
1941 - George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (died 1971)
1941 - Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 - Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
1942 - Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1942 - Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
1943 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach
1944 - Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 - Richard Lambert, English journalist and academic
1945 - Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly)
1945 - Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1946 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1946 - Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (died 2015)
1946 - Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
1946 - Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 - Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 - Mary Kay Place, American actress
1947 - Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter (Plasmatics)
1948 - Don Grolnick, American pianist and composer (Ten Wheel Drive) (died 1996)
1948 - Dan Toler, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Gregg Allman Band) (died 2013)
1949 - Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
1949 - Jerry born Jenkins, American author
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band and Steel Mill)
1949 - Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
1950 - George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
1951 - Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2012)
1952 - Mark Bego, American author
1952 - Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
1952 - Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
1952 - Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
1953 - Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
1954 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (died 1996)
1954 - Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1956 - Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
1956 - Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
1956 - Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
1957 - Rosalind Chao, American actress
1957 - Emilia Contessa, Indonesian singer-songwriter, actress and politician
1957 - Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1957 - Kumar Sanu, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1958 - Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer (Lemon Kittens)
1958 - Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach
1958 - Larry Mize, American golfer
1959 - Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
1959 - Frank Cottrell Boyce, English author and screenwriter
1959 - Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)
1959 - Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Q-Feel)
1959 - Elizabeth Peña, American actress and director (died 2014)
1959 - Karen Pierce, English diplomat
1960 - Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
1961 - Chi McBride, American actor
1961 - William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1962 - Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist
1963 - Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1963 - Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 - Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager
1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter (B'z)
1964 - Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach
1964 - Katie Mitchell, English director and producer
1964 - Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic
1964 - Bill Phillips, American businessman and author
1965 - Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1966 - Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach
1966 - LisaRaye McCoy-Misick, American actress and fashion designer
1967 - Hilary Andersson, American-English journalist
1967 - Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager
1968 - Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer
1968 - Adam Price, Welsh politician
1969 - Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter
1969 - Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish race car driver
1969 - Rod Pampling, Australian golfer
1969 - Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager
1970 - Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player
1970 - Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (KMFDM, MDFMK, KGC, Schwein, and Drill)
1970 - Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 - Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer
1971 - Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 - Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Norwegian bassist and composer (Atomic and The Thing)
1971 - Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster
1972 - Sarah Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (K's Choice)
1972 - Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 - Ana Marie Cox, American author and blogger
1972 - Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer
1972 - Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer
1973 - Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1973 - Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach
1974 - Matt Hardy, American wrestler and actor
1975 - Layzie Bone, American rapper and actor (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Bone Brothers, and Mo Thugs)
1975 - Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
1975 - Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer
1975 - Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
1976 - Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1976 - Homaro Cantu, American chef (died 2015)
1976 - Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1976 - Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1977 - Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer
1977 - Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
1977 - Brett Prebble, Australian jockey
1977 - Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (died 2008)
1977 - Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1978 - Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, and UFOFU) (died 2013)
1978 - Anthony Mackie, American actor
1978 - Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
1979 - Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1979 - Bryant McKinnie, American football player
1979 - Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer
1979 - Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1980 - Hooligan, Maltese rapper
1980 - Syu, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Galneryus and Animetal)
1980 - Matt White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 - Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver
1981 - Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada and Siria)
1981 - Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
1982 - Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
1982 - Alyssa Sutherland, Australian-American actress and model
1983 - Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2013)
1983 - Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Regan Smith, American race car driver
1984 - Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player
1984 - Matt Kemp, American baseball player
1985 - Brian Brohm, American football player
1985 - Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
1985 - Maki Goto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Morning Musume, Nochiura Natsumi, Petitmoni, Gomatti, and Def.Diva)
1985 - Chris Johnson, American football player
1985 - Hossein Kaebi, Iranian footballer
1986 - Martin Cranie, English footballer
1987 - Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
1987 - Trinidad James, Trinidadian-American rapper
1988 - Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
1988 - Anthony Straker, English footballer
1988 - Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
1989 - Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
1990 - Agustín Sierra, Argentinian actor and singer
1991 - Key, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Shinee and Toheart)
1991 - Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
1991 - Zia Quizon, Filipino singer-songwriter
1993 - Duke Johnson, American football player
1995 - Eli Dershwitz, American saber fencer

Deaths

1193 - Robert de Sablé, French knight
1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (born 1178)
1390 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1346)
1535 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1513)
1571 - John Jewel, English bishop (born 1522)
1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born 1524)
1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (born 1521)
1675 - Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (born 1603)
1728 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (born 1655)
1738 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (born 1668)
1764 - Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (born 1703)
1773 - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (born 1718)
1789 - John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (born 1723)
1830 - Elizabeth Monroe, American wife of James Monroe, 5th First Lady of the United States (born 1768)
1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (born 1801)
1851 - Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (born 1800)
1846 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (born 1818)
1850 - José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (born 1764)
1867 - Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator (born 1840)
1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (born 1803)
1871 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1786)
1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (born 1823)
1877 - Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1811)
1889 - Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1824)
1900 - William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (born 1816)
1913 - Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (born 1825)
1917 - Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
1929 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1856)
1940 - Hale Holden, American businessman (born 1869)
1943 - Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian soldier (born 1920)
1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1864)
1944 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (born 1875)
1950 - Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (born 1892)
1958 - Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (born 1876)
1967 - Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (born 1879)
1968 - Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (born 1887)
1971 - James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (born 1888)
1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1974 - Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (born 1905)
1974 - Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate) (born 1950)
1978 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (born 1950)
1979 - Catherine Lacey, English actress (born 1904)
1981 - Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (born 1899)
1987 - Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1927)
1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (born 1912)
1992 - Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (born 1927)
1992 - Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (born 1918)
1992 - James Van Fleet, American general (born 1892)
1994 - Jerry Barber, American golfer (born 1916)
1994 - Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (born 1917)
1994 - Madeleine Renaud, French actress (born 1900)
1997 - Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (born 1906)
1998 - Ray Bowden, English footballer (born 1909)
1998 - Mary Frann, American actress (born 1943)
1999 - Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (born 1910)
2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (born 1947)
2000 - Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (born 1925)
2000 - Raoul Berger, Ukrainian-born American attorney and law professor (born 1901)
2001 - Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (born 1928)
2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan-English radio host (born 1927)
2003 - Zubayr Al-Rimi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1974)
2003 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (born 1937)
2004 - Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)
2005 - Roger Brierley, English actor (born 1935)
2005 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (born 1933)
2006 - Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (born 1921)
2006 - Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (born 1913)
2008 - Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (born 1942)
2008 - Loren Pope, American journalist and author (born 1910)
2009 - Paul born Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1918)
2010 - Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (born 1941)
2012 - Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (born 1937)
2012 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (born 1948)
2012 - Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1941)
2012 - Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (born 1966)
2012 - Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (born 1920)
2013 - Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (born 1925)
2013 - Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)
2013 - Anthony Hawkins, English-Australian actor (born 1932)
2013 - Paul Kuhn, German singer, pianist, and bandleader (born 1928)
2013 - Gia Maione, American singer (born 1941)
2013 - Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (born 1907)
2014 - A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (born 1943)
2014 - Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (born 1934)
2014 - Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (born 1934)
2014 - Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (born 1913)
2014 - John Toner, American football player and coach (born 1923)
2015 - Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Spanish actor and director (born 1940)
2015 - Dragan Holcer, German-Croatian footballer (born 1945)
2015 - Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930)