Events

307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
627 - Battle of the Trench: Muhammad undergoes a 14-day siege at Medina (Saudi Arabia) by Meccan forces under Abu Sufyan.
1146 - Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1561 - The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
1717 - A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
1774 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
1822 - The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
1866 - The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
1877 - The family with samurai antecedents that responded to the Saigon army in Kita Nakatsu, rebels.
1885 - The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1899 - Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.
1903 - Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft.
1906 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
1909 - Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1909 - Construction of the ill fated RMS Titanic begins.
1910 - Six North Staffordshire Pottery towns federate to form modern Stoke-on-Trent.
1913 - The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
1917 - The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
1918 - Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
1918 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1921 - The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
1930 - The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
1931 - An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000.
1931 - TWA Flight 599 crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
1933 - The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
1945 - World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
1949 - The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
1951 - Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1957 - Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
1958 - In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
1964 - A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castelo Branco.
1966 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1970 - Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
1979 - The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
1985 - The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
1986 - Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
1990 - Approximately 200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
1991 - Georgian independence referendum, 1991: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
1994 - The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
1998 - Netscape released Mozilla source code under an open source license.
2004 - Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
2016 - Occupy movement known as Nuit debout begins in France, spreading within days to Belgium, Germany, and Spain.

Births

250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (died 306)
1360 - Philippa of Lancaster (died 1415)
1425 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Italian wife of Francesco I Sforza (died 1468)
1499 - Pope Pius IV (died 1565)
1504 - Guru Angad, Indian guru (died 1552)
1519 - Henry II of France (died 1559)
1536 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (died 1565)
1576 - Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (died 1644)
1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1650)
1621 - Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (died 1678)
1644 - Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (died 1703)
1651 - Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (died 1685)
1675 - Pope Benedict XIV (died 1758)
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (died 1750)
1718 - Mariana Victoria of Spain (died 1781)
1723 - Frederick V of Denmark (died 1766)
1730 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (died 1783)
1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1809)
1740 - Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (died 1849)
1747 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (died 1800)
1777 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (died 1859)
1778 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (died 1858)
1794 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1852)
1809 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (died 1883)
1809 - Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (died 1852)
1809 - Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (died 1864)
1819 - Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (died 1901)
1823 - Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (died 1886)
1847 - Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (died 1904)
1847 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1878)
1851 - Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1936)
1855 - Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (died 1899)
1859 - Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (died 1924)
1865 - Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (died 1887)
1871 - Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (died 1922)
1872 - Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (died 1929)
1872 - Alexandra Kollontai, Russian diplomat (died 1952)
1874 - Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (died 1920)
1878 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (died 1946)
1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1946)
1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator (died 1930)
1890 - Ben Adams, American jumper (died 1961)
1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (died 1976)
1893 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1954)
1893 - Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian (died 1982)
1895 - Vardis Fisher, American author and academic (died 1968)
1900 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (died 1974)
1902 - Alfred Praks, Estonian wrestler (died 1998)
1903 - John Harron, American actor (died 1939)
1905 - Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter (died 1986)
1905 - George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (died 1991)
1906 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor and singer (died 1990)
1908 - Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (died 1999)
1911 - Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987)
1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (died 1986)
1912 - William Lederer, American soldier and author (died 2009)
1913 - Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (died 2006)
1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian and author (died 1993)
1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (died 1997)
1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (died 2012)
1916 - Tommy Bolt, American golfer (died 2008)
1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (died 1979)
1917 - Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (died 2002)
1918 - Ted Post, American director (died 2013)
1919 - Frank Akins, American football player (died 1993)
1920 - Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, aristocrat, socialite and author (died 2014)
1920 - Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (died 2014)
1921 - Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (died 2011)
1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (died 1999)
1923 - Shoshana Damari, Yemeni-Israeli singer and actress (died 2006)
1923 - François Sermon, Belgian footballer (died 2013)
1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (died 1998)
1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (died 2002)
1925 - Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (died 1999)
1926 - John Fowles, English novelist (died 2005)
1926 - Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (died 2001)
1926 - Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (died 2006)
1927 - Cesar Chavez, American union leader and activist (died 1993)
1927 - William Daniels, American actor
1927 - Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
1927 - Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1988)
1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2016)
1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (died 2007)
1929 - Bert Fields, American lawyer and author
1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer (died 2013)
1931 - Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (died 1997)
1932 - John Jakes, American author
1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 2013)
1933 - Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (died 1999)
1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor
1934 - Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author
1935 - Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
1935 - Judith Rossner, American author (died 2005)
1936 - Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist
1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1937 - Willem Duyn, Dutch singer-songwriter (Mouth and MacNeal) (died 2004)
1938 - Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic
1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala
1938 - Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
1938 - Joel Godard, American television announcer
1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2005)
1938 - Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (died 2005)
1938 - Arthur born Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (The Beepers)
1938 - David Steel, Scottish academic and politician
1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (died 1993)
1939 - Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1939 - Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (died 2013)
1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer
1939 - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
1940 - Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (died 2013)
1940 - Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
1940 - Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
1941 - Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)
1941 - Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (died 2013)
1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
1942 - Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (died 2013)
1942 - Michael Savage, American radio host and author
1943 - Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter
1943 - Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer
1943 - Al Goodman, American singer (Ray, Goodman and Brown) (died 2010)
1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter
1944 - Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople and Bad Company)
1945 - Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress and screenwriter
1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and poker player
1945 - Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (died 1995)
1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1984)
1946 - Bob Russell, English politician
1947 - Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
1947 - Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer (Yggdrasil)
1947 - Don Foster, English academic and politician
1947 - César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia
1947 - Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (died 2011)
1948 - Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
1948 - Natalia Dubova, Russian ice dancer and coach
1948 - David Eisenhower, American author and educator
1948 - Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress and producer
1948 - Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
1949 - Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Bert Massie, English activist
1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
1950 - Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic
1953 - Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (died 2014)
1954 - Laima Vaikule, Latvian actress, singer, director, and choreographer
1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (AC/DC and Marcus Hook Roll Band)
1957 - Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1958 - Tony Cox, American actor and stuntman
1959 - Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bass player (Stiff Little Fingers and Friction Groove)
1960 - Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (died 2010)
1961 - Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player
1961 - Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
1961 - Gary Winick, American director and producer (died 2011)
1962 - John Taylor, American football player
1962 - Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer
1963 - Geir Rognø, Norwegian bassist
1964 - Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
1964 - Paul Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Beyond)
1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
1965 - Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach
1965 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (died 2006)
1965 - William McNamara, American actor and producer
1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter
1966 - Roger Black, English runner and journalist
1966 - Nick Firestone, American race car driver
1967 - Ivar Kolve, Norwegian vibraphonist
1968 - Kimmo Kinnunen, Finnish javelin thrower
1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 - J. R. Reid, American basketball player and coach
1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician
1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 - Alenka Bratulek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia
1970 - Samantha Brown, American television host
1970 - Damon Herriman, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 - Patrick Lachman, American singer and guitarist (Damageplan and Halford)
1971 - Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer
1971 - Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee
1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Paul Grayson, English cricketer
1971 - Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter
1972 - Andrew Bowen, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 - Luca Gentili, Italian footballer and coach
1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
1972 - Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs
1973 - Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer
1974 - Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player (Placebo)
1975 - Emma Atkins, English actress
1975 - Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 - Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach
1975 - Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player
1975 - Ryan Rupe, American baseball player
1976 - Howard Frier, American basketball player
1976 - Guy Mariano, American skateboarder
1976 - Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer
1977 - Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey)
1977 - Rich Clementi, American mixed martial artist
1977 - Garth Tander, Australian race car driver
1978 - Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer
1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
1978 - Jarrod Cooper, American football player
1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
1979 - Omri Afek, Israeli footballer
1979 - Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach
1979 - Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer
1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player
1979 - Charlie Manning, American baseball player
1979 - Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player
1979 - Tanya Tate, English glamour model
1980 - Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
1980 - Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger
1980 - Dean Clark, English footballer
1980 - Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Garfunkel and Oates)
1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
1981 - Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 - Thomas Chatelle, Belgian footballer
1981 - Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer
1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
1982 - Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
1982 - Ryland Blackinton, American guitarist (Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League)
1982 - Bam Childress, American football player
1982 - Audrey Kawasaki, American painter
1982 - Ketlin Priilinn, Estonian author, translator and journalist
1983 - Hashim Amla, South African cricketer
1983 - Thierry Issiémou, Gabonese footballer
1983 - Jeff Mathis, American baseball player
1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
1983 - Nigel Plum, Australian rugby player
1984 - Rakshita, Indian actress and producer
1984 - Jack Antonoff, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fun, Steel Train, and Bleachers)
1984 - Dario Bova, Italian footballer
1984 - David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Osama Hawsawi, Saudi Arabian footballer
1984 - Eddie Johnson, American soccer player
1984 - James Jones, American football player
1984 - Kaie Kand, Estonian heptathlete
1984 - Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer
1984 - Ed Williamson, English rugby player
1985 - Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 - Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player
1985 - Jesper Hansen, Danish footballer
1985 - Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver
1985 - Jay Rock, American rapper (Black Hippy)
1985 - Kory Sheets, American football player
1985 - Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler
1985 - Jessica Szohr, American actress
1986 - Matthew Collins, Welsh footballer
1986 - Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer
1986 - James King, Scottish rugby player
1986 - Paulo Machado, Portuguese footballer
1987 - Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
1987 - Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
1987 - Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
1987 - Justin Braun, American soccer player
1987 - The Child of Lov, Belgian-Dutch singer (died 2013)
1987 - Carl Dickinson, English footballer
1987 - Allison Falk, American soccer player
1987 - Humpy Koneru, Indian chess player
1987 - Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
1987 - Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
1987 - Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player
1987 - Winston Venable, American football player
1987 - Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater
1988 - Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer
1988 - Dorin Dickerson, American football player
1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English footballer
1988 - DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player
1988 - Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer
1989 - Alberto Martín Romo García Adámez, Spanish footballer
1989 - Alfredo Marte, Dominican baseball player
1989 - Josmil Pinto, Venezuelan baseball player
1989 - Nejc Vidmar, Slovenian footballer
1989 - Liu Zige, Chinese swimmer
1990 - Kylie Bisutti, American model and author
1990 - Balázs Megyeri, Hungarian footballer
1990 - George Iloka, American football player
1990 - Sandra Roma, Swedish tennis player
1990 - Bang Yong-guk, South Korean rapper, actor, and dancer (bornA.P)
1991 - Nichaon Jindapon, Thai badminton player
1991 - Milan Milanovic, Serbian footballer
1991 - Lukas Rotpuller, Austrian footballer
1991 - Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1992 - Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
1992 - Henri Laaksonen, Swiss-Finnish tennis player
1992 - Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
1993 - Jonatan Isenia, Dutch baseball player
1993 - Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
1997 - Emil Iliev, Bulgarian footballer
1998 - Valeria Gorlats, Estonian tennis player
1998 - Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
1998 - Anna Seidel, German short track speed skater
1999 - Chae Sang-woo, South Korean actor

Deaths

1340 - Ivan I of Moscow (born 1288)
1547 - Francis I of France (born 1494)
1567 - Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1504)
1621 - Philip III of Spain (born 1578)
1631 - John Donne, English lawyer and poet (born 1572)
1671 - Anne Hyde, English wife of James II of England (born 1637)
1703 - Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (born 1642)
1723 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1661)
1741 - Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (born 1668)
1797 - Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (born1745)
1837 - John Constable, English painter and educator (born 1776)
1850 - John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (born 1782)
1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1816)
1877 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1801)
1880 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (born 1835)
1885 - Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (born 1819)
1913 - J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan and Co. (born 1837)
1915 - Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (born 1882)
1917 - Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
1924 - George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (born 1855)
1929 - Pablo de Escandón, Mexican polo player (born 1856)
1930 - Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1836)
1931 - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
1935 - Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (born 1885)
1935 - Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (born 1861)
1939 - Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (born 1887)
1944 - Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (born 1885)
1945 - Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (born 1884)
1945 - Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1950 - Robert Natus, Estonian architect (born 1890)
1952 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1877)
1956 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (born 1884)
1968 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (born 1885)
1975 - Percy Alliss, English golfer (born 1897)
1976 - Paul Strand, American photographer and director (born 1890)
1978 - Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (born 1899)
1980 - Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (born 1905)
1980 - Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (born 1913)
1981 - Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (born 1889)
1983 - Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (born 1902)
1986 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers) (born 1937)
1986 - Jerry Paris, American actor and director (born 1925)
1988 - William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908)
1993 - Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (born 1965)
1993 - Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (born 1900)
1995 - Selena, American singer-songwriter (Selena y Los Dinos) (born 1971)
1996 - Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (born 1905)
1996 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (born 1958)
1998 - Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (born 1920)
1998 - Tim Flock, American race car driver (born 1924)
1999 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (born 1922)
2000 - Giani Chet Singh, Indian scholar (born 1902)
2001 - David Rocastle, English footballer (born 1967)
2001 - Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
2002 - Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2002 - Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (born 1924)
2003 - Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1907)
2003 - Anne Gwynne, American actress (born 1918)
2003 - Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Sir Henry and his Butlers) (born 1949)
2004 - Scott Helvenston, American soldier (born 1965)
2005 - Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (born 1951)
2005 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1905)
2005 - Frank Perdue, American businessman (born 1920)
2006 - Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (born 1931)
2007 - Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (born 1921)
2008 - Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1911)
2008 - Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (born 1926)
2009 - Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (born 1927)
2009 - Jarl Alfredius, Swedish journalist (born 1943)
2009 - Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (born 1911)
2010 - Syed Qasim Mahmood, Pakistani journalist, lexicographer, and author (born 1928)
2011 - Tony Barrell, English-Australian journalist and broadcaster (born 1940)
2011 - Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (born 1922)
2011 - Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (born 1935)
2011 - Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1921)
2011 - Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (born 1941)
2011 - Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
2011 - Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)
2012 - Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (born 1943)
2012 - Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (born 1914)
2012 - Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (born 1914)
2012 - Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (born 1930)
2012 - Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (born 1928)
2012 - Halbert White, American economist and academic (born 1950)
2013 - Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (born 1920)
2013 - Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (born 1936)
2013 - Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (born 1928)
2013 - Bob Clarke, American illustrator (born 1926)
2013 - Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (born 1917)
2013 - Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (born 1980)
2014 - Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (born 1931)
2014 - Irene Fernandez, Malaysian activist (born 1946)
2014 - Charles Keating, American lawyer, businessman and criminal (born 1923)
2014 - Bob Larbey, English screenwriter (born 1934)
2014 - Enrique Plancarte Solís, Mexican drug lord (born 1970)
2014 - Roger Somville, Belgian painter (born 1923)
2015 - Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (born 1931)
2015 - Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1983)
2015 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (born 1937)
2015 - Riccardo Ingram, American baseball player and coach (born 1966)
2015 - Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (born 1934)
2016 - Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
2016 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927)
2016 - Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950)
2016 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
2016 - Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (born 1932)