Events

753 BC - Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
43 BC - Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
900 - The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
1092 - The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II
1506 - The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
1526 - The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
1615 - The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
1782 - The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
1792 - Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
1802 - Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.
1806 - Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
1809 - Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
1821 - Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
1836 - Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1856 - Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
1863 - Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
1894 - Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
1898 - Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
1914 - Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
1918 - World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
1925 - The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.
1934 - The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
1941 - Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
1945 - World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
1948 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 is adopted.
1952 - Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1960 - Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
1962 - The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
1963 - The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
1964 - A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
1965 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1966 - Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
1967 - Greek military junta of 1967-74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
1970 - The Hutt River Province secedes from Australia as the Principality of Hutt River.
1982 - Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
1985 - The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
1987 - The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
1992 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
1993 - The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
2004 - Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2010 - The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
2012 - Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
2012 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 2043 is adopted.

Births

1555 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1619)
1630 - Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (died 1700)
1642 - Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (died 1729)
1651 - Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (died 1711)
1652 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (died 1719)
1671 - John Law, Scottish economist (died 1729)
1673 - Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1742)
1713 - Louis de Noailles, French general (died 1793)
1730 - Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (died 1788)
1752 - Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (died 1807)
1752 - Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (died 1818)
1767 - Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (died 1790)
1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1862)
1775 - Alexander Anderson, American illustrator and engraver (died 1870)
1790 - Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (died 1876)
1810 - John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (died 1864)
1811 - Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (died 1903)
1814 - Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855)
1837 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922)
1838 - John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (died 1914)
1851 - Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
1854 - William Stang, German-American bishop (died 1907)
1862 - John Thayer, American cricketer (died 1912)
1864 - Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (died 1920)
1868 - Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (died 1932)
1870 - Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941)
1871 - Jaro Fürth, Czech-Austrian actor (died 1945)
1874 - Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer (died 1952)
1879 - Kartini, Indonesian activist (died 1904)
1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
1885 - Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (died 1967)
1887 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (died 1978)
1889 - Marcel Boussac, French businessman (died 1980)
1889 - Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1985)
1890 - Marc Wright, American pole vaulter (died 1975)
1892 - Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (died 1956)
1893 - Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (died 1973)
1898 - Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (died 1934)
1899 - Randall Thompson, American composer and academic (died 1984)
1903 - Issy Bonn, English actor, comedian, and singer (died 1977)
1903 - Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
1904 - Jean Hélion, French painter (died 1987)
1904 - Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (died 1945)
1905 - Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (died 1996)
1906 - Eugen Sacharias, German-Estonian architect (died 2002)
1907 - Wade Mainer, American singer and banjo player (died 2011)
1911 - Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000)
1911 - Leonard Warren, American opera singer (died 1960)
1912 - Eve Arnold, American photojournalist (died 2012)
1912 - Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (died 1982)
1913 - Norman Parkinson, English photographer (died 1990)
1914 - Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (died 2003)
1914 - Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (died 2013)
1915 - Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (died 2003)
1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (died 2001)
1916 - Estella born Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
1916 - Eldon Rathburn, Canadian composer (died 2008)
1918 - Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
1919 - Don Cornell, American singer and trumpet player (died 2004)
1919 - Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (died 1981)
1919 - Licio Gelli, Italian financer (died 2015)
1920 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (died 1991)
1920 - Ronald Magill, English actor (died 2007)
1922 - Nazim Al-Haqqani, Cypriot sufi leader (died 2014)
1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (died 1987)
1922 - Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer (died 2011)
1923 - John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (died 2009)
1924 - Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (The Louvin Brothers) (died 1965)
1925 - Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
1925 - John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
1926 - Elizabeth II, Queen of The United Kingdom
1926 - Keith Davey, Canadian businessman and politician (died 2011)
1926 - Robin Ibbs, English lawyer and banker (died 2014)
1926 - Arthur Rowley, English footballer, cricketer, and manager (died 2002)
1927 - Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (died 1991)
1927 - Robert Savoie, Canadian actor and singer (died 2007)
1928 - Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)
1929 - Barbara Keogh, English actress (died 2005)
1930 - Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 2004)
1930 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989)
1930 - Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (died 1998)
1930 - Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (died 2012)
1932 - Slide Hampton, American trombonist and composer
1932 - Elaine May, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1932 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
1933 - Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1933 - Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator
1933 - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)
1935 - Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran, Irish bobsledder and politician
1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host
1935 - Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
1936 - Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009)
1936 - Avo Paistik, Estonian pastor, author, illustrator, and painter (died 2013)
1937 - David Lucas, American rock and roll composer, singer, and music producer
1937 - Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic in engineering and former international soccer player
1939 - John McCabe, English pianist and composer (died 2015)
1939 - Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author
1939 - Reni Santoni, American actor
1940 - Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 - Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 - David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
1942 - Laine Kallas, Estonian runner and agronomist
1942 - Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2004)
1942 - Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1943 - Alan Fersht, English chemist and academic
1944 - Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 - Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball player and coach
1945 - Ian Bruce, English author and academic
1945 - Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, English soldier
1945 - Ronnie Tober, Dutch-American singer
1945 - Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire
1946 - Claire Denis, French film director and writer
1947 - Robert Black, Scottish serial killer (died 2016)
1947 - Barbara Park, American author (died 2013)
1947 - Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Stooges and The Trolls)
1947 - John Weider, English bass player (Family, The Animals, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and Stud)
1948 - Gary Condit, American businessman and politician
1948 - Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2008)
1948 - Dieter Fromm, German runner
1948 - Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, English admiral and politician, Minister for Security
1949 - Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
1950 - Bruce Duperouzel, Australian footballer and cricketer
1950 - Kielo Tommila, Finnish actress
1950 - Shivaji Satam, Indian actor
1951 - Tony Danza, American actor and producer
1951 - Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic
1951 - Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
1951 - Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 - Gerald Early, American author and academic
1952 - Cheryl Gillan, Welsh businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1953 - Forrest, American-Dutch singer (died 2013)
1953 - Mike Clasper, English businessman
1953 - Guy Mongrain, Canadian journalist and game show host
1954 - Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 - James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 - Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright
1955 - Doug Soetaert, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 - Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist
1957 - Brutus Beefcake, American wrestler
1957 - Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
1957 - Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
1957 - Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress and producer
1958 - Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (died 2009)
1958 - Michael Zarnock, American author
1959 - Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter
1959 - Olga Kuragina, Russian pentathlete
1959 - Jerry Only, American Musician (Misfits)
1959 - Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and coach
1959 - Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Glove)
1960 - Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1960 - Julius Korir, Kenyan runner
1961 - Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress and singer
1961 - Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower
1961 - Carey Hayes, American screenwriter and producer
1961 - Chad Hayes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1961 - Neale Marmon, English-German footballer, coach, and manager
1961 - David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (died 2011)
1962 - Les Lancaster, American baseball player and coach
1962 - Craig Robinson, American basketball player and coach
1962 - Aavo Sarap, Estonian footballer and coach
1963 - Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (died 2004)
1963 - Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
1963 - John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 - Alex Baumann, Czech-Canadian swimmer
1964 - Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish hurdler
1965 - Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Karen Foster, American model and actress
1965 - Gary Grant, American basketball player
1965 - Thomas Helmer, German footballer
1965 - Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian
1965 - Oliver McCall, American boxer
1965 - Teri Sue Wood, American illustrator
1967 - Emilio Valle, Cuban hurdler
1968 - Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer and coach
1969 - John Kibowen, Kenyan runner
1969 - Robin Meade, American model, singer, and journalist
1969 - Toby Stephens, English actor
1970 - Jeff Anderson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 - Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Frames and The Swell Season)
1970 - Rob Riggle, American Marine Corps officer and actor
1970 - Nicole Sullivan, American actress and screenwriter
1971 - Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (died 2011)
1971 - Alexander Kravchenko, Russian poker player
1971 - Martin Kuuskmann, Estonian bassoon player
1971 - Indrek Pertelson, Estonian martial artist
1971 - Axl Rotten, American wrestler (died 2016)
1971 - Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (died 2008)
1972 - Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (died 2001)
1972 - Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
1973 - Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler and coach
1974 - Maksim Gruznov, Estonian footballer
1974 - Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
1974 - David Peachey, Australian rugby league player
1975 - Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer
1976 - Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
1976 - Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
1977 - Doseone, American rapper and producer (Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God)
1977 - Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
1977 - Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
1978 - Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
1978 - Yuliya Pechonkina, Russian hurdler
1978 - Branden Steineckert, American drummer (The Used and Rancid)
1979 - Cindy Kurleto, Austrian-Filipino model and actress
1979 - Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer and coach
1979 - James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1980 - Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
1980 - Hiro Shimono, Japanese voice actor
1980 - Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Tony Romo, American football player
1981 - Mads Junker, Danish footballer
1982 - Khalif Barnes, American football player
1982 - Brianne Davis, American model, actress, and producer
1982 - Terrence J, American television host and actor
1982 - Micheal Luck, Australian rugby league player
1982 - Carnell Williams, American football player
1983 - Marco Donadel, Italian footballer
1983 - Tarvaris Jackson, American football player
1984 - Shayna Fox, American voice actress
1984 - Michael Tinsley, American hurdler
1985 - Andy Jones, American high diver
1986 - Audra Cohen, American tennis player
1986 - Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player
1986 - Tina Obrez, Slovenian tennis player
1986 - Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
1986 - Mirko Valdifiori, Italian footballer
1987 - Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 - Eric Devendorf, American basketball player
1987 - Leroy George, Dutch footballer
1987 - Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian singer
1987 - Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
1987 - Ryan Adams American baseball player
1988 - Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
1988 - Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
1988 - Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
1988 - Mia Permanto, Finnish singer and radio host (died 2008)
1988 - Adam Rooney, Irish footballer
1988 - Christoph Sanders, American actor
1989 - Jayson Bukuya, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1989 - Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
1989 - Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
1992 - George Burgess, English rugby league player
1992 - Tom Burgess, English rugby league player
1992 - Isco, Spanish footballer
1992 - Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
1994 - Mitchell Weiser, German footballer

Deaths

234 - Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (born 181)
866 - Bardas, Byzantine general
941 - Bajkam, Turkish commander
1073 - Pope Alexander II
1109 - Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (born 1033)
1136 - Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (born c. 1058/62)
1142 - Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079)
1509 - Henry VII of England (born 1457)
1557 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1495)
1574 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1519)
1699 - Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639)
1701 - Asano Naganori, Japanese daimyo (born 1667)
1719 - Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1640)
1720 - Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (born 1646)
1722 - Robert Beverley, Jr., English-American historian and author (born 1673)
1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy (born 1663)
1740 - Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (born 1685)
1758 - Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (born 1679)
1792 - Tiradentes, Brazilian activist (born 1746)
1815 - Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (born 1746)
1825 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (born 1765)
1852 - Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (born 1787)
1863 - Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (born 1782)
1868 - Henry James O'Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1833)
1900 - Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (born 1819)
1910 - Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)
1918 - Antonio Pini-Corsi, Italian actor and singer (born 1858)
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (born 1892)
1922 - Alessandro Moreschi, Italian singer (born 1858)
1924 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born 1858)
1930 - Robert Bridges, English poet and author (born 1844)
1932 - Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
1938 - Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (born 1877)
1941 - Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (born 1875)
1945 - Walter Model, German field marshal (born 1891)
1946 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (born 1883)
1948 - Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (born 1887)
1952 - Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (born 1890)
1956 - Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)
1963 - Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (born 1893)
1964 - Bharathidasan, Indian poet and educator (born 1891)
1965 - Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1971 - François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (born 1907)
1971 - Edmund Lowe, American actor (born 1890)
1973 - Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
1973 - Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (born 1910)
1974 - Chic Harley, American football player (born 1894)
1977 - Gummo Marx, American vaudeville performer and agent (born 1893)
1978 - Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay) (born 1947)
1978 - Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
1980 - Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (born 1894)
1980 - Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (born 1928)
1983 - Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (born 1902)
1984 - Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (born 1895)
1984 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (born 1943)
1985 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
1985 - Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (born 1902)
1985 - Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)
1986 - Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (born 1901)
1986 - Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1930)
1989 - Princess Deokhye of Korea (born 1912)
1989 - James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author (born 1924)
1990 - Erté, Russian-French illustrator (born 1892)
1991 - Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (born 1909)
1996 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and racing driver (born 1909)
1996 - Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (born 1944)
1996 - Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (born 1925)
1996 - Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (born 1919)
1998 - Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1924)
1999 - Buddy Rogers, American actor (born 1904)
1999 - Tim Forster, English racehorse trainer (born 1934)
2000 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (born 1929)
2003 - Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (born 1933)
2004 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (born 1918)
2005 - Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (born 1941)
2006 - Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (born 1912)
2006 - T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (born 1922)
2006 - Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)
2007 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (born 1941)
2010 - Mr. Hito, Japanese wrestler and trainer (born 1942)
2010 - Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) (born 1947)
2010 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman (born 1920)
2010 - Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930)
2011 - Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1920)
2012 - Doris Betts, American author and academic (born 1932)
2012 - Charles Colson, American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (born 1931)
2012 - Albert Falco, French captain and diver (born 1927)
2012 - Charles Higham, English-American author and poet (born 1931)
2012 - Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
2013 - Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader (born 1926)
2013 - Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Divinyls) (born 1959)
2013 - Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (born 1929)
2013 - Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (born 1905)
2013 - Gordon D. Gayle, American general and historian (born 1917)
2014 - Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (born 1931)
2014 - Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (born 1926)
2014 - George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (born 1936)
2014 - Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (born 1930)
2015 - M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (born 1912)
2015 - Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (born 1959)
2015 - John Moshoeu, South African footballer and manager (born 1965)
2015 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Indian politician, Governor of Assam (born 1927)
2015 - Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Canadian general (born 1920)
2015 - Betsy von Furstenberg, German-American actress (born 1931)
2016 - Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
2016 - Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958)