Events

350 - The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
713 - The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.
1140 - The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1326 - The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
1539 - Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
1658 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665 - James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
1781 - Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
1828 - The Gran Colombia/Peru War begins.
1839 - In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
1862 - A 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in Sheffield, England, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
1866 - The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
1885 - In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in The San Francisco Examiner.
1889 - The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
1935 - One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1940 - Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
1941 - World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants.
1942 - World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
1943 - In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
1948 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 51 is adopted.
1950 - The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
1959 - The internal self-governance of Singapore is proclaimed.
1962 - At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
1963 - The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Hue, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
1965 - The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
1968 - Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
1969 - Melbourne/Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
1979 - A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
1980 - The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross.
1982 - The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
1984 - Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Kyashi, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
1992 - Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
2012 - A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
2012 - The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
2013 - The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
2013 - At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.

Births

1537 - João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (died 1554)
1540 - Charles II, Archduke of Austria (died 1590)
1635 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (died 1688)
1636 - John Hale, American minister (died 1700)
1659 - David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (died 1708)
1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (died 1788)
1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797)
1736 - Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (died 1811)
1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1820)
1808 - Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (died 1889)
1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (died 1889)
1819 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1892)
1832 - Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
1840 - Michael O'Laughlen, American soldier, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (died 1867)
1843 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (died 1912)
1844 - Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (died 1899)
1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (died 1909)
1852 - Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (died 1896)
1853 - Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (died 1942)
1855 - Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (died 1925)
1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (died 1905)
1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (died 1950)
1865 - George V of the United Kingdom (died 1936)
1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (died 1952)
1873 - Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (died 1953)
1879 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 1945)
1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (died 1940)
1879 - Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (died 1954)
1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
1888 - Tom Brown, American trombonist (died 1958)
1890 - Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1954)
1897 - Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
1899 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)
1900 - Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (died 1932)
1900 - Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (died 1997)
1901 - Maurice Evans, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)
1901 - Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (died 2001)
1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (died 1956)
1904 - Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (died 1950)
1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (died 1984)
1905 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (died 1946)
1906 - R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (died 1983)
1906 - Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
1906 - Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (died 1968)
1907 - Paul Rotha, English director and producer (died 1984)
1910 - Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)
1911 - Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (died 1999)
1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (died 2000)
1914 - Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (died 2009)
1917 - Leo Gorcey, American actor (died 1969)
1918 - Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (died 1996)
1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (died 1999)
1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach
1922 - Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist
1924 - Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (died 1991)
1924 - Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (died 2014)
1924 - Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (died 1997)
1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010)
1925 - Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (died 2001)
1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died 1997)
1926 - Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2015)
1927 - Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (Million Dollar Band) (died 2007)
1928 - Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
1928 - John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer
1929 - Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer, created The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game
1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (died 1999)
1930 - George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India
1930 - Dakota Staton, American singer (died 2007)
1930 - Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (died 2011)
1931 - Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress
1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
1931 - John Norman, American philosopher and author
1931 - Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach
1933 - Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (died 1999)
1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American minister and theologian
1935 - Raoul Franklin, English physicist and academic
1936 - Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter
1936 - Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1937 - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
1939 - Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (died 2013)
1939 - Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
1939 - Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
1939 - Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (died 2012)
1939 - Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American model and author (died 2007)
1940 - Connie Saylor, American race car driver (died 1993)
1942 - Anita Harris, English singer and actress
1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (died 1999)
1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
1944 - Thomas Burns, British bishop
1944 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
1944 - Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
1944 - Mary Thom, American journalist and author
1945 - Brian Barnes, English golfer
1945 - Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
1945 - Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
1945 - Roger Lane-Nott, English admiral
1945 - Bill Paterson, Scottish-English actor
1946 - Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (died 1993)
1946 - Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
1946 - Penelope Wilton, English actress
1947 - Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver and accountant (died 1986)
1947 - John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
1947 - Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) (died 2003)
1948 - Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
1949 - Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
1950 - Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
1950 - Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (died 2013)
1950 - Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
1950 - Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
1950 - Robert Z'Dar, American actor and producer (died 2015)
1951 - Jill Biden, American educator, 37th Second Lady of the United States
1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (died 2009)
1952 - David Richards, English businessman
1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
1954 - Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
1956 - George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
1956 - Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
1956 - Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Rembrandts)
1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
1958 - Simon Fraser, English diplomat
1958 - Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian
1958 - Suzie Plakson, American actress
1958 - Cameron Sharp, Scottish sprinter
1959 - John Carlson, American radio host
1959 - Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
1960 - Don Brown, American novelist, author and attorney.
1960 - Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host
1960 - Kim Hyun-jun, South Korean basketball player
1960 - Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer
1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
1961 - Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
1961 - Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus)
1962 - David Cole, American DJ, producer, and songwriter (C+C Music Factory)
1962 - Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
1962 - Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
1963 - Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
1964 - Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)
1964 - James Purefoy, English actor
1965 - Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
1965 - Jonathan Djanogly, English lawyer and politician
1965 - Mike Gordon, American singer, bass player, and director (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod)
1965 - Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
1965 - Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1967 - Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
1967 - Kurk Lee, American basketball player
1967 - Christopher Walker, Gibraltarian triathlete and cyclist
1968 - Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi)
1969 - Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
1969 - Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player
1970 - Jamie Durie, Australian television host, author, and landscaper
1970 - Greg Hancock, American motorcycle racer
1970 - Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
1970 - Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up)
1971 - Carl Everett, American baseball player
1971 - John Hodgman, American author and actor
1971 - Gert Kullamäe, Estonian basketball player and coach
1971 - Ryo Narushima, Japanese actress
1971 - Julian Sturdy, English politician
1972 - Steve Crane, English footballer
1972 - Matt Pike, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sleep, High on Fire, and Asbestosdeath)
1973 - Jason Jones, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stereophonics)
1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1975 - Jeff Soto, American painter and illustrator
1976 - Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
1976 - Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and producer
1976 - Gregg McClymont, Scottish historian and politician
1976 - Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
1977 - Cris, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Travis Hafner, American baseball player
1977 - Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
1978 - Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
1979 - Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
1979 - Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
1980 - Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer
1980 - Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari king
1980 - Lazaros Papadopoulos, Russian-Greek basketball player
1980 - Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
1981 - Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
1981 - Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer
1981 - Timur Tekkal, German rugby player
1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
1982 - Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
1982 - Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer (Hi-5)
1983 - Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
1985 - Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
1986 - Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
1986 - Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
1986 - Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
1986 - Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
1986 - Tomái Verner, Czech ice skater
1987 - Lalaine, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft)
1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress and singer
1989 - Katie Hoff, American swimmer
1989 - Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
1990 - Fabian Götze, German footballer
1991 - Ava Seumanufagai, New Zealand rugby league player
1992 - Mario Götze, German footballer
1995 - Triin Tobi, Estonian skier
1995 - Dani Cameranesi, American ice hockey player

Deaths

628 - Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
800 - Staurakios, Byzantine general
1395 - Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (born 1350)
1397 - William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (born 1328)
1411 - Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (born 1371)
1548 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (born 1468)
1594 - John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (born 1521)
1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (born 1567)
1640 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1584)
1657 - William Harvey, English physician and academic (born 1578)
1649 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (born 1590)
1659 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (born 1619)
1780 - Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1711)
1826 - Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (born 1766)
1858 - Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (born 1834)
1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois (born 1813)
1875 - Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (born 1838)
1877 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (born 1800)
1882 - Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (born 1839)
1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (born 1812)
1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (born 1825)
1900 - Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (born 1862)
1902 - Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1829)
1906 - John Maxwell, American golfer (born 1871)
1921 - Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (born 1879)
1924 - Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883)
1928 - Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1864)
1933 - William Muldoon, American wrestler (born 1852)
1938 - John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (born 1873)
1946 - Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1875)
1955 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (born 1923)
1963 - Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (born 1893)
1963 - Pope John XXIII (born 1881)
1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
1969 - George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (born 1883)
1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (born 1877)
1971 - Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1894)
1973 - Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (born 1895)
1973 - Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer (born 1919)
1975 - Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and bandleader (born 1906)
1977 - Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)
1981 - Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (born 1904)
1986 - Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (born 1904)
1987 - Will Sampson, American actor and painter (born 1933)
1989 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1902)
1989 - John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (born 1944)
1990 - Tom Brown, American actor and singer (born 1913)
1990 - Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (born 1927)
1991 - Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (born 1924)
1991 - Katia Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (born 1942)
1991 - Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (born 1946)
1991 - Lê Vin Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (born 1918)
1992 - Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)
1994 - Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (born 1925)
1997 - Dennis James, American actor and game show host (born 1917)
1998 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (born 1922)
2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1915)
2002 - Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (born 1913)
2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (born 1907)
2004 - Frances Shand Kydd, English aristocrat; mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1936)
2004 - Quorthon, Swedish musician, founder and songwriter of the band Bathory (born 1966)
2005 - Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1945)
2006 - Johnny Grande, American singer (Bill Haley and His Comets) (born 1932)
2009 - Sam Butera, American saxophonist (born 1927)
2009 - David Carradine, American actor (born 1936)
2010 - John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (born 1932)
2010 - Rue McClanahan, American actress (born 1934)
2011 - James Arness, American actor and producer (born 1923)
2011 - Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (born 1951)
2011 - Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (born 1930)
2011 - Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (born 1928)
2011 - Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (born 1925)
2012 - Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (born 1942)
2012 - Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (born 1918)
2012 - Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (born 1933)
2012 - Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (born 1922)
2012 - Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)
2013 - Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (born 1924)
2013 - Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (born 1962)
2013 - Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
2013 - Arnold Eidus, American violinist and producer (born 1922)
2013 - Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (born 1938)
2013 - Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (born 1924)
2014 - Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942)
2014 - Karl Harris, English motorcycle racer (born 1979)
2014 - Elodie Lauten, French-American composer and educator (born 1950)
2014 - Virginia Luque, Argentinian actress and singer (born 1927)
2014 - Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1949)
2014 - James Alan Shelton, American guitarist (born 1960)
2015 - Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)
2015 - Bevo Francis, American basketball player (born 1932)
2015 - Margaret Juntwait, American radio host (born 1957)
2015 - Eugene Kennedy, American psychologist and academic (born 1928)
2016 - Muhammad Ali, American professional boxer (born 1942)
2016 - Luis Salom, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer (born 1991)