Events

23 - Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later.
610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
1227 - Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
1302 - A peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice ends the Byzantine/Venetian War (1296-1302).
1363 - End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
1511 - Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
1535 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
1597 - The first Guale uprising begins against the Spanish missions in Georgia.
1636 - The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
1693 - Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
1725 - Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
1777 - Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
1779 - The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
1795 - Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
1824 - Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1830 - Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium after separation from the Netherlands.
1853 - Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
1876 - Texas A and M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
1883 - First run of the Orient Express.
1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
1895 - The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
1917 - World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
1918 - An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which were still being found as of 2007.
1927 - Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1936 - In the East End of London, marches staged by British fascists and various anti-fascist organizations result in violent clashes between them in what becomes known as the Battle of Cable Street.
1940 - Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
1941 - Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
1943 - World War II: U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Japanese.
1957 - Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1957 - Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
1957 - Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS.
1958 - Fifth Republic of France is established.
1960 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board.
1963 - Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
1965 - Pope Paul VI arrives in New York, the first Pope to visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere.
1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
1967 - Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
1976 - Official launch of the InterCity 125 high speed train.
1983 - Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
1985 - The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
1988 - U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
1991 - The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1992 - The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
1992 - El Al Flight 1862: An El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
1993 - Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
1997 - The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.
2001 - Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: A Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: Twenty-one Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
2006 - The website Wikileaks is launched by Julian Assange.
2010 - The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.

Births

1160 - Alys of France, Countess of the Vexin (died 1220)
1274 - Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)
1276 - Margaret of Brabant (died 1311)
1289 - Louis X of France (died 1316)
1331 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382)
1379 - Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
1515 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
1542 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621)
1550 - Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)
1562 - Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (died 1647)
1570 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637)
1585 - Anna of Tyrol (died 1618)
1625 - Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (died 1661)
1626 - Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1712)
1657 - Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747)
1720 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778)
1723 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (died 1798)
1759 - Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (died 1803)
1768 - Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816)
1787 - François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874)
1793 - Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (died 1862)
1807 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (died 1864)
1814 - Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (died 1875)
1822 - Rutherford born Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)
1835 - Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (died 1921)
1836 - Juliette Adam, French author (died 1936)
1841 - Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (died 1912)
1841 - Maria Sophie of Bavaria (died 1925)
1858 - Léon Serpollet, French businessman (died 1903)
1861 - Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (died 1918)
1861 - Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909)
1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (died 1930)
1868 - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942)
1874 - John Ellis, English executioner (died 1932)
1876 - Hugh McCrae, Australian actor and author (died 1958)
1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (died 1946)
1880 - Damon Runyon, American author and playwright (died 1946)
1881 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (died 1948)
1884 - Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (died 1941)
1884 - Subramaniya Siva, Indian author and activist (died 1925)
1886 - Luis Alberni, Spanish-American actor and singer (died 1962)
1888 - Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (died 1961)
1888 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1954)
1890 - Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (died 1962)
1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934)
1892 - Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934)
1892 - Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (died 1957)
1895 - Buster Keaton, American actor, director, and producer (died 1966)
1895 - Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (died 1944)
1900 - August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)
1903 - Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993)
1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff/Berry computer (died 1995)
1903 - Pierre Garbay, French general (died 1980)
1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general (died 1946)
1907 - Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)
1910 - Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
1913 - Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011)
1914 - Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2003)
1914 - Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (died 1997)
1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1916 - Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006)
1916 - George Sidney, American director and producer (died 2002)
1917 - Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
1918 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1922 - Malcolm Baldrige, Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1987)
1922 - Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
1922 - Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
1923 - Charlton Heston, American actor and director (died 2008)
1924 - Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (died 2012)
1925 - Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (died 2012)
1926 - Raymond Watson, American businessman (died 2012)
1927 - Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic
1928 - Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author
1928 - Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player
1929 - Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968)
1929 - John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
1929 - Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931 - Terence Conran, English designer and businessman
1931 - Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011)
1931 - Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (died 2007)
1932 - Milan Chvostek, Canadian director and producer
1933 - German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (died 2016)
1933 - Ann Thwaite, English author
1934 - Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1934 - Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist and poet
1935 - A. W. F. Edwards, mathematical biologist
1936 - Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager
1936 - Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician
1937 - Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (died 2015)
1937 - David Crocker, American philosopher and academic
1937 - Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014)
1937 - Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician
1938 - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Norman D. Wilson, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004)
1939 - Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer
1940 - Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 - Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager
1940 - Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
1940 - Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist
1941 - Roy Blount, Jr., American journalist and author
1941 - Karen Cushman, American author
1941 - Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
1941 - Anne Rice, American author
1941 - Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
1942 - Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
1942 - Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)
1942 - Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
1942 - Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
1943 - H. Rap Brown, American activist
1943 - Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012)
1943 - Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
1943 - Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager
1944 - Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic
1944 - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
1944 - Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican-American bass player (Steps Ahead)
1944 - Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
1944 - John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician
1945 - Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
1946 - Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1946 - Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 - Michael Mullen, American admiral
1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
1946 - Bridget St John, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 - Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 - Jim Fielder, American bass player (Blood, Sweat and Tears and The Mothers of Invention)
1947 - Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1948 - Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
1948 - Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Roomful of Blues)
1949 - Armand Assante, American actor and producer
1949 - Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 - Meg Bennett, American actress and screenwriter
1951 - Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
1951 - Miia Rannikmäe, Estonian chemist
1952 - Jody Stephens, American drummer (Big Star and Golden Smog)
1953 - Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Triumph)
1953 - Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
1955 - John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
1955 - Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956 - Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
1956 - Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
1957 - Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
1957 - Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (Dance with a Stranger) (died 2013)
1957 - Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
1958 - Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
1959 - Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys)
1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player
1959 - Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
1960 - Joe Boever, American baseball player
1960 - Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (died 2016)
1961 - Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
1962 - Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
1962 - Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
1963 - A. C. Green, American basketball player
1963 - Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
1964 - Peter Florence, English actor, founded the Hay Festival
1964 - Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner
1965 - Olaf Backasch, German footballer
1965 - Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 - Micky Ward, American boxer
1967 - Liev Schreiber, American actor and director
1968 - Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager
1968 - Tim Wise, American activist and author
1969 - Abraham Benrubi, American actor
1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
1971 - Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Powderfinger and Drag)
1972 - Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
1973 - Abyss, American wrestler
1974 - Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager
1975 - Mohamed Jameel, Maldivian footballer
1976 - Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
1976 - Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
1976 - Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber
1976 - Craig Robert Young, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 - Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)
1978 - Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
1978 - Kei Horie, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 - Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
1979 - Stefan Booth, English actor and singer
1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and producer
1979 - Björn Phau, German tennis player
1979 - Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
1979 - Caitriona Balfe, Irish actress and model
1980 - Me'Lisa Barber, American sprinter
1980 - Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
1980 - Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian skeleton racer
1980 - James Jones, American basketball player
1980 - Tomái Rosický, Czech footballer
1981 - Shaura, Japanese singer (Moi dix Mois)
1981 - Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Tony Gwynn, Jr., American baseball player
1982 - Jered Weaver, American baseball player
1983 - Dan Clarke, English race car driver
1983 - Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
1983 - Chansi Stuckey, American football player
1983 - Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
1983 - Tatsuya Ueda, Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)
1984 - Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi)
1984 - Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
1985 - Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
1985 - Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
1987 - Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
1987 - Will Puddy, English footballer
1987 - Marina Weisband, German politician
1988 - Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
1988 - Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
1988 - Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
1988 - Derrick Rose, American basketball player
1989 - Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
1990 - Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer

Deaths

1052 - Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020)
1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (born 1226)
1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born 1249)
1582 - Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (born 1515)
1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (born 1550)
1646 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (born 1586)
1660 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born 1578)
1661 - Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (born 1625)
1669 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1606)
1680 - Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (born 1609)
1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (born 1678)
1749 - Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (born 1711)
1754 - Tanacharison, American tribal chief (born 1700)
1821 - John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (born 1761)
1827 - Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (born 1785)
1851 - Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1767)
1852 - James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (born 1795)
1859 - Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (born 1801)
1864 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (born 1802)
1867 - Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (born 1819)
1871 - Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (born 1801)
1890 - Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829)
1903 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (born 1880)
1904 - Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (born 1834)
1904 - Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (born 1847)
1910 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850)
1935 - Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (born 1849)
1935 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (born 1874)
1944 - Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (born 1873)
1946 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (born 1878)
1947 - Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
1951 - Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (born 1920)
1951 - Willie Moretti, Italian-American gangster (born 1894)
1955 - Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
1958 - Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (born 1884)
1961 - Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (born 1880)
1963 - Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (born 1904)
1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (born 1943)
1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet and author (born 1928)
1975 - Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1903)
1977 - José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917)
1981 - Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
1982 - The Amazing Criswell, American psychic and actor (born 1907)
1982 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932)
1982 - Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1898)
1989 - Secretariat, American race horse (born 1970)
1989 - Graham Chapman, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
1990 - Alyn Ainsworth, English singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1924)
1990 - Avis Bunnage, English actress (born 1923)
1991 - J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (born 1941)
1992 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (born 1936)
1994 - Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945)
1997 - Otto Ernst Remer, German general (born 1912)
1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (born 1941)
1998 - S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (born 1930)
1999 - Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (Immortal and Borknagar) (born 1969)
1999 - Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (born 1928)
1999 - Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (born 1928)
2000 - Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (born 1914)
2000 - Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
2001 - Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (born 1976)
2001 - John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913)
2001 - Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (born 1917)
2002 - André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1926)
2003 - Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
2004 - Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1927)
2004 - Rio Diaz, Filipino model, actress, and politician (born 1959)
2005 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1924)
2006 - Tom Bell, English actor (born 1933)
2007 - Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (born 1925)
2009 - Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (born 1928)
2009 - Günther Rall, German general and pilot (born 1918)
2009 - Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist (born 1935)
2010 - Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (born 1915)
2011 - Doris Belack, American actress (born 1926)
2012 - David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (born 1921)
2012 - Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1941)
2012 - Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944)
2012 - Erhard Wunderlich, German handball player (born 1956)
2013 - John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (born 1921)
2013 - Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917)
2013 - Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (born 1933)
2013 - Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (born 1958)
2013 - Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1911)
2013 - Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)
2014 - Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941)
2014 - Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2014 - Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1959)
2014 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951)
2014 - Jewel Joseph Newman, American sergeant and politician (born 1921)
2015 - William A. Culpepper, American general, lawyer, and judge (born 1916)
2015 - Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934)
2015 - Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938)
2015 - Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948)