Events

585 BC - Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
379 - Yax Nuun Ayiin I is crowned as 15 Ajaw of Tikal
533 - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
1437 - Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
1501 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
1504 - Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
1541 - After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
1584 - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
1609 - Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.
1645 - Battle of Philiphaugh Covenanters win the day over the royalists.
1743 - Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
1759 - Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
1782 - American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
1788 - The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
1791 - King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
1812 - War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1814 - In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
1843 - The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
1848 - Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot 7-inch (1.1 m) iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
1850 - First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
1862 - American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
1882 - Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
1898 - Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
1899 - Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
1900 - Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine/American War.
1906 - First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
1914 - World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
1914 - World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
1922 - The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
1923 - Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
1933 - Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
1935 - Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York Ontario).
1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
1943 - The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe.
1948 - Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1956 - The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
1956 - The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
1968 - Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
1971 - State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt.
1971 - Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
1979 - South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
1985 - Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
1988 - Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
1989 - Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
1993 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
1994 - Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.
2001 - Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
2006 - Kimveer Gill kills one student and injures 19 more in the Dawson College shooting.
2007 - The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
2008 - Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
2008 - Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
2013 - Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.

Births

64 - Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (died 91)
678 - K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab' III, Mayan ruler (died 730)
1087 - John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1143)
1475 - Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (died 1507)
1502 - John Leland, English poet and historian (died 1552)
1521 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1598)
1583 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (died 1643)
1594 - Francesco Manelli, Italian theorbo player and composer (died 1667)
1601 - Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1678)
1604 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (died 1661)
1761 - Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and author (died 1816)
1766 - Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam (died 1854)
1775 - Laura Secord, American-Canadian war heroine (died 1868)
1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author (died 1880)
1813 - John Sedgwick, American general and educator (died 1864)
1819 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (died 1896)
1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (died 1916)
1842 - John H. Bankhead, American soldier and politician (died 1920)
1851 - Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (died 1902)
1857 - Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (died 1945)
1860 - John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer (died 1948)
1865 - William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (died 1951)
1874 - Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (died 1962)
1874 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (died 1951)
1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American author and poet (died 1941)
1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer (died 1957)
1877 - Stanley Lord, English captain (died 1962)
1880 - Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (died 1958)
1883 - LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (died 1956)
1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
1886 - Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (died 1925)
1886 - Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
1891 - Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (died 1960)
1893 - Larry Shields, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (died 1953)
1894 - J. born Priestley, English author and playwright (died 1984)
1894 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet, playwright, and director (died 1953)
1895 - Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (died 1981)
1898 - C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1964)
1899 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (died 1938)
1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (died 1996)
1904 - Gladys George, American actress (died 1954)
1908 - Chu Berry, American saxophonist (died 1941)
1908 - Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (died 1987)
1908 - Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (died 1995)
1908 - Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (died 1998)
1909 - Ray Bowden, English footballer (died 1998)
1909 - Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host (died 2014)
1911 - Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
1912 - Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (died 1995)
1912 - Reta Shaw, American actress (died 1982)
1914 - Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (died 1994)
1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh-English author, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990)
1917 - Carol Kendall, American historian and author (died 2012)
1917 - Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (died 2013)
1918 - Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2015)
1918 - Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (died 1980)
1919 - Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author
1919 - George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016)
1920 - Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author (died 2012)
1921 - Alexander Schmemann, American priest and educator (died 1983)
1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (died 1999)
1922 - Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)
1922 - Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American soprano and actress (died 2008)
1924 - Norman Alden, American actor (died 2012)
1924 - Harold Blair, Australian tenor and educator (died 1976)
1924 - Scott Brady, American actor (died 1985)
1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (died 2009)
1925 - Frank Cashen, American businessman (died 2014)
1926 - Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (died 2012)
1926 - Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1926 - J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (died 2012)
1927 - Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2010)
1928 - Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian-Italian actor and singer (died 2004)
1930 - Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (died 2015)
1931 - Barbara Bain, American actress
1931 - Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
1931 - Rein Maran, Estonian cinematographer
1932 - Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (died 2013)
1933 - Eileen Fulton, American actress
1933 - Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (died 1977)
1933 - Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
1934 - Tony Pickard, English tennis player and coach
1936 - Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
1937 - Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
1938 - Judith Martin, American journalist and author
1938 - John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1994)
1939 - Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (died 1993)
1939 - Richard Kiel, American actor (died 2014)
1939 - Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
1939 - Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
1940 - Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
1941 - Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens
1941 - David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
1941 - Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
1943 - Mildred D. Taylor, American author
1944 - Carol Barnes, English journalist (died 2008)
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
1944 - Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Chicago)
1944 - Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (died 1972)
1946 - Frank Marshall, American director and producer
1948 - Nell Carter, American actress and singer (died 2003)
1948 - Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
1948 - Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
1949 - John W. Henry, American businessman
1950 - Pat Holland, English footballer and manager
1950 - Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer
1951 - Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
1951 - Jean Smart, American actress
1952 - Randy Jones, American singer and actor (Village People)
1952 - Iyanla Vanzant, American author and educator
1952 - Don Was, American bass player and producer (Was (Not Was))
1954 - Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player (The Church and Jack Frost)
1955 - Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1955 - Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer
1956 - Alain Ducasse, French-Moroccan chef
1956 - Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
1956 - Kim Genelle, American model and actress
1957 - Vinny Appice, American drummer (Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven and Hell)
1957 - Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer and sportscaster
1957 - Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer and manager
1957 - Brad Hooker, English-American philosopher and academic
1957 - Eleanor King, English lawyer and judge
1957 - John G. Trueschler, American lawyer and politician
1958 - Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
1959 - Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
1961 - Fiona, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 - Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Metallica, Megadeth, and MD.45)
1961 - KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Zeni Geva and Absolut Null Punkt)
1961 - Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
1963 - Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (died 2013)
1963 - Antony Galione, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford
1963 - Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician
1963 - Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer
1964 - Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
1965 - Annie Duke, American poker player and author
1965 - Jeff Ross, American comedian, director, and author
1965 - Zak Starkey, English drummer (The Icicle Works The Semantics, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, and Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band)
1966 - Louis Mandylor, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 - Michael Johnson, American sprinter and journalist
1967 - Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Beyond Fear, and Charred Walls of the Damned)
1967 - Stephen Perkins, American drummer and songwriter (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, The Panic Channel, and Methods of Mayhem)
1968 - Brad Johnson, American football player
1968 - Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
1969 - Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1970 - Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer (died 2016)
1970 - Louise Lombard, English actress
1970 - Jason Scott Sadofsky, American historian and programmer, founded textfiles.com
1971 - Ben Alexander, Australian rugby player (died 1992)
1971 - Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
1971 - Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
1973 - Christine Arron, French runner
1973 - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
1973 - Olve Eikemo, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Immortal, I, and Old Funeral)
1973 - Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
1974 - Travis Knight, American basketball player
1974 - Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
1975 - Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rascal Flatts)
1976 - Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1976 - Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist
1977 - Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
1978 - Swizz Beatz, American rapper and producer
1978 - Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman, co-founded Flattr and The Pirate Bay
1979 - Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
1979 - Tony Henry, English footballer
1980 - Andreas Biermann, German footballer (died 2014)
1980 - Han Chae-young, South Korean actress
1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
1980 - Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
1980 - Ben Savage, American actor and director
1981 - Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
1982 - Lloyd Dyer, English footballer
1982 - J. G. Quintel, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor
1982 - Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
1982 - Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
1983 - James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Busted, Son of Dork, and McBusted)
1983 - Molly Crabapple, American illustrator and journalist
1983 - Ryan Del Monte, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
1984 - Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1984 - Baron Corbin, American wrestler
1985 - David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
1985 - Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Australian rugby player
1986 - Steve Colpaert, Belgian footballer
1986 - Derek Hardman, American football player
1986 - Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
1986 - Sean Williams, American basketball player
1987 - Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-Dutch footballer
1987 - Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
1987 - Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
1988 - John Park, American singer
1988 - Keith Treacy, Irish footballer
1989 - Jon Mannah, Australian rugby player (died 2013)
1989 - Thomas Müller, German footballer
1989 - William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
1990 - Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress
1990 - Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
1991 - Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
1993 - Niall Horan, Irish singer-songwriter (One Direction)

Deaths

81 - Titus, Roman emperor (born 39)
1506 - Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver (born 1431)
1557 - John Cheke, English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1514)
1592 - Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (born 1533)
1598 - Philip II of Spain (born 1526)
1624 - Ketevan the Martyr, Kakheti wife of David I of Kakheti (born 1565)
1632 - Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (born 1586)
1759 - James Wolfe, English general (born 1727)
1766 - Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (born 1704)
1800 - Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (born 1735)
1806 - Charles James Fox, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1749)
1808 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (born 1718)
1813 - Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor
1847 - Nicolas Oudinot, French general (born 1767)
1872 - Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (born 1804)
1881 - Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1824)
1885 - Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (born 1821)
1894 - Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (born 1841)
1910 - Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (born 1865)
1912 - Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (born 1843)
1912 - Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (born 1849)
1913 - Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (born 1882)
1915 - Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (born 1835)
1928 - Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (born 1861)
1929 - Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (born 1904)
1931 - Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (born 1882)
1937 - David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (born 1869)
1941 - Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (born 1859)
1944 - W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (born 1872)
1946 - Amon Goeth, Austrian captain (born 1908)
1946 - Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1875)
1946 - William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (born 1871)
1949 - August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
1953 - Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (born 1868)
1967 - Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (born 1903)
1967 - Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (born 1896)
1967 - Leonard Lord, English businessman (born 1896)
1971 - Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1907)
1973 - Betty Field, American actress (born 1913)
1973 - Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (born 1905)
1975 - Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (born 1897)
1976 - Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1905)
1976 - Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (born 1895)
1977 - Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (born 1882)
1982 - Reed Crandall, American illustrator (born 1917)
1985 - Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, composer, and author (born 1895)
1987 - Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (born 1900)
1991 - Robert Irving, English soldier and conductor (born 1913)
1991 - Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1936)
1991 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (born 1901)
1993 - Carl Voss, American ice hockey player and referee (born 1907)
1996 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground and Outlawz) (born 1971)
1997 - Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (born 1962)
1998 - Necdet Calp, Turkish civil servant and politician (born 1922)
1998 - Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926)
1998 - Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (born 1918)
1998 - George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (born 1919)
1999 - Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (born 1913)
2000 - Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (born 1908)
2001 - Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (born 1926)
2002 - George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (born 1907)
2003 - Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (born 1930)
2004 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (born 1925)
2005 - Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (born 1945)
2006 - Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (born 1933)
2007 - Clare Oliver, Australian activist (born 1981)
2007 - Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand archbishop (born 1928)
2009 - Paul Burke, American actor (born 1926)
2011 - Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (born 1930)
2011 - DJ Mehdi, French DJ and producer (Mafia K-1 Fry) (born 1977)
2012 - William Duckworth, American composer and author (born 1943)
2012 - Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (born 1928)
2012 - Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (born 1933)
2012 - Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (born 1926)
2013 - Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (born 1948)
2013 - Robert J. Behnke, American biologist and academic (born 1929)
2013 - Rick Casares, American football player (born 1931)
2013 - Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (born 1950)
2013 - Salustiano Sanchez, Spanish-American super-centenarian (born 1901)
2013 - Patti Webster, American minister, publicist, and author (born 1964)
2014 - Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (born 1936)
2014 - Helen Filarski, American baseball player (born 1924)
2014 - Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (born 1931)
2015 - Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (born 1961)
2015 - Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (born 1924)
2015 - Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (born 1931)
2015 - Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1955)
2015 - Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon) (born 1949)