Events

49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
394 - The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
410 - The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
455 - The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
1185 - Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
1200 - King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
1349 - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
1391 - Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1482 - The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
1516 - The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
1561 - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
1608 - The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
1662 - The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1682 - William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1690 - Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday).
1781 - American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
1812 - Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
1815 - The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
1820 - Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
1821 - The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1857 - The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
1870 - The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
1875 - Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
1898 - Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1914 - World War I: German troops capture Namur.
1914 - World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
1929 - Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1931 - France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
1931 - Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1932 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1933 - The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane.
1936 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
1941 - Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
1944 - World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
1949 - The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
1950 - Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
1954 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
1963 - Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lai Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Dình Diem if he did not remove his brother Ngô Dình Nhu.
1967 - Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1989 - Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
1989 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew makes landfall just south of Miami as a Category 5 hurricane.
1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
1995 - Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
1998 - First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
2001 - Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
2004 - Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
2010 - In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Births

1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (died 1151)
1198 - Alexander II of Scotland (died 1249)
1358 - John I of Castile (died 1390)
1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (died 1458)
1498 - John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (died 1537)
1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter and educator (died 1614)
1556 - Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (died 1643)
1561 - Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (died 1626)
1578 - John Taylor, English poet and author (died 1653)
1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (died 1674)
1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1699)
1707 - Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (died 1791)
1714 - Alaungpaya, Burmese king (died 1760)
1732 - Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist (died 1785)
1750 - Letizia Ramolino, French wife of Carlo Buonaparte (died 1836)
1758 - Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (died 1794)
1759 - William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (died 1833)
1772 - William I of the Netherlands (died 1840)
1787 - James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (died 1834)
1824 - Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (died 1891)
1837 - Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (died 1924)
1845 - James Calhoun, American lieutenant (died 1876)
1851 - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist (died 1924)
1860 - David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician (died 1916)
1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (died 1918)
1865 - Ferdinand I of Romania (died 1927)
1872 - Max Beerbohm, English-Italian author and illustrator (died 1956)
1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (died 1965)
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright (died 1933)
1887 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (died 1974)
1888 - Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (died 1942)
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (died 1968)
1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (died 1979)
1893 - Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1978)
1895 - Richard Cushing, American cardinal (died 1970)
1897 - Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (died 1954)
1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic (died 1989)
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian-Swiss author, poet, and critic (died 1986)
1899 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
1899 - Gaylord DuBois, American author and poet (died 1993)
1901 - Preston Foster, American actor and singer (died 1970)
1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian and academic (died 1985)
1902 - Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (died 1976)
1903 - Karl Hanke, Polish-German businessman and politician (died 1945)
1904 - Mary Burchell, English activist and author (died 1986)
1904 - Alice White, American actress and singer (died 1983)
1905 - Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1905 - Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (died 1988)
1907 - Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (died 2012)
1908 - Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (died 1931)
1909 - Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (died 1998)
1911 - Viktor Barna, Hungarian-English table tennis player (died 1972)
1911 - Lofty England, English engineer and manager (died 1995)
1911 - Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer (died 2000)
1911 - Michel Pablo, Egyptian-Greek Trotskyist leader (died 1996)
1913 - Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (died 2009)
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (died 1987)
1916 - Léo Ferré, Monegasque-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993)
1916 - Hal Smith, American actor and singer (died 1994)
1917 - Dennis James, American game show host and actor (died 1997)
1918 - Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004)
1919 - Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (died 2004)
1919 - Drs. P, Swiss-Dutch singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)
1920 - Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (died 2013)
1921 - Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver (died 2008)
1921 - Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (died 2009)
1922 - René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (died 1987)
1922 - Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (died 2010)
1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (died 2012)
1924 - Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (died 1990)
1924 - Jimmy Gardner, English actor (died 2010)
1926 - Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (died 2009)
1927 - Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (died 2014)
1927 - David Ireland, Australian author and playwright
1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 - Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (died 2004)
1929 - Betty Dodson, American author and educator
1930 - Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (died 1993)
1932 - Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader
1932 - Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (died 2009)
1932 - Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal
1932 - W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor
1933 - Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English banker and manager (died 2014)
1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor
1936 - A. S. Byatt, English author and poet
1936 - Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (died 2010)
1936 - Arthur born C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (died 2001)
1937 - Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (died 1998)
1937 - Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
1938 - David Freiberg, American singer and bass player (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship)
1938 - Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
1940 - Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (died 2014)
1940 - Madsen Pirie, English author and educator
1941 - Alan M. Roberts, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
1942 - Max Cleland, American captain and politician, 23rd Secretary of State of Georgia
1942 - Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Dinosaurs, and Man) (died 1989)
1943 - Dafydd Iwan, Welsh singer and politician
1943 - Pini Zahavi, Israeli journalist and agent
1944 - Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)
1944 - Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)
1944 - Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer
1945 - Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1945 - Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band)
1945 - Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Uriah Heep, The Gods, and Toe Fat)
1945 - Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (died 1992)
1945 - Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, producer, and actor, co-founded WWE
1947 - Anne Archer, American actress and producer
1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
1947 - Raven De La Croix, American actress and producer
1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
1947 - Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
1947 - Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
1948 - Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
1948 - Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
1948 - Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland
1948 - Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
1949 - Stephen Paulus, American composer and educator (died 2014)
1949 - Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director
1949 - Charles Rocket, American actor (died 2005)
1950 - John Banaszak, American football player and coach
1950 - Tim D. White, American paleoanthropologist and academic
1951 - Orson Scott Card, American author and critic
1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (died 2013)
1952 - Marion Bloem, Dutch author, director, and painter
1952 - Bob Corker, American businessman and politician
1952 - John Cowan, American singer and bass player (New Grass Revival, The Sky Kings, and The Doobie Brothers)
1952 - Carlo Curley, American organist and educator (died 2012)
1952 - Ian Grob, English race car driver
1952 - Holly Hallstrom, American model and actress
1952 - Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-English poet and singer (Poet and the Roots)
1952 - Mike Shanahan, American football player and coach
1953 - Ron Holloway, American saxophonist
1953 - Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer and sportscaster
1954 - Philippe Cataldo, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1954 - Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1955 - Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas
1956 - John Culberson, American lawyer and politician
1956 - Kevin Dunn, American actor
1956 - Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright
1957 - Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar)
1957 - Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
1957 - Marcel Vanthilt, Belgian singer and television host
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
1958 - Chris Offutt, American author and academic
1959 - Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer and farmer
1959 - Meg Munn, English social worker and politician
1960 - Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
1960 - Takashi Miike, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player and coach
1961 - Jared Harris, English actor
1962 - Major Garrett, American journalist and author
1962 - Craig Kilborn, American actor and talk show host
1962 - David Koechner, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962 - Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician
1963 - Francis Pangilinan, Filipino lawyer and politician
1963 - John Bush, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Armored Saint)
1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese director and producer
1964 - Éric Bernard, French race car driver
1964 - Oteil Burbridge, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vida Blue, BK3, and Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit)
1964 - Dana Gould, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress and producer
1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 - Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer
1966 - Nick Denton, English-American journalist and businessman, founded Gawker Media
1967 - Michael Thomas, English footballer
1968 - Benoît Brunet, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster
1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Sepultura and Hail!)
1968 - Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster
1968 - James Toney, American boxer and mixed martial artist
1969 - Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist
1970 - David Gregory, American journalist
1970 - Dan Henderson, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
1971 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian skier and radio host
1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 - Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1973 - Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor and singer
1974 - Órla Fallon, Irish singer-songwriter (Celtic Woman and Anúna)
1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress and producer
1975 - Roberto Colombo, Italian footballer
1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1976 - Simon Dennis, English rower and academic
1976 - Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1976 - Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1977 - Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Robert Enke, German footballer (died 2009)
1977 - Per Gade, Danish footballer
1977 - John Green, American author and blogger
1977 - Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
1978 - Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Beth Riesgraf, American actress
1979 - Vahur Afanasjev, Estonian author and poet
1979 - Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
1979 - Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer and actress
1979 - Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
1979 - Michael Redd, American basketball player
1980 - Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
1981 - Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit and Dong Cheng Wei)
1982 - José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
1982 - Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
1982 - Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian footballer
1983 - Brett Gardner, American baseball player
1983 - Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
1983 - George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1984 - Yesung, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior and SM the Ballad)
1984 - Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
1986 - Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (died 2009)
1986 - Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
1986 - Arian Foster, American football player
1986 - Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
1987 - Anne Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
1987 - Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor
1988 - Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
1989 - Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer (Teen Angels)
1990 - Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer (Teen Angels)
1992 - Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Varazdat Haroyan, Armenian footballer
1994 - Aqib Khan, English actor
1994 - King Krule, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1994 - Rafid Topan Sucipto, Indonesian motorcycle racer
1997 - Alan Walker, British-Norwegian music producer

Deaths

842 - Saga, Japanese emperor (born 786)
1042 - Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (born 1015)
1103 - Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (born 1073)
1217 - Eustace the Monk, French pirate (born 1170)
1540 - Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (born 1503)
1542 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (born 1483)
1572 - Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (born 1519)
1572 - Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (born 1535)
1595 - Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1546)
1647 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (born 1614)
1680 - Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (born 1618)
1680 - Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1616)
1683 - John Owen, English theologian and academic (born 1616)
1759 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (born 1715)
1773 - George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)
1779 - Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (born 1714)
1798 - Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (born 1709)
1818 - James Carr, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (born 1796)
1838 - Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (born 1790)
1841 - Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (born 1788)
1841 - John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (born 1778)
1888 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (born 1822)
1895 - Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (born 1855)
1923 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (born 1856)
1930 - Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (born 1860)
1932 - Kate M. Gordon, American activist (born 1861)
1939 - Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (born 1874)
1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (born 1860)
1943 - Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (born 1886)
1943 - Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (born 1909)
1945 - Midori Naka, Japanese actress (born 1909)
1946 - James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (born 1862)
1954 - Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (born 1882)
1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1898)
1956 - Mitchell Lewis, American actor (born 1880)
1958 - Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (born 1876)
1961 - Günter Litfin, German person that was shot at the Berlin Wall (born 1937)
1967 - Lam Bun, Hong Kong journalist and radio host (born 1930)
1967 - Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882)
1974 - Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (born 1894)
1977 - Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1916)
1978 - Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (born 1910)
1979 - Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (born 1912)
1979 - Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (born 1898)
1980 - Yootha Joyce, English actress (born 1927)
1982 - Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (born 1896)
1983 - Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (born 1913)
1983 - Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (born 1883)
1985 - Paul Creston, American composer and educator (born 1906)
1987 - Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (born 1936)
1990 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (born 1941)
1990 - Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (born 1931)
1991 - Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (born 1904)
1992 - André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (born 1918)
1997 - Werner Abrolat, German actor (born 1924)
1997 - Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (born 1907)
1998 - E. G. Marshall, American actor (born 1910)
1999 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (born 1916)
1999 - Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (born 1929)
2000 - Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1964)
2001 - Jane Greer, American actress and singer (born 1924)
2001 - Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (born 1917)
2002 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian priest and mystic (born 1909)
2003 - Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (born 1910)
2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1926)
2005 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (born 1984)
2005 - Hal Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (born 1934)
2006 - Earl Jolly Brown, American actor (born 1939)
2006 - Leonard Levy, Canadian-American author and academic (born 1923)
2006 - Cristian Nemescu, Romanian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1979)
2006 - Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (born 1926)
2006 - Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (born 1916)
2007 - Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (born 1937)
2007 - Aaron Russo, American director and producer (born 1943)
2010 - Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1963)
2011 - Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (born 1962)
2011 - Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1951)
2012 - Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (born 1965)
2012 - Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1936)
2012 - Steve Franken, American actor (born 1932)
2012 - Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1937)
2013 - Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (born 1938)
2013 - Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)
2013 - Julie Harris, American actress and singer (born 1925)
2013 - Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1928)
2013 - Mike Winters, English comedian and actor (born 1926)
2014 - Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1923)
2014 - Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (born 1928)
2014 - Aldo Donati, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1947)
2014 - Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian giant (born 1970)
2015 - Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (born 1934)
2015 - Chico Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1939)
2015 - Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (born 1932)
2015 - Justin Wilson, English race car driver (born 1978)