Events

1411 - King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
1615 - Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
1647 - Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe dies. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.
1745 - Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1760 - Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
1783 - The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
1784 - Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
1792 - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1794 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
1802 - Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1812 - Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1825 - General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
1855 - Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
1859 - Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
1862 - American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
1876 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1878 - Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1896 - Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
1912 - Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies four days later.
1916 - World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
1917 - The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert born Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
1919 - Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1920 - Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
1928 - The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1932 - Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
1939 - The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
1940 - World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Choichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
1943 - A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
1944 - World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1944 - World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
1961 - In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
1965 - Duane Earl Pope robs the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later puts Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
1970 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 - During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1975 - The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
1979 - Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
1982 - Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped in Lebanon after they were stopped at a check point in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces. None of them have been seen since.
1986 - Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
1988 - Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
1989 - Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead.
1989 - Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
1989 - Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
1996 - The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 - Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
2010 - Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
2015 - An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing over 200 people.

Births

1394 - Philippa of England (died 1430)
1489 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (died 1544)
1604 - Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)
1665 - Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)
1694 - François Quesnay, French economist and physician (died 1774)
1704 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (died 1776)
1738 - George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)
1754 - Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)
1754 - Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)
1787 - Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (died 1856)
1801 - James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (died 1871)
1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1897)
1854 - Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (died 1916)
1860 - Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (died 1924)
1866 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)
1867 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)
1877 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
1879 - Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (died 1964)
1880 - Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)
1885 - Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (died 1952)
1887 - Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier (died 1949)
1894 - La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1941)
1899 - Robert Agnew, silent-film era American actor (died 1983)
1903 - Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (died 1988)
1904 - Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)
1907 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)
1907 - Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (died 1976)
1907 - Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (died 1990)
1908 - Geli Raubal, Austrian daughter of Angela Hitler (died 1931)
1910 - Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)
1912 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (died 1993)
1915 - Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
1915 - Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)
1915 - Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)
1916 - Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1916 - Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (died 2014)
1917 - Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (died 2004)
1920 - Russell E. Train, American civil servant (died 2012)
1921 - Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)
1921 - Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
1923 - Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (died 2007)
1924 - Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (died 1999)
1924 - Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (died 2006)
1925 - Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (died 2013)
1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (died 1958)
1926 - Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic
1926 - Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)
1927 - Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1927 - Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
1928 - Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
1929 - Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece
1930 - George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray
1930 - Morgana King, American singer and actress
1930 - Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
1931 - Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
1932 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
1932 - Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
1932 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
1934 - Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1934 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (died 1971)
1934 - Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author
1935 - Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
1935 - Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
1936 - Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)
1936 - Bruce Dern, American actor
1936 - Oleg Fyodoseyev, Russian triple jumper (died 2001)
1937 - Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (died 2006)
1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author
1937 - Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (died 1999)
1937 - Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
1938 - John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)
1938 - Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
1939 - Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer; member, British House of Lords until 1999 (died 2014)
1939 - Denis de Belleval, Canadian civil servant and politician
1939 - Henri Pachard, American director and producer (died 2008)
1939 - George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
1940 - Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
1941 - Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
1942 - Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
1942 - Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
1943 - Sandra Haynie, American golfer
1943 - Tom Jaine, English author
1943 - Joyce Meyer, American author and educator
1943 - John Burgess, Australian radio and television personality
1944 - Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter (Average White Band)
1944 - Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas and the Papas)
1945 - Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (Circle and Creative Construction Company)
1945 - Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (died 2015)
1945 - Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter and Gordon) (died 2009)
1946 - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
1947 - John Bailey, American actor and screenwriter (died 1994)
1947 - Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
1948 - Bob Champion, English jockey
1948 - Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
1948 - Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
1949 - Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
1949 - Mark born Cohen, American lawyer and politician
1950 - Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)
1950 - Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
1950 - George Noory, American radio host
1951 - Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
1951 - Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
1951 - David Yip, English actor and playwright
1952 - Bronislaw Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
1952 - Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet
1952 - Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
1953 - Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
1953 - Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million, Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (died 1979)
1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
1953 - Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson) (died 2002)
1954 - Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
1954 - Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
1955 - Val McDermid, Scottish author
1955 - Mary Testa, American singer and actress
1956 - Keith David, American actor
1956 - John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
1956 - Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
1956 - Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (died 2010)
1956 - Joyce Sidman, American author and poet
1957 - Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
1958 - Eddie Velez, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 - Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
1959 - Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
1960 - Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player (Winger)
1960 - Bradley Walsh, English footballer and actor
1961 - El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer (DeBarge)
1961 - Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
1962 - John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
1963 - Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
1963 - Jim Lachey, American football player and sportscaster
1963 - Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
1964 - Sean Pertwee, English actor
1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
1965 - Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher (Anglican Order of Preachers)
1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
1966 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic
1966 - Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1967 - Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
1968 - Roger Lim, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 - Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper
1968 - Al born Sure!, American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 - Scott Wolf, American actor
1969 - Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian
1970 - Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
1970 - Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
1970 - Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria)
1970 - Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model
1971 - Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1971 - Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
1971 - Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
1971 - Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian journalist and poet
1971 - Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
1972 - Nikka Costa, American singer-songwriter
1972 - Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player and coach
1972 - Joe Hill, American author
1972 - Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 - Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer
1974 - Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (died 2012)
1974 - Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
1974 - Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician
1974 - Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
1974 - Stefan Lessard, American bass player (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius)
1974 - Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author
1975 - Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
1975 - Henry Burris, American football player
1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress, director, producer, and activist
1975 - Dinanath Ramnarine, Trinidadian cricketer
1975 - Alex Wharf, English cricketer
1976 - Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 - Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician
1977 - Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
1977 - Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
1977 - Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
1977 - Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
1977 - Ingrid Visser, Dutch volleyball player (died 2013)
1978 - Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
1979 - Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
1979 - Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player
1980 - François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
1981 - T. J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1981 - Maxi Nil, Greek singer-songwriter (Elysion, On Thorns I Lay, and Visions of Atlantis)
1981 - Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
1981 - Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
1982 - Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
1982 - Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
1983 - Romaric, Ivorian footballer
1983 - Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
1983 - Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper
1984 - Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
1984 - Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love)
1985 - Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)
1985 - Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
1985 - Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
1985 - Lukas Podolski, German footballer
1985 - Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
1985 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (died 2006)
1986 - Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
1987 - Luisa Zissman, English businesswoman
1988 - Kimberley Busteed, Australian model
1989 - Federico Erba, Italian footballer
1990 - Tippi Degré, Namibian-French director
1990 - Zac Farro, American singer and drummer (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise)
1990 - Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
1991 - Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
1991 - Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player
1991 - Kathryn Prescott, English actress
1995 - Shiori Tamai, Japanese singer (Momoiro Clover Z)
1996 - Charlotte Drury, American gymnast
1997 - Kana Nakanishi, Japanese singer (Angerme)

Deaths

1039 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)
1134 - Magnus I of Sweden (born 1106)
1135 - Emperor Huizong of Song (born 1082)
1206 - Adela of Champagne (born 1140)
1246 - Isabella of Angoulême (born 1188)
1394 - Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (born 1369)
1453 - Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
1463 - Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (born 1392)
1585 - Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)
1622 - Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (born 1568)
1663 - William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (born 1582)
1798 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)
1801 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1750)
1830 - Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)
1872 - Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)
1875 - Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (born 1804)
1876 - Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)
1922 - W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (born 1864)
1926 - Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (born 1853)
1928 - Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)
1929 - Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (born 1881)
1931 - Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853/4)
1937 - Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (born 1858)
1939 - Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (born 1900)
1941 - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born 1859)
1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (born 1904)
1951 - Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (born 1874)
1956 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (born 1881)
1962 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)
1967 - Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1890)
1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress and director (born 1898)
1970 - Sonny Tufts, American actor and singer (born 1911)
1971 - György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (born 1885)
1973 - Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (born 1878)
1973 - Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1917)
1981 - Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (born 1897)
1989 - Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)
1990 - Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church) (born 1949)
1992 - Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)
1994 - Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (born 1943)
1994 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (born 1953)
1997 - Vladimir Hütt, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (born 1936)
1997 - Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (born 1946)
1998 - Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)
2001 - John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1937)
2001 - Dipendra of Nepal (born 1971)
2002 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru (born 1912)
2004 - Marvin Heemeyer, American welder (born 1952)
2004 - Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (born 1934)
2004 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (born 1921)
2007 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (born 1937)
2007 - Bill France, Jr., American businessman (born 1933)
2007 - Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (born 1940)
2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2007 - Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (born 1933)
2010 - John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (born 1910)
2011 - Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1940)
2011 - Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (born 1953)
2012 - Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (born 1963)
2012 - Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)
2012 - Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)
2012 - Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (born 1926)
2012 - Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)
2012 - Herb Reed, American violinist (The Platters) (born 1929)
2013 - Walt Arfons, American race car driver (born 1916)
2013 - Joey Covington, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (born 1945)
2013 - Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (born 1946)
2013 - Will Wynn, American football player (born 1949)
2014 - George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)
2014 - Doc Neeson, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (The Angels) (born 1947)
2014 - Chester Nez, American soldier (born 1921)
2014 - Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
2014 - Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)
2014 - Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)
2015 - Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)
2015 - Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)
2015 - Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)
2015 - Anne Warburton, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)
2015 - Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer and calligrapher (born 1918)