Events

217 BC - The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
109 - Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome.
474 - Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
637 - The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique.
1230 - The Siege of Jaén started in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
1314 - First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce, though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh/Northampton.
1340 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1497 - John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1509 - Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1531 - The city of San Juan del Río, Mexico, is founded.
1535 - The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1571 - Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten (on Java).
1604 - Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1622 - Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
1717 - The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London.
1762 - Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
1779 - American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1793 - The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
1813 - Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
1821 - The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
1859 - Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
1866 - Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1880 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
1894 - Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
1902 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
1913 - Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1916 - Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
1916 - World War I: The Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
1918 - First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1932 - A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1938 - Pieces of a meteorite, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania.
1939 - Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
1940 - World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
1947 - Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
1948 - Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
1949 - The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
1954 - First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
1957 - In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
1963 - The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1967 - The worst caving disaster in British history takes six lives at Mossdale Caverns.
1973 - The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
1981 - The Humber Bridge is opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years.
1982 - "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
1989 - Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1995 - "Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
2002 - The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
2004 - In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2010 - John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
2010 - Julia Gillard assumed office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
2012 - Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
2013 - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
2016 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron announced that he was resigning following the outcome of the EU Membership Referendum.

Births

1244 - Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1308)
1257 - Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, England noblemen (died 1331)
1314 - Philippa of Hainault (died 1369)
1343 - Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (died 1373)
1386 - John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (died 1456)
1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (died 1558)
1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (died 1605)
1532 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire (died 1588)
1532 - William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (died 1573)
1535 - Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (died 1573)
1542 - John of the Cross, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1591)
1546 - Robert Persons, English-Italian priest and author (died 1610)
1587 - William Arnold, English-American settler (died 1675)
1661 - Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyo (died 1730)
1663 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (died 1742)
1687 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (died 1757)
1694 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (died 1748)
1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (died 1771)
1753 - William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (died 1825)
1755 - Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (died 1794)
1767 - Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (died 1846)
1771 - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (died 1834)
1774 - Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (died 1819)
1774 - François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (died 1838)
1777 - John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (died 1856)
1782 - Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (died 1847)
1783 - Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (died 1850)
1784 - Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (died 1853)
1788 - Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (died 1864)
1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (died 1878)
1797 - John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (died 1864)
1804 - Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (died 1849)
1804 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (died 1854)
1811 - John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (died 1889)
1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (died 1887)
1813 - Francis Boott, American composer (died 1904)
1821 - Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and politician (died 1890)
1825 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1844)
1826 - George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (died 1898)
1835 - Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (died 1902)
1838 - Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)
1839 - Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (died 1903)
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914)
1846 - Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)
1850 - Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (died 1916)
1852 - Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (died 1915)
1856 - Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (died 1930)
1858 - Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (died 1924)
1860 - Mercedes of Orléans (died 1878)
1865 - Robert Henri, American painter and educator (died 1929)
1867 - Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (died 1944)
1869 - Prince George of Greece and Denmark (died 1957)
1880 - Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
1881 - George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (died 1949)
1882 - Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1953)
1882 - Carl Diem, German businessman (died 1962)
1883 - Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
1883 - Arthur L. Newton, American runner (died 1956)
1883 - Frank Verner, American runner (died 1966)
1884 - Frank Waller, American runner (died 1941)
1885 - Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (died 1975)
1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (died 1964)
1893 - Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1971)
1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (died 1983)
1897 - Daniel K. Ludwig, American businessman (died 1992)
1897 - Omkarnath Thakur, Indian singer, musicologist, and academic (died 1967)
1898 - Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1958)
1900 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (died 1945)
1901 - Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (died 2001)
1901 - Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (died 1974)
1901 - Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (died 1969)
1904 - Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1995)
1905 - Fred Alderman, American sprinter (died 1998)
1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (died 1986)
1906 - Willard Maas, American poet and educator (died 1971)
1907 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1989)
1908 - Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)
1908 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (died 1976)
1909 - Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978)
1909 - William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (died 1991)
1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (died 1995)
1911 - Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic (died 2011)
1912 - Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (died 1994)
1912 - Mary Wesley, English author (died 2002)
1913 - Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (died 2002)
1914 - Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (died 2000)
1914 - Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)
1915 - Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (died 2001)
1916 - William born Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (died 2010)
1917 - David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (died 2014)
1917 - Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
1918 - Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (died 2013)
1918 - Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (died 2012)
1919 - Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015)
1920 - John Coplans, British artist (died 2003)
1922 - Jack Carter, American actor, singer, and director (died 2015)
1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (died 1988)
1922 - John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (died 2014)
1923 - Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (died 2011)
1924 - Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2008)
1924 - Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (died 2012)
1927 - Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (died 1997)
1927 - James born Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (died 2014)
1927 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1929 - Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer
1930 - Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1930 - Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist
1930 - William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (died 2006)
1931 - Billy Casper, American golfer and architect (died 2015)
1932 - David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (died 2001)
1933 - Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach
1934 - Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (died 2013)
1934 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter
1935 - Terry Riley, American composer and educator
1937 - Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
1938 - Lawrence Block, American author
1938 - Abulfaz Elchibey, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani president
1938 - Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (died 1992)
1940 - Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
1941 - Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 - Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
1941 - Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
1942 - Arthur Brown, English singer (Kingdom Come and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
1942 - Michele Lee, American actress, singer, and dancer
1942 - Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
1942 - Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator
1943 - Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (died 2004)
1944 - Jeff Beck, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, and Beck, Bogert and Appice)
1944 - Nancy Cartwright, American philosopher and academic
1944 - Kathryn Lasky, American author
1944 - John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Axis Point, and Streetwalkers)
1944 - Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker's Air Force) (died 1983)
1945 - Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter (The Zombies and Keats)
1945 - Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945 - George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
1945 - Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
1946 - David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
1946 - Ellison Onizuka, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)
1946 - Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
1947 - Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (died 2014)
1947 - Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers)
1947 - Peter Weller, American actor and director
1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter (Yes, The Moody Blues, and Refugee)
1949 - John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Dire Straits)
1949 - Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
1950 - Nancy Allen, American actress
1950 - Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (died 2006)
1950 - Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (died 2015)
1950 - Mercedes Lackey, American author
1951 - Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
1951 - Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 - Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
1952 - Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
1953 - William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1953 - Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
1955 - Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
1955 - Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
1955 - Loren Roberts, American golfer
1956 - Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1956 - Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1957 - Astro, English rapper (UB40)
1957 - Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
1958 - Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1958 - Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
1958 - John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
1958 - Mary Youngblood, Native American musician
1959 - Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Id, Dalek I Love You, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
1960 - Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
1960 - Walter E. Ellis, American serial killer (died 2013)
1960 - Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Brand New Heavies)
1960 - Juli Inkster, American golfer
1960 - Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
1960 - Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1961 - Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (Social Distortion) (died 2000)
1961 - Iain Glen, Scottish actor
1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 - Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
1961 - Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate)
1963 - Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist (Kino, U-Piter)
1963 - Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
1963 - Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (died 2007)
1964 - Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (died 2012)
1964 - Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
1964 - Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
1965 - Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver
1965 - Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach
1966 - Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter (Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions)
1966 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1967 - Jeff Cease, American guitarist (The Black Crowes)
1967 - Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein, Emigrate, and First Arsch)
1967 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer
1967 - John Limniatis, Greek-Canadian footballer and manager
1967 - Sherry Stringfield, American actress
1968 - Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano and actress
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter
1970 - David May, English footballer
1970 - Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (died 2012)
1972 - Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
1972 - Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
1973 - Alexis Gauthier, French chef
1973 - Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1974 - Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
1974 - Vinnie Fiorello, American drummer and songwriter (Less Than Jake)
1974 - Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
1975 - Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
1975 - Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1976 - Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
1977 - Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
1977 - Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
1978 - Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
1978 - Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
1978 - Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter (Atheif)
1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
1978 - Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter (Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Altaria, and Barilari)
1979 - Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
1980 - Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1980 - Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
1980 - Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
1980 - Minka Kelly, American actress
1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer
1982 - Mark Penney, Canadian director and producer
1982 - Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
1983 - Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
1983 - Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer (Puma, Bushman's Revenge)
1983 - David Shillington, Australian rugby league player
1984 - Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
1984 - J.J. Redick, American basketball player
1985 - Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Tom Kennedy, English footballer
1985 - Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player
1985 - Vernon Philander, South African cricketer
1985 - Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
1986 - Stuart Broad, English cricketer
1986 - Phil Hughes, American baseball player
1986 - Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 - Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
1987 - Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
1987 - Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
1987 - Josh Lillis, English footballer
1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
1988 - Micah Richards, English footballer
1989 - Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
1990 - Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 - Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
1991 - Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
1992 - David Alaba, Austrian footballer

Deaths

803 - Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop
1314 - Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (born 1291)
1314 - Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (born 1274)
1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China (born 1328)
1439 - Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (born 1382)
1503 - Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1440)
1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1480)
1520 - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (born 1489)
1564 - Rani Durgavati, Indian queen (born 1524)
1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1550)
1637 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (born 1580)
1643 - John Hampden, English politician (born 1595)
1766 - Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1678)
1778 - Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1714)
1803 - Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (born 1714)
1817 - Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1734)
1835 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (born 1769)
1908 - Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837)
1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American author and poet (born 1849)
1922 - Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1867)
1931 - Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (born 1840)
1931 - Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (born 1880)
1932 - Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (born 1879)
1935 - Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1890)
1943 - Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (born 1870)
1946 - Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (born 1857)
1947 - Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (born 1864)
1964 - Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (born 1892)
1968 - Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
1969 - Frank King, American cartoonist (born 1883)
1969 - Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (born 1906)
1976 - Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (born 1908)
1978 - Robert Charroux, French author and critic (born 1909)
1984 - Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (born 1905)
1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and producer (born 1916)
1988 - Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (born 1962)
1991 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (born 1917)
1991 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1899)
1994 - Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1915)
1997 - Brian Keith, American actor (born 1921)
2000 - Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (born 1973)
2000 - Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (born 1908)
2002 - Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1913)
2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (born 1957)
2005 - Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (born 1922)
2007 - Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (born 1967)
2007 - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1938)
2008 - Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1919)
2008 - Ira Tucker, American singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (born 1925)
2009 - Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (born 1927)
2010 - Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (born 1929)
2012 - Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (born 1962)
2012 - Gad Beck, German author and educator (born 1923)
2012 - Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1926)
2012 - Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (born 1988)
2012 - Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (born 1952)
2013 - Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (born 1946)
2013 - Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
2013 - Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (born 1930)
2013 - Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (born 1932)
2013 - William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (born 1924)
2013 - Puff Johnson, American singer-songwriter (born 1972)
2013 - James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (born 1933)
2013 - Alan Myers, American drummer (Devo and Swahili Blonde) (born 1955)
2014 - John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1928)
2014 - Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (born 1919)
2014 - Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1916)
2014 - Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915)
2015 - Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)
2015 - Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)
2015 - Walter Browne, Australian-American chess and poker player (born 1949)
2015 - Marva Collins, American author and educator (born 1936)
2015 - Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)