Events

8 - Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
435 - Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 - Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
1031 - Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
1342 - The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
1492 - Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1527 - The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1601 - Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
1645 - Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
1678 - Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
1778 - The theatre La Scala is inaugurated.
1795 - Treaty of Greenville is signed.
1811 - First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1852 - Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1859 - The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1860 - The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
1900 - The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1907 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1913 - A major labor dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
1914 - World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
1921 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1929 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic "World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
1936 - Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1936 - A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1940 - World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1946 - Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1948 - Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1949 - The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger, that would create the National Basketball Association
1958 - The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
1959 - Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
1960 - Niger gains independence from France.
1972 - The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975 - A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
1977 - Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
1981 - Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front - Suxxali Reew Mi.
1997 - Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
2004 - The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
2005 - President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
2007 - Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
2010 - Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
2014 - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.

Births

1491 - Maria of Jülich-Berg (died 1543)
1509 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (died 1546)
1692 - John Henley, English minister and poet (died 1759)
1734 - Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (died 1763)
1766 - Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (died 1844)
1770 - Frederick William III of Prussia (died 1840)
1803 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (died 1865)
1808 - Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (died 1893)
1811 - Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (died 1861)
1817 - Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (died 1895)
1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (died 1914)
1840 - John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (died 1929)
1850 - Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (died 1926)
1856 - Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (died 1919)
1860 - William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (died 1935)
1863 - Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (died 1922)
1867 - Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1947)
1871 - Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (died 1929)
1872 - Haakon VII of Norway (died 1957)
1886 - Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1964)
1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (died 1915)
1890 - Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (died 1974)
1891 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (died 1941)
1894 - Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1951)
1895 - Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (died 1942)
1895 - Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (died 2010)
1896 - Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (died 1997)
1899 - Louis Chiron, Monacan race car driver (died 1979)
1900 - Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
1900 - John T. Scopes, American educator (died 1970)
1901 - John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (died 1995)
1902 - Regina Jonas, German rabbi (died 1944)
1902 - David Buttolph, American film composer (died 1983)
1903 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (died 2000)
1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (died 1988)
1905 - Dolores del Río, Mexican-American actress and singer (died 1983)
1905 - Franz König, Austrian cardinal (died 2004)
1907 - Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (died 1988)
1907 - Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (died 1996)
1909 - Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (died 1971)
1911 - Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (died 1990)
1913 - Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)
1916 - Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1970)
1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1978)
1917 - Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1995)
1918 - James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (died 2014)
1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (died 1999)
1918 - Larry Haines, American actor (died 2008)
1918 - Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
1920 - Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (died 2012)
1920 - P. D. James, English author (died 2014)
1920 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (died 1971)
1920 - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (died 2013)
1921 - Richard Adler, American composer and producer (died 2012)
1921 - Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (died 2008)
1921 - Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and singer (died 1972)
1922 - John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2013)
1923 - Jean Hagen, American actress (died 1977)
1923 - Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (died 2012)
1924 - Leon Uris, American soldier and author (died 2003)
1925 - Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1926 - Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress (died 2013)
1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
1926 - Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (died 2004)
1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor (died 2007)
1928 - Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1928 - Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (died 2012)
1930 - James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1933 - Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (died 2009)
1934 - Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (died 1989)
1934 - Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (died 2005)
1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
1935 - John Erman, American actor, director, and producer
1935 - Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1997)
1935 - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader
1936 - Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (died 2013)
1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1937 - Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
1937 - Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
1937 - Tom Georgeson, English actor
1937 - Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish-English radio and television host (died 2016)
1939 - Jimmie Nicol, English drummer (The Spotnicks and Colin Hicks and The Cabin Boys)
1939 - Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer
1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
1940 - James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2010)
1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles)
1941 - Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
1943 - Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
1943 - Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
1943 - Steven Millhauser, American novelist and short story writer
1944 - Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (died 1973)
1945 - Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
1946 - Robert Ayling, English businessman
1946 - Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946 - Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
1946 - John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Byrds)
1947 - Ralph Wright, English footballer
1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
1949 - Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
1949 - born born Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (War)
1949 - Sue Slipman, English politician
1950 - Linda Howard, American author
1950 - John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 - Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
1950 - Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 - Jay North, American actor
1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
1953 - Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, and Keats)
1954 - Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
1954 - Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
1956 - Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny, and Dead Men Walking)
1956 - Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
1956 - Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
1956 - Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
1957 - Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
1957 - Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
1958 - Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
1958 - Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
1959 - Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, and Killing Joke)
1959 - Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
1959 - John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1960 - Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
1960 - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1961 - Molly Hagan, American actress
1961 - Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1961 - Lee Rocker, American bassist (Stray Cats)
1963 - Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1963 - James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm)
1963 - David Knox, Australian rugby player
1963 - Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Soul and Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project)
1963 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963 - Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
1964 - Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (died 2007)
1964 - Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
1964 - Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
1964 - Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
1966 - Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 - Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Prodigy, The Destructors, English Dogs, Janus Stark, Sabbat, The More I See)
1966 - Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1967 - Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
1967 - Skin, English singer and guitarist (Skunk Anansie)
1968 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (died 2007)
1969 - Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter (Deftones, Sol Invicto, and Kush)
1970 - Gina G, Australian singer
1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer, created Super Smash Bros. and Kirby
1970 - Alejandro Alcondez, Mexican/American actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director
1971 - Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (died 2007)
1971 - Will Muschamp, American football player and coach
1971 - DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Salt-N-Pepa)
1973 - Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 - Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1975 - Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
1975 - Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 - Tom Brady, American football player
1977 - Justin Lehr, American baseball player
1977 - Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
1978 - Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1978 - Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
1978 - Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
1980 - Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter (iiO)
1980 - Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Tony Pashos, American football player
1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown)
1980 - Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
1981 - Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
1981 - Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
1981 - Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
1981 - Erlend Tvinnereim, Norwegian tenor
1982 - Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier
1982 - Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982 - Damien Sandow, American wrestler
1983 - Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
1983 - Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1984 - Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
1984 - Carah Faye Charnow, American singer-songwriter (Shiny Toy Guns and Versant)
1984 - Matt Joyce, American baseball player
1984 - Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 - Chris Maurer, American singer and bass player (Suburban Legends)
1985 - Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer (OneRepublic)
1985 - Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
1985 - Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
1987 - Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
1987 - Juri Kurakin, Estonian ice dancer
1987 - Chris McQueen, Australian rugby league player
1988 - Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
1988 - Leigh Tiffin, American football player
1989 - Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (died 2015)
1989 - Sam Hutchinson, English footballer
1989 - Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer
1990 - Jourdan Dunn, English Fashion Model
1992 - Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
1992 - Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
1992 - Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
1992 - Lum Rexhepi, Finnish footballer
1992 - Karlie Kloss, American Fashion Model
1993 - Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
1993 - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo and Guardians 4)
1994 - Esther Earl, American author, internet vlogger, online personality and a Nerdfighter
1994 - Todd Gurley, American football player
1995 - Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player

Deaths

1460 - James II of Scotland (born 1430)
1527 - Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
1546 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (born 1484)
1546 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (born 1509)
1562 - John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, English son of Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Oxford (born 1516)
1604 - Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (born 1540)
1621 - Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (born 1556)
1712 - Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (born 1654)
1720 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (born 1641)
1721 - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (born 1648)
1761 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (born 1691)
1773 - Stanislaw Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1700)
1780 - Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (born 1715)
1792 - Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (born 1732)
1797 - Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717)
1805 - Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (born 1724)
1819 - Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (born 1752)
1835 - Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1767)
1839 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (born 1763)
1857 - Eugène Sue, French author and politician (born 1804)
1866 - Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (born 1804)
1867 - Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (born 1785)
1877 - William born Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
1879 - Joseph Severn, English painter (born 1793)
1894 - George Inness, American painter (born 1825)
1916 - Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (born 1864)
1917 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
1920 - Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (born 1883)
1922 - Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1851)
1924 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (born 1857)
1925 - William Bruce, Australian cricketer (born 1864)
1929 - Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1851)
1929 - Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (born 1857)
1936 - Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (born 1873)
1942 - Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
1949 - Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (born 1869)
1954 - Colette, French novelist and journalist (born 1873)
1958 - Peter Collins, English race car driver (born 1931)
1959 - Herb Byrne, Australian Australian rules footballer (born 1887)
1964 - Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (born 1925)
1966 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1925)
1968 - Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (born 1904)
1971 - Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (born 1882)
1972 - Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (born 1913)
1973 - Richard Marshall, American general (born 1895)
1974 - Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (born 1888)
1975 - Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (born 1901)
1977 - Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (born 1913)
1977 - Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (born 1892)
1979 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1979 - Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (born 1907)
1983 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (born 1930)
1990 - Betty Amann, German-American actress (born 1905)
1995 - Ida Lupino, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1918)
1995 - Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (born 1933)
1996 - Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (born 1939)
1997 - Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
1998 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (born 1934)
1999 - Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (born 1953)
1999 - Byron Farwell, American historian and author (born 1921)
2000 - Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1921)
2001 - Christopher Hewett, English-American actor and director (born 1922)
2002 - Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress and singer (born 1922)
2003 - Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
2004 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (born 1908)
2004 - Bob Murphy, American sportscaster (born 1924)
2005 - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (born 1920)
2006 - Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love) (born 1945)
2006 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (born 1915)
2007 - John Gardner, English author (born 1926)
2007 - Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Consciousness Society and The Beefeaters) (born 1948)
2008 - Skip Caray, American sportscaster (born 1939)
2008 - Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers, The Tarriers, and The Rooftop Singers) (born 1933)
2008 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
2009 - Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
2010 - Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2011 - William Sleator, American author (born 1945)
2011 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (born 1945)
2012 - Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
2012 - Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (born 1927)
2012 - Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (born 1915)
2012 - John Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1927)
2013 - John Coombs, English-Monacan race car driver and businessman (born 1922)
2013 - Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
2013 - Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (born 1920)
2013 - John Palmer, American journalist (born 1935)
2014 - Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (born 1928)
2014 - Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (born 1923)
2014 - Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (born 1916)
2014 - Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (born 1958)
2014 - Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (born 1944)
2015 - Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)
2015 - Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)
2015 - Coleen Gray, American actress (born 1922)
2015 - Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)
2015 - Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (born 1926)
2015 - Jef Murray, Australian artist and author (born 1960)