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== Events ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[218]] – [[Elagabalus]] is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
* [[1204]] – [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders]] is crowned first Emperor of the [[Latin Empire]].
* [[1527]] – The Florentines drive out the [[Medici]] for a second time and [[Florence]] re-establishes a [[republic]].
* [[1532]] – Sir [[Thomas More]] resigns as [[Lord Chancellor]] of [[England]].
* [[1568]] – [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], flees to [[England]].
* [[1584]] - [[Santiago de Vera]] becomes the 6th Governor-General of the Spanish [[colony]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[1605]] – [[Pope Paul V|Paul V]] becomes [[Pope]].
* [[1702]] – The city of [[Uppsala]] in [[Sweden]] is destroyed by [[fire]].
* [[1770]] – 14-year old [[Marie Antoinette]] marries 15-year-old [[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste]] who later becomes king of [[France]].
* [[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]], a pre-[[American Revolutionary War]] [[battle]] between local militia and a group of rebels called the "Regulators" occurs in present-day [[Alamance County]], [[North Carolina]].
* [[1777]] – [[Lachlan McIntosh]] and [[Button Gwinnett]] shoot each other during a [[duel]] near [[Savannah, Georgia]]. Gwinnett, a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], dies three days later.
* [[1811]] – [[Peninsular War]]: [[Spain]], the [[UK]] and [[Portugal]] defeat [[France]] in the [[Battle of Albuera]].
* [[1812]] - [[Russia]]n field marshal [[Mikhail Kutuzov]] signs the [[Treaty of Bucharest]], ending the [[Russo-Turkish War]]. [[Bessarabia]], mainly covering present-day [[Moldova]], is annexed by [[Imperial Russia]].
* [[1843]] – The first major [[wagon train]] heading for the [[Pacific Northwest|Northwest]] sets out with one thousand pioneers from [[Elm Grove, Missouri]] on the [[Oregon Trail]].
* [[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Champion Hill]] - Union forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] defeat Confederate forces under [[John C. Pemberton]].
* [[1866]] – The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] eliminates the half [[dime]] coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or [[nickel (coin)]].
* [[1866]] – [[Charles Elmer Hires]] invents [[root beer]].
* [[1868]] – [[President (United States)|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] is acquitted during his [[impeachment]] trial, by one vote in the [[United States Senate]].
* [[1874]] - A [[flood]] on the Mill River in [[Massachusetts]] destroys most of four [[village]]s, killing 139 people.
* [[1887]] - In [[Washington, DC]], [[Emil Berliner]] demonstrates the [[gramophone]].
* [[1888]] - [[Nikola Tesla]] delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating [[current]]s to transmit electrical power over long distances.

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[1910]] – The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] authorizes the creation of the [[United States Bureau of Mines]].
* [[1918]] – The [[Sedition Act]] is passed by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
* [[1919]] – [[United States Navy]] Naval [[Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company|Curtiss]] aircraft [[NC-4]] commanded by [[Albert Cushing Read]] leaves Trepassey, [[Newfoundland]], for [[Lisbon]] via the [[Azores]] on the first [[transatlantic]] flight.
* [[1920]] – In [[Rome]], [[Pope Benedict XV]] [[canonization|canonizes]] [[Joan of Arc]] as a [[Canonization|saint]].
* [[1929]] – In [[Hollywood, California]], the first [[Academy Award]]s are handed out.
* [[1932]] - On the return from its first voyage, French [[luxury]] [[steam]]er ''Georges Philippar'' catches [[fire]] in the [[Gulf of Aden]], killing 54 people.
* [[1938]] – A fire at the Terminal Hotel in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], kills 35 people.
* [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: The [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] ends.
* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Dambuster Raids]] by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.
* [[1948]] – [[Chaim Weizmann]] is elected as the first [[President of Israel]].
* [[1960]] – [[Nikita Khrushchev]] demands an apology from [[President (United States)|US President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] for [[U-2 spy plane]] flights over the [[Soviet Union]] thus ending a [[Big Four]] summit in [[Paris]].
* [[1960]] – [[Theodore Maiman]] operates the first optical [[laser]].
* [[1961]] - [[Park Chung-hee]] leads a [[coup]] in [[South Korea]].
* [[1966]] – Two extremely influential [[Rock and roll|rock]] albums are released on the same day: [[Bob Dylan]]'s ''[[Blonde on Blonde]] ''and [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[Pet Sounds]].''
* [[1969]] – [[Venera program]]: [[Venera 5]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[space probe]], lands on [[Venus (planet)|Venus]].
* [[1974]] – [[Helmut Schmidt]] is chosen to succeed [[Willy Brandt]] as [[Chancellor of Germany]].
* [[1975]] – [[India]] annexes [[Sikkim]] after the mountain state held a referendum where popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
* [[1975]] – [[Junko Tabei]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].
* [[1983]] - The Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the [[Sudan]]ese [[government]].
* [[1988]] – A report by American [[Surgeon General]] [[C. Everett Koop]] states that the [[addiction|addictive]] properties of [[nicotine]] are similar to those of [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]].
* [[1991]] - [[Elizabeth II]] of the [[United Kingdom]] becomes the first [[monarch]] to speak in front of the [[United States Congress]].
* [[1992]] – [[STS-49]]: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
* [[1995]] – The leader of [[Aum Shinrikyo]], [[Shoko Asahara]], is arrested for his role in the Sarin Gas Attack on the [[Tokyo]] subway.
* [[1997]] - [[Zaire]] leader [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] flees the country. Soon after, the country is renamed the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].

=== From 2001 ===
* [[2002]] – ''[[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'' opens in cinemas.
* [[2003]] - Four [[suicide]] [[bomb]]s explode in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]], killing over 40 people.
* [[2005]] – ''[[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'' premieres in [[London]].
* [[2005]] – [[Kuwait]] permits [[women's suffrage]] in a 35-23 [[National Assembly of Kuwait|National Assembly]] vote.
* [[2005]] – Sony's ''[[PlayStation 3]]'' [[video game]] console is shown at a press conference ([[E3]]).
* [[2007]] – [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] becomes [[President of France]], succeeding [[Jacques Chirac]].
* [[2007]] - [[Alex Salmond]] becomes [[First Minister of Scotland]]. He is the first leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] to take this post.
* [[2009]] – In [[Moscow]], [[Alexander Rybak]] wins the 54th [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Norway]], scoring a record number of points under the then-existing scoring system, 387.
* [[2011]] - The final flight of the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] begins.
* [[2013]] - The [[Spanish language]] [[Wikipedia]] passes the milestone of a [[million]] articles.
* [[2014]] - The opposition [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], under [[Narendra Modi]], wins [[India]]'s elections, achieving an overall [[parliament]]ary majority and defeating the ruling [[Indian National Congress]].

== Births ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[1418]] - [[John II of Cyprus]] (died [[1458]])
* [[1490]] – [[Albert of Prussia]], first duke of Prussia (died [[1568]])
* [[1540]] - [[Paschal Baylon]], Spanish friar and saint (died [[1592]])
* [[1578]] - [[Everard Digby]], English conspirator (died [[1606]])
* [[1611]] – [[Pope Innocent XI]] (died [[1689]])
* [[1641]] - [[Dudley North]], English [[economist]] and [[politician]] (died [[1691]])
* [[1678]] – [[Andreas Silbermann]], [[organ (music)|organ]] builder (died [[1734]])
* [[1710]] - [[William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot]], English politician (died [[1782]])
* [[1718]] – [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]], Italian [[mathematician]] (died [[1799]])
* [[1763]] – [[Louis Nicolas Vauquelin]], French [[chemist]] (died [[1829]])
* [[1776]] - [[Luigi Lambruschini]], Italian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (died [[1854]])
* [[1788]] - [[Friedrich Rückert]], German [[poet]], translator and orientalist (died [[1866]])
* [[1801]] – [[William H. Seward]], 24th [[United States Secretary of State]] and 12th [[Governor]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] (died [[1872]])
* [[1805]] - [[Alexander Burnes]], Scottish explorer (died [[1841]])
* [[1819]] - [[Johann Voldemar Jannsen]], [[Estonia]]n [[journalist]] and [[poet]] (died [[1890]])
* [[1821]] – [[Pafnuty Chebyshev]], Russian [[mathematician]] (died [[1894]])
* [[1824]] – [[Levi P. Morton]], 22nd [[Vice President of the United States]] and 31st [[Governor]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] (died [[1920]])
* [[1827]] – [[Pierre Cuypers]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[architect]] (died [[1921]])
* [[1827]] - [[Norman Jay Coleman]], American politician (died [[1911]])
* [[1831]] – [[David Edward Hughes]], British [[inventor]] and [[musician]] (died [[1900]])
* [[1834]] - [[Hobart B. Bigelow]], [[Governor]] of [[Connecticut]] (died [[1891]])
* [[1845]] – [[Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov]], [[Russia]]n [[biologist]], won the 1908 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1916]])
* [[1849]] - [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]], British [[statesman]] (died [[1917]])
* [[1882]] – [[Anne McCormick]], journalist, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner (died [[1954]])
* [[1883]] - [[Celal Bayar]], [[President of Turkey]] (died [[1986]])
* [[1886]] – [[Ernest Burgess]], [[Sociology|sociologist]] (died [[1966]])
* [[1887]] - [[Jakob van Hoddis]], German [[poet]] (died [[1942]])
* [[1888]] – [[Royal Raymond Rife]], American inventor (died [[1971]])
* [[1891]] – [[Richard Tauber]], Austrian tenor (died [[1948]])
* [[1897]] – [[Zvi Ziternik]], [[Israel]]i [[Entomology|entomologist]] (died [[1994]])
* [[1898]] – [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish painter (died [[1980]])
* [[1898]] – [[Kenji Mizoguchi]], Japanese movie director (died [[1956]])

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 ===
* [[1905]] – [[Henry Fonda]], American actor (died [[1982]])
* [[1906]] – [[Arturo Uslar Pietri]], [[Venezuela]]n [[writer]], [[diplomat]] and [[politician]] (died [[2001]])
* [[1909]] – [[Margaret Sullavan]], American actress (died [[1960]])
* [[1910]] – [[Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov]], Russian painter (died [[1972]])
* [[1910]] - [[Higashifushimi Kunihide]], Japanese monk and educator, uncle of Emperor [[Akihito]] (died [[2014]])
* [[1910]] - [[Luigi Villoresi]], Italian racing driver (died [[1997]])
* [[1912]] – [[Studs Terkel]], American writer (died [[2008]])
* [[1913]] – [[Woody Herman]], American musician and band leader (died [[1987]])
* [[1913]] - [[Sebastiano Baggio]], Italian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (died [[1993]])
* [[1914]] - [[Edward T. Hall]], American [[Anthropology|anthropologist]] and [[Ethnology|ethnologist]] (died [[2009]])
* [[1915]] - [[Mario Monicelli]], Italian [[Movie director|director]] and [[screenwriter]] (died [[2010]])
* [[1916]] – [[Ephraim Katzir]], Israeli [[President]] and [[scientist]] (died [[2009]])
* [[1917]] - [[Juan Rulfo]], Mexican writer (died [[1986]])
* [[1917]] - [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-American actor (died [[2016]])
* [[1919]] – [[Liberace]], American [[piano|pianist]] (died [[1987]])
* [[1919]] - [[Sik Kok Kwong]], [[Hong Kong]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[monk]] (died [[2014]])
* [[1919]] – [[Gisela Uhlen]], German actress (died [[2007]])
* [[1920]] - [[Martine Carol]], French actress (died [[1967]])
* [[1921]] - [[Harry Carey, Jr.]], American actor (died [[2012]])
* [[1923]] – [[Merton Miller]], American [[economist]] (died [[2000]])
* [[1924]] – [[Dawda Jawara]], 1st [[President]] of the [[Gambia]] (died 2019)
* [[1925]] – [[Bobbejaan Schoepen]], Belgian singer (died [[2010]])
* [[1925]] – [[Robert Pierpoint]], American journalist (died [[2011]])
* [[1925]] - [[Nancy Roman]], American [[astronomer]] (died [[2018]])
* [[1925]] – [[Nilton Santos]], Brazilian [[footballer]] (died [[2013]])
* [[1928]] – [[Billy Martin]], American [[baseball]] player and coach (died [[1989]])
* [[1929]] – [[John Conyers]], American politician (died [[2019]])
* [[1929]] – [[Adrienne Rich]], American [[poet]], [[writer]] and [[Feminism|feminist]] (died [[2012]])
* [[1929]] – [[Friedrich Nowottny]], German journalist
* [[1929]] - [[Alberto Terry]], [[Peru]]vian [[footballer]] (died [[2006]])
* [[1929]] – [[Betty Carter]], American singer (died [[1998]])
* [[1931]] - [[Vujadin Boskov]], [[Serbia]]n [[footballer]] (died [[2014]])
* [[1931]] – [[K. Natwar Singh]], [[India]]n politician
* [[1931]] - [[Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.]], American politician, 85th [[Governor]] of [[Connecticut]]
* [[1936]] – [[Karl Lehmann]], [[Germany|German]] [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] and [[theology|theologian]] (d. [[2018]])
* [[1936]] – [[Roy Hudd]], [[United Kingdom|British]] radio and television actor
* [[1936]] - [[Manfred Stolpe]], German politician
* [[1937]] - [[Yvonne Craig]], American actress (d. [[2015]])
* [[1937]] – [[Antonio Rattin]], Argentine footballer
* [[1938]] - [[Edmond Classen]], Dutch actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[1940]] - [[Ole Ernst]], Danish actor (d. [[2013]])
* [[1943]] - [[Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews]], English [[politician]]
* [[1943]] - [[Dan Coats]], American [[politician]] and [[diplomat]], 29th [[United States]] Ambassador to [[Germany]]
* [[1944]] – [[Danny Trejo]], American actor
* [[1944]] - [[Billy Cobham]], American [[drummer]] and [[bandleader]]
* [[1945]] - [[Carlos Osoro]], [[Archbishop]] of [[Valencia]]
* [[1946]] – [[Robert Fripp]], British guitarist
* [[1948]] - [[Emma Georgina Rothschild]], British [[historian]]
* [[1948]] – [[Judy Finnigan]], British TV presenter
* [[1948]] - [[Mariano Gago]], Portuguese [[engineer]] and [[politician]] (d. [[2015]])
* [[1948]] - [[Jimmy Hood]], Scottish politician (d. [[2017]])
* [[1949]] - [[Karlheinz Hackl]], Austrian actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[1950]] – J. [[Georg Bednorz]], German [[physicist]] and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] [[1987]]

=== 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 ===
* [[1951]] - [[Christian Lacroix]], French [[fashion]] [[design]]er
* [[1953]] – [[Kitanoumi Toshimitsu]], Japanese [[sumo]] wrestler (d. [[2015]])
* [[1953]] – [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Ireland|Irish]] actor
* [[1954]] - [[Jónína Leósdóttir]], [[Iceland]]ic writer
* [[1954]] - [[Dafydd Williams]], Canadian [[physician]] and [[astronaut]]
* [[1955]] – [[Olga Korbut]], [[Belarus]]sian [[gymnastics|gymnast]]
* [[1955]] – [[Jack Morris]], American [[baseball]] pitcher
* [[1955]] – [[Hazel O'Connor]], [[United Kingdom|British]] singer
* [[1955]] – [[Debra Winger]], American actress
* [[1957]] - [[Bob Suter]], American [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2014]])
* [[1957]] - [[Nigel Twiston-Davies]], English horse trainer
* [[1958]] – [[Amp Fiddler]], musician ([[P Funk]])
* [[1961]] - [[Sarah Boyack]], Scottish politician
* [[1961]] - [[Kevin McDonald]], Canadian actor
* [[1963]] – [[Rosie Perez]], American actress
* [[1964]] - [[John Salley]], American [[basketball]] player and actor
* [[1964]] - [[Milton Jones]], English [[comedian]]
* [[1965]] - [[Danel Tammet]], [[Estonia]]n [[computer]] [[scientist]] and [[politician]]
* [[1965]] – [[Krist Novoselic]], American musician, former bassist for [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
* [[1966]] – [[Janet Jackson]], American singer
* [[1966]] – [[Thurman Thomas]], [[American football]] player
* [[1969]] - [[David Boreanaz]], American actor
* [[1969]] – [[Steve Lewis (sprinter)|Steve Lewis]], American athlete
* [[1969]] – [[Tucker Carlson]], American print and television commentator
* [[1969]] - [[Ari-Pekka Nikkola]], Finnish ski jumper
* [[1970]] – [[Gabriela Sabatini]], Argentine [[tennis]] player
* [[1972]] - [[Andrzej Duda]], [[President of Poland]]
* [[1973]] – [[Tori Spelling]], American actress
* [[1973]] – [[Jason Acuña|Jason Acuña "Wee-Man"]], American television personality
* [[1974]] – [[Laura Pausini]], Italian pop singer
* [[1974]] - [[Adam Richman]], American actor and TV presenter ([[Man v. Food]])
* [[1974]] – [[Sonny Sandoval]], American singer ([[P.O.D.]])
* [[1975]] – [[Tony Kakko]], Finnish singer ([[Sonata Arctica]])
* [[1975]] – [[Tonéx]], American singer

=== From 1976 ===
* [[1976]] - [[Christian Califano]], French [[rugby]] player
* [[1977]] – [[Dolcenera]], Italian singer
* [[1977]] – [[Emilíana Torrini]], [[Iceland]]ic [[singer]]
* [[1977]] – [[Jean-Sébastien Giguère]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player
* [[1978]] – [[David Ford (musician)|David Ford]], English singer/songwriter
* [[1978]] – [[Olga Zaitseva]], Russian athlete
* [[1978]] – [[Lionel Scaloni]], Argentine [[footballer]]
* [[1979]] – [[McKenzie Lee]], English pornographic actress
* [[1980]] – [[Mikel Alonso]], Spanish footballer
* [[1980]] – [[Michael Ryan (ice hockey)|Michael Ryan]], American ice hockey player
* [[1980]] - [[Jens Spahn]], German politician
* [[1981]] – [[Jim Sturgess]], English actor
* [[1982]] – [[Joo Ji Hoon]], Korean actor and model
* [[1982]] – [[Łukasz Kubot]], Polish tennis player
* [[1983]] – [[Nancy Ajram]], Lebanese singer
* [[1983]] – [[Gordon McRory]], Scottish Drummer ([[The Fratellis]])
* [[1983]] – [[Kyle Wellwood]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[1984]] – [[Mickie Knuckles]], American female professional wrestler
* [[1984]] – [[Jensen Lewis]], American baseball player
* [[1984]] – [[Rick Rypien]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (died [[2011]])
* [[1985]] – [[Stanislav Ianevski]], Bulgarian actor
* [[1985]] – [[Anja Mittag]], German footballer
* [[1985]] – [[Corey Perry]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[1985]] - [[Tadayoshi Okura]], Japanese [[singer-songwriter]], [[dance]]r and [[actor]]
* [[1986]] – [[Megan Fox]], American actress
* [[1986]] - [[Andy Keogh]], Irish [[footballer]]
* [[1987]] - [[Olena Khomrova]], Ukrainian [[Fencing|fencer]]
* [[1990]] – [[Thomas Sangster]], English actor
* [[1991]] – [[Grigor Dimitrov]], [[Bulgaria]]n [[tennis]] player
* [[1993]] – [[IU (singer)|IU]], [[South Korea]]n [[singer]]
* [[1994]] - [[Aaron Moores]], British [[Paralympics|Paralympic]] swimmer
* [[1998]] - [[Ariel Waller]], Canadian actress
* [[2002]] - [[Ryan Gravenberch]], Dutch [[footballer]]

== Deaths ==
=== Up to 1950 ===
* [[583]] – [[Saint Brendan]], Irish navigator (b. [[484]])
* [[1265]] - [[Simon Stock]], English-French [[saint]] (b. [[1165]])
* [[1620]] – [[William Adams]], English navigator and Japanese [[samurai]] (born [[1564]])
* [[1669]] - [[Pietro da Cortona]], Italian painter and [[architect]] (born [[1596]])
* [[1703]] – [[Charles Perrault]], French writer (born [[1628]])
* [[1782]] – [[Daniel Solander]], Swedish botanist (born [[1736]])
* [[1830]] – [[Joseph Fourier]], French scientist (born [[1768]])
* [[1882]] - [[Reuben Chapman]], 13th [[Governor]] of [[Alabama]] (born [[1799]])
* [[1891]] – [[Ion C. Bratianu]], Romanian statesman (born [[1821]])
* [[1913]] - [[Louis Perrier]], Swiss Federal Councillor (born [[1849]])
* [[1920]] – [[Levi P. Morton]], 22nd [[Vice President of the United States]] and 31st [[Governor]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] (born [[1824]])
* [[1920]] - [[Joselito]], Spanish bullfighter (born [[1895]])
* [[1926]] – [[Mehmed VI]], last [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Sultan]] (born [[1861]])
* [[1931]] – [[Emiliano Figueroa]], [[President of Chile]] (born [[1866]])
* [[1942]] – [[Bronislaw Malinowski]], Polish [[Anthropology|anthropologist]] (born [[1884]])
* [[1944]] – [[George Ade]], writer (born [[1866]])
* [[1947]] – [[Frederick Gowland Hopkins]], [[England|English]] [[chemist]], won the 1929 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (born [[1861]])
* [[1947]] - [[Zhang Lingfu]], Chinese [[General officer|general]] (born [[1903]])

=== 1951 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[1953]] – [[Django Reinhardt]], Belgian jazz musician (born [[1910]])
* [[1954]] - [[Clemens Krauss]], Austrian [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (born [[1893]])
* [[1955]] – [[James Agee]], American writer (born [[1909]])
* [[1957]] – [[Eliot Ness]], American federal agent (born [[1903]])
* [[1963]] - [[Oleg Penkovsky]], Soviet-Russian agent (born [[1919]])
* [[1971]] - [[Gregoire-Pierre Agagianian]], [[Armenia]]n [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (born [[1895]])
* [[1977]] – [[Modibo Keita]], 1st [[President]] of [[Mali]] (born [[1915]])
* [[1981]] - [[Ernie Freeman]], American [[pianist]], [[composer]] and [[bandleader]] (born [[1922]])
* [[1984]] – [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian (born [[1949]])
* [[1984]] – [[Irwin Shaw]], American writer (born [[1913]])
* [[1985]] – [[Margaret Hamilton]], American actress (born [[1902]])
* [[1988]] – [[Charles Keeping]], [[illustrator]] (born [[1924]])
* [[1989]] - [[Leila Kasra]], Iranian [[poet]] and lyricist (born [[1939]])
* [[1990]] – [[Jim Henson]], American puppeteer, creator of the [[Muppet]]s (born [[1936]])
* [[1990]] – [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], American singer, actor and comedian (born [[1925]])
* [[1993]] - [[Marv Johnson]], American [[singer-songwriter]] and [[pianist]] (born [[1938]])
* [[1994]] - [[Alain Cuny]], French actor (born [[1908]])

=== From 2001 ===
* [[2002]] – [[Big Dick Dudley]], American [[professional wrestler]] (born [[1968]])
* [[2003]] – [[Mark McCormack]], American sports business pioneer, founder of [[IMG]] (born [[1930]])
* [[2008]] – [[Robert Mondavi]], pioneer California winemaker (born [[1913]])
* [[2008]] - David Mitton, English model-maker (born [[1938]])
* [[2010]] – [[Oswaldo López Arellano]], [[President]] of [[Honduras]] (born [[1921]])
* [[2010]] – [[Hank Jones]], American [[jazz]] pianist (born [[1918]])
* [[2010]] – [[Ronnie James Dio]], American musician (born [[1942]])
* [[2011]] – [[Edward Hardwicke]], British actor (born [[1932]])
* [[2013]] - [[Heinrich Rohrer]], Swiss [[physicist]] (born [[1933]])
* [[2013]] - [[Paul Shane]], British actor (born [[1940]])
* [[2013]] - [[Dick Trickle]], racing driver (born [[1941]])
* [[2014]] - [[Viktor Sukhodrev]], Russian interpreter (born [[1932]])
* [[2015]] - [[Yeung Kwong]], Hong Kong [[Communist]] [[activist]] (born [[1926]])
* [[2015]] - [[Moshe Levinger]], Israeli [[rabbi]] (born [[1935]])
* [[2015]] - [[Flora MacNeil]], Scottish [[singer]] (born [[1928]])
* [[2015]] - [[Dean Potter]], American [[Rock (geology)|rock]] climber and BASE jumper (born [[1972]])
* [[2015]] - [[John Templeton Jr.]], American [[physician]] (born [[1940]])
* [[2015]] - [[Moshe Levinger]], Israeli [[rabbi]] (born [[1935]])
* [[2015]] - [[Elias Gleizer]], Brazilian actor (born [[1934]])
* [[2016]] - [[Bobby Freeman (politician)|Bobby Freeman]], American politician (born [[1934]])
* [[2016]] - [[Romaldo Giurgola]], Italian-born American-Australian [[architect]] (born [[1920]])
* [[2016]] - [[Emilio Navaria]], American country and Tejano singer (born [[1962]])
* [[2016]] - [[Gavyn Farr Arthur]], British judge (born [[1951]])
* [[2016]] - [[Giovanni Coppa]], Italian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (born [[1925]])
* [[2016]] - [[Lino Toffolo]], Italian actor (born [[1934]])
* [[2016]] - [[Aar de Goede]], Dutch politician (born [[1928]])
* [[2016]] - [[Jim McMillian]], American [[basketball]] player (born [[1948]])
* [[2016]] - [[David Rendel]], British politician (born [[1949]])
* [[2016]] - [[François Maistre]], French actor (born [[1925]])
* [[2016]] - [[Huguette Dreyfus]], French [[harpsichord]]ist (born [[1928]])
* [[2017]] - [[Bernard Bosson]], French politician (born [[1948]])
* [[2017]] - [[Outi Ojala]], Finnish politician (born [[1946]])
* [[2017]] - [[Doug Somers]], American [[professional wrestler]] (born [[1951]])
* [[2017]] - [[Gunnar Möller]], German actor (born [[1928]])
* [[2018]] - [[François Bréda]], Romanian writer and literary critic (born [[1956]])
* [[2018]] - [[Joseph Campanella]], American actor (born [[1924]])
* [[2018]] - [[Diana E. Murphy]], American judge (born [[1934]])
* [[2018]] - [[Michael Slive]], American college sports executive (born [[1940]])
* [[2018]] - [[Gérard Jouannest]], French pianist (born [[1933]])
* [[2018]] - [[Eloísa Mafalda]], Brazilian actress (born [[1924]])
* [[2018]] - [[Lucian Pintilie]], Romanian film director (born [[1933]])
* [[2019]] - [[David Cervinski]], Australian [[footballer]] (born [[1970]])
* [[2019]] - [[Bob Hawke]], 23rd [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (born [[1929]])
* [[2019]] - [[Ashley Massaro]], American [[professional wrestler]] and television personality (born [[1979]])
* [[2019]] - [[I. M. Pei]], Chinese-American architect (born [[1917]])
* [[2019]] - [[Sol Yaged]], American [[jazz]] [[clarinet]]ist (born [[1922]])
* [[2021]] - [[Bruno Covas]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (born [[1980]])
* [[2021]] - [[Rildo da Costa Menezes]], Brazilian footballer (born [[1942]])
* [[2021]] - [[M. S. Narasimhan]], Indian mathematician (born [[1932]])

== Holidays and observances ==
* In the Irish Calendar – Feast of [[Saint Brendan]] the Navigator
* The [[feast day]] of the following [[Canonization|saints]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]:
** [[Ubaldus]]
** [[Saint Honoré]]
** [[John of Ponuk]] or [[John Nepomucene]] (1330 – 1393)
** [[Andrew Bobola]]
** [[Simon Stock]]
* National Day of [[South Sudan]]
* Teachers' Day ([[Malaysia]])

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