Events

Pre-1600

• 878 Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

• 1159 Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.

• 1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

• 1228 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

• 1303 Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.

• 1565 Arrival of the so-called Grande Soccorso ("great relief") by Philip II of Spain to the Great Siege of Malta.

• 1571 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1601–1900

• 1620 The town of Kokkola () is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

• 1625 The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.

• 1652 Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.

• 1695 Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.

• 1706 War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

• 1714 The treaty of Baden between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire is ratified.

• 1736 Following the Porteous Riots, a mob storms the Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh and lynches John Porteous.

• 1764 Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

• 1776 According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).

• 1778 American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

• 1812 French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.

• 1818 Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

• 1822 Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.

• 1856 The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.

• 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.

• 1860 Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

• 1863 American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.

• 1864 American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

• 1876 In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

1901–present

• 1901 The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

• 1903 The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.

• 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.

• 1907 Cunard Line's sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

• 1909 Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.

• 1911 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

• 1916 US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

• 1920 Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

• 1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

• 1921 The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

• 1923 The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

• 1927 The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

• 1929 Steamer capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

• 1932 The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

• 1936 The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

• 1940 Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

• 1940 World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

• 1942 World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

• 1943 A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.

• 1943 World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

• 1945 World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

• 1945 The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.

• 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

• 1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

• 1965 During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

• 1965 Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

• 1970 Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

• 1970 Vietnam Television was established.

• 1977 The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

• 1977 The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.

• 1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.

• 1979 The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.

• 1984 An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

• 1986 Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

• 1986 Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

• 1995 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

• 1997 Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

• 1999 The 6.0 Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

• 2005 Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

• 2008 The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

• 2010 A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

• 2011 The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

• 2012 Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

• 2017 The 8.2 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

• 2019 Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

• 2021 Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

• 2021 The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

Births

Pre-1600

• 923 Suzaku, emperor of Japan (died 952)

• 1395 Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)

• 1438 Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (died 1471)

• 1448 Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (died 1519)

• 1500 Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)

• 1524 Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583)

• 1533 Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)

1601–1900

• 1629 Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (died 1665)

• 1635 Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (died 1713)

• 1641 Tokugawa Ietsuna, Japanese shōgun (died 1680)

• 1650 Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona (died 1725)

• 1683 Maria Anna of Austria (died 1754)

• 1694 Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish Minister of State (died 1763)

• 1705 Matthäus Günther, German painter (died 1788)

• 1707 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)

• 1726 François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (died 1795)

• 1740 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor and illustrator (died 1814)

• 1777 Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (died 1844)

• 1791 Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author (died 1863)

• 1795 John William Polidori, English physician and author (died 1821)

• 1801 Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (died 1871)

• 1803 William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)

• 1807 Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1879)

• 1810 Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)

• 1813 Emil Korytko, Polish activist and translator (died 1839)

• 1815 John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (died 1866)

• 1818 Thomas Talbot, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1886)

• 1819 Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)

• 1829 August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)

• 1831 Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (died 1900)

• 1836 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)

• 1836 August Toepler, German physicist and academic (died 1912)

• 1842 Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)

• 1851 Edward Asahel Birge, American zoologist and academic (died 1950)

• 1855 William Friese-Greene, English photographer, director, and cinematographer (died 1921)

• 1860 Grandma Moses, American painter (died 1961)

• 1862 Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (died 1932)

• 1866 Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (died 1947)

• 1867 Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (died 1952)

• 1867 J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)

• 1869 Ben Viljoen, South African general (died 1917)

• 1870 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)

• 1871 George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (died 1954)

• 1874 Samuel Rocke, Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (died 1963)

• 1875 Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (died 1962)

• 1876 Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1934)

• 1876 C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (died 1938)

• 1879 – Francisco José of Bragança, exiled member of the Miguelist branch of the House of Bragança and officer in the Austro-Hungarian army (died 1919)

• 1883 Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1950)

• 1885 Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (died 1928)

• 1887 Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (died 1964)

• 1892 Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1974)

• 1892 Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)

• 1893 Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1957)

• 1894 Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (died 1969)

• 1894 George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (died 1984)

• 1895 Jacques Vaché, French author and poet (died 1919)

• 1897 Al Sherman, Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (died 1973)

• 1900 Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (died 1985)

• 1900 Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)

1901–present

• 1903 Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)

• 1903 Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (died 1994)

• 1904 C. B. Colby, American author (died 1977)

• 1907 Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)

• 1908 Paul Brown, American football player and coach (died 1991)

• 1908 Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (died 2008)

• 1908 Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)

• 1909 Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

• 1911 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (died 1998)

• 1912 David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 1996)

• 1913 Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (died 1999)

• 1913 Anthony Quayle, English actor (died 1989)

• 1914 Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (died 2000)

• 1914 Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (died 2012)

• 1914 James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)

• 1915 Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentine bishop (died 2012)

• 1915 Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)

• 1917 Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (died 1992)

• 1917 John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

• 1917 Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (died 2000)

• 1918 Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)

• 1919 Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)

• 1920 Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet (died 1994)

• 1921 Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (died 2014)

• 1922 Lucien Jarraud, French-Canadian journalist and radio host (died 2007)

• 1923 Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (died 1993)

• 1923 Peter Lawford, English-American actor (died 1984)

• 1923 Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (died 2015)

• 1924 Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)

• 1924 Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (died 2008)

• 1925 Laura Ashley, Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (died 1985)

• 1925 Allan Blakeney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 2011)

• 1925 Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)

• 1926 Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (died 2015)

• 1926 Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (died 2013)

• 1926 Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (died 2016)

• 1926 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (died 1983)

• 1926 Don Messick, American voice actor (died 1997)

• 1926 Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator and author (died 2006)

• 1927 Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (died 2014)

• 1927 Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian lawyer and jurist

• 1928 Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (died 1983)

• 1928 Al McGuire, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (died 2001)

• 1929 Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player (died 2016)

• 1930 Baudouin of Belgium (died 1993)

• 1930 Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer (died 2026)

• 1930 S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2010)

• 1930 Yuan Longping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in hybrid rice (died 2021)

• 1931 Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)

• 1932 Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (died 2000)

• 1932 John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (died 2003)

• 1934 Mary Bauermeister, German painter and illustrator (died 2023)

• 1934 Waldo de los Ríos, Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)

• 1934 Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (died 2012)

• 1934 Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)

• 1934 Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (died 2005)

• 1934 Hilpas Sulin, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)

• 1935 Abdou Diouf, Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal

• 1935 Dick O'Neal, American basketball player and dentist (died 2013)

• 1936 Brian Hart, English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (died 2014)

• 1936 George Cassidy, Northern Irish jazz musician (died 2023)

• 1936 Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)

• 1936 Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

• 1937 John Phillip Law, American actor (died 2008)

• 1937 Oleg Lobov, Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR (died 2018)

• 1939 Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1939 Peter Gill, Welsh actor, director, and playwright

• 1940 Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1940 Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)

• 1942 Billy Best, Scottish footballer

• 1942 Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager

• 1942 Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician

• 1942 Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist

• 1943 Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter

• 1943 Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada

• 1944 Forrest Blue, American football player (died 2011)

• 1944 Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark

• 1944 Peter Larter, English rugby player

• 1944 Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)

• 1944 Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager

• 1944 Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author

• 1945 Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1945 Vic Pollard, English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer

• 1945 Curtis Price, American musicologist and academic

• 1945 Peter Storey, English footballer

• 1946 Willie Crawford, American baseball player (died 2004)

• 1946 Joe Klein, American journalist and author

• 1946 Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster

• 1947 Sergio Della Pergola, Israeli demographer and statistician

• 1948 Susan Blakely, American actress

• 1949 Dianne Hayter, German-English politician

• 1949 Barry Siegel, American journalist and academic

• 1950 David Cannadine, English historian and author

• 1950 Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (died 1991)

• 1950 Julie Kavner, American actress

• 1950 Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit

• 1951 Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1951 Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter

• 1951 Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer

• 1951 Mark McCumber, American golfer

• 1951 Mammootty, Indian actor and producer

• 1952 Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)

• 1953 Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)

• 1953 Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter

• 1954 Corbin Bernsen, American actor

• 1954 Michael Emerson, American actor

• 1954 Kerrie Holley, American software architect and academic

• 1955 Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (died 2021)

• 1956 Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist

• 1956 Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (died 2007)

• 1956 Diane Warren, American songwriter

• 1957 Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1997)

• 1958 Walter White, American fictional protagonist of television series Breaking Bad (died 2010)

• 1960 Brad Houser, American bass player (died 2023)

• 1960 Ersin Tatar, Turkish Cypriot politician

• 1961 LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)

• 1961 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist

• 1962 Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer

• 1962 George South, American wrestler

• 1962 Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager

• 1963 Neerja Bhanot, Indian flight purser

• 1963 W. Earl Brown, American actor

• 1964 Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (died 1995)

• 1965 Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano

• 1965 Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer

• 1965 Uta Pippig, German runner

• 1965 Tomáš Skuhravý, Czech footballer

• 1965 Andreas Thom, German footballer and manager

• 1966 Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker

• 1966 Lutz Heilmann, German politician

• 1966 Toby Jones, English actor

• 1966 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater

• 1966 Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster and author

• 1967 Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress

• 1967 Alok Sharma, Indian-English accountant and politician

• 1968 Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer

• 1968 Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach

• 1969 Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach

• 1969 Angie Everhart, American actress and model

• 1969 Diane Farr, American actress

• 1969 Rudy Galindo, American figure skater

• 1970 Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress

• 1970 Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)

• 1970 Tom Everett Scott, American actor

• 1971 Gene Pritsker, American composer

• 1971 Shane Mosley, American boxer and trainer

• 1972 Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player and coach

• 1973 Shannon Elizabeth, American model and actress

• 1973 Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1974 Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer

• 1974 Antonio McDyess, American basketball player

• 1975 Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)

• 1975 Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer and manager

• 1976 Wavell Hinds, Jamaican cricketer

• 1976 Oliver Hudson, American actor

• 1977 Mateen Cleaves, American basketball player

• 1977 Molly Holly, American wrestler and trainer

• 1977 Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer

• 1978 Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1978 Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer

• 1978 Ersin Güreler, Turkish footballer

• 1978 Devon Sawa, Canadian actor

• 1979 Nathan Hindmarsh, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

• 1979 Paul Mara, American ice hockey player

• 1979 Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1979 Brian Stokes, American baseball player

• 1980 Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer

• 1980 Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist

• 1980 Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer

• 1980 Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer

• 1980 J. D. Pardo, American actor

• 1980 Mark Prior, American baseball player

• 1981 Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer

• 1981 Vangelis, Mexican wrestler

• 1982 Andre Dirrell, American boxer

• 1982 George Bailey, Australian cricketer

• 1982 Emese Szász, Hungarian fencer

• 1983 Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist

• 1983 Annette Dytrt, German figure skater

• 1983 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English-American basketball player

• 1983 Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player

• 1984 Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor

• 1984 Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer

• 1984 Miranda, Brazilian footballer

• 1984 Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player

• 1984 Pelin Karahan, Turkish actress

• 1985 Radhika Apte, Indian actress

• 1985 Wade Davis, American baseball player

• 1985 Alyssa Diaz, American actress

• 1985 Adam Eckersley, English footballer

• 1985 Eric Fehr, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1985 Rafinha, Brazilian footballer

• 1986 Charlie Daniels, English footballer

• 1986 Colin Delaney, American wrestler

• 1987 Tommy Elphick, English footballer

• 1987 Sammy Moore, English footballer

• 1987 Danny North, English footballer

• 1987 Patrick Robinson, American football player

• 1987 Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer

• 1987 Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player

• 1988 Alex Harvey, Canadian skier

• 1988 Kevin Love, American basketball player

• 1989 Jonathan Majors, American actor

• 1990 Libor Hudáček, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1990 Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater

• 1991 Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player

• 1991 Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (died 2010)

• 1992 Miniminter, English YouTuber

• 1994 Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist

• 1994 Maren Lundby, Norwegian former ski jumper

• 1994 Aya Jones, French model

• 1994 Nerea Gantxegi, Spanish footballer

• 1994 Claire Lejeune, French politician

• 1994 Jenna McCormick, Australian rugby league player

• 1994 Isel Suñiga, Guatemalan politician

• 1994 Eva Buurman, Dutch professional racing cyclist

• 1994 Irina Fetisova, Russian volleyball player

• 1994 Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1994 Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player

• 1994 Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor

• 1996 Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player

• 1997 Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor

• 1999 Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter

• 1999 Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist

• 2000 Ariarne Titmus, Australian swimmer

• 2004 Tsugumi Aritomo, Japanese entertainer

• 2006 Ian Chen, American actor

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 251 Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (born 179)

• 355 Claudius Silvanus, Roman general

• 859 Emperor Xuānzong of Tang, Chinese emperor (born 810)

• 934 Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general (born 874)

• 1134 Alfonso the Battler, Spanish emperor (born 1073)

• 1151 Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)

• 1202 William of the White Hands, French cardinal (born 1135)

• 1251 Viola, Duchess of Opole

• 1303 Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom

• 1312 Ferdinand IV of Castile (born 1285)

• 1354 Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (born 1306)

• 1362 Joan of the Tower (born 1321)

• 1464 Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (born 1412)

• 1496 Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)

• 1559 Robert Estienne, English-French printer and scholar (born 1503)

• 1566 Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian general (born 1506)

• 1573 Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (born 1535)

1601–1900

• 1601 John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (born 1529)

• 1619 Melchior Grodziecki, Polish priest and saint (born 1582)

• 1619 Marko Krizin, Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (born 1589)

• 1622 Denis Godefroy, French lawyer and jurist (born 1549)

• 1626 Edward Villiers, English noble and politician (born c. 1585)

• 1644 Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1579)

• 1655 François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (born 1601)

• 1657 Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (born 1606)

• 1685 William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1605)

• 1729 William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the province of New York (born 1688)

• 1741 Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (born 1689)

• 1798 Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (born 1728)

• 1799 Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (born 1717)

• 1809 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (born 1737)

• 1833 Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (born 1745)

• 1840 Jacques MacDonald, French general (born 1765)

• 1871 Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (born 1826)

• 1871 Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1815)

• 1881 Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (born 1842)

• 1891 Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (born 1820)

• 1892 John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (born 1807)

• 1893 Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (born 1808)

1901–present

• 1907 Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (born 1838)

• 1910 William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (born 1827)

• 1920 Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (born 1855)

• 1921 Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (born 1856)

• 1929 Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1848)

• 1933 Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1862)

• 1939 Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1873)

• 1940 José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (born 1888)

• 1941 Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (born 1866)

• 1942 Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (born 1855)

• 1943 Mary Karadja, Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (born 1868)

• 1949 José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1883)

• 1951 Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (born 1912)

• 1951 John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (born 1871)

• 1954 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (born 1885)

• 1956 C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (born 1872)

• 1959 Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (born 1890)

• 1960 Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (born 1873)

• 1961 Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1885)

• 1962 Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (born 1885)

• 1962 Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1897)

• 1964 Walter A. Brown, American businessman (born 1905)

• 1969 Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (born 1896)

• 1970 Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (born 1879)

• 1971 Spring Byington, American actress (born 1886)

• 1971 Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (born 1906)

• 1972 Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)

• 1973 Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (born 1900)

• 1973 Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (born 1903)

• 1974 S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (born 1913)

• 1978 Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (born 1916)

• 1978 Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (born 1946)

• 1978 Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (born 1893)

• 1979 I. A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (born 1893)

• 1981 Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (born 1932)

• 1982 Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)

• 1983 Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)

• 1984 Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (born 1906)

• 1984 Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (born 1892)

• 1984 Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (born 1916)

• 1985 Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (born 1903)

• 1985 José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (born 1911)

• 1986 Les Bury, English-Australian public servant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1913)

• 1988 Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (born 1908)

• 1989 Mikhail Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist and composer (born 1917)

• 1990 Earle E. Partridge, American general and pilot (born 1900)

• 1990 A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (born 1906)

• 1991 Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

• 1994 Eric Crozier, English director and playwright (born 1914)

• 1994 Dennis Morgan, American actor (born 1908)

• 1994 Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (born 1915)

• 1995 Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (born 1893)

• 1996 Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (born 1942)

• 1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)

• 2000 Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (born 1929)

• 2001 Igor Buketoff, American conductor and educator (born 1915)

• 2001 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (born 1930)

• 2001 Billie Lou Watt, American actress and voice artist (born 1924)

• 2002 Uziel Gal, German-Israeli colonel and gun designer, designed the Uzi (born 1923)

• 2003 Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)

• 2004 Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)

• 2008 Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)

• 2008 Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (born 1931)

• 2008 Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

• 2008 Gregory Mcdonald, American author (born 1937)

• 2008 Nagi Noda, Japanese director and producer (born 1973)

• 2010 Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)

• 2010 William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)

• 2010 Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)

• 2010 John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)

• 2010 Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)

• 2010 Walter White, American fictional protagonist of television series Breaking Bad (born 1958)

2011 Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:

• Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (born 1974)

• Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)

• Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)

• Stefan Liv, Polish-Swedish ice hockey player (born 1980)

• Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)

• Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1959)

• Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)

• Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1974)

• Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (born 1974)

• Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (born 1980)

• 2012 César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)

• 2012 Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)

• 2012 Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)

• 2013 Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)

• 2013 Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)

• 2013 Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)

• 2013 Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (born 1919)

• 2013 Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (born 1922)

• 2013 Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (born 1919)

• 2014 Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)

• 2014 Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)

• 2014 Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)

• 2014 Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)

• 2014 Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)

• 2015 Dickie Moore, American actor (born 1925)

• 2015 Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)

• 2015 Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)

• 2015 Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)

• 2018 Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)

• 2018 Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)

• 2023 Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)

• 2024 Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Air Force Day (Pakistan)

Christian feast day:

• Anastasius the Fuller

• Clodoald

• Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi

• Gratus of Aosta

• Stephen Pongracz

• Blessed Maria Angela Picco

• Marko Krizin

• Regina

• Blessed Thomas Tsugi

• September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day (Fiji)

• Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.

• Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)

• National Threatened Species Day (Australia)

• Victory Day (Mozambique)

References

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