Events

Pre-1600

• 70 The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.

• 526 Election of Pope Felix IV following the death of Pope John I earlier that year.

• 813 Leo V the Armenian is crowned as Byzantine Emperor after he successfully forced previous emperor Michael I Rangabe to abdicate the previous day.

• 927 King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accept the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.

• 1191 Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

• 1335 Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order.

• 1450 Although he had been previously pardoned, Jack Cade is killed while fleeing, bringing an end to Jack Cade's Rebellion.

• 1470 The Ottomans capture Euboea.

• 1488 Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returns to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.

• 1493 Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.

• 1527 Lê Cung Hoàng cedes the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.

• 1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

• 1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.

• 1576 Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.

• 1580 The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.

1601–1900

• 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.

• 1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.

• 1789 In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.

• 1790 The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.

• 1799 Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).

• 1801 British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.

• 1806 At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.

• 1812 The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.

• 1847 A riot occurs in Woodstock, New Brunswick, between Catholics and members of the Orange Order that results in up to ten deaths.

• 1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

1901–present

• 1913 Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.

• 1913 The Second Revolution breaks out against the Beiyang government, as Li Liejun proclaims Jiangxi independent from the Republic of China.

• 1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

• 1918 The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

• 1920 The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.

• 1943 World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time.

• 1948 Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.

• 1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.

• 1961 Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.

• 1961 ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72.

• 1963 Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.

• 1967 Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.

• 1971 The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.

• 1973 A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.

• 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.

• 1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

• 1995 Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

• 1998 The Ulster Volunteer Force attack a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.

• 1998 France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.

• 2001 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.

• 2006 A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.

• 2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

• 2012 Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.

• 2012 A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

• 2013 Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.

• 2024 Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.

• 2026 A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.

Births

Pre-1600

• 100 BC Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)

• 1394 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (died 1441)

• 1468 Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable; (died 1530)

• 1477 Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (died 1547)

• 1549 Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)

1601–1900

• 1628 Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (died 1684)

• 1675 Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (died 1742)

• 1730 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (died 1795)

• 1803 Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died 1841)

• 1807 Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (died 1893)

• 1813 Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (died 1878)

• 1817 Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)

• 1817 Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (died 1899)

• 1821 D. H. Hill, American general and academic (died 1889)

• 1824 Eugène Boudin, French painter (died 1898)

• 1849 William Osler, Canadian physician and author (died 1919)

• 1850 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (died 1912)

• 1852 Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (died 1933)

• 1854 George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (died 1933)

• 1855 Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (died 1908)

• 1857 George E. Ohr, American potter (died 1918)

• 1861 Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)

• 1863 Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (died 1933)

• 1863 Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (died 1906)

• 1868 Stefan George, German poet and translator (died 1933)

• 1870 Louis II, Prince of Monaco (died 1949)

• 1872 Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (died 1945)

• 1876 Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (died 1944)

• 1878 Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (died 1930)

• 1879 Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (died 1976)

• 1879 Han Yong-un, Korean poet (died 1944)

• 1880 Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1962)

• 1881 Natalia Goncharova, Russian theatrical costume and set designer, painter and illustrator (died 1962)

• 1884 Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (died 1935)

• 1884 Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (died 1957)

• 1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)

• 1886 Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (died 1956)

• 1888 Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)

• 1892 Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (died 1942)

• 1895 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (died 1962)

• 1895 Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)

• 1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (died 1960)

• 1900 Marcel Paul, French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (died 1982)

1901–present

• 1902 Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (died 1992)

• 1902 Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league footballer (died 1984)

• 1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

• 1905 Prince John of the United Kingdom, Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (died 1919)

• 1907 Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (died 1993)

• 1908 Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (died 2002)

• 1908 Alain Cuny, French actor (died 1994)

• 1908 Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)

• 1909 Joe DeRita, American actor, 'Curly' of the Three Stooges (died 1993)

• 1909 Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (died 2010)

• 1909 Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (died 1999)

• 1909 Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (died 1994)

• 1911 Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (died 1993)

• 1913 Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

• 1914 Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (died 1971)

• 1916 Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (died 1974)

• 1917 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)

• 1917 Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (died 2006)

• 1917 Andrew Wyeth, American artist (died 2009)

• 1920 Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)

• 1920 Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2015)

• 1920 Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (died 1974)

• 1920 Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic (died 2017)

• 1920 Beah Richards, American actress (died 2000)

• 1922 Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (died 2011)

• 1923 James E. Gunn, American science fiction author (died 2020)

• 1924 Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2011)

• 1924 Michel d'Ornano, French politician (died 1991)

• 1925 Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (died 2013)

• 1925 Roger Smith, American businessman (died 2007)

• 1927 Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (died 1993)

• 1927 Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)

• 1927 Jack Harshman, American baseball player (died 2013)

• 1927 Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (died 2011)

• 1928 Alastair Burnet, English journalist (died 2012)

• 1928 Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1928 Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (died 2013)

• 1930 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)

• 1930 Guy Ligier, French race car driver and team owner (died 2015)

• 1931 Eric Ives, English historian and academic (died 2012)

• 1931 Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2013)

• 1931 Giuseppe Malandrino, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (died 2025)

• 1932 Monte Hellman, American director and producer (died 2021)

• 1932 Otis Davis, American sprinter (died 2024)

• 1933 Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (died 2012)

• 1933 Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)

• 1934 Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (died 2013)

• 1935 Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1936 Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2016)

• 1936 Frank Ryan, American football player and mathematician (died 2024)

• 1937 Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

• 1937 Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician

• 1937 Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (died 2026)

• 1937 Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor (died 2022)

• 1937 Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor (died 2016)

• 1938 Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)

• 1938 Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer

• 1938 Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (died 2012)

• 1938 – Ray Scott, American basketball player and coach

• 1939 Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer

• 1939 Bill Cooper, American football player

• 1941 Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2007)

• 1942 Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician

• 1942 Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire

• 1942 Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer and coach

• 1942 Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

• 1943 Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2022)

• 1943 Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

• 1944 Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic

• 1944 Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

• 1945 Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician

• 1946 Sian Barbara Allen, American television actress (died 2025)

• 1947 Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster

• 1947 Carl Lundgren, American artist and illustrator

• 1947 Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic

• 1948 Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer

• 1948 Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1948 Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024)

• 1948 Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor (died 2024)

• 1950 Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (died 1991)

• 1950 Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1951 Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment

• 1951 Cheryl Ladd, American actress

• 1951 Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer

• 1951 Jamey Sheridan, American actor

• 1952 Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer

• 1952 Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1954 Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter

• 1954 Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach

• 1955 Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author

• 1956 Mel Harris, American actress

• 1956 Pate Mustajärvi, Finnish rock singer (died 2025)

• 1956 Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist

• 1956 Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player

• 1957 Catherine Connolly, Irish politician, 10th President of Ireland

• 1957 Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)

• 1957 Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2017)

• 1958 Tonya Lee Williams, English-Canadian actress and producer

• 1959 Tupou VI, King of Tonga

• 1959 Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist

• 1959 Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (died 2017)

• 1961 Heikko Glöde, German footballer and manager

• 1961 Shiva Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer

• 1962 Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer

• 1962 Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

• 1962 Dan Murphy, American musician

• 1962 Joanna Shields, American-English businesswoman

• 1962 Dean Wilkins, English footballer and manager

• 1964 Gaby Roslin, English television host and actress

• 1965 Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1965 Robin Wilson, American singer and guitarist

• 1966 Jeff Bucknum, American race car driver

• 1966 Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster

• 1966 Taiji, Japanese bass player and songwriter (died 2011)

• 1967 John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1967 Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter

• 1968 Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer

• 1969 Chantal Jouanno, French politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

• 1969 Anne-Sophie Pic, French chef

• 1969 Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (died 2006)

• 1970 Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1970 Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor

• 1970 Susan Tyler Witten, American politician

• 1971 Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player

• 1971 Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

• 1972 Jake Wood, English actor

• 1973 Christian Vieri, Italian footballer

• 1974 Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter

• 1974 Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

• 1974 Gregory Shane Helms, American professional wrestler

• 1975 Ben Carroll, Australian politician, 50th Premier of Victoria

• 1975 Phil Lord, American filmmaker and actor

• 1975 Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer

• 1976 Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1976 Anna Friel, English actress

• 1976 Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1977 Neil Harris, English footballer and manager

• 1977 Steve Howey, American actor

• 1977 Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

• 1977 Marco Silva, Portuguese football manager

• 1978 Topher Grace, American actor

• 1978 Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

• 1979 Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist

• 1980 Kristen Connolly, American actress

• 1981 Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter

• 1981 Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1982 Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer

• 1982 Jason Wright, American football player, businessman, and executive

• 1983 – Howie Kendrick, American baseball player

• 1983 – Kimberly Perry, American singer and songwriter

• 1984 Gareth Gates, English singer-songwriter

• 1984 Jonathan Lewis, American football player

• 1984 Natalie Martinez, American actress

• 1984 Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer

• 1984 Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler

• 1985 Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer

• 1985 Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer

• 1985 Keven Lacombe, Canadian cyclist

• 1985 Ismael Londt, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer

• 1986 Didier Digard, French footballer

• 1986 Hannaliis Jaadla, Estonian footballer

• 1986 JP Pietersen, South African rugby player

• 1986 Simone Laudehr, German footballer

• 1987 Lisbeth Torfing, Danish politician

• 1988 Patrick Beverley, American basketball player

• 1988 LeSean McCoy, American football player

• 1988 Inbee Park, South Korean golfer

• 1989 Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player

• 1989 Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress

• 1989 – Hilary Knight, American ice hockey player

• 1990 Bebé, Portuguese footballer

• 1990 Rachel Brosnahan, American actress

• 1991 Pablo Carreño Busta, Spanish tennis player

• 1991 Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer

• 1991 James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer

• 1991 Erik Per Sullivan, American actor

• 1992 Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer

• 1992 Luke Berry, English footballer

• 1993 Jonas Brodin, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1994 Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter

• 1995 Evania Pelite, Australian rugby union player

• 1995 Luke Shaw, English footballer

• 1995 Moses Simon, Nigerian footballer

• 1995 Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast

• 1996 Moussa Dembélé, French footballer

• 1996 Jordan Romero, American mountaineer

• 1997 Claire Chicha, French Korean singer-songwriter known by the stage name Spill Tab

• 1997 Jean-Kévin Duverne, French footballer

• 1997 Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1998 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canadian basketball player

• 2000 Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer

• 2000 Veronica Burton, American basketball player

• 2001 Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer

• 2002 Nico Williams, Spanish footballer

• 2004 Diabé Bolumbu, French footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 524 Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (born 460)

• 783 Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen (born 720)

• 965 Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (born 919)

• 981 Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian

• 1067 John Komnenos, Byzantine general

• 1441 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (born 1394)

• 1441 Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese nobleman

• 1489 Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi

• 1536 Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)

• 1584 Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (born 1525)

1601–1900

• 1623 William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (born 1557)

• 1664 Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (born 1610)

• 1682 Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (born 1620)

• 1691 Marquis de St Ruth, French general

• 1693 John Ashby, English admiral (born 1640)

• 1712 Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)

• 1742 Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (born 1675)

• 1749 Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (born 1671)

• 1773 Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (born 1697)

• 1804 Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)

• 1845 Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (born 1808)

• 1850 Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (born 1772)

• 1855 Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (born 1802)

• 1870 John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (born 1809)

• 1892 Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (born 1820)

1901–present

• 1908 William D. Coleman, 13th President of Liberia (born 1842)

• 1910 Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1877)

• 1926 Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (born 1868)

• 1926 Charles Wood Irish composer (born 1866)

• 1929 Robert Henri, American painter and educator (born 1865)

• 1931 Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)

• 1934 Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (born 1877)

• 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)

• 1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1887)

• 1945 Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (born 1871)

• 1945 Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (born 1895)

• 1946 Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (born 1870)

• 1947 Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)

• 1949 Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (born 1860)

• 1950 Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (born 1865)

• 1956 John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (born 1868)

• 1961 Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (born 1879)

• 1962 Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (born 1907)

• 1965 Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (born 1898)

• 1966 D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (born 1870)

• 1969 Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (born 1885)

• 1971 Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (born 1914)

• 1973 Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (born 1906)

• 1975 James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (born 1887)

• 1979 Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (born 1952)

• 1979 Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)

• 1980 John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888)

• 1982 Kenneth More, English actor (born 1914)

• 1983 Chris Wood, English saxophonist (born 1944)

• 1990 João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (born 1917)

• 1992 Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (born 1903)

• 1993 Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (born 1970)

• 1994 Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer (born 1915)

• 1996 John Chancellor, American journalist (born 1927)

• 1997 François Furet, French historian and author (born 1927)

• 1998 Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)

• 1998 Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925)

• 1998 Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (born 1941)

• 1999 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (born 1921)

• 2000 Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1908)

• 2001 Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (born 1939)

• 2003 Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (born 1907)

• 2003 Mark Lovell, English race car driver (born 1960)

• 2004 Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (born 1918)

• 2005 John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (born 1917)

• 2007 Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1975)

• 2007 Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (born 1947)

• 2008 Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)

• 2008 Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)

• 2010 Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (born 1922)

• 2010 James P. Hogan, English-American author (born 1941)

• 2010 Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1932)

• 2010 Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (born 1957)

• 2010 Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (born 1939)

• 2011 Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1916)

• 2012 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (born 1930)

• 2012 Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (born 1928)

• 2012 Eddy Brown, English footballer and manager (born 1926)

• 2012 Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author and illustrator (born 1920)

• 2012 Roger Payne, English mountaineer (born 1956)

• 2012 Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director and playwright (born 1931)

• 2012 George C. Stoney, American director and producer (born 1916)

• 2013 Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)

• 2013 Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (born 1932)

• 2013 Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer (born 1920)

• 2013 Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921)

• 2014 Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (born 1931)

• 2014 Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1924)

• 2014 Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (born 1927)

• 2014 Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919)

• 2014 Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (born 1924)

• 2014 Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950)

• 2015 D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (born 1941)

• 2015 Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (born 1956)

• 2015 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (born 1950)

• 2015 Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (born 1935)

• 2016 Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician (born 1958)

• 2018 Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (born 1969)

• 2019 Emily Hartridge, English YouTuber and television presenter (born 1984)

• 2020 Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)

• 2020 Wim Suurbier, Dutch football player (born 1945)

• 2024 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's writer and illustrator (born 1930)

• 2024 Bill Viola, American video and installation artist (born 1951)

• 2024 Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist (born 1928)

• 2024 Evan Wright, American writer (born 1964)

• 2024 Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress and narrator (born 1935)

• 2026 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (born 1952)

• 2026 John Hamm, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1938).

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)

• Hermagoras and Fortunatus

• Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)

• John Gualbert

• John Jones

• Drostan

• Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin

• Nabor and Felix

• Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))

• Veronica

• Viventiolus

• July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• The second day of Naadam (Mongolia)

• The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Republic of Ireland, Australia, Newfoundland and Labrador)

References

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