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July 15 is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
- 1149 – The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
- 1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.
- 1240 – Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: a Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
- 1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.
- 1410 – Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald – the allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
- 1482 – Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
- 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.
- 1741 – Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
- 1789 – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
- 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
- 1806 – Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
- 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
- 1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
- 1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years of terror.
- 1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
- 1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
- 1870 – Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
- 1888 – The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- 1910 – In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
- 1916 – In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
- 1918 – World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- 1920 – The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
- 1922 – Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
- 1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
- 1954 – First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
- 1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- 1959 – The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
- 1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
- 1975 – Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
- 1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called malaise speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation" but in which he never uses the word malaise.
- 1980 – A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.
- 1983 – Orly Airport attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
- 1983 – The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan.
- 1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
- 1997 – In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
- 2002 – "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
- 2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
- 2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day
- 2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
- 2011 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is released to theaters in the United States
Births
- 1273 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk (d. 1352)
- 1353 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
- 1471 – Eskender, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494)
- 1553 – Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
- 1573 – Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House (d. 1652)
- 1606 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter (d. 1669)
- 1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
- 1638 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693)
- 1704 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop (d. 1792)
- 1737 – Princess Louise of France (d. 1787)
- 1779 – Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
- 1796 – Thomas Bulfinch, American banker and author (d. 1867)
- 1799 – Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (d. 1882)
- 1800 – Sidney Breese, U.S. senator from Illinois known as the "father of the Illinois Central Railroad" (d. 1878)
- 1808 – Henry Edward Manning, English archbishop (d. 1892)
- 1812 – James Hope-Scott, English lawyer (d. 1873)
- 1817 – Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (d. 1898)
- 1837 – Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1859)
- 1848 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
- 1850 – Francesca S. Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917)
- 1851 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (d. 1889)
- 1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (d. 1928)
- 1864 – Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (d. 1942)
- 1865 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1865 – Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, British Newspaper and publishing magnate. (d. 1922)
- 1867 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (d. 1936)
- 1871 – Kunikida Doppo, Japanese author (d. 1908)
- 1892 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (d. 1940)
- 1893 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress (d. 1969)
- 1893 – Dick Rauch, American football player and coach (d. 1970)
- 1894 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (d. 1989)
- 1899 – Seán Lemass, Irish politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1971)
- 1902 – Jean Rey, Belgian politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983)
- 1903 – Walter D. Edmonds, American author (d. 1998)
- 1903 – K. Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
- 1904 – Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
- 1905 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1906 – Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)
- 1910 – Ken Lynch, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1911 – Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician (d. 1994)
- 1913 – Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
- 1913 – Hammond Innes, English author (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet (d. 2010)
- 1914 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani activist (d. 1999)
- 1914 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996)
- 1915 – Albert Ghiorso, American scientist (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1918 – Doris Lussier, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
- 1918 – Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neurophyshologist
- 1918 – Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)
- 1919 – Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Iris Murdoch, Irish-English philosopher and author (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Jack Beeson, American composer (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
- 1922 – Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 – Philip Carey, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 2003)
- 1927 – Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Gloria Pall, American actress (d. 2012)
- 1927 – Joe Turkel, American actor
- 1928 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Charles Anthony, American tenor (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Stephen Smale, American mathematician
- 1931 – Clive Cussler, American author
- 1931 – Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
- 1932 – Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
- 1932 – Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2010)
- 1933 – Julian Bream, English guitarist
- 1933 – Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Harrison Birtwistle, English composer
- 1934 – Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)
- 1935 – Thilakan, Indian actor (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Donn Clendenon, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Ken Kercheval, American actor
- 1936 – George Voinovich, American politician
- 1938 – Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
- 1938 – Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio
- 1939 – Calixte Duguay, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1939 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
- 1939 – Patrick Wayne, American actor
- 1940 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (d. 1990)
- 1941 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer
- 1942 – Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (d. 2005)
- 1942 – Mil Máscaras, Mexican wrestler and actor
- 1943 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist
- 1944 – Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter
- 1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor
- 1945 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)
- 1946 – Hassanal Bolkiah, Bruneian sultan
- 1946 – Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Stone Poneys and Free Creek)
- 1947 – Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Yes, The Syn, and Flash) (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Lydia Davis, American author
- 1947 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The 13th Floor Elevators)
- 1948 – Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
- 1948 – Artimus Pyle, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1949 – Carl Bildt, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1949 – Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Buggles, Art of Noise, and Producers)
- 1949 – Richard Russo, American author
- 1950 – Colin Barnett, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia
- 1950 – Arianna Huffington, Greek-American author and journalist, founded The Huffington Post
- 1951 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1951 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
- 1952 – Celia Imrie, English actress
- 1952 – Terry O'Quinn, American actor
- 1952 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991)
- 1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician and 49th President of Haiti
- 1953 – Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter
- 1953 – John Denham, English politician
- 1954 – Tarak Dhiab, Tunisian footballer
- 1954 – Jeff Jarvis, American journalist and blogger
- 1954 – Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens
- 1954 – Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1956 – Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
- 1956 – Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1956 – Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter (Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and Misfits)
- 1956 – Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chickenfoot and The Greg Kihn Band)
- 1956 – Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver
- 1958 – Ardo Hansson, Estonian economist
- 1958 – Gary Heale, English footballer
- 1958 – Mac Thornberry, American lawyer and politician
- 1959 – Vincent Lindon, French actor
- 1960 – Willie Aames, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Kim Alexis, American model and actress
- 1961 – Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress
- 1961 – Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter
- 1961 – Scott Ritter, American weapons inspector
- 1961 – Forest Whitaker, American actor, director, and producer
- 1962 – Steve Brown, American darts player
- 1962 – Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager
- 1963 – Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-American model, actress, and singer
- 1963 – Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 – Eleftherios Fotiadis, Greek footballer
- 1965 – David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- 1966 – Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Bonham, Damnocracy, and Black Country Communion)
- 1966 – Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress
- 1967 – Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer
- 1968 – Eddie Griffin, American comedian and actor
- 1968 – Stan Kirsch, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (d. 2013)
- 1970 – Jim Rash, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Danijela Martinović, Croatian singer
- 1972 – Yao Defen, Chinese giant (d. 2012)
- 1972 – Scott Foley, American actor
- 1972 – Beth Ostrosky Stern, American model and actress
- 1973 – Buju Banton, Jamaican singer
- 1973 – John Dolmayan, Lebanese-American drummer and songwriter (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway)
- 1973 – Brian Austin Green, American actor and producer
- 1974 – Marilita Lambropoulou, Greek actress
- 1974 – Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Cherry, American wrestler and manager
- 1975 – Heather Nedohin, Canadian curler
- 1975 – Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
- 1976 – Steve Cunningham, American boxer
- 1976 – Gabriel Iglesias, American comedian and actor
- 1976 – Jim Jones, American rapper and actor (The Diplomats)
- 1976 – Diane Kruger, German-American actress and model
- 1977 – Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
- 1977 – Kitana Baker, American model and actress
- 1977 – André Nel, South African cricketer
- 1977 – Lana Parrilla, American actress
- 1977 – John St. Clair, American football player
- 1977 – Ray Toro, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance)
- 1978 – Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 – Laura Benanti, American actress and singer
- 1979 – Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
- 1979 – Renata Kučerová, Czech tennis player
- 1980 – Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player
- 1980 – Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Kelli Martin, American fashion designer
- 1980 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and producer
- 1980 – Rivo Vesik, Estonian beach volleyball player
- 1980 – Mike Zambidis, Greek kick-boxer
- 1981 – Alou Diarra, French footballer
- 1981 – Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer
- 1982 – Alan Pérez, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 – Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 – Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver
- 1983 – Heath Slater, American wrestler
- 1984 – Alex Boyd, German-Scottish photographer
- 1984 – Vice Cooler, American singer-songwriter (Hawnay Troof and XBXRX)
- 1984 – Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier
- 1985 – Chris Tiu, Filipino basketball player and television host
- 1985 – Burak Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Steven Jahn, German footballer
- 1989 – Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
- 1989 – Tristan Wilds, American actor
- 1989 – Anthony Randolph, American basketball player
- 1990 – Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
- 1990 – J. B. Gaynor, American actor
- 1991 – Derrick Favors, American basketball player
- 1992 – Tobias Harris American basketball player
- 1991 – Yuki Kashiwagi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and French Kiss)
- 1992 – Porter Robinson, American DJ and producer
- 1993 – Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer
- 1997 – Jordana Moro, Canadian scholar
Deaths
- 1274 – Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)
- 1291 – Rudolph I of Germany (b. 1218)
- 1381 – John Ball, English priest (b. 1338)
- 1406 – William, Duke of Austria (b. 1370)
- 1410 – Ulrich von Jungingen, German knight (b. 1360)
- 1544 – René of Châlon (b. 1519)
- 1571 – Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1514)
- 1609 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560)
- 1614 – Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French soldier, historian, and author (b. 1540)
- 1655 – Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
- 1685 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-English general (b. 1649)
- 1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian politician (b. 1686)
- 1765 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
- 1767 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
- 1789 – Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)
- 1828 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
- 1839 – Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
- 1844 – Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
- 1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
- 1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
- 1871 – Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1853)
- 1885 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
- 1890 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss poet (b. 1819)
- 1898 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (d. 1825)
- 1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian physician and author (b. 1860)
- 1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
- 1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
- 1930 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-American actor (b. 1862)
- 1931 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist (b. 1868)
- 1931 – Eduardo Camet, Argentinian fencer (b. 1876)
- 1932 – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician (b. 1873)
- 1933 – Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (b. 1865)
- 1933 – Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
- 1940 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
- 1940 – Donald Calthrop, English actor (b. 1888)
- 1940 – Robert Wadlow, American giant (b. 1918)
- 1942 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
- 1944 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist (b. 1885)
- 1946 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1947 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
- 1948 – John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
- 1953 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
- 1957 – James M. Cox, American politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)
- 1957 – Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
- 1958 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
- 1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (b. 1880)
- 1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (b. 1885)
- 1960 – Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
- 1960 – Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)
- 1961 – John Edward Brownlee, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)
- 1964 – Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1885)
- 1965 – Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
- 1974 – Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)
- 1976 – Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
- 1977 – Donald Mackay, Australian activist (b. 1933)
- 1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911)
- 1981 – Frédéric Dorion, Canadian politician (b. 1898)
- 1982 – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
- 1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
- 1988 – Eleanor Estes, American author (b. 1906)
- 1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
- 1990 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
- 1991 – Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)
- 1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)
- 1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
- 1993 – David Brian, American actor and dancer (b. 1914)
- 1993 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (b. 1973)
- 1996 – Dana Hill, American actress and singer (b. 1964)
- 1997 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)
- 1997 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)
- 1998 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
- 2000 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925)
- 2001 – C. Balasingham, Ceylon civil servant (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author and poet (b. 1953)
- 2003 – Tex Schramm, American businessman (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
- 2006 – Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founded of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist (b. 1942)
- 2008 – György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)
- 2008 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)
- 2009 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
- 2010 – James E. Akins, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Googie Withers, Indian-English actress (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
- 2012 – Tsilla Chelton, French actress (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Grant Feasel, American football player (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1930)
- 2012 – David Fraser, English general (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Ninos Aho, Syrian poet (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (b. 1968)
- 2013 – Tom Greenwell, American judge (b. 1956)
- 2013 – Earl Gros, American football player (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Noël Lee, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (b. 1986)
- 2013 – John T. Riedl, American computer scientist (b. 1962)
Holidays and observances
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