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May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
- 1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
- 1416 – The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
- 1431 – Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
- 1434 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany – effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
- 1510 – During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming Dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
- 1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
- 1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
- 1574 – Henry III becomes King of France.
- 1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
- 1631 – Publication of La Gazette, the first French newspaper.
- 1635 – Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague is signed.
- 1642 – From this date all honors granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.
- 1806 – Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
- 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition – the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I is exiled to Elba.
- 1815 – The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
- 1832 – End of the Hambach Festival in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- 1832 – The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
- 1834 – Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law extinguishing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses of the regular religious orders", earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
- 1842 – John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
- 1854 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
- 1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
- 1876 – Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
- 1883 – In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
- 1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
- 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
- 1913 – First Balkan War: the Treaty of London (1913), is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
- 1914 – The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York, New York.
- 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
- 1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
- 1925 – May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
- 1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill 10 labor demonstrators.
- 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the Nazi swastika.
- 1942 – World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
- 1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon, within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
- 1958 – Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
- 1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1966 – The former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
- 1966 – Launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body.
- 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
- 1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
- 1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
- 1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
- 1972 – In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
- 1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
- 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
- 1998 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
- 1998 – Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.
- 2003 – Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
- 2012 – The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
- 2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
Births
- 1010 – Emperor Renzong of Song (d. 1063)
- 1220 – Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (d. 1263)
- 1423 – Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
- 1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
- 1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1676)
- 1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)
- 1719 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
- 1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)
- 1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French commander (d. 1815)
- 1768 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
- 1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)
- 1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)
- 1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician (d. 1894)
- 1819 – William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)
- 1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)
- 1835 – Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
- 1844 – Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)
- 1845 – Amadeo I of Spain, King of Spain (d. 1890)
- 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
- 1858 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
- 1862 – Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)
- 1871 – Olga Engl, Austrian-German actress (d. 1946)
- 1874 – Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
- 1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
- 1878 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (d. 1933)
- 1879 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
- 1879 – Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist (d. 1975)
- 1881 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
- 1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, English runner (d. 1915)
- 1885 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet, translator, linguist and folklorist (d. 1942)
- 1886 – Laurent Barré, Canadian politician and author (d. 1964)
- 1886 – Randolph Bourne, American theorist (d. 1918)
- 1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor (d. 1964)
- 1887 – Paulette Noizeux, French actress (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Emil Reesen, Danish composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1964)
- 1890 – Roger Salengro, French politician (d. 1936)
- 1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
- 1894 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
- 1895 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
- 1896 – Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
- 1899 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)
- 1901 – Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)
- 1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)
- 1902 – Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1985)
- 1903 – Countee Cullen, American poet (d. 1946)
- 1906 – Bruno Gröning, Polish-German mystic (d. 1959)
- 1907 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
- 1907 – Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist (d. 2008)
- 1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor and singer (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Jacques Canetti, French talent agent (d. 1997)
- 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Harry Bernstein, English-American author (d. 2011)
- 1910 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (d. 1978)
- 1910 – Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
- 1912 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (d. 1980)
- 1912 – Millicent Selsam, American author (d. 1996)
- 1912 – Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
- 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
- 1916 – Justin Catayée, French politician (d. 1962)
- 1916 – Mort Meskin, American illustrator (d. 1995)
- 1918 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
- 1918 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)
- 1919 – René Barrientos, Bolivian army officer and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
- 1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Hal Clement, American author (d. 2003)
- 1923 – Anna Proclemer, Italian actress (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Marv Diemer, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Christine Jorgensen, American transgender (d. 1989)
- 1927 – Clint Walker, American actor
- 1928 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006)
- 1928 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1929 – Georges Gilson, French bishop
- 1930 – Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter
- 1931 – Larry Silverstein, American real estate developer
- 1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (Deep Listening Band)
- 1934 – Alexey Leonov, Russian general and astronaut
- 1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Lee Gunther, American production manager, producer, and editor (d. 1998)
- 1935 – Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (d. 2005)
- 1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor
- 1936 – Stanislav Hurenko, Ukrainian politician (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress
- 1937 – Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach
- 1938 – David Early, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor
- 1939 – Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
- 1940 – Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1943 – James Chaney, American activist (d. 1964)
- 1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player
- 1944 – Peter E. Berger, American film editor (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Lenny Davidson, English guitarist (The Dave Clark Five)
- 1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress and singer (d. 2000)
- 1944 – Stav Prodromou, Greek-American businessman
- 1945 – Norman Eshley, English actor
- 1946 – Allan Chapman, English historian
- 1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer
- 1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
- 1949 – P. J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
- 1949 – Klaus Flouride, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dead Kennedys)
- 1949 – Bob Willis, English cricketer
- 1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, Mayor of Paris
- 1950 – Dann Glenn, American guitarist and composer
- 1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
- 1951 – Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian-Serbian singer-songwriter (Ambasadori and Korni Grupa)
- 1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
- 1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
- 1952 – Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey referee and sportscaster
- 1952 – Scott Holmes, American actor
- 1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
- 1955 – Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter (The Clash and Mirkwood)
- 1955 – Jake Roberts, American wrestler
- 1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (Roxette)
- 1958 – Steve Israel, American politician
- 1958 – Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor
- 1959 – Phil Brown, English footballer and manager
- 1959 – Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler
- 1959 – Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
- 1961 – Ralph Carter, American actor and singer
- 1961 – Harry Enfield, English actor, screenwriter, and director
- 1961 – Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer
- 1962 – Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer
- 1963 – Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Voivod)
- 1963 – Élise Lucet, French journalist
- 1963 – Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
- 1963 – Shauna Grant, American nude model and pornographic actress (d. 1984)
- 1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Judds)
- 1964 – Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver
- 1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and activist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, The Nightwatchman, and Axis of Justice)
- 1965 – Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Abderraouf Jdey, Tunisian terrorist
- 1965 – Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.
- 1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pavement, Silver Jews, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- 1966 – Thomas Häßler, German football player
- 1967 – Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter (The Charlatans and The Chavs)
- 1967 – Sven Pipien, German bass guitarist (The Black Crowes)
- 1968 – Jason Kenney, Canadian politician
- 1968 – Zacarias Moussaoui, French terrorist
- 1969 – Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Flora Chan, Hong Kong actress
- 1970 – Ness Wadia, Indian businessman
- 1971 – Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1971 – Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
- 1972 – Sōichirō Hoshi, Japanese voice actor
- 1972 – Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1973 – Leigh Francis, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1974 – Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer
- 1974 – Cee Lo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley)
- 1974 – Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
- 1974 – Big L, American rapper (Children of the Corn and Diggin' in the Crates Crew) (d. 1999)
- 1974 – David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
- 1975 – Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter (Shadows Fall and Overcast)
- 1975 – Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach
- 1976 – Leonel Grave de Peralta, Cuban-American activist
- 1976 – Radoslav Nesterović, Slovenian-Greek basketball player
- 1976 – Magnus Norman, Swedish-Monacan tennis player
- 1976 – Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner
- 1977 – Akwá, Angolan footballer
- 1977 – Marc Dos Santos, Canadian soccer player, manager, and coach
- 1977 – Rachael Stirling, English actress
- 1977 – Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer
- 1978 – Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
- 1979 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer
- 1979 – Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1979 – Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- 1980 – Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player
- 1980 – Ryohgo Narita, Japanese light novelist
- 1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Megapuss)
- 1981 – Blake Bashoff, American actor
- 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
- 1981 – Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Remy Ma, American rapper (Terror Squad)
- 1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
- 1981 – Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
- 1982 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
- 1983 – Jennifer Ellison, English actress, singer, and dancer
- 1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
- 1984 – Matt Maguire, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Jordan Palmer, American football player
- 1984 – Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player
- 1985 – Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (d. 2013)
- 1985 – Vladimir Latin, Estonian rower
- 1985 – Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Jennifer Winget, Indian actress
- 1987 – Joyce Cheng, Canadian-Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1988 – Kelvin Etuhu, Nigerian-English footballer
- 1988 – Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby player
- 1989 – Ailee, American-South Korean singer and actress
- 1989 – Hyomin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
- 1989 – Kevin Covais, American singer and actor
- 1989 – Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1990 – Dean Collins, American actor
- 1990 – Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1990 – Im Yoona, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
- 1991 – Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
- 1992 – Liam Mower, English actor and dancer
- 1994 – Madeon, French DJ and producer
- 1994 – Ivars Punnenovs, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1996 – Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
- 1997 – Jake Short, American actor
- 2000 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
Deaths
- 1159 – Władysław II the Exile, Polish husband of Agnes of Babenberg (b. 1105)
- 1252 – Ferdinand III of Castile (b. 1199)
- 1416 – Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (b. 1379)
- 1431 – Joan of Arc, French saint (b. 1412)
- 1434 – Prokop the Great, Czech general (b. 1380)
- 1574 – Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
- 1576 – Harada Naomasa, Japanese samurai
- 1593 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)
- 1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (b. 1577)
- 1696 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician (b. 1638)
- 1712 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)
- 1718 – Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (b. 1670)
- 1730 – Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)
- 1744 – Alexander Pope, English poet (b. 1688)
- 1770 – François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
- 1778 – Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
- 1829 – Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)
- 1832 – James Mackintosh, Scottish jurist, politician, and historian (b. 1765)
- 1865 – John Catron, American jurist (b. 1786)
- 1901 – Victor D'Hondt, Belgian lawyer, jurist, and mathematician (b. 1841)
- 1911 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
- 1912 – Wilbur Wright, American American pilot, inventor, and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
- 1918 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher (b. 1856)
- 1925 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
- 1926 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
- 1934 – Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
- 1939 – Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
- 1941 – Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
- 1946 – Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
- 1947 – Georg Johannes von Trapp, Croatian-Austrian captain (b. 1880)
- 1948 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
- 1949 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
- 1951 – Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)
- 1953 – Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
- 1955 – Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)
- 1960 – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- 1961 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)
- 1964 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (b. 1882)
- 1964 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1898)
- 1964 – Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (b. 1927)
- 1964 – Dave MacDonald, American race car driver (b. 1936)
- 1965 – Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist (b. 1899)
- 1967 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)
- 1967 – Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1971 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
- 1975 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)
- 1975 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (b. 1908)
- 1975 – Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (b. 1895)
- 1976 – Max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1976 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)
- 1978 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, conductor, and composer (b. 1909)
- 1980 – Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos) (b. 1942)
- 1981 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- 1981 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
- 1983 – Rudolf Loo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1902)
- 1986 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
- 1993 – Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
- 1994 – Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)
- 1995 – Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (b. 1912)
- 1995 – Lofty England, English engineer (b. 1911)
- 1995 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)
- 1996 – Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (b. 1903)
- 1996 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (b. 1961)
- 1999 – Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Tex Beneke, American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1914)
- 2000 – Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress (b. 1905)
- 2001 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and author (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Mickie Most, English singer and producer, founded Rak Records (b. 1938)
- 2005 – Fazal Mahmood, Indian-Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
- 2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish author (b. 1958)
- 2005 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2006 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2006 – David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)
- 2008 – Auguste Legros, French politician (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Noel Moore, English civil servant (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Lorenzo Odone, American adrenoleukodystrophy patient (b. 1978)
- 2009 – Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2010 – Peter Orlovsky, American poet and actor (b. 1933)
- 2010 – Joan Rhodes, English wrestler and stuntwoman (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Ricky Bruch, Swedish discus thrower and actor (b. 1946)
- 2011 – Henri Chammartin, Swiss horse rider (b. 1918)
- 2011 – Eddie Morrison, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
- 2011 – Isikia Savua, Fijian diplomat (b. 1952)
- 2011 – Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (b. 1942)
- 2011 – Clarice Taylor, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (b. 1970)
- 2011 – Tillmann Uhrmacher, German DJ and producer (b. 1967)
- 2011 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Pete Cosey, American guitarist (b. 1943)
- 2012 – John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Charles Lemmond, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Farideh Mashini, Iranian activist
- 2012 – Gerhard Pohl, German politician (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Elliot del Borgo, American composer (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Güzin Dino, Turkish-French linguist and scholar (b. 1910)
- 2013 – Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Helen Hanft, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Larry Jones, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (b. 1954)
Holidays and observances
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