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June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
- 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
- 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
- 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
- 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
- 1802 – Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
- 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
- 1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
- 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
- 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
- 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies a few days later.
- 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
- 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
- 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
- 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
- 1939 – Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
- 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
- 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
- 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
- 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
- 1957 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1961 – In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
- 1965 – Duane Earl Pope robs the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later puts Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
- 1967 – Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
- 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
- 1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
- 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
- 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
- 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
- 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
- 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
- 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2001 – Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
- 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer's eventually suicidal protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado, including the town hall.
- 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
- 2012 – The Diamond Jubilee Concert is held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London. Organised by Gary Barlow, the concert is part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Births
- 1394 – Philippa of England (d. 1430)
- 1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
- 1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1648)
- 1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)
- 1694 – François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
- 1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
- 1738 – George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
- 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish army officer, designed the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
- 1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian army officer (d. 1833)
- 1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer (d. 1832)
- 1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
- 1801 – James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)
- 1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
- 1829 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
- 1854 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
- 1860 – Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (d. 1924)
- 1866 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)
- 1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951)
- 1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
- 1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
- 1880 – Clara Blandick, Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (d. 1952)
- 1887 – Tom Longboat, Canadian runner (d. 1949)
- 1894 – La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
- 1903 – Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (d. 1988)
- 1904 – Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
- 1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian politician (d. 1944)
- 1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
- 1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
- 1908 – Geli Raubal, Austrian daughter of Angela Hitler (d. 1931)
- 1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
- 1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
- 1915 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
- 1916 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter
- 1917 – Robert Merrill, American opera singer (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach
- 1923 – Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
- 1924 – Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American heaviest human being (d. 1958)
- 1926 – Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, translator and critic
- 1926 – Ivan Karp, American art dealer (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Judith Malina, German-born American theatre and film actress, writer, and director
- 1927 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and director
- 1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
- 1928 – Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
- 1929 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician, President of Greece
- 1930 – Morgana King, American singer and actress
- 1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1931 – Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist
- 1932 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1932 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
- 1932 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand playwright (d. 2004)
- 1934 – Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 1934 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1934 – Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan author and activist
- 1935 – Colette Boky, Canadian soprano
- 1935 – Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Nutan, Indian actress and singer (d. 1991)
- 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor
- 1937 – Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (d. 2006)
- 1937 – Robert Fulghum, American author
- 1937 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1937 – Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman, founded Boston Properties
- 1938 – Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
- 1939 – Denis de Belleval, Canadian politician
- 1940 – David Collings, English actor
- 1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
- 1941 – Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
- 1942 – Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
- 1942 – Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer, politician, and radio host
- 1943 – Sandra Haynie, American golfer
- 1943 – Joyce Meyer, American educator and author
- 1944 – Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter (Average White Band)
- 1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas & the Papas)
- 1945 – Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (Circle)
- 1945 – Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and gutarist (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009)
- 1946 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
- 1947 – Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
- 1947 – Ashok Saraf, Indian actor
- 1948 – Bob Champion, English jockey
- 1948 – Sandra Post, Canadian golfer
- 1948 – Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
- 1949 – Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
- 1949 – Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
- 1949 – Lou Macari, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1950 – Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
- 1950 – Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
- 1950 – George Noory, American radio host
- 1950 – Kevin Woodford, English chef
- 1951 – Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
- 1951 – Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
- 1952 – Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
- 1952 – Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
- 1953 – Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
- 1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million, Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979)
- 1953 – Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
- 1953 – Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson) (d. 2002)
- 1955 – Val McDermid, Scottish author
- 1955 – Mary Testa, American actress
- 1956 – Martin Adams, English darts player
- 1956 – Keith David, American actor and singer
- 1956 – John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
- 1956 – Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (d. 2010)
- 1956 – Joyce Sidman, American author
- 1957 – Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
- 1957 – John Treacy, Irish runner
- 1958 – Eddie Velez, American actor
- 1959 – Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
- 1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician
- 1960 – Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1960 – Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player (Winger)
- 1960 – Bradley Walsh, English footballer and actor
- 1961 – El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer (DeBarge)
- 1961 – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
- 1962 – Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
- 1962 – Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
- 1962 – John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
- 1963 – Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
- 1964 – Sean Pertwee, English actor
- 1964 – Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1965 – Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
- 1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano
- 1966 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- 1967 – Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
- 1968 – Roger Lim, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Al B. Sure!, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor
- 1969 – Willem de Rooij, Dutch artist
- 1969 – Horatio Sanz, Cilean-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
- 1970 – Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
- 1970 – Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria)
- 1970 – Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress
- 1971 – James Callis, English actor
- 1971 – Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1971 – Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
- 1971 – Shōji Meguro, Japanese composer and director
- 1971 – Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian poet and journalist
- 1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
- 1972 – Stoja, Bosnian singer
- 1972 – Nikka Costa, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
- 1972 – Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1972 – Joe Hill, American author
- 1972 – Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler
- 1974 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012)
- 1974 – Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
- 1974 – Andrew Gwynne, English politician
- 1974 – Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
- 1974 – Stefan Lessard, American bass player (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius)
- 1974 – Buddy Wakefield, American poet
- 1975 – Russell Brand, English comedian, actor, and singer
- 1975 – Henry Burris, American football player
- 1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976 – Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
- 1977 – Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
- 1977 – Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
- 1977 – Berglind Icey, Icelandic swimmer and actress
- 1977 – Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
- 1977 – Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
- 1977 – Ingrid Visser, Dutch volleyball player (d. 2013)
- 1979 – Ryan Davis, American journalist (d. 2013)
- 1979 – Christopher Dorner, American lieutenant and police officer (d. 2013)
- 1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
- 1979 – Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player
- 1980 – François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
- 1981 – T. J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1981 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
- 1982 – MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper and actor
- 1982 – Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
- 1983 – Romaric, Ivorian footballer
- 1983 – Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
- 1984 – Kento Handa, Japanese actor
- 1984 – Jenaveve Jolie, American porn actress and model
- 1984 – Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love)
- 1985 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
- 1985 – Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
- 1985 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
- 1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
- 1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer
- 1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
- 1985 – Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
- 1985 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (d. 2006)
- 1986 – Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
- 1986 – Oona Chaplin, Spanish-English actress
- 1986 – Fahriye Evcen, German-Turkish actress
- 1986 – Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
- 1986 – Tori Praver, American model
- 1986 – Shelly Woods, English wheelchair racer
- 1987 – Mollie King, English singer-songwriter (The Saturdays)
- 1988 – Li Man, Chinese actress
- 1989 – Federico Erba, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki)
- 1990 – Tippi Degré, Namibian-French director
- 1990 – Zac Farro, American singer and drummer (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise)
- 1990 – Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- 1991 – Jordan Hinson, American actress
- 1991 – Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
- 1991 – Kathryn Prescott, English actress
- 1991 – Megan Prescott, English actress
- 1992 – Dino Jelušić, Croatian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1992 – Brooke Vincent, English actress
Deaths
- 1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990)
- 1134 – Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106)
- 1135 – Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082)
- 1206 – Adèle of Champagne (b. 1140)
- 1246 – Isabella of Angoulême (b. 1188)
- 1257 – Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221)
- 1394 – Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (b. 1369)
- 1453 – Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, last Grand Domestic of the Byzantine Empire
- 1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian historian (b. 1392)
- 1585 – Muretus, French philosopher (b. 1526)
- 1622 – Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
- 1663 – William Juxon, English archbishop (b. 1582)
- 1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
- 1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- 1830 – Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
- 1872 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
- 1875 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
- 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
- 1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1853)
- 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
- 1929 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
- 1937 – Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
- 1939 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
- 1941 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
- 1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German politician (b. 1904)
- 1951 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American conductor, bassist, and composer (b. 1874)
- 1956 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
- 1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
- 1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
- 1967 – Linda Eenpalu, Estonian politician and women's rights activist (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1970 – Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1971 – György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
- 1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1973 – Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
- 1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
- 1990 – Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
- 1992 – Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
- 1994 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943)
- 1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (b. 1953)
- 1997 – Vladimir Hütt, Soviet Estonian philosopher (b. 1936)
- 1997 – Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (b. 1946)
- 2001 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1937)
- 2001 – Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
- 2002 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, 42nd President of Peru (b. 1912)
- 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, American welder (b. 1952)
- 2004 – Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
- 2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Chloe Jones, American porn actress (b. 1975)
- 2007 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Jim Clark, American police officer (b. 1922)
- 2007 – Bill France, Jr., American businessman (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940)
- 2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2008 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
- 2010 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
- 2011 – Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940)
- 2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
- 2012 – Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1963)
- 2012 – Ireneo García Alonso, Spanish bishop (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Bobby Black, Scottish-English footballer (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Herb Reed, American violinist (The Platters) (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Joey Covington, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Monti Davis, American basketball player (b. 1958)
- 2013 – Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
- 2013 – John B. Heilman, American politician (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Austin M. Lee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)
- 2013 – S. Shamsuddin, Singaporean actor (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Will Wynn, American football player (b. 1949)
Holidays and observances
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