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September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1631 – Battle of Breitenfield (30 Years' War) Swedish troops commanded by Gustavus Adolphus win a decisive victory over Catholic Forces.
- 1652 – Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
- 1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
- 1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
- 1812 – French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
- 1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
- 1857 – Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- 1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
- 1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909 – Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- 1920 – Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921 – The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1932 – The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
- 1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1942 – World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
- 1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970 – Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1977 – The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- 1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 – Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
- 2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong.
- 2011 – A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
- 2012 – A series of earthquakes in Yunnan, China, kills 89 people and injures 800 others.
- 2012 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses.
- 2013 – The Liberal Party of Australia led by Tony Abbott win the Australian federal election, 2013.
Births
- 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 – Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1683 – Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1754)
- 1694 – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician, Minister of State of Denmark (d. 1763)
- 1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (d. 1788)
- 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)
- 1801 – Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (d.1871)
- 1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (d. 1866)
- 1817 – Louise of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1898)
- 1818 – Thomas Talbot, American politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829 – August Kekulé, German chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
- 1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (d. 1888)
- 1848 – Emma Cooke, American archer (d. 1929)
- 1851 – Edward Asahel Birge, American academic (d. 1950)
- 1855 – William Friese-Greene, English photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1862 – Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1866 – Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (d. 1947)
- 1867 – Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (d. 1952)
- 1867 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)
- 1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African general (d. 1917)
- 1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (d. 1938)
- 1871 – George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (d. 1954)
- 1876 – Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1934)
- 1876 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (d. 1938)
- 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885 – Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (d. 1928)
- 1887 – Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (d. 1958)
- 1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1957)
- 1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (d. 1969)
- 1894 – George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1984)
- 1895 – Jacques Vaché, French author (d. 1919)
- 1898 – Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
- 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985)
- 1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (d. 1933)
- 1903 – Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (d. 1993)
- 1904 – C.B. Colby, American author (d. 1977)
- 1908 – Paul Brown, American football player and coach (d. 1991)
- 1908 – Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (d. 2008)
- 1908 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994)
- 1909 – Elia Kazan, Turkish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (d. 1998)
- 1912 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (d. 1999)
- 1913 – Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1914 – James Van Allen, American scientist and philosopher (d. 2006)
- 1915 – Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop (d. 2012)
- 1917 – Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (d. 1992)
- 1917 – John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand-English actor (d. 1985)
- 1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist and composer
- 1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Lucien Jarraud, French-Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (d. 1993)
- 1923 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (d. 1985)
- 1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Ronnie Gilbert, American singer (The Weavers)
- 1926 – Donald J. Irwin, American politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Eric Hill, English author and illustrator
- 1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian jurist
- 1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1930 – Baudouin of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1930 – Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
- 1930 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2010)
- 1930 – Maureen Toal, Irish actress (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
- 1931 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman
- 1931 – Bruce Reynolds, English criminal (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (d. 2000)
- 1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German painter
- 1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-Israeli rabbi (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer and conductor (d. 1977)
- 1934 – Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Dan Ingram, American radio host
- 1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon
- 1934 – Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician, 2nd President of Senegal
- 1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
- 1935 – Dick O'Neal, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian historian and politician
- 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician, Minister of Justice for Greece
- 1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Oleg Lobov, Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR
- 1937 – Olly Wilson, American pianist, bassist, and composer
- 1939 – Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1939 – Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican-Canadian actor
- 1940 – Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009)
- 1942 – Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
- 1942 – Billy Best, English footballer
- 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
- 1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German singer
- 1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1944 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
- 1944 – Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author
- 1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist and author
- 1946 – Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster
- 1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1950 – Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (d. 1991)
- 1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress and singer
- 1950 – Peggy Noonan, American author
- 1951 – Mammootty, Indian actor and producer
- 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders and The Moors Murderers)
- 1951 – Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer
- 1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Michael Byron, American composer
- 1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Dragon and The Party Boys) (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboard player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
- 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954 – Doug Bradley, English actor
- 1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1955 – Heino Puuste, Estonian javelin thrower and coach
- 1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
- 1956 – Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 – Diane Warren, American songwriter
- 1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
- 1960 – Brad Houser, American bass player (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Critters Buggin)
- 1960 – Phillip Rhee, American actor, martial artist, director, and producer
- 1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster
- 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
- 1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
- 1962 – Jennifer Egan, American author
- 1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1963 – Brent Liles, American bass player (Social Distortion and Agent Orange) (d. 2007)
- 1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2000)
- 1964 – Helir-Valdor Seeder, Estonian politician
- 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
- 1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965 – Uta Pippig, German runner
- 1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer and manager
- 1965 – Tiit Tikerpe, Estonian canoe racer
- 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
- 1966 – Chris Barfoot, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
- 1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1967 – Toby Jones, English actor
- 1968 – Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
- 1968 – Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach
- 1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
- 1969 – Diane Farr, American actress
- 1969 – Rudy Galindo, American figure skater
- 1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- 1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
- 1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- 1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere, Deep Puddle Dynamics, and Felt)
- 1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1973 – Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 – Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
- 1974 – Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor and singer
- 1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
- 1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
- 1977 – Molly Holly, American wrestler
- 1977 – Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer
- 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
- 1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak canoe racer
- 1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
- 1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Mountain Goats, Enter the Haggis, and Picastro)
- 1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
- 1980 – Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
- 1980 – Serhiy Chopyk, Ukrainian footballer
- 1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentinian footballer
- 1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1981 – Paul McCoy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (12 Stones)
- 1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
- 1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- 1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
- 1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
- 1983 – Annette Dytrt, German figure skater
- 1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English-American basketball player
- 1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkish footballer
- 1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor
- 1984 – Kate Lang Johnson, American actress
- 1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Alyssa Diaz, American actress
- 1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
- 1986 – Colin Delaney, American wrestler
- 1987 – Tommy Elphick, English footballer
- 1987 – Sammy Moore, English footballer
- 1987 – Danny North, English footballer
- 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
- 1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- 1988 – Alex Harvey, Canadian skier
- 1988 – Paul Iacono, American actor
- 1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
- 1989 – Abdelrahman El-Trabely, Egyptian wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1989 – Hugh Mitchell, English actor
- 1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
- 1991 – Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
- 1991 – Jennifer Veal, English actress
- 1992 – Suzuka Morita, Japanese model and actress
- 1999 – Michelle Creber, Canadian actress and singer
Deaths
- 251 – Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (b. 179)
- 355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman general
- 1151 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1496 – Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1559 – Robert Estienne, English-French printer and scholar (b. 1503)
- 1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (b. 1579)
- 1655 – François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (b. 1601)
- 1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (b. 1606)
- 1685 – William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1605)
- 1719 – John Harris, English priest and scientist (b. 1666)
- 1729 – William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the Province of New York (b. 1688)
- 1741 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
- 1799 – Louis Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737)
- 1833 – Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745)
- 1840 – Jacques MacDonald, French general (b. 1765)
- 1871 – Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826)
- 1881 – Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
- 1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
- 1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1893 – Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
- 1910 – William Holman Hunt, English painter (b. 1827)
- 1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921 – Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)
- 1923 – Nikolai von Glehn, German landowner, founded Nõmme (b. 1841)
- 1929 – Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
- 1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)
- 1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1873)
- 1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
- 1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912)
- 1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
- 1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, and academic (b. 1872)
- 1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890)
- 1961 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897)
- 1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
- 1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1966 – Viktor Ader, Estonian footballer (b. 1910)
- 1969 – Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1896)
- 1971 – Spring Byington, American actress and singer (b. 1886)
- 1971 – Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906)
- 1973 – Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (b. 1900)
- 1974 – S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (b. 1913)
- 1978 – Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916)
- 1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (b. 1946)
- 1978 – Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893)
- 1981 – Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (b. 1932)
- 1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
- 1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1906)
- 1984 – Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1985 – Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (b. 1903)
- 1985 – José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
- 1986 – Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Mikhail Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist and composer (b. 1917)
- 1990 – Earle E. Partridge, American general and pilot (b. 1900)
- 1990 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (b. 1906)
- 1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Eric Crozier, English director (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Godfrey Quigley, Israeli-Irish actor (b. 1923)
- 1994 – Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 1995 – Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (b. 1893)
- 1997 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1951)
- 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Jim Keith, American theorist and author (b. 1949)
- 2000 – Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Igor Buketoff, American conductor and educator (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish actor, director, and producer (b. 1930)
- 2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, English actress (b. 1961)
- 2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model and actress (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 – Uziel Gal, German-Israeli gun designer, designed the Uzi (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (b. 1947)
- 2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Robert Earl Jones, American actor (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Kune Biezeveld, Dutch theologian (b. 1948)
- 2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Peter Glossop, English opera singer (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
- 2008 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese director (b. 1973)
- 2010 – Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (b. 1991)
- 2010 – William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Barbara Holland, American author (b. 1933)
- 2010 – John Kluge, German-American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Glenn Shadix, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2011 – Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
- Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1970)
- Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1970)
- Stefan Liv, Polish-Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Ruslan Salei, Belarussian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Richard Bucher, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer and actor (b. 1933)
- 2012 – César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Francisco Fernández Fernández, Spanish super-centenarian (b. 1901)
- 2012 – Abdul Ghafoor, Indian-Pakistani footballer (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Louise LaPlanche, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Maestro Reverendo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1959)
- 2013 – Jean Anyon, American educator (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and educator (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Wolfgang Frank, German footballer and manager (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Susan Fuentes, Filipino singer (b. 1954)
- 2013 – Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Ilja Hurník, Czech composer (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Marek Špilár, Slovak footballer (b. 1975)
Holidays and observances
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