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February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of the year (329 in leap years).
Events
- 1649 – The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
- 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
- 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1806 – Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
- 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
- 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
- 1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
- 1833 – Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
- 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- 1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
- 1851 – The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
- 1862 – American Civil War: forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
- 1899 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
- 1900 – The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
- 1914 – The Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden
- 1918 – British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.
- 1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike begins.
- 1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
- 1934 – Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
- 1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
- 1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
- 1952 – Elizabeth II becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
- 1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
- 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
- 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
- 1975 – A crucial by-election is held in Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka.
- 1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
- 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
- 1981 – The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
- 1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
- 1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
- 1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
- 1996 – Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
- 1996 – Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and all 189 people inside the airplane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing 757.
- 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
- 2000 – Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
Births
- 976 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (d. 1017)
- 1347 – Dorothea of Montau, Prussian saint (d. 1394)
- 1452 – Joan, Princess of Portugal (d. 1490)
- 1461 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
- 1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526)
- 1536 – Sassa Narimasa, Japanese samurai (d. 1588)
- 1577 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
- 1582 – Mario Bettinus, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1657)
- 1605 – Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667)
- 1608 – António Vieira, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1697)
- 1611 – Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
- 1612 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1694)
- 1639 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German author and scholar (d. 1691)
- 1643 – Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, Prussian politician, 1st Minister President of Prussia (d. 1712)
- 1664 – Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1703)
- 1665 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (d. 1714)
- 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- 1721 – Christian Friedrich Heinecken, German child prodigy (d. 1725)
- 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon (d. 1805)
- 1732 – Charles Lee, English-American general (d. 1782)
- 1736 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783)
- 1744 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
- 1748 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1830)
- 1753 – Évariste de Parny, French poet (d. 1814)
- 1756 – Aaron Burr, American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
- 1757 – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarus-Polish poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1841)
- 1769 – Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
- 1772 – George Murray, Scottish soldier and politician (d. 1830)
- 1772 – Karl von Kügelgen, German painter (d. 1832)
- 1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (d. 1827)
- 1781 – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish soldier (d. 1844)
- 1796 – John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861)
- 1797 – Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician (d. 1853)
- 1799 – Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870)
- 1800 – Achille Devéria, French painter (d. 1857)
- 1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English physicist (d. 1875)
- 1811 – Henry Liddell, English academic and author (d. 1898)
- 1818 – William M. Evarts, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of State (d. 1901)
- 1818 – Henry Litolff, English pianist and composer (d. 1891)
- 1818 – Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 1889)
- 1829 – Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect, designed the La Santé Prison and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge (d. 1914)
- 1830 – Daniel Oliver, English botanist (d. 1916)
- 1832 – John Brown Gordon, American politician, 53rd Governor of Georgia (d. 1904)
- 1833 – José María de Pereda, Spanish author (d. 1906)
- 1833 – J.E.B. Stuart, American army officer (d. 1864)
- 1834 – Edwin Klebs, German-Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
- 1834 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (d. 1889)
- 1834 – Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and author (d. 1911)
- 1838 – Henry Irving, English actor (d. 1905)
- 1838 – Yisrael Meir Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1933)
- 1839 – Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist (d. 1907)
- 1842 – Mary Rudge, English chess player (d. 1919)
- 1843 – Inoue Kowashi, Japanese politician (d. 1895)
- 1843 – Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and philologist, co-founded the Society for Psychical Research (d. 1901)
- 1845 – Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1912)
- 1847 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (d. 1918)
- 1849 – Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (d. 1912)
- 1852 – C. Lloyd Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
- 1852 – Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer (d. 1918)
- 1853 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
- 1854 – Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (d. 1931)
- 1859 – Wilhelm Cohn, German chess player (d. 1913)
- 1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
- 1864 – John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)
- 1866 – Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer (d. 1945)
- 1872 – Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940)
- 1874 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Indian Vaisnava religious leader, founder of the Gaudiya Math and spiritual master of Bhaktivedanta Swami (d. 1937)
- 1875 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
- 1876 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman and lifeboat man (d. 1954)
- 1876 – Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, French fencer (d. 1939)
- 1878 – Walter B. Pitkin, American educator (d. 1953)
- 1879 – Othon Friesz, French painter (d. 1949)
- 1879 – Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1937)
- 1879 – Edwin Samuel Montagu, English politician, Secretary of State for India (d. 1924)
- 1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955)
- 1880 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d. 1931)
- 1883 – Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1938)
- 1884 – Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974)
- 1887 – Josef Frings, German cardinal (d. 1978)
- 1892 – Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984)
- 1892 – William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1893 – Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (d. 1985)
- 1894 – Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer (d. 1979)
- 1894 – Kirpal Singh, Indian religious leader (d. 1974)
- 1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
- 1897 – Louis Buchalter, American mobster (d. 1944)
- 1898 – Harry Haywood, American politician (d. 1985)
- 1898 – Alla Tarasova, Russian actress (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968)
- 1901 – Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1902 – George Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974)
- 1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980)
- 1908 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999)
- 1908 – Edward Lansdale, American air force officer and CIA agent (d. 1987)
- 1908 – Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
- 1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993)
- 1911 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
- 1912 – Christopher Hill, English historian and author (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Mary Leakey, English anthropologist (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998)
- 1916 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress
- 1918 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Carl Neumann Degler, American historian and author
- 1922 – Patrick Macnee, English actor
- 1922 – Denis Norden, English television host
- 1922 – Haskell Wexler, American director, producer, and cinematographer
- 1923 – Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1981)
- 1924 – Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Jin Yong, Hong Kong author
- 1925 – Donald Mitchell, English musicologist
- 1925 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Eugene E. Covert, American scientist
- 1926 – Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992)
- 1928 – Allan H. Meltzer, American economist
- 1929 – Pierre Brice, French actor
- 1929 – Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist, invented the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author
- 1930 – Lionel Blue, English Reform rabbi, writer and broadcaster
- 1930 – Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist
- 1931 – James Bonk, American chemist and educator (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Rip Torn, American actor
- 1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress and singer
- 1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal
- 1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban anarchist (d. 1959)
- 1932 – Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German critic and theorist (d. 2009)
- 1932 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1984)
- 1933 – Leslie Crowther, English comedian and actor (d. 1996)
- 1934 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
- 1936 – Donnie Brooks, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
- 1936 – J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
- 1938 – Fred Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician
- 1939 – Jean Beaudin, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1939 – Mike Farrell, American actor
- 1939 – Orlando Parga, Puerto Rican politician
- 1940 – Tom Brokaw, American journalist
- 1940 – Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician
- 1940 – Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor
- 1941 – Stephen Albert, American composer (d. 1992)
- 1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress
- 1941 – Spencer Silver, American chemist
- 1942 – Sarah Brady, American activist
- 1942 – Charlie Coles, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, Miami University) (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azerbaijani philosopher and educator
- 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
- 1942 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Valentina Titova, Russian actress
- 1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer and actor
- 1943 – Ernie Field, English boxer (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
- 1943 – Georgeanna Tillman, American singer and dancer (The Marvelettes) (d. 1980)
- 1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician
- 1944 – Willie Tee, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Wild Magnolias) (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Michael Tucker, American actor
- 1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (d. 1981)
- 1945 – George Mudie, British politician
- 1946 – Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man) (d. 2010)
- 1946 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four) (d. 2010)
- 1946 – Jim Turner, American politician
- 1947 – Richard Bowring, British orientalist
- 1947 – Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 – Daniel Yergin, American author
- 1949 – Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Wombles)
- 1949 – Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player
- 1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish director
- 1950 – Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1950 – Jane Gordon-Cumming, English author
- 1950 – Timothy M. Dolan, American cardinal
- 1951 – Margo, Irish singer
- 1951 – Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
- 1951 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker, and The Meads of Asphodel) (d. 2012)
- 1951 – Jacques Villeret, French actor (d. 2005)
- 1951 – Kevin Whately, English actor
- 1952 – Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss comedian and actor
- 1952 – Tim Blake, English electronic musician (Gong, Hawkwind, Crystal Machine )
- 1952 – Ricardo La Volpe, Argentinian footballer, manager, and coach
- 1954 – Bob Sirois, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Michael Pollan, American journalist
- 1955 – Bruno Stolorz, French rugby coach
- 1957 – Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician
- 1957 – Kathy Najimy, American actress
- 1957 – Simon Phillips, English drummer (Toto, Michael Schenker Group, 801, RMS, and PhD)
- 1957 – Robert Townsend, American actor and director
- 1958 – Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1958 – Tim Dakin, English cleric, Bishop of Winchester
- 1958 – Barry Miller, American actor
- 1959 – Ken Nelson, English record producer
- 1960 – Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist and television reporter
- 1960 – Megan Gallagher, American actress
- 1960 – Frank Jeske, German footballer (d. 1994)
- 1961 – Cam Cameron, American football coach
- 1961 – Yury Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian astronaut
- 1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
- 1962 – Axl Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer (Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Rose, and Rapidfire)
- 1963 – David Capel, English cricketer
- 1963 – Scott Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1963 – Mike Hough, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 – Quentin Letts, English journalist and critic
- 1963 – Kevin Trudeau, American radio host and author
- 1964 – Gordon Downie, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Tragically Hip)
- 1964 – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director
- 1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech director
- 1966 – Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter
- 1967 – Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard) (d. 2007)
- 1968 – Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
- 1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer
- 1969 – David Hayter, American actor and screenwriter
- 1969 – Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer and coach
- 1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
- 1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murderer (d. 2012)
- 1971 – Dana Eskelson, American actress
- 1971 – Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer
- 1971 – Carlos Rogers, American basketball player
- 1971 – Brian Stepanek, American actor
- 1972 – Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
- 1972 – David Binn, American football player
- 1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American actor and singer
- 1975 – Chad Allen, American baseball player
- 1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer, created Orkut
- 1975 – Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
- 1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (The Brilliant Green and Tommy heavenly6)
- 1976 – Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
- 1976 – Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball player
- 1976 – Princess Marie of Denmark
- 1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
- 1977 – Jason Euell, English footballer
- 1977 – Josh Stewart, American actor
- 1977 – Sergei Sychyov, Ukrainian-Estonian ice dancer
- 1978 – Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer (O-Zone)
- 1980 – Ben Lawson, Australian actor
- 1980 – Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
- 1980 – Conor O'Brian, American wrestler
- 1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer
- 1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
- 1981 – Ricky Barnes, American golfer
- 1981 – Calum Best, American-English model
- 1981 – Shim Eun Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
- 1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 – Alison Haislip, American actress
- 1981 – Ty Warren, American football player
- 1982 – Tank, Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Mandopop)
- 1982 – Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer
- 1982 – Alice Eve, English actress
- 1982 – Elise Ray, American gymnast
- 1983 – Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
- 1983 – Melrose Bickerstaff, American model and fashion designer
- 1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player
- 1983 – Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer
- 1983 – Jamie Whincup, Australian race car driver
- 1983 – Myron Wolf Child, Canadian activist (d. 2007)
- 1984 – Darren Bent, English footballer
- 1984 – Piret Järvis, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vanilla Ninja)
- 1984 – Antoine Wright, American basketball player
- 1985 – Kris Humphries, American basketball player
- 1985 – Joji Kato, Japanese speed skater
- 1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
- 1986 – Yunho, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
- 1986 – Alice Greczyn, American actress
- 1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1987 – Luisa Värk, Estonian singer
- 1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress and singer
- 1988 – Allison Holker, American dancer
- 1988 – Jennifer White, American pornographic actress
- 1989 – Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
- 1989 – Jonny Flynn, American basketball player
- 1990 – Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 – Víctor Mañon, Mexican footballer
- 1993 – Teresa Scanlan, American model, Miss America 2011
- 1995 – Jongup, South Korean singer, (B.A.P)
- 1996 – Justina Mikulskytė, Lithuanian tennis player
Deaths
- 891 – Photios I of Constantinople (b. 810)
- 1215 – Hōjō Tokimasa, Japanese emperor (b. 1138)
- 1378 – Joanna of Bourbon (b. 1338)
- 1497 – Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. 1410)
- 1515 – Aldus Manutius, Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (b. 1449)
- 1585 – Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518)
- 1593 – Jacques Amyot, French author (b. 1513)
- 1593 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
- 1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)
- 1617 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
- 1685 – Charles II of England (b. 1630)
- 1740 – Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
- 1775 – William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
- 1783 – Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English gardener (b. 1716)
- 1793 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707)
- 1806 – Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, French general (b. 1762)
- 1807 – John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
- 1833 – Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
- 1834 – Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
- 1855 – Josef Munzinger, Swiss politician (b. 1791)
- 1899 – Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
- 1899 – Leo von Caprivi, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
- 1910 – Alfonso Maria Fusco, Italian priest (b. 1839)
- 1916 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1867)
- 1918 – Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
- 1927 – Sam Maguire, Irish footballer (b. 1879)
- 1929 – Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
- 1931 – Motilal Nehru, Indian layer and politician (b. 1861)
- 1938 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
- 1942 – Jaan Soots, Estonian military commander (b. 1880)
- 1950 – Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
- 1951 – Gabby Street, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- 1952 – George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
- 1958 – victims of the Munich air disaster
- 1963 – Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, Moroccan guerrilla leader (b. 1880)
- 1964 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
- 1966 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (b. 1877)
- 1967 – Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
- 1976 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and scriptwriter (b. 1925)
- 1976 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
- 1981 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 1981 – Frederica of Hanover (b. 1917)
- 1985 – James Hadley Chase, English author (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Georges Cabana, Canadian archbishop (b. 1894)
- 1986 – Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
- 1986 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
- 1987 – Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and jurist (b. 1929)
- 1989 – André Cayatte, French director and lawyer (b. 1909)
- 1989 – Chris Gueffroy, German man attempted to climb the Berlin Wall (b. 1968)
- 1989 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
- 1989 – King Tubby, Jamaican DJ producer, and composer (b. 1941)
- 1989 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)
- 1990 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (b. 1913)
- 1991 – Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Danny Thomas, American singer, actor, and producer (b. 1914)
- 1993 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943)
- 1994 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1994 – Jack Kirby, American writer and illustrator (b. 1917)
- 1995 – James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
- 1996 – Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
- 1997 – Roger Laurent, Belgian race car driver (b. 1913)
- 1998 – Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
- 1998 – José Marroquín Leal, Mexican actor and clown (b. 1933)
- 1998 – Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)
- 1999 – Danny Dayton, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1999 – Don Dunstan, Australian politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924)
- 2001 – Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist (b. 1897)
- 2001 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953)
- 2002 – Max Perutz, Austrian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian civil servant (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
- 2005 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Willye White, American long jumper (b. 1939)
- 2007 – Harry Webster, English automotive engineer (b. 1927)
- 2008 – John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 2008 – Tony Rolt, English race car driver, winner of 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans (b. 1918)
- 2009 – Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2009 – James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Skid Row and Thin Lizzy) (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Sharada Dwivedi, Indian historian and author (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Antoni Tàpies, Catalan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Mo-Do, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
- 2013 – Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Menachem Elon, Israeli jurist and educator (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Joseph Madec, French bishop (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Alden Mason, American painter (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Yahya Sulong, Malaysian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
- 2013 – René Vestri, French politician (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Douglas Warren, Australian bishop (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances
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