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September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
- 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
- 1180 – Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- 1607 – Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
- 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
- 1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire.
- 1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- 1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1829 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
- 1847 – Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- 1940 – Ip Massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing.
- 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
- 1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
- 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1960 – Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
- 1969 – The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
- 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1979 – Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
- 1982 – President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
- 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- 1987 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
- 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
- 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1995 – Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
- 1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows ME.
- 2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
- 2003 – In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2008 – All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.
- 2013 – Shimmy & Kawaiila somewhere.
Births
- 1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (d. 1426)
- 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (d. 1438)
- 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (d. 1535)
- 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1615)
- 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (d. 1619)
- 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645)
- 1656 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (d. 1746)
- 1713 – Johann Kies, German astronomer
- 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1807)
- 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
- 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859)
- 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
- 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist (d. 1867)
- 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist (d. 1881)
- 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882)
- 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
- 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931)
- 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1920)
- 1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylon politician (d. 1924)
- 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American author and poet (d. 1940)
- 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- 1865 – Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (d. 1941)
- 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (d. 1944)
- 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (d. 1925)
- 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
- 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963)
- 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966)
- 1880 – Benjamin, Russian missionary and bishop (d. 1961)
- 1880 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter (d. 1955)
- 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (d. 1975)
- 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech politician, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1948)
- 1887 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1934)
- 1889 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (d. 2006)
- 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1896 – José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American music collector (d. 1979)
- 1898 – Ernest Nash, German archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Hal B. Wallis, American actor and producer (d. 1986)
- 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
- 1902 – Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (d. 1993)
- 1903 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (d. 1980)
- 1905 – Petronella van Randwijk, Dutch gymnast (d. 1978)
- 1909 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
- 1910 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
- 1910 – Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (d. 1973)
- 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (d. 2003)
- 1910 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer (d. 1999)
- 1911 – William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (d. 1999)
- 1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1913 – Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011)
- 1913 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (d. 2000)
- 1914 – Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1915 – John Dobson, Chinese-American amateur astronomer (d. 2014)
- 1916 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic
- 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (d. 2004)
- 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)
- 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976)
- 1919 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2001)
- 1919 – Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician (d. 1998)
- 1921 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005)
- 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and businessman
- 1921 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Michel Auclair, German-French actor (d. 1988)
- 1922 – Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001)
- 1924 – Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (d. 1999)
- 1926 – Michel Butor, French author
- 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
- 1927 – Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Jim Fanning, American baseball player and manager
- 1928 – Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (d. 2001)
- 1928 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Larry Collins, American author (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
- 1930 – Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (d. 1988)
- 1932 – Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician
- 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress
- 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1934 – Bob Maguire, Australian priest and radio host
- 1934 – Kate Millett, American author and activist
- 1934 – Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
- 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (d. 2008)
- 1935 – Amanda Barrie, English actress
- 1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician (d. 2011)
- 1936 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (d. 1996)
- 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
- 1938 – Franco Califano, Libyan-Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (d. 2011)
- 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer
- 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
- 1940 – Jacques Godin, Canadian actor
- 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer and composer
- 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (World Saxophone Quartet)
- 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author and screenwriter
- 1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
- 1943 – Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
- 1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
- 1946 – Jim Angle, American journalist
- 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach
- 1947 – Jon Bauman, American singer and actor (Sha Na Na)
- 1947 – Sam Neill, Irish-New Zealand actor and director
- 1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Detroit) (d. 1977)
- 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hunger, and Strawberry Alarm Clock)
- 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Sir Henry and his Butlers) (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (Free, Black Cat Bones, and Back Street Crawler) (d. 1976)
- 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 – Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
- 1950 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
- 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew, Third Person, and Curlew) (d. 1998)
- 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
- 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
- 1955 – Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer (Los Lobos, The Flesh Eaters, and The Blasters)
- 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American journalist and author
- 1955 – William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer (Ossian)
- 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
- 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
- 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager
- 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician
- 1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
- 1957 – Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer and coach
- 1958 – Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Grupo Fundo de Quintal)
- 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
- 1959 – John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 – Mary Crosby, American actress
- 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter (A-ha)
- 1960 – Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
- 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
- 1961 – Martina Gedeck, German actress
- 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
- 1961 – Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
- 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player
- 1963 – Tony Becker, American actor
- 1963 – Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
- 1964 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress and producer
- 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, Russian politician, 3rd President of Russia
- 1965 – Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Ariel, Argentinian-English DJ and producer
- 1967 – Dan Cortese, American actor
- 1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's and Cast)
- 1967 – Anna Malle, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
- 1968 – Tanel Joamets, Estonian pianist
- 1969 – Konstadinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician
- 1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
- 1970 – Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Everclear)
- 1970 – Mark Webber, English guitarist (Pulp)
- 1971 – Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter (Nevermore and Sanctuary)
- 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (Viper, Angra, Shaman, and Symfonia)
- 1971 – Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
- 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 – Nas, American rapper and actor (The Firm)
- 1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
- 1973 – Mic Geronimo, American rapper
- 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
- 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
- 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
- 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
- 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
- 1974 – Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist (Vintersorg)
- 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1974 – Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
- 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
- 1977 – Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
- 1977 – Thomas Leeb, Austrian guitarist
- 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby player
- 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- 1978 – Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
- 1978 – Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman (d. 2007)
- 1979 – Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
- 1979 – Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
- 1980 – Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dué le Quartz and S.K.I.N.)
- 1981 – Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
- 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
- 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer, and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1982 – Lethal Bizzle, English rapper (More Fire Crew)
- 1982 – Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
- 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
- 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
- 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1984 – Sonja Bertram, German actress
- 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
- 1984 – Tom Veelers, Dutch cyclist
- 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player (Trivium)
- 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
- 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer (Z-1)
- 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
- 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American artist and animator
- 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
- 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
- 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Minimoni, Elegies, and High-King)
- 1986 – A.J. Trauth, American actor
- 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
- 1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
- 1988 – Kirsten Haglund, American model, Miss America 2008
- 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
- 1989 – Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
- 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
- 1991 – Dee Milliner, American football player
Deaths
- 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
- 258 – Cyprian, African bishop
- 407 – John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop (b. 347)
- 585 – Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
- 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
- 786 – Al-Hadi, Iraqi caliph (b. 764)
- 891 – Pope Stephen V
- 1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
- 1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
- 1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (b. 1149)
- 1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
- 1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1389)
- 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
- 1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)
- 1605 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
- 1638 – John Harvard, English-American minister (b. 1607)
- 1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician (b. 1591)
- 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
- 1715 – Dom Pérignon, French monk (b. 1638)
- 1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
- 1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
- 1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
- 1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal (b. 1724)
- 1836 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
- 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
- 1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
- 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
- 1862 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
- 1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
- 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)
- 1891 – Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
- 1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
- 1901 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
- 1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
- 1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1927 – Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
- 1931 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter (b. 1856)
- 1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
- 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
- 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
- 1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
- 1949 – Romuald Joubé, French actor (b. 1876)
- 1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)
- 1952 – John McPhee, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
- 1956 – Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (b. 1874)
- 1959 – Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
- 1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
- 1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Fred Schule, American hurdler (b. 1879)
- 1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1965 – Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (b. 1896)
- 1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
- 1966 – Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (b. 1903)
- 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)
- 1974 – Warren Hull, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
- 1975 – Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
- 1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
- 1981 – William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
- 1982 – John Gardner, American author and critic (b. 1933)
- 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
- 1982 – Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and singer (b. 1929)
- 1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
- 1989 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
- 1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress (b. 1930)
- 1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
- 1992 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician, 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada (b. 1903)
- 1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
- 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American politician (b. 1912)
- 1996 – Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress (b. 1903)
- 1996 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1937)
- 1999 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
- 1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician (b. 1947)
- 2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
- 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
- 2002 – A. E. Silva, Sri Lankan politician
- 2003 – Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim (b. 1972)
- 2003 – John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
- 2005 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Frances Newton, American murderer (b. 1965)
- 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French author (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (b. 1928)
- 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
- 2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Ștefan Iordache, Romanian actor and singer (b. 1941)
- 2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Jody Powell, American White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
- 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Don Binney, New Zealand painter (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican politician (b. 1963)
- 2012 – Frank Dudley, English footballer (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (b. 1964)
- 2012 – Michel Leduc, Canadian physician and politician (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (b. 1949)
- 2012 – András Szente, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (b. 1913)
- 2013 – Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1989)
- 2013 – John Curtiss, English air marshal (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Osama El-Baz, Egyptian diplomat (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Jorge Pedreros, Chilean actor and singer (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Amund Venger, Norwegian politician (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
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