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EventsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.<ref>D. P. Kirby, "Bede and Northumbrian Chronology", The English Historical Review, Vol. 78, No. 308, July 1963, pp. 514–27</ref>
- 1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1532 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
- 1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
1601–1900Edit
- 1705 – Rákóczi's War of Independence: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the Kurucs from Hungary in the Battle of Zsibó.
- 1760 – The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
- 1806 – Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
- 1842 – A slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation commences.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1849 – Boilers of the steamboat Louisiana explode as she pulls back from the dock in New Orleans, killing more than 150 people.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea.
- 1884 – The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
- 1899 – Second Boer War: Battle of Chieveley, a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent Winston Churchill.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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1901–presentEdit
- 1917 – Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1920 – The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1920 – The Free City of Danzig is established.
- 1922 – At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 1928 – The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.<ref name=RNLI>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1933 – Thailand holds its first election.
- 1938 – Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
- 1943 – The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
- 1951 – Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the Communist Party of Greece.
- 1955 – The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
- 1957 – Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell.<ref name="Times1957-11-18">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1959 – Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.<ref>"Anatomy of a Murder". Time. December 22, 1967. Template:Webarchive</ref>
- 1965 – Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.<ref name="Twite">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1966 – Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1967 – The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
- 1968 – The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
- 1969 – Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
- 1969 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000–500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
- 1971 – Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 1976 – René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
- 1978 – A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
- 1979 – A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
- 1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is only recognized by Turkey.
- 1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
- 1985 – The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
- 1987 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
- 1987 – Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, killing 25.<ref name="Final Report AAR-88-09">Template:Cite journal – Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (note the ERAU copy does not include the errata sheet, and may be older than the one on the NTSB website).</ref>
- 1988 – In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
- 1988 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
- 1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
- 1990 – The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
- 1990 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to Template:Convert high.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2000 – A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
- 2000 – Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.<ref name=a>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2001 – Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2002 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
- 2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
- 2006 – Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
- 2007 – Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
- 2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
- 2016 – Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2017 – A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2020 – Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2022 – The world population reached eight billion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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BirthsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 459 – Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (died 501)
- 1316 – John I, king of France and Navarre (died 1316)
- 1397 – Nicholas V, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1455)
- 1498 – Eleanor of Austria, queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
- 1511 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (died 1536)
- 1556 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
1601–1900Edit
- 1607 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (died 1701)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1660 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (died 1746)
- 1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (died 1743)
- 1692 – Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (died 1775)
- 1708 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1778)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1738 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (died 1822)
- 1741 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (died 1801)
- 1746 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1809)
- 1757 – Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (died 1830)
- 1776 – José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (died 1827)
- 1784 – Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (died 1860)
- 1791 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1869)
- 1793 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (died 1880)
- 1849 – Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (died 1934)
- 1852 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (died 1892)
- 1859 – Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
- 1862 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1946)
- 1865 – John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1932)
- 1866 – Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (died 1954)<ref name="ONDB">Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
- 1867 – Emil Krebs, German polyglot (died 1930)
- 1868 – Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (died 1947)
- 1873 – Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (died 1945)
- 1874 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (died 1941)
- 1874 – August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
- 1879 – Lewis Stone, American actor (died 1953)
- 1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (died 1960)
- 1882 – Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (died 1965)
- 1886 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (died 1951)
- 1887 – Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1972)
- 1887 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (died 1986)
- 1888 – Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (died 1958)
- 1890 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (died 1969)
- 1891 – W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1986)
- 1891 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944)
- 1892 – Naomi Childers, American actress (died 1964)
- 1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1895 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
- 1896 – Leonard Lord, English businessman (died 1967)
- 1897 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1960)
- 1897 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (died 1988)
- 1899 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (died 1990)
1901–presentEdit
- 1903 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974)
- 1905 – Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (died 1980)
- 1906 – Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (died 1990)
- 1907 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (died 1944)
- 1908 – Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (died 1979)
- 1912 – Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2010)
- 1912 – Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (died 1945)
- 1913 – Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2003)
- 1913 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (died 2005)
- 1914 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (died 2014)
- 1916 – Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1916 – Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (died 2008)
- 1919 – Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1919 – Joseph Wapner, American judge and television personality (died 2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1920 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1922 – Francis Brunn, German juggler (died 2004)
- 1922 – David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (died 2019)
- 1922 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015)
- 1923 – Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995)
- 1923 – Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (died 2014)
- 1924 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (died 2013)
- 1925 – Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (died 2014)
- 1926 – Thomas Williams, American author and academic (died 1990)
- 1927 – Bill Rowling, New Zealand politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1995)
- 1929 – Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1929 – Joe Hinton, American singer (died 1968)
- 1930 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009)<ref name="UPI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1930 – Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (died 2015)
- 1931 – John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (died 2013)
- 1931 – Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022)
- 1931 – Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (died 2020)
- 1932 – Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1932 – Clyde McPhatter, American singer (died 1972)
- 1932 – Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic
- 1933 – Gloria Foster, American actress (died 2001)
- 1933 – Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (died 2011)
- 1934 – Joanna Barnes, American actress and author (died 2022)
- 1934 – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer (died 2023)
- 1935 – Nera White, American basketball player (died 2016)
- 1936 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (died 2003)
- 1936 – Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1936 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (died 1998)
- 1937 – Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
- 1939 – Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
- 1939 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1939 – Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (died 2015)
- 1940 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer (died 2024)
- 1940 – Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer (died 2019)
- 1940 – Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
- 1940 – Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
- 1940 – Sam Waterston, American actor<ref name="AP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1941 – Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1941 – Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
- 1942 – Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor<ref name="UPI" />
- 1945 – Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1945 – Bob Gunton, American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
- 1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer<ref name="AP" />
- 1946 – Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
- 1947 – Bob Dandridge, American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1947 – Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
- 1947 – Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1947 – Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
- 1948 – Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designerTemplate:Page needed<ref>Newsmakers (2006) Gale Biography In Context, Detroit</ref>
- 1948 – Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
- 1950 – Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
- 1951 – Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer<ref name="AP" />
- 1952 – Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author
- 1952 – Randy Savage, American wrestler (died 2011)<ref name="UPI" />
- 1953 – Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
- 1953 – James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
- 1954 – Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
- 1954 – Emma Dent Coad, British politician
- 1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
- 1954 – Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954 – Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (died 2003)
- 1955 – Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
- 1956 – Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
- 1957 – Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor
- 1957 – Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer<ref name="AP" />
- 1957 – Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
- 1957 – Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager
- 1958 – Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director
- 1958 – Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
- 1958 – Lesley Laird, British politician
- 1959 – Tibor Fischer, English author
- 1960 – Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
- 1961 – Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1962 – Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator
- 1962 – Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer<ref name="AP" />
- 1963 – Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host
- 1963 – Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
- 1964 – Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1964 – Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2011)
- 1964 – Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Nigel Bond, English snooker player
- 1965 – Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
- 1966 – Rachel True, American actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1967 – Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
- 1967 – E-40, American rapper and actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1967 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (died 2013)
- 1967 – François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager
- 1967 – Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player
- 1968 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (died 2004)
- 1968 – Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician
- 1968 – Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
- 1970 – Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
- 1970 – Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
- 1970 – Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
- 1970 – Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
- 1971 – Jay Harrington, American actor
- 1971 – Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer
- 1972 – Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1973 – Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1973 – Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer
- 1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" />
- 1975 – Scott Henshall, English fashion designer
- 1975 – Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
- 1976 – Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman
- 1976 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1976 – Sule, Indonesian comedian and actor
- 1977 – Richard Lintner, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1977 – Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland<ref name=qldparl>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1977 – Sean Murray, American actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1977 – Peter Phillips, English businessman
- 1977 – Robaire Smith, American football player
- 1978 – Floyd Womack, American football player
- 1979 – Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
- 1979 – Josemi, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
- 1980 – Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American football player
- 1981 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer<ref name="UPI" />
- 1982 – D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
- 1982 – Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
- 1982 – Joe Kowalewski, American football player
- 1982 – Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
- 1982 – Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
- 1982 – Lofa Tatupu, American football player
- 1982 – Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
- 1983 – Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner
- 1983 – Sophia Di Martino, English actress<ref name="UPI" />
- 1983 – Aleksandar Pavlović, Serbian basketball player
- 1983 – Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- 1983 – John Heitinga, Dutch footballer and coach<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1984 – Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
- 1985 – Lily Aldridge, American model
- 1985 – Charron Fisher, American basketball player
- 1985 – Simon Spender, Welsh footballer
- 1986 – Winston Duke, Tobagonian-American actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1986 – Coye Francies, American football player
- 1986 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
- 1986 – Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1988 – B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP" />
- 1988 – Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1988 – Morgan Parra, French rugby player
- 1988 – Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
- 1989 – Jona Viray, Filipino singer
- 1991 – Maxime Colin, French footballer
- 1991 – Shailene Woodley, American actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1992 – Dylan Bundy, American baseball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1992 – Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
- 1992 – Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer
- 1992 – Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player
- 1992 – Trevor Story, American baseball player
- 1992 – Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
- 1993 – Arik Armstead, American football player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1993 – Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
- 1993 – Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
- 1993 – Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – Emma Dumont, American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
- 1994 – Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 – Blake Pieroni, American swimmer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1995 – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
- 1996 – Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1997 – Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2001 – TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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DeathsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 165 BCE – Mattathias, Jewish resistance leader
- 621 – Malo, Breton bishop and saint
- 655 – Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
- 655 – Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia
- 1037 – Odo II, French nobleman (born 983)
- 1136 – Leopold III, margrave of Austria (born 1073)
- 1194 – Margaret I, countess of Flanders
- 1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German nobleman (born 1193)
- 1280 – Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (born 1193)
- 1347 – James I of Urgell, Spanish nobleman (born 1321)
- 1351 – Joanna of Pfirt, duchess of Austria
- 1379 – Otto V, duke of Bavaria
- 1463 – Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian nobleman
- 1527 – Catherine of York, English princess (born 1479)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (born 1510)
1601–1900Edit
- 1628 – Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (born 1576)
- 1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571)
- 1670 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592)
- 1691 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (born 1620)
- 1706 – Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (born 1683)
- 1712 – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1658)
- 1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (born 1675)
- 1787 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (born 1714)
- 1794 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723)
- 1795 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (born 1719)
- 1832 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (born 1767)
- 1836 – Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (born 1750s)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1845 – William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (born 1803)
- 1853 – Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (born 1819)
- 1892 – Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (born 1850)
- 1897 – Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (born 1810)
1901–presentEdit
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- 1910 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author (born 1831)
- 1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1846)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1917 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1858)
- 1919 – Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (born 1862)
- 1919 – Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (born 1868)
- 1919 – Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
- 1921 – Tadhg Barry, veteran Irish republican and leading trade unionist (born 1880)<ref name="Ó Drisceoil">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1922 – Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1866)
- 1922 – Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1854)
- 1922 – Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1872)
- 1941 – Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (born 1902)
- 1942 – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (born 1908)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1945 – Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864)
- 1949 – Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911)<ref name="Godse1989">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1949 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)<ref name="Godse1989"/>
- 1951 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (born 1862)
- 1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)
- 1956 – Emma Richter, German paleontologist (born 1888)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1958 – Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
- 1959 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
- 1960 – Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (born 1937)
- 1961 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress (born 1883)
- 1961 – Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883)
- 1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888)
- 1966 – Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877)
- 1966 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887)
- 1967 – Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
- 1970 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884)
- 1971 – Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (born 1903)
- 1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904)
- 1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (born 1901)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1980 – Bill Lee, American actor and singer (born 1916)
- 1981 – Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)
- 1981 – Enid Markey, American actress (born 1894)
- 1981 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (born 1938)
- 1982 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (born 1895)
- 1982 – Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (born 1901)
- 1983 – John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1955)
- 1983 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (born 1898)
- 1983 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (born 1912)
- 1984 – Baby Fae, American infant, who received baboon heart (born 1984)<ref name="Time">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- 1985 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (born 1913)
- 1988 – Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915)
- 1988 – Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905)
- 1994 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (born 1908)
- 1996 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904)
- 1997 – Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (born 1912)
- 1998 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941)
- 1998 – Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (born 1937)
- 2000 – Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (born 1954)
- 2003 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (born 1910)
- 2003 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (born 1925)
- 2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (born 1923)
- 2003 – Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (born 1924)
- 2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (born 1909)
- 2004 – John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
- 2005 – Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (born 1931)
- 2005 – Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (born 1959)
- 2006 – David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (born 1937)
- 2007 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1928)
- 2008 – Grace Hartigan, American painter (born 1922)
- 2009 – Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (born 1914)
- 2010 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (born 1932)
- 2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (born 1944)
- 2010 – William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
- 2011 – Oba Chandler, American murderer (born 1946)
- 2012 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954)
- 2012 – Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976)
- 2012 – Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (born 1983)
- 2012 – K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931)
- 2012 – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)
- 2013 – Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (born 1929)
- 2013 – Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (born 1919)
- 2013 – Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (born 1930)
- 2014 – Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918)
- 2014 – Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934)
- 2014 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (born 1983)
- 2014 – Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (born 1924)
- 2015 – Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920)
- 2015 – Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930)
- 2015 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929)
- 2016 – Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)
- 2017 – Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)
- 2023 – Žarko Laušević, Serbian actor (born 1960)<ref>Žarko Laušević passed away</ref>
- 2024 – Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2024 – Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2024 – Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2024 – Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Holidays and observancesEdit
- America Recycles Day (United States)
- Christian feast day:
- Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium)
- Day of the Imprisoned Writer (International observance)
- Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine)
- King's Feast (Belgium)
- National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
- Peace Day (Ivory Coast)
- Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
- Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
- Republic Day (Northern Cyprus)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The beginning of Nativity Fast (Eastern Orthodox)
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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