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EventsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution.
1520 – Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
1575 – The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.

1601–1900Edit

1667 – An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
1777 – American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
1798 – As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
1807 – The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1834 – In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
1846 – US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
1892 – The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
1898 – US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1901–presentEdit

1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
1911 – The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
1915 – The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
1915 – Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
1916 – The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
1930 – The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1937 – The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War).
1937 – The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
1944 – World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1952 – The ocean liner Template:SS passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1958 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1959 – Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
1962 – Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1963 – Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
1978 – The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1980 – Institution of sharia law in Iran.
1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
1997 – The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
2006 – A shootout happens in Spiritwood, Canada, killing 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police and wounding a 3rd officer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
2012 – At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
2013 – A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
2016 – Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
2017 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.<ref name=guardian>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – The United States women's national soccer team defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Lyon, France.
2022 – Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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BirthsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

611 – Eudoxia Epiphania, daughter of Byzantine emperor Heraclius<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1053 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (died 1129)
1119 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (died 1164)
1207 – Elizabeth of Hungary (died 1231)
1482 – Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop (died 1537)
1528 – Archduchess Anna of Austria (died 1590)
1540 – John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary (died 1571)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1585 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (died 1646)
1588 – Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (died 1640)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900Edit

1616 – John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (died 1834)
1766 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (died 1815)
1831 – Jane Elizabeth Conklin, American poet and religious writer (died 1914)
1833 – Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898)
1843 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
1846 – Heinrich Rosenthal, Estonian physician and author (died 1916)
1848 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (died 1919)
1851 – Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (died 1933)
1855 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German author and playwright (died 1920)
1859 – Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician (died 1945)
1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
1861 – Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (died 1912)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1869 – Rachel Caroline Eaton, American academic (died 1938)
1869 – Fernande Sadler, French painter and mayor (died 1949)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Erwin Bumke, German lawyer and jurist (died 1945)
1880 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (died 1960)
1882 – Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer (died 1941)
1883 – Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer (died 1918)
1884 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German author and playwright (died 1958)
1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general and poet (died 1945)
1891 – Virginia Rappe, American model and actress (died 1921)
1893 – Herbert Feis, American historian and author (died 1972)
1893 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (died 1981)
1898 – Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (died 1985)
1899 – George Cukor, American director and producer (died 1983)
1900 – Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress (died 1944)
1900 – Earle E. Partridge, American general (died 1990)

1901–presentEdit

1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer (died 1973)
1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (died 1974)
1901 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer (died 1970)
1902 – Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
1904 – Simone Beck, French chef and author (died 1991)
1905 – Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician (died 1972)
1906 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (died 1970)
1906 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 1988)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1908 – Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (died 1994)
1909 – Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (died 1976)
1910 – Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author (died 2010)
1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (died 2007)
1913 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (died 2011)
1915 – Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet (died 1998)
1917 – Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2003)
1917 – Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2014)
1918 – Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (died 2016)
1918 – Jing Shuping, Chinese businessman (died 2009)
1919 – Jon Pertwee, English actor (died 1996)
1921 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (died 1975)
1921 – Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (died 1996)
1922 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1922 – James D. Hughes, American Air Force lieutenant general (died 2024)
1923 – Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)
1923 – Whitney North Seymour Jr., American politician (died 2019)
1923 – Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (died 2013)
1924 – Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (died 2008)
1924 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (died 1977)
1924 – Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (died 2019)
1924 – Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1925 – Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (died 2012)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1925 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (died 2008)
1926 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (died 2019)
1926 – Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (died 2020)
1927 – Alan J. Dixon, American lawyer and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (died 2014)
1927 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
1927 – Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor
1928 – Patricia Hitchcock, English actress (died 2021)
1928 – Kapelwa Sikota Zambian nurse and health official (died 2006)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1929 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (died 2005)
1929 – Sergio Romano, Italian writer, journalist, and historian
1930 – Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020)
1930 – Theodore McCarrick, American former cardinal (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)
1930 – Biljana Plavšić, 2nd President of Republika Srpska<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1931 – David Eddings, American author and academic (died 2009)
1932 – T. J. Bass, American physician and author (died 2011)
1932 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (died 2007)
1933 – David McCullough, American historian and author (died 2022)
1934 – Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (died 2016)
1935 – Gian Carlo Michelini, Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest<ref name="taiwantodaycitizenshipenglish">Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (died 2013)
1936 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (died 1971)
1936 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1980)
1937 – Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1938 – James Montgomery Boice, American pastor and theologian (died 2000)
1939 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (died 2015)
1940 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
1941 – Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach (died 2021)
1941 – Michael Howard, Welsh lawyer and politician
1941 – John Fru Ndi, Cameroonian politician (died 2023)
1941 – Bill Oddie, English comedian, actor, and singer
1941 – Jim Rodford, English bass player (died 2018)
1942 – Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (died 2019)
1943 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (died 2007)
1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster
1944 – Glenys Kinnock, English educator and politician (died 2023)
1944 – Feleti Sevele, Tongan politician; Prime Minister of Tonga
1944 – Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (died 2012)
1944 – Ian Wilmut, English-Scottish embryologist and academic (died 2023)
1945 – Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (died 2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1945 – Adele Goldberg, American computer scientist and academic
1945 – Helô Pinheiro, inspiration for the song "The Girl from Ipanema"
1947 – Gyanendra, King of Nepal
1947 – Howard Rheingold, American author and critic
1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1954 – Simon Anderson, Australian surfer
1955 – Len Barker, American baseball player and coach
1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
1957 – Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor
1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
1964 – Dominik Henzel, Czech-Swedish actor and comedian
1965 – Mo Collins, American actress, comedian and screenwriter
1965 – Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1966 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
1968 – Jorja Fox, American actress
1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger
1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress
1970 – Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer
1970 – Min Patel, Indian-English cricketer
1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist and coach
1971 – Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
1972 – Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, American actress and writer
1973 – José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1974 – Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1975 – Tony Benshoof, American luger
1975 – Louis Koen, South African rugby player
1975 – Adam Nelson, American shot putter
1976 – Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress
1976 – Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
1976 – Ercüment Olgundeniz, Turkish discus thrower and shot putter
1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
1978 – Chris Andersen, American basketball player
1978 – Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
1979 – Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, Saudi Arabian terrorist (died 2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1979 – Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
1979 – Douglas Hondo, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
1980 – Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish footballer
1980 – Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
1981 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
1981 – Synyster Gates, American guitarist<ref>About Synyster Gates. Retrieved April 28, 2023. "He was born Brian Haner Jr. on July 7, 1981"</ref>
1982 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
1982 – Asia O'Hara, American drag performer<ref name="Ancestry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1983 – Justin Davies, Australian footballer
1984 – Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
1984 – Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 – Marc Stein, German footballer
1986 – Ana Kasparian, American journalist and producer
1986 – Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
1986 – Sevyn Streeter, American singer-songwriter<ref>Sevyn Streeter Biography Template:Webarchive. Retrieved February 3, 2013. "Born July 7, 1986, to Tim and Karen Streeter in Haines City..."</ref>
1988 – Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter
1988 – Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
1989 – Landon Cassill, American race car driver
1989 – Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer
1989 – Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier
1990 – Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer
1991 – Alesso, Swedish DJ, record producer and musician <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1992 – Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower
1992 – Dominik Furman, Polish footballer
1994 – Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistani tennis player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1994 – Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (died 2014)
1994 – Ashton Irwin, Australian musician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1996 – Yoon Chae-kyung, South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – Mizuho Habu, Japanese idol and model<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – James Marriott, English musician and online content creator<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1999 – Moussa Diaby, French footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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DeathsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

984 – Crescentius the Elder, Italian politician and aristocrat
1021 – Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Japanese bureaucrat (born 944)
1162 – Haakon II Sigurdsson, king of Norway (born 1147)
1285 – Tile Kolup, German impostor claiming to be Frederick II
1304 – Benedict XI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1240)
1307 – Edward I, king of England (born 1239)
1345 – Momchil, Bulgarian brigand and ruler
1531 – Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (born 1460)
1568 – William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist (born 1508)
1572 – Sigismund II Augustus, Polish king (born 1520)
1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù and Villa Farnese (born 1507)
1593 – Mohammed Bagayogo, Malian scholar and academic (born 1523)
1600 – Thomas Lucy, English politician (born 1532)

1601–1900Edit

1607 – Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire, English noblewoman (born 1563)
1647 – Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (born 1586)
1701 – William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1631)
1713 – Henry Compton, English bishop (born 1632)
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Russian tsarevich (born 1690)
1730 – Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (born 1690)
1758 – Marthanda Varma, Raja of Attingal (born 1706)<ref name="Thrippadidaanam">Template:Cite book</ref>
1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (born 1683)
1776 – Jeremiah Markland, English scholar and academic (born 1693)
1790 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (born 1721)
1816 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and poet (born 1751)
1863 – William Mulready, Irish genre painter (born 1786)
1865 – George Atzerodt (born 1833)
1865 – David Herold (born 1842)
1865 – Lewis Payne (born 1844)
1865 – Mary Surratt (born 1823)
1890 – Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (born 1814)

1901–presentEdit

1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (born 1827)
1913 – Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (born 1841)
1922 – Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (born 1874)
1925 – Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (born 1871)
1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (born 1846)
1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (born 1859)
1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (born 1880)
1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (born 1844)
1939 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (born 1847)
1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (born 1923)
1955 – Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (born 1896)
1956 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (born 1886)
1960 – Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (born 1880)
1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1904)
1965 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1894)
1968 – Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (born 1928)
1970 – Dame Laura Knight, English artist (born 1877)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (born 1925)
1972 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (born 1886)
1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (born 1895)
1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress (born 1922)
1978 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1933)
1980 – Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
1982 – Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (born 1901)
1984 – George Oppen, American poet and author (born 1908)
1987 – Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (born 1902)
1990 – Bill Cullen, American television panelist and game show host (born 1920)
1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer and songwriter (born 1958)
1993 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (born 1911)
1993 – Mia Zapata, American singer (born 1965)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (born 1924)
1994 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (born 1907)
1998 – Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (born 1937)
1999 – Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra, Indian Army personnel (born 1974)
1999 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (born 1908)
2000 – Kenny Irwin Jr., American race car driver (born 1969)
2001 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian trumpet player and conductor (born 1924)
2006 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
2006 – Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (born 1911)
2006 – John Money, New Zealand-American psychologist and author (born 1921)
2007 – Anne McLaren, British scientist (born 1927)<ref name="BBCNews20070708">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Donald Michie, British scientist (born 1923)<ref name="BBCNews20070708"/>
2008 – Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1933)
2008 – Dorian Leigh, American model (born 1917)
2011 – Allan W. Eckert, American historian and author (born 1931)
2011 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
2012 – Dennis Flemion, American drummer (born 1955)
2012 – Ronaldo Cunha Lima, Brazilian poet and politician (born 1936)
2012 – Doris Neal, American baseball player (born 1928)
2012 – Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (born 1936)
2012 – Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (born 1927)
2013 – Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (born 1962)
2013 – Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (born 1938)
2013 – Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (born 1926)
2013 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
2014 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)
2014 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)
2014 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (born 1937)
2015 – Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)
2015 – Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
2021 – Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director. Father of Robert Downey Jr. (born 1936)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation