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EventsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.<ref>John of Antioch, Historia chronike, fragment 203; Marcellinus, sa 461; Fasti vindobonenses priores, No 588. Procopius (VII.14–15) does not mention the Emperor's return from Hispania and said that Majorian died of dysentery: it is possible that the news has been put about by Ricimer (Fik Meijer, Emperors Do not Die in Bed, Routledge, 2004, Template:ISBN, p. 155). Victor of Tonnena erroneously claims that Majorian reached Rome and was killed there, and puts this event in 463 (Chronica, s.a. 463).</ref>
626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
768 – Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1461 – The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1479 – Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI were defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg.<ref name="Hans Delbruck">Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900Edit

1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon becomes the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.<ref name="Our Inland Seas">Template:Cite book</ref>
1714 – The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1743 – The Treaty of Åbo ended the 1741–1743 Russo-Swedish War.<ref>Shirokorad A.B. Northern Wars of Russia. Moscow, 2001 (in Russian)</ref><ref>Merovuo, Jenni. "‘Divided and validated’? The institutionalization of the Russo-Swedish border region in the 1743 peace treaty." Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 66.4 (2017): pp. 283-293.</ref>
1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle.<ref name= "LOC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1786 – The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
1789 – The United States Department of War is established.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1791 – American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1819 – Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1858 – The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.<ref name="piesse">Template:Cite book p303.</ref>
1890 – Anna Månsdotter, found guilty of the 1889 Yngsjö murder, became the last woman to be executed in Sweden.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1901–presentEdit

1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.<ref name="smithsonian">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1930 – The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.<ref name="Bradley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1933 – The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1946 – The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, Template:Convert journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.<ref name="arrlDec1947">Template:Cite journal(pdf Template:Webarchive)</ref>
1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).<ref name="Motor Bus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1960 – Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.<ref name="CIA">Template:Cite CIA World Factbook</ref>
1962 – Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.<ref name="jfk">Template:Citation.</ref>
1964 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1969 – Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.<ref name=":0" />
1970 – California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.<ref name=time>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center Template:Convert in the air.<ref name="grace">Template:Cite news</ref>
1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.<ref name="NASA-20061218">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1987 – Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.<ref name="history.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1989 – U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1990 – First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1993 – Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.<ref name=":0" />
1995 – The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1998 – Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1999 – The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.<ref name="mdb.cast.ru">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2008 – The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.<ref name="Karlsson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2020 – Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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BirthsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

317 – Constantius II, Roman emperor (died 361)
1282 – Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (died 1316)
1533 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (died 1595)
1560 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (died 1614)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1571 – Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer (died 1627)
1574 – Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer (died 1649)
1598 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist (died 1672)

1601–1900Edit

1613 – William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder (died 1664)
1702 – Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)
1726 – James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1790)
1742 – Nathanael Greene, American general (died 1786)
1751 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (died 1820)
1779 – Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (died 1859)
1826 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (died 1889)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1844 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author (died 1911)
1862 – Henri Le Sidaner, French painter (died 1939)
1862 – Victoria of Baden (died 1931)
1867 – Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator (died 1956)
1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
1868 – Huntley Wright, English actor (died 1941)
1869 – Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician (died 1959)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (died 1917)
1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (died 1931)
1884 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (died 1970)
1884 – Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1940)
1887 – Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright (died 1970)
1890 – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist (died 1964)

1901–presentEdit

1901 – Ann Harding, American actress and singer (died 1981)
1903 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972)
1904 – Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1907 – Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter (died 1980)
1911 – István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician (died 1979)
1911 – Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter (died 1979)
1916 – Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)
1918 – C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)
1918 – Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (died 2007)
1921 – Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (died 2014)
1921 – Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor (died 2016)
1925 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (died 2003)
1926 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (died 2015)
1927 – Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1928 – Betsy Byars, American author and academic (died 2020)
1928 – Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
1928 – James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Don Larsen, American baseball player (died 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1930 – Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (died 2013)
1930 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator (died 2017)
1932 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (died 1973)
1932 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (died 2011)
1932 – Rien Poortvliet, Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1995)
1932 – Maurice Rabb Jr., American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2005)
1933 – Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager
1933 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
1933 – Jerry Pournelle, American journalist and author (died 2017)
1933 – Alberto Romulo, Filipino politician and diplomat
1934 – Sándor Simó, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
1935 – Lee Corso, American college football coach and broadcaster<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1935 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
1937 – Zoltán Berczik, Hungarian table tennis player and coach (died 2011)
1937 – Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (died 2012)
1938 – Giorgetto Giugiaro, Italian automotive designer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1940 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
1940 – Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician (died 2016)
1942 – Garrison Keillor, American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
1942 – Carlos Monzón, Argentinian boxer and actor (died 1995)
1942 – Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
1942 – Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic
1942 – B. J. Thomas, American singer (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader
1943 – Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
1943 – Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (died 2010)
1944 – John Glover, American actor
1944 – Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1945 – Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (died 2014)
1945 – Alan Page, American football player and jurist
1947 – Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
1947 – Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1948 – Marty Appel, American businessman and author
1948 – Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1949 – Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese journalist and politician
1949 – Matthew Parris, South African-English journalist and politician
1950 – Rodney Crowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Alan Keyes, American politician and diplomat, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
1950 – S. Thandayuthapani, Sri Lankan educator and politician
1952 – Caroline Aaron, American actress and producer
1952 – Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
1952 – Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
1952 – Alexei Sayle, English comedian, actor, and author
1953 – Anne Fadiman, American journalist and author
1954 – Valery Gazzaev, Russian footballer, manager and politician
1954 – Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
1954 – Alan Reid, Scottish politician
1955 – Wayne Knight, American actor, comedian and voice actor
1955 – Greg Nickels, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Seattle
1955 – Vladimir Sorokin, Russian author and playwright
1957 – Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
1957 – Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast and colonel
1958 – Russell Baze, Canadian-American jockey
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Alberto Salazar, Cuban-American runner and coach
1959 – Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
1959 – Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1960 – David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Brian Conley, English actor and singer
1961 – Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
1961 – Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer (died 2016)
1961 – Carlos Vives, Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor<ref>biografías.es</ref>
1962 – Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
1963 – Paul Dunn, Australian rugby league player
1963 – Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
1963 – Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
1964 – John Birmingham, English-Australian journalist and author
1964 – Ian Dench, English guitarist and songwriter
1964 – Peter Niven, Scottish jockey
1965 – Raul Malo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Elizabeth Manley, Canadian figure skater
1966 – David Cairns, Scottish laicised priest and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (died 2011)
1966 – Shobna Gulati, British actress
1966 – Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Jimmy Wales, American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
1967 – Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
1968 – Francesca Gregorini, Italian-American director and screenwriter
1968 – Trevor Hendy, Australian surfer and coach
1968 – Sophie Lee, Australian actress and author
1969 – Markus Bundi, Swiss writer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1969 – Paul Lambert, Scottish footballer and manager
1969 – Dana G. Peleg, Israeli writer and LGBT activist
1970 – Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (died 2006)
1971 – Dominic Cork, England cricketer and sportscaster
1971 – Rachel York, American actress and singer
1972 – Gerry Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and promoter
1973 – Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1973 – Danny Graves, Vietnamese-American baseball player
1973 – Kevin Muscat, English-Australian footballer, coach, and manager
1974 – Chico Benymon, American actor
1974 – Michael Shannon, American actor
1975 – Koray Candemir, Turkish singer-songwriter
1975 – Gerard Denton, Australian cricketer
1975 – Megan Gale, Australian model and actress
1975 – Ray Hill, American football player (died 2015)
1975 – Rebecca Kleefisch, American journalist and politician, 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1975 – Édgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player
1975 – Charlize Theron, South African actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1976 – Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer and manager
1976 – Shane Lechler, American football player
1977 – Charlotte Ronson, English fashion designer
1977 – Samantha Ronson, English singer-songwriter and DJ
1977 – Justin Brooker, Rugby League Player
1978 – Alexandre Aja, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Jamey Jasta, American singer-songwriter
1978 – Mark McCammon, English-Barbadian footballer
1978 – Cirroc Lofton, American actor
1979 – Eric Johnson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1979 – Miguel Llera, Spanish footballer
1979 – Birgit Zotz, Austrian anthropologist and author
1980 – Carsten Busch, German footballer
1980 – Aurélie Claudel, French model and actress
1980 – Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Seiichiro Maki, Japanese footballer
1981 – David Testo, American soccer player
1981 – Randy Wayne, American actor and producer
1982 – Ángeles Balbiani, Argentine actress and singer
1982 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
1982 – Juan Martín Hernández, Argentine rugby player
1982 – Marquise Hill, American football player (died 2007)
1982 – Vassilis Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
1982 – Martin Vučić, Macedonian singer and drummer
1983 – Christian Chávez, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor
1983 – Murat Dalkılıç, Turkish singer-songwriter
1983 – Danny, Portuguese footballer
1983 – Andriy Hrivko, Ukrainian cyclist
1983 – Mark Pettini, English cricketer and journalist
1984 – Stratos Perperoglou, Greek basketball player
1984 – Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model and actress
1984 – Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (died 2003)
1986 – Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
1986 – Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
1986 – Altaír Jarabo, Mexican model and actress
1986 – Juan de la Rosa, Mexican boxer
1987 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Mustapha Dumbuya, Sierra Leonean footballer
1987 – Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player
1987 – Rouven Sattelmaier, German footballer
1988 – Jonathan Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Mohamed Coulibaly, Senegalese footballer
1988 – Anisa Mohammed, West Indian cricketer
1988 – Melody Oliveria, American blogger
1988 – Erik Pieters, Dutch footballer
1988 – Beanie Wells, American football player
1989 – DeMar DeRozan, American basketball player
1990 – Jake Allen, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1990 – Josh Franceschi, English singer-songwriter
1991 – Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)
1991 – Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
1992 – Adam Yates, English cyclist
1992 – Simon Yates, English cyclist
1992 – Wout Weghorst, Dutch footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1993 – Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1993 – Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
1993 – Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
1996 – Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – Matty Cash, Polish footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1997 – Kyler Murray, American football player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1998 – Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver
1998 – María Belén Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1998 – Jalen Hurts, American football player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1999 – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2000 – Lauren Hemp, English footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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DeathsEdit

Pre-1600Edit

461 – Majorian, Roman emperor (born 420)
707 – Li Chongjun, Chinese prince
1028 – Alfonso V, king of León (born 994)
1106 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1050)
1234 – Hugh Foliot, bishop of Hereford (born c. 1155)
1272 – Richard Middleton, English Lord Chancellor
1296 – Heinrich II von Rotteneck, prince-bishop of Regensburg
1385 – Joan of Kent, mother of Richard II (born 1328)
1485 – Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany (born 1454)
1547 – Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (born 1480)

1601–1900Edit

1613 – Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (born 1544)
1616 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (born 1548)
1632 – Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (born 1575)
1635 – Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (born 1591)
1639 – Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1605)
1661 – Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (born 1608)
1787 – Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (born 1705)
1817 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (born 1739)
1834 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (born 1752)
1848 – Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1855 – Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (born 1802)
1864 – Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (born 1823)
1893 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (born 1854)
1899 – Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (born 1837)
1900 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (born 1826)

1901–presentEdit

1912 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (born 1841)
1917 – Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (born 1891)
1938 – Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (born 1863)
1941 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
1948 – Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (born 1879)
1953 – Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (born 1860)
1957 – Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (born 1892)
1958 – Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (born 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (born 1894)
1963 – Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (born 1908)
1969 – Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (born 1915)
1969 – Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (born 1905)
1970 – Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
1970 – Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard and kidnapper (born 1953)
1972 – Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (born 1929)
1973 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1895)
1974 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (born 1925)
1974 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1902)
1978 – Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (born 1922)
1981 – Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (born 1931)
1985 – Grayson Hall, American actress (born 1922)
1987 – Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (born 1900)
1989 – Mickey Leland, American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
1994 – Larry Martyn, English actor (born 1934)
1995 – Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001 – Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (born 1932)
2003 – K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (born 1931)
2003 – Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (born 1929)
2004 – Red Adair, American firefighter (born 1915)
2004 – Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (born 1948)
2005 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (born 1938)
2005 – Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (born 1909)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2006 – Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (born 1911)
2007 – Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (born 1917)
2007 – Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman, founded Tait Communications (born 1919)
2008 – Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (born 1931)
2008 – Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer and businessman (born 1957)
2009 – Louis E. Saavedra, American educator and politician, 48th Mayor of Albuquerque (born 1933)
2009 – Mike Seeger, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2010 – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
2011 – Mark Hatfield, American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (born 1922)
2011 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain and spy (born 1912)
2012 – Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (born 1928)
2012 – Judith Crist, American critic and academic (born 1922)
2012 – Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (born 1959)
2012 – Anna Piaggi, Italian journalist and author (born 1931)
2012 – Mayer Zald, American sociologist and academic (born 1931)
2012 – Dušan Zbavitel, Czech indologist and author (born 1925)
2013 – Samuel G. Armistead, American linguist, historian, and academic (born 1927)
2013 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (born 1964)
2013 – Anthony Pawson, English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (born 1952)
2013 – Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (born 1923)
2013 – Meeli Truu, Estonian architect (born 1946)
2013 – Alexander Yagubkin, Russian boxer (born 1961)
2014 – Víctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (born 1955)
2014 – Perry Moss, American football player and coach (born 1926)
2014 – Henry Stone, American record producer (born 1921)
2015 – Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (born 1929)
2015 – Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)
2015 – Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (born 1923)
2016 – Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (born 1989)
2017 – Don Baylor, American baseball player (born 1949)
2017 – David Maslanka, American composer (born 1943)
2018 – M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)
2018 – Stan Mikita, Slovak hockey player (born 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (born 1967)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Lê Khả Phiêu, Vietnamese politician (born 1931)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2021 – Markie Post, American actress (born 1950)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2021 – Trevor Moore, American comedian (born 1980)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2022 – David McCullough, American historian and author (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – William Friedkin, American film director (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Jon McBride, American astronaut (born 1943)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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