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PAKISTAN · DIED ON THIS DAY1981

Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar, died.

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Events

2022 The world population reached eight billion. Wikipedia ↗
2020 Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher. Wikipedia ↗
2017 A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people. Wikipedia ↗
2016 Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament. Wikipedia ↗
2012 Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. Wikipedia ↗
2010 A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China kills 58 people. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans. Wikipedia ↗
2006 Al Jazeera English launches worldwide. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
2002 Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. Wikipedia ↗

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2001 Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America. Wikipedia ↗
2000 A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people. Wikipedia ↗
2000 Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar. Wikipedia ↗
1994 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high. Wikipedia ↗
1990 The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. Wikipedia ↗
1990 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense. Wikipedia ↗
1988 In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. Wikipedia ↗
1988 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council. Wikipedia ↗
1988 The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. Wikipedia ↗
1987 In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. Wikipedia ↗
1987 Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, killing 25. Wikipedia ↗
1985 A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. Wikipedia ↗
1985 The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. Wikipedia ↗
1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is only recognized by Turkey. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1978 A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183. Wikipedia ↗
1976 René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence. Wikipedia ↗
1971 Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. Wikipedia ↗
1969 Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea. Wikipedia ↗
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". Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1966 Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1959 Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Wikipedia ↗
1957 Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell. Wikipedia ↗
1955 The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened. Wikipedia ↗
1951 Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the Communist Party of Greece. Wikipedia ↗
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". Wikipedia ↗
1942 World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory. Wikipedia ↗
1938 Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht. Wikipedia ↗
1933 Thailand holds its first election. Wikipedia ↗
1928 The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew. Wikipedia ↗
1922 At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Wikipedia ↗
1920 The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia ↗
1920 The Free City of Danzig is established. Wikipedia ↗
1917 Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1889 Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1864 American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea through Georgia towards the city of Savannah. Wikipedia ↗
1849 Boilers of the steamboat Louisiana explode as she pulls back from the dock in New Orleans, killing more than 150 people. Wikipedia ↗
1842 A slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation commences. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. Wikipedia ↗
1760 The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1533 Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1315 Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten. Wikipedia ↗
655 Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2001 TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1996 Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer Wikipedia ↗
1995 Blake Pieroni, American swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1995 Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Emma Dumont, American actress and model Wikipedia ↗
1994 Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗

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1994 Alejandro Saab, American voice actor, YouTuber, and VTuber Wikipedia ↗
1993 Arik Armstead, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast Wikipedia ↗
1992 Dylan Bundy, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Sofia Goggia, Italian skier Wikipedia ↗
1992 Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
1992 Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Maxime Colin, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Shailene Woodley, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jona Viray, Filipino singer Wikipedia ↗
1988 B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1988 Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1988 Morgan Parra, French rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1988 Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Winston Duke, Tobagonian-American actor Wikipedia ↗
1986 Coye Francies, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1985 Lily Aldridge, American model Wikipedia ↗
1985 Charron Fisher, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Simon Spender, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner Wikipedia ↗
1983 Sophia Di Martino, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1983 Aleksandar Pavlović, Serbian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1983 John Heitinga, Dutch footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1982 Rio Hirai, Japanese actress Wikipedia ↗
1982 Benjamin Krause, German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1982 Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Josemi, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1977 Richard Lintner, Slovak ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1977 Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland Wikipedia ↗
1977 Sean Murray, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1977 Peter Phillips, English businessman Wikipedia ↗
1976 Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman Wikipedia ↗
1976 Virginie Ledoyen, French actress Wikipedia ↗
1975 Boris Živković, Croatian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1973 Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1972 Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor Wikipedia ↗
1971 Jay Harrington, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1971 Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1970 Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1970 Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare Wikipedia ↗
1970 Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1968 Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1968 Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1967 Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1967 Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1967 E-40, American rapper and actor Wikipedia ↗
1967 François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1967 Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1967 Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1966 Rachel True, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1965 Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1964 Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1963 Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1962 Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1961 Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1960 Dawn Airey, English broadcaster Wikipedia ↗
1959 Tibor Fischer, English author Wikipedia ↗
1958 Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director Wikipedia ↗
1958 Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
1958 Lesley Laird, British politician Wikipedia ↗
1957 Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor Wikipedia ↗
1957 Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1957 Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator Wikipedia ↗
1957 Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1956 Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland Wikipedia ↗
1954 Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger Wikipedia ↗
1953 James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1952 Randy Savage, American wrestler (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1950 Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg Wikipedia ↗
1948 Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer[page needed] Wikipedia ↗
1948 Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat Wikipedia ↗
1947 Bob Dandridge, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1947 Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1946 Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1945 Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1945 Bob Gunton, American actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
1945 Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor Wikipedia ↗
1940 Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1940 Sam Waterston, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1939 Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Enzo Staiola, Italian child actor (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1936 Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Nera White, American basketball player (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician Wikipedia ↗
1934 Joanna Barnes, American actress and author (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Gloria Foster, American actress (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
1932 Clyde McPhatter, American singer (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1931 Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1930 J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Joe Hinton, American singer (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Bill Rowling, New Zealand politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Thomas Williams, American author and academic (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Francis Brunn, German juggler (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1922 David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Joseph Wapner, American judge and television personality (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1914 V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1913 Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1913 Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1899 Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Leonard Lord, English businessman (died 1967) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Naomi Childers, American actress (died 1964) Wikipedia ↗
1891 W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1890 Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (died 1969) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1886 René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (died 1951) Wikipedia ↗
1882 Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (died 1965) Wikipedia ↗
1881 Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1879 Lewis Stone, American actor (died 1953) Wikipedia ↗
1874 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (died 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1874 August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1868 Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (died 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1867 Emil Krebs, German polyglot (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1866 Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (died 1954) Wikipedia ↗
1865 John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1946) Wikipedia ↗
1859 Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1852 Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (died 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1849 Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (died 1934) Wikipedia ↗
1793 Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (died 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1791 Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1869) Wikipedia ↗
1784 Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (died 1860) Wikipedia ↗
1776 José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (died 1827) Wikipedia ↗
1757 Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (died 1830) Wikipedia ↗
1746 Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1809) Wikipedia ↗
1741 Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (died 1801) Wikipedia ↗
1738 William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (died 1822) Wikipedia ↗
1708 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1778) Wikipedia ↗
1692 Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (died 1775) Wikipedia ↗
1661 Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (died 1743) Wikipedia ↗
1660 Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (died 1746) Wikipedia ↗
1607 Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (died 1701) Wikipedia ↗
1556 Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618) Wikipedia ↗
1511 Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (died 1536) Wikipedia ↗
1498 Eleanor of Austria, queen of Portugal and France (died 1558) Wikipedia ↗
1397 Nicholas V, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1455) Wikipedia ↗
1316 John I, king of France and Navarre (died 1316) Wikipedia ↗
459 Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (died 501) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

1981 Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (born 1938) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2023 Žarko Laušević, Serbian actor (born 1960) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗

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2015 Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (born 1983) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (born 1983) Wikipedia ↗
2012 K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Oba Chandler, American murderer (born 1946) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2010 William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Grace Hartigan, American painter (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2006 David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (born 1959) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
2004 John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Frances Hawkins, American politician and teacher, member of the Nevada State Assembly (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1996 Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904) Wikipedia ↗
1994 Elizabeth George Speare, American author (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1985 Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1984 Baby Fae, American infant, who received baboon heart (born 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1983 John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
1983 Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
1983 John Le Mesurier, English actor (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
1981 Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
1981 Enid Markey, American actress (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Bill Lee, American actor and singer (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
1976 Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904) Wikipedia ↗
1971 Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1970 Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1966 William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1963 Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Elsie Ferguson, American actress (born 1883) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883) Wikipedia ↗
1960 Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Emma Richter, German paleontologist (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1954 Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (born 1902) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1866) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1854) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1872) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Tadhg Barry, Irish republican and trade unionist, killed in prison (born 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (born 1868) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1858) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1846) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Wilhelm Raabe, German author (born 1831) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (born 1835) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (born 1810) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (born 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1853 Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (born 1819) Wikipedia ↗
1845 William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (born 1803) Wikipedia ↗
1836 Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (born 1750s) Wikipedia ↗
1832 Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (born 1767) Wikipedia ↗
1795 Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (born 1719) Wikipedia ↗
1794 John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723) Wikipedia ↗
1787 Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (born 1714) Wikipedia ↗
1712 James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1658) Wikipedia ↗
1712 Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (born 1675) Wikipedia ↗
1706 Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (born 1683) Wikipedia ↗
1691 Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (born 1620) Wikipedia ↗
1670 John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592) Wikipedia ↗
1630 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571) Wikipedia ↗
1628 Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (born 1576) Wikipedia ↗
1579 Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (born 1510) Wikipedia ↗
1527 Catherine of York, English princess (born 1479) Wikipedia ↗
1463 Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian nobleman Wikipedia ↗
1379 Otto V, duke of Bavaria Wikipedia ↗
1351 Joanna of Pfirt, duchess of Austria Wikipedia ↗
1347 James I of Urgell, Spanish nobleman (born 1321) Wikipedia ↗
1280 Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (born 1193) Wikipedia ↗
1226 Frederick of Isenberg, German nobleman (born 1193) Wikipedia ↗
1194 Margaret I, countess of Flanders Wikipedia ↗
1136 Leopold III, margrave of Austria (born 1073) Wikipedia ↗
1037 Odo II, French nobleman (born 983) Wikipedia ↗
655 Æthelhere, king of East Anglia Wikipedia ↗
655 Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia Wikipedia ↗
621 Malo, Breton bishop and saint Wikipedia ↗
165 BC Mattathias, Jewish resistance leader Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

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