April 1 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on April 1 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 12 Farvardin 1405.

Occasions on this day in 2026

national holiday
Islamic Republic Day
cultural
Assyrian New Year (Kha b-Nisan)
international
Fossil Fools Day
fun
April Fools' Day
fun
International Edible Book Festival

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Famous people born on April 1

Events (57)

285 (1741 years ago) Roman emperor Diocletian names Maximian his co-emperor ("Augustus").
527 (1499 years ago) Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1081 (945 years ago) Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
1572 (454 years ago) In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
1725 (301 years ago) J. S. Bach's later Easter Oratorio in its first version is performed at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on Easter Sunday.
1789 (237 years ago) In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
1833 (193 years ago) The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
1865 (161 years ago) American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line during the Siege of Petersburg.
1867 (159 years ago) Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
1873 (153 years ago) The White Star steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
1900 (126 years ago) Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
1908 (118 years ago) The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
1918 (108 years ago) The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
1922 (104 years ago) In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
1924 (102 years ago) Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
1924 (102 years ago) The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1933 (93 years ago) The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1935 (91 years ago) India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
1937 (89 years ago) Aden becomes a British crown colony.
1937 (89 years ago) The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
1939 (87 years ago) Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
1941 (85 years ago) Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
1941 (85 years ago) A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
1946 (80 years ago) The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
1946 (80 years ago) The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
1947 (79 years ago) The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
1948 (78 years ago) Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
1948 (78 years ago) Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
1949 (77 years ago) The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
1954 (72 years ago) United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1955 (71 years ago) The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
1960 (66 years ago) The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
1964 (62 years ago) The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
1969 (57 years ago) The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
1970 (56 years ago) President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
1970 (56 years ago) A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
1971 (55 years ago) Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
1973 (53 years ago) Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
1974 (52 years ago) The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
1976 (50 years ago) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
1979 (47 years ago) Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
1984 (42 years ago) Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
1986 (40 years ago) Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
1989 (37 years ago) Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
1993 (33 years ago) NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.
1997 (29 years ago) Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
1999 (27 years ago) Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
2001 (25 years ago) An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
2001 (25 years ago) Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001 (25 years ago) Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
2004 (22 years ago) Google launches its Email service Gmail.
2006 (20 years ago) Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
2011 (15 years ago) After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers.
2016 (10 years ago) The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.
2026 The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Births (217)

1220 (806 years ago) Emperor Go-Saga of Japan,
1282 (744 years ago) Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1347)
1328 (698 years ago) Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (died 1382)
1543 (483 years ago) François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (died 1626)
1578 (448 years ago) William Harvey, English physician and academic (died 1657)
1610 (416 years ago) Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (died 1703)
1629 (397 years ago) Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (died 1691)
1640 (386 years ago) Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (died 1697)
1647 (379 years ago) John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (died 1680)
1697 (329 years ago) Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (died 1763)
1721 (305 years ago) Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (died 1799)
1741 (285 years ago) George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (died 1825)
1753 (273 years ago) Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1821)
1765 (261 years ago) Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (died 1810)
1776 (250 years ago) Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1831)
1786 (240 years ago) William Mulready, Irish genre painter (died 1863)
1815 (211 years ago) Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1898)
1815 (211 years ago) Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (died 1880)
1823 (203 years ago) Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (died 1891)
1824 (202 years ago) Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (died 1901)
1834 (192 years ago) James Fisk, American businessman (died 1872)
1852 (174 years ago) Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (died 1911)
1858 (168 years ago) Columba Marmion, Irish Benedictine abbot (died 1923)
1865 (161 years ago) Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
1866 (160 years ago) William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (died 1938)
1866 (160 years ago) Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1924)
1866 (160 years ago) Ève Lavallière, French actress (died 1929)
1868 (158 years ago) Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (died 1918)
1868 (158 years ago) Walter Mead, English cricketer (died 1954)
1871 (155 years ago) F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (died 1955)
1873 (153 years ago) Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1943)
1874 (152 years ago) Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (died 1953)
1874 (152 years ago) Prince Karl of Bavaria,
1875 (151 years ago) Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (died 1932)
1878 (148 years ago) C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (died 1958)
1879 (147 years ago) Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (died 1967)
1881 (145 years ago) Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister (died 1938)
1883 (143 years ago) Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1930)
1883 (143 years ago) Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (died 1976)
1883 (143 years ago) Laurette Taylor, Irish-American actress (died 1946)
1885 (141 years ago) Wallace Beery, American actor (died 1949)
1885 (141 years ago) Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (died 1977)
1889 (137 years ago) K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (died 1940)
1893 (133 years ago) Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (died 1980)
1895 (131 years ago) Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (died 1984)
1898 (128 years ago) William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (died 1944)
1899 (127 years ago) Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician (died 1968)
1900 (126 years ago) Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (died 1981)
1901 (125 years ago) Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (died 1961)
1902 (124 years ago) Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (died 1930)
1905 (121 years ago) Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1988)
1905 (121 years ago) Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (died 1993)
1906 (120 years ago) Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (died 1989)
1907 (119 years ago) Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist (died 2019)
1908 (118 years ago) Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (died 1970)
1908 (118 years ago) Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (died 1997)
1909 (117 years ago) Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977)
1909 (117 years ago) Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (died 1951)
1910 (116 years ago) Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1974)
1910 (116 years ago) Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (died 1987)
1911 (115 years ago) Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (died 1998)
1913 (113 years ago) Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (died 1993)
1915 (111 years ago) O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (died 2004)
1916 (110 years ago) Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (died 2002)
1917 (109 years ago) Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (died 1997)
1917 (109 years ago) Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1919 (107 years ago) Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
1920 (106 years ago) Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (died 1997)
1921 (105 years ago) William Bergsma, American composer and educator (died 1994)
1921 (105 years ago) Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (died 2014)
1922 (104 years ago) Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (died 2006)
1922 (104 years ago) William Manchester, American historian and author (died 2004)
1924 (102 years ago) Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (died 2018)
1926 (100 years ago) Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (died 2011)
1927 (99 years ago) Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager (died 2018)
1927 (99 years ago) Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
1927 (99 years ago) Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006)
1929 (97 years ago) Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager (died 2024)
1929 (97 years ago) Milan Kundera, Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 2023)
1929 (97 years ago) Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (died 2010)
1929 (97 years ago) Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2021)
1930 (96 years ago) Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (died 2015)
1930 (96 years ago) Ásta Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic writer and visual artist (died 1971)
1931 (95 years ago) George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (died 2011)
1931 (95 years ago) Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (died 2020)
1932 (94 years ago) Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2016)
1933 (93 years ago) Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 (93 years ago) Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (died 1996)
1933 (93 years ago) Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (died 1992)
1934 (92 years ago) Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
1935 (91 years ago) Cyril Karabus, South African paediatric oncologist
1935 (91 years ago) Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (died 1983)
1936 (90 years ago) Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (died 1980)
1936 (90 years ago) Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1998)
1936 (90 years ago) Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020)
1936 (90 years ago) Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer (died 2021)
1937 (89 years ago) Jordan Charney, American actor
1937 (89 years ago) Yılmaz Güney, Palme d'Or award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (died 1984)
1937 (89 years ago) Lynn Garrison, Canadian aviator, political advisor, and mercenary
1939 (87 years ago) Ali MacGraw, American model and actress
1939 (87 years ago) Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager (died 2020)
1940 (86 years ago) Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
1941 (85 years ago) Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (died 2012)
1941 (85 years ago) Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (died 2018)
1942 (84 years ago) Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
1942 (84 years ago) Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
1943 (83 years ago) Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
1943 (83 years ago) Titina Silá, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (died 1973)
1946 (80 years ago) Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
1946 (80 years ago) Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1997)
1946 (80 years ago) Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1947 (79 years ago) Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
1948 (78 years ago) Javier Irureta, Spanish footballer and manager
1948 (78 years ago) Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (died 2006)
1949 (77 years ago) Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949 (77 years ago) Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon
1949 (77 years ago) Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
1949 (77 years ago) Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011)
1950 (76 years ago) Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1950 (76 years ago) Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (died 2010)
1950 (76 years ago) Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
1951 (75 years ago) John Abizaid, American general
1952 (74 years ago) Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952 (74 years ago) Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic (died 2020)
1953 (73 years ago) Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer
1953 (73 years ago) Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
1954 (72 years ago) Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1992)
1955 (71 years ago) Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
1955 (71 years ago) Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
1957 (69 years ago) John Farragher, Australian rugby league player (died 2025)
1957 (69 years ago) David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
1957 (69 years ago) Denise Nickerson, American actress (died 2019)
1958 (68 years ago) D. Boon, American singer and musician (died 1985)
1959 (67 years ago) Helmut Duckadam, Romanian footballer (died 2024)
1961 (65 years ago) Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
1961 (65 years ago) Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
1961 (65 years ago) Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 (64 years ago) Mark Shulman, American author
1962 (64 years ago) Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1962 (64 years ago) Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager (died 2023)
1962 (64 years ago) Phillip Schofield, English television host
1963 (63 years ago) Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (died 1988)
1963 (63 years ago) Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, American aerospace engineer
1964 (62 years ago) Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1964 (62 years ago) Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (died 2008)
1964 (62 years ago) John Morris, English cricketer
1964 (62 years ago) José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
1965 (61 years ago) Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
1965 (61 years ago) Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1966 (60 years ago) Chris Evans, English radio and television host
1966 (60 years ago) Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
1967 (59 years ago) Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
1968 (58 years ago) Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
1968 (58 years ago) Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
1968 (58 years ago) Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland and 13th President of Finland
1969 (57 years ago) Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
1969 (57 years ago) Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
1969 (57 years ago) Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
1970 (56 years ago) Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1971 (55 years ago) Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
1971 (55 years ago) Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
1972 (54 years ago) Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1972 (54 years ago) Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
1973 (53 years ago) Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
1973 (53 years ago) Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1973 (53 years ago) Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
1974 (52 years ago) Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
1975 (51 years ago) John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1975 (51 years ago) Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
1976 (50 years ago) Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
1976 (50 years ago) David Gilliland, American race car driver
1976 (50 years ago) Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer
1976 (50 years ago) David Oyelowo, English actor
1976 (50 years ago) Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 (50 years ago) Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
1977 (49 years ago) Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
1977 (49 years ago) Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1978 (48 years ago) Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (died 2009)
1978 (48 years ago) Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
1978 (48 years ago) Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
1978 (48 years ago) Etan Thomas, American basketball player
1979 (47 years ago) Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
1980 (46 years ago) Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
1980 (46 years ago) Randy Orton, American wrestler
1980 (46 years ago) Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
1981 (45 years ago) Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1981 (45 years ago) Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
1982 (44 years ago) Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
1982 (44 years ago) Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
1983 (43 years ago) Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Sean Taylor, American football player (died 2007)
1984 (42 years ago) Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
1985 (41 years ago) Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
1986 (40 years ago) Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greek weightlifter
1986 (40 years ago) Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
1987 (39 years ago) Vitorino Antunes, Portuguese footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
1987 (39 years ago) Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
1988 (38 years ago) Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 (38 years ago) Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1989 (37 years ago) Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
1989 (37 years ago) David Ngog, French footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Christian Vietoris, German racing driver
1990 (36 years ago) Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
1991 (35 years ago) Duván Zapata, Colombian footballer
1992 (34 years ago) Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
1995 (31 years ago) Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer
1995 (31 years ago) Logan Paul, American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
1996 (30 years ago) Sophia Hutchins, American socialite
1997 (29 years ago) Asa Butterfield, English actor
1997 (29 years ago) Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver
1998 (28 years ago) King Combs, American rapper
1998 (28 years ago) Mitchell Robinson, American basketball player
1999 (27 years ago) Gabe Davis, American football player
2000 (26 years ago) Rhian Brewster, English footballer

Deaths (91)

33 (1993 years ago) Jesus of Nazareth, (Gregorian Calendar Date)
996 (1030 years ago) John XV, pope of the Catholic Church
1085 (941 years ago) Shen Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1048)
1132 (894 years ago) Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop (born 1053)
1204 (822 years ago) Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France and England (born 1122)
1205 (821 years ago) Amalric II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem
1282 (744 years ago) Abaqa Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (born 1234)
1431 (595 years ago) Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (born 1360)
1441 (585 years ago) Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (born 1387)
1455 (571 years ago) Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (born 1389)
1528 (498 years ago) Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (born 1470)
1548 (478 years ago) Sigismund I, king of Poland (born 1467)
1580 (446 years ago) Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1510)
1621 (405 years ago) Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (born 1577)
1682 (344 years ago) Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (born 1625)
1787 (239 years ago) Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (born 1710)
1839 (187 years ago) Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1757)
1865 (161 years ago) Antonios Kriezis, Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (born 1796)
1865 (161 years ago) Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (born 1797)
1872 (154 years ago) Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (born 1805)
1878 (148 years ago) John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (born 1796)
1890 (136 years ago) David Wilber, American politician (born 1820)
1890 (136 years ago) Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (born 1825)
1914 (112 years ago) Rube Waddell, American baseball player (born 1876)
1914 (112 years ago) Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (born 1842)
1917 (109 years ago) Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (born 1868)
1920 (106 years ago) Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (born 1857)
1922 (104 years ago) Charles I, emperor of Austria (born 1887)
1924 (102 years ago) Jacob Bolotin, American physician (born 1888)
1924 (102 years ago) Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (born 1870)
1924 (102 years ago) Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (born 1876)
1946 (80 years ago) Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (born 1882)
1947 (79 years ago) George II, king of Greece (born 1890)
1950 (76 years ago) Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (born 1904)
1950 (76 years ago) Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1889)
1962 (64 years ago) Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (born 1910)
1963 (63 years ago) Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (born 1875)
1965 (61 years ago) Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (born 1870)
1966 (60 years ago) Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (born 1911)
1968 (58 years ago) Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
1971 (55 years ago) Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (born 1903)
1976 (50 years ago) Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (born 1891)
1981 (45 years ago) Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (born 1910)
1984 (42 years ago) Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (born 1939)
1984 (42 years ago) Elizabeth Goudge, English author (born 1900)
1986 (40 years ago) Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (born 1928)
1986 (40 years ago) Edwin Boston, English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist
1987 (39 years ago) Henri Cochet, French tennis player (born 1901)
1991 (35 years ago) Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (born 1894)
1991 (35 years ago) Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1946)
1992 (34 years ago) Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1923)
1993 (33 years ago) Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (born 1954)
1994 (32 years ago) Robert Doisneau, French photographer (born 1912)
1995 (31 years ago) H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (born 1914)
1995 (31 years ago) Francisco Moncion, Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1918)
1995 (31 years ago) Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (born 1902)
1996 (30 years ago) Mário Viegas, Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (born 1948)
1997 (29 years ago) Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1912)
1998 (28 years ago) Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1963)
1999 (27 years ago) Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (born 1901)
2001 (25 years ago) Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (born 1939)
2002 (24 years ago) Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (born 1905)
2003 (23 years ago) Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (born 1956)
2004 (22 years ago) Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (born 1952)
2004 (22 years ago) Carrie Snodgress, American actress (born 1945)
2005 (21 years ago) Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)
2005 (21 years ago) Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (born 1923)
2006 (20 years ago) In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1916)
2010 (16 years ago) John Forsythe, American actor (born 1918)
2010 (16 years ago) Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1927)
2012 (14 years ago) Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922)
2012 (14 years ago) Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)
2012 (14 years ago) Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)
2013 (13 years ago) Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (born 1947)
2013 (13 years ago) Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (born 1952)
2014 (12 years ago) King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (born 1922)
2014 (12 years ago) Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (born 1924)
2014 (12 years ago) Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (born 1925)
2015 (11 years ago) Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (born 1933)
2017 (9 years ago) Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933)
2017 (9 years ago) Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932)
2018 (8 years ago) Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (born 1943)
2019 (7 years ago) Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (born 1948)
2024 (2 years ago) Lou Conter, American naval commander (born 1921)
2024 (2 years ago) Vontae Davis, American football player (born 1988)
2024 (2 years ago) Joe Flaherty, American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1941)
2024 (2 years ago) Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (born 1926)
2024 (2 years ago) Ed Piskor, American comic book artist (born 1982)
2024 (2 years ago) Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Iranian senior military officer (born 1960)
2025 (a year ago) Val Kilmer, American actor (born 1959)
2025 (a year ago) Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)