February 11 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on February 11 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 22 Bahman 1404.

Occasions on this day in 2026

national holiday
Victory of the Islamic Revolution (22 Bahman)
religious
World Day of the Sick
international
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
international
European 112 Day
countries
National Foundation Day (Japan)

This day in the calendar

Famous people born on February 11

Events (58)

660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 (1971 years ago) The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
951 (1075 years ago) Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
1144 (882 years ago) Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.
1534 (492 years ago) At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".
1584 (442 years ago) A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
1586 (440 years ago) Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
1659 (367 years ago) The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1794 (232 years ago) First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1808 (218 years ago) Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 (214 years ago) Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
1823 (203 years ago) Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
1826 (200 years ago) University College London is founded as University of London.
1829 (197 years ago) Facing backlach of Treaty of Turkmenchay, Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Empire's Ambassador to Tehran, and all the other embassy staff, were massacred by an angry mob.
1840 (186 years ago) Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1843 (183 years ago) Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1855 (171 years ago) Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
1856 (170 years ago) The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
1858 (168 years ago) Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.
1861 (165 years ago) American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 (153 years ago) King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.
1889 (137 years ago) The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
1903 (123 years ago) Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1906 (120 years ago) Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1919 (107 years ago) Friedrich Ebert (SPD) is elected President of Germany.
1929 (97 years ago) The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1933 (93 years ago) LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.
1937 (89 years ago) The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
1938 (88 years ago) BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R. that coined the term "robot".
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1946 (80 years ago) The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.
1953 (73 years ago) Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 (73 years ago) Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
1959 (67 years ago) The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1963 (63 years ago) The Beatles record their first album, Please Please Me.
1970 (56 years ago) Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1971 (55 years ago) Cold War: The Seabed Arms Control Treaty opens for signature, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1978 (48 years ago) Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
1979 (47 years ago) The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1990 (36 years ago) Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1990 (36 years ago) Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
1997 (29 years ago) Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1997 (29 years ago) The far-right extremist Hungarian National Front introduces the day of honor, a neo-nazi and neo-fascist annual gathering in Budapest
1999 (27 years ago) Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
2000 (26 years ago) Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
2001 (25 years ago) A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
2008 (18 years ago) Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 (15 years ago) Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
2013 (13 years ago) The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
2013 (13 years ago) Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
2014 (12 years ago) A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
2015 (11 years ago) A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
2015 (11 years ago) The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
2016 (10 years ago) A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
2017 (9 years ago) North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
2018 (8 years ago) Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
2020 (6 years ago) COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
2024 (2 years ago) 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.

Births (176)

1380 (646 years ago) Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459)
1466 (560 years ago) Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England (died 1503)
1535 (491 years ago) Pope Gregory XIV,
1568 (458 years ago) Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625)
1624 (402 years ago) Ivan Ančić, Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685)
1649 (377 years ago) William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715)
1657 (369 years ago) Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757)
1708 (318 years ago) Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775)
1764 (262 years ago) Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811)
1776 (250 years ago) Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831)
1800 (226 years ago) Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877)
1802 (224 years ago) Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880)
1805 (221 years ago) Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866)
1812 (214 years ago) Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883)
1813 (213 years ago) Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865)
1821 (205 years ago) Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881)
1830 (196 years ago) Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913)
1833 (193 years ago) Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)
1839 (187 years ago) Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903)
1845 (181 years ago) Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936)
1847 (179 years ago) Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931)
1855 (171 years ago) Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940)
1860 (166 years ago) Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953)
1863 (163 years ago) John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950)
1864 (162 years ago) Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909)
1869 (157 years ago) Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939)
1869 (157 years ago) Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (died 1945)
1874 (152 years ago) Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953)
1877 (149 years ago) Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968)
1881 (145 years ago) Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966)
1888 (138 years ago) John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980)
1896 (130 years ago) Claire Myers Owens, American author (died 1983)
1897 (129 years ago) Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954)
1898 (128 years ago) Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964)
1900 (126 years ago) Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)
1900 (126 years ago) Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (died 2002)
1900 (126 years ago) Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (died 1958)
1902 (124 years ago) Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971)
1904 (122 years ago) Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983)
1904 (122 years ago) Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (died 2023)
1908 (118 years ago) Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992)
1908 (118 years ago) Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999)
1909 (117 years ago) Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959)
1909 (117 years ago) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1912 (114 years ago) Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994)
1914 (112 years ago) Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)
1914 (112 years ago) Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)
1915 (111 years ago) Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011)
1915 (111 years ago) Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
1917 (109 years ago) Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)
1919 (107 years ago) Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995)
1920 (106 years ago) Farouk of Egypt,
1920 (106 years ago) Daniel F. Galouye, American author (died 1976)
1920 (106 years ago) Billy Halop, American actor (died 1976)
1920 (106 years ago) Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (died 1978)
1921 (105 years ago) Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006)
1921 (105 years ago) Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013)
1923 (103 years ago) Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010)
1924 (102 years ago) Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021)
1925 (101 years ago) Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013)
1925 (101 years ago) Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001)
1926 (100 years ago) Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018)
1926 (100 years ago) Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)
1930 (96 years ago) Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (died 2007).
1930 (96 years ago) Mary Quant, British fashion designer (died 2023)[notes 1]
1932 (94 years ago) Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
1934 (92 years ago) Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (died 2000)
1934 (92 years ago) Tina Louise, American actress and singer
1934 (92 years ago) Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (died 2017)
1934 (92 years ago) David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (died 2013)
1935 (91 years ago) Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971)
1936 (90 years ago) Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018)
1937 (89 years ago) Ian Gow, British politician (died 1990)
1937 (89 years ago) Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1937 (89 years ago) Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
1937 (89 years ago) Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (died 2010)
1938 (88 years ago) Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018)
1939 (87 years ago) Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014)
1940 (86 years ago) Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013)
1941 (85 years ago) Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024)
1942 (84 years ago) Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1943 (83 years ago) Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
1943 (83 years ago) Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011)
1944 (82 years ago) Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
1944 (82 years ago) Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
1945 (81 years ago) Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple Inc.
1946 (80 years ago) Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007)
1947 (79 years ago) Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
1947 (79 years ago) Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
1949 (77 years ago) James Silas, American basketball player
1951 (75 years ago) Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah
1953 (73 years ago) Philip Anglim, American actor
1953 (73 years ago) Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
1953 (73 years ago) Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014)
1954 (72 years ago) Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
1956 (70 years ago) Catherine Hickland, American actress
1956 (70 years ago) Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018)
1957 (69 years ago) Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson
1959 (67 years ago) Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
1960 (66 years ago) Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
1961 (65 years ago) Carey Lowell, American actress
1962 (64 years ago) Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
1962 (64 years ago) Diane Franklin, American actress
1962 (64 years ago) Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 (62 years ago) Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
1964 (62 years ago) Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
1965 (61 years ago) Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player
1967 (59 years ago) Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager
1968 (58 years ago) Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
1969 (57 years ago) Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
1969 (57 years ago) Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
1969 (57 years ago) John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1971 (55 years ago) Damian Lewis, English actor
1972 (54 years ago) Steve McManaman, English footballer
1972 (54 years ago) Kelly Slater, American surfer
1973 (53 years ago) Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1974 (52 years ago) Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager
1974 (52 years ago) D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
1974 (52 years ago) Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist
1974 (52 years ago) Isaiah Mustafa, American actor and football player
1974 (52 years ago) Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
1975 (51 years ago) Andy Lally, American race car driver
1975 (51 years ago) Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer
1975 (51 years ago) Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
1976 (50 years ago) Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 (50 years ago) Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 (49 years ago) Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist
1978 (48 years ago) Roc Marciano, American rapper and record producer
1979 (47 years ago) Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 (46 years ago) Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer
1981 (45 years ago) Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
1982 (44 years ago) Daryn Colledge, American football player
1982 (44 years ago) Natalie Dormer, English actress
1982 (44 years ago) Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
1982 (44 years ago) Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
1983 (43 years ago) Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
1984 (42 years ago) Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
1984 (42 years ago) Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
1984 (42 years ago) Aubrey O'Day, American singer and reality television personality
1984 (42 years ago) Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 (42 years ago) Alando Tucker, American basketball player and coach
1985 (41 years ago) Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 (41 years ago) Šárka Strachová, Czech skier
1986 (40 years ago) Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile
1987 (39 years ago) Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Brian Matusz, American baseball player (died 2025)
1987 (39 years ago) Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
1987 (39 years ago) Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
1988 (38 years ago) Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
1990 (36 years ago) Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
1990 (36 years ago) Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress
1990 (36 years ago) Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor
1991 (35 years ago) Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor
1991 (35 years ago) Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player
1992 (34 years ago) Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
1992 (34 years ago) Taylor Lautner, American actor
1992 (34 years ago) Jake Matthews, American football player
1993 (33 years ago) Ben McLemore, American basketball player
1994 (32 years ago) Dansby Swanson, American baseball player
1995 (31 years ago) Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
1995 (31 years ago) Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer
1996 (30 years ago) Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player
1996 (30 years ago) Jonathan Tah, German footballer
1996 (30 years ago) Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
1997 (29 years ago) Damien Harris, American football player
1997 (29 years ago) Mike Hughes, American football player
1997 (29 years ago) Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player
1997 (29 years ago) Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
1997 (29 years ago) Zavier Simpson, American basketball player
1998 (28 years ago) Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player
1998 (28 years ago) Josh Jacobs, American football player
1998 (28 years ago) Khalid, American singer and songwriter
2000 (26 years ago) Nassir Little, American basketball player
2001 (25 years ago) Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer
2002 (24 years ago) Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver

Deaths (100)

55 (1971 years ago) Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (born 41)
244 (1782 years ago) Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225)
641 (1385 years ago) Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575)
731 (1295 years ago) Pope Gregory II,
824 (1202 years ago) Pope Paschal I,
1141 (885 years ago) Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096)
1503 (523 years ago) Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England (born 1466)
1626 (400 years ago) Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)
1650 (376 years ago) René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)
1755 (271 years ago) Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)
1763 (263 years ago) William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714)
1768 (258 years ago) George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)
1795 (231 years ago) Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)
1811 (215 years ago) Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)
1829 (197 years ago) Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)
1854 (172 years ago) Magdalene Osenbroch, Norwegian actress (born 1830)
1862 (164 years ago) Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829)
1868 (158 years ago) Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
1898 (128 years ago) Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)
1901 (125 years ago) Milan I of Serbia,
1905 (121 years ago) Mary Pitman Ailau, high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
1917 (109 years ago) Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)
1918 (108 years ago) Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861)
1931 (95 years ago) Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854)
1938 (88 years ago) Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878)
1940 (86 years ago) John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875)
1940 (86 years ago) Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855)
1942 (84 years ago) Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
1947 (79 years ago) Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)
1948 (78 years ago) Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)
1949 (77 years ago) Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857)
1958 (68 years ago) Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)
1963 (63 years ago) John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)
1963 (63 years ago) Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)
1967 (59 years ago) A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)
1968 (58 years ago) Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889)
1973 (53 years ago) J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1975 (51 years ago) Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)
1976 (50 years ago) Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911)
1976 (50 years ago) Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894)
1977 (49 years ago) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905)
1977 (49 years ago) Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)
1978 (48 years ago) James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893)
1978 (48 years ago) Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1982 (44 years ago) Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912)
1985 (41 years ago) Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)
1986 (40 years ago) Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920)
1986 (40 years ago) Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942)
1989 (37 years ago) George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912)
1991 (35 years ago) Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)
1993 (33 years ago) Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
1994 (32 years ago) Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946)
1994 (32 years ago) Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (born 1930)
1994 (32 years ago) William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
1994 (32 years ago) Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)
1996 (30 years ago) Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930)
2000 (26 years ago) Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922)
2000 (26 years ago) Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2002 (24 years ago) Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910)
2002 (24 years ago) Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931)
2004 (22 years ago) Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947)
2004 (22 years ago) Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925)
2005 (21 years ago) Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944)
2006 (20 years ago) Wendy Barnes, British overseas radio broadcaster (born 1916)
2006 (20 years ago) Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (born 1940)
2006 (20 years ago) Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (born 1940)
2006 (20 years ago) Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (born 1926)
2006 (20 years ago) Matilda, American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)
2008 (18 years ago) Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928)
2008 (18 years ago) Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919)
2009 (17 years ago) Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941)
2009 (17 years ago) Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)
2010 (16 years ago) Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)
2010 (16 years ago) Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969)
2011 (15 years ago) Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
2012 (14 years ago) Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)
2012 (14 years ago) Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927)
2012 (14 years ago) Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)
2013 (13 years ago) Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940)
2014 (12 years ago) Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)
2014 (12 years ago) Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916)
2014 (12 years ago) Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)
2015 (11 years ago) Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)
2015 (11 years ago) Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)
2015 (11 years ago) Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2016 (10 years ago) Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)
2016 (10 years ago) Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)
2017 (9 years ago) Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)
2017 (9 years ago) Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
2017 (9 years ago) Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)
2018 (8 years ago) Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)
2018 (8 years ago) Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
2018 (8 years ago) Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)
2018 (8 years ago) Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
2023 (3 years ago) Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941)
2024 (2 years ago) Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933)
2024 (2 years ago) Kelvin Kiptum, African long-distance runner(born 1999)
2025 (a year ago) Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959)
2025 (a year ago) Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949)
2026 James Van Der Beek, American actor (born 1977)