June 15 in History
Historical events, births and deaths on June 15 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 25 Khordad 1405.
Occasions on this day in 2026
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Famous people born on June 15
- Xi Jinping 1953
- Yuri Andropov 1914
- Edvard Grieg 1843
- Mohamed Salah 1992
- Courteney Cox 1964
- Ice Cube 1969
- Oliver Kahn 1969
- Johnny Hallyday 1943
- Helen Hunt 1963
- Jim Varney 1949
- Erik Erikson 1902
- Neil Patrick Harris 1973
Events (36)
- 763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
- 844 (1182 years ago) Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
- 923 (1103 years ago) Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
- 1184 (842 years ago) The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
- 1215 (811 years ago) King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
- 1219 (807 years ago) Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
- 1246 (780 years ago) With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
- 1285 (741 years ago) The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice conclude a treaty. Apart from agreeing on a ten year truce, the Venetians are alloted a commercial quarter in Constantinople and are restored to earlier privileges.
- 1310 (716 years ago) The Tiepolo conspiracy, seeking to seize power in the Republic of Venice, is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten.
- 1312 (714 years ago) At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
- 1389 (637 years ago) The Ottomans under Sultan Murad I defeat a Serb army under Lazar of Serbia in the battle of Kosovo. Both leaders are killed in the battle.
- 1410 (616 years ago) In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
- 1410 (616 years ago) Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
- 1520 (506 years ago) Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
- 1567 (459 years ago) Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.
- 1607 (419 years ago) Virginia colonists finish building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Native American attacks.
- 1804 (222 years ago) New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
- 1826 (200 years ago) In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disbanded as a result.
- 1834 (192 years ago) The looting of Safed commences.
- 1846 (180 years ago) The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
- 1859 (167 years ago) Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
- 1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
- 1896 (130 years ago) One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
- 1904 (122 years ago) A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
- 1919 (107 years ago) John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
- 1920 (106 years ago) Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
- 1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
- 1944 (82 years ago) In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
- 1972 (54 years ago) Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
- 1977 (49 years ago) After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.
- 1988 (38 years ago) The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.
- 1991 (35 years ago) In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
- 1992 (34 years ago) The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
- 1996 (30 years ago) The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
- 2013 (13 years ago) A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
Births (223)
- 1330 (696 years ago) Edward, the Black Prince of England (died 1376)
- 1479 (547 years ago) Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (died 1542)
- 1519 (507 years ago) Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1536)
- 1542 (484 years ago) Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (died 1591)
- 1549 (477 years ago) Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1605)
- 1553 (473 years ago) Archduke Ernest of Austria,
- 1605 (421 years ago) Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (died 1635)
- 1623 (403 years ago) Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (died 1672)
- 1624 (402 years ago) Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (died 1704)
- 1640 (386 years ago) Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (died 1715)
- 1645 (381 years ago) Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (died 1712)
- 1749 (277 years ago) Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1814)
- 1754 (272 years ago) Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (died 1796)
- 1755 (271 years ago) Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)
- 1763 (263 years ago) Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1826)
- 1763 (263 years ago) Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (died 1827)
- 1765 (261 years ago) Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist (died 1837)
- 1767 (259 years ago) Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (died 1828)
- 1777 (249 years ago) David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (died 1841)
- 1789 (237 years ago) Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (died 1883)
- 1790 (236 years ago) Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (died 1874)
- 1792 (234 years ago) Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (died 1855)
- 1801 (225 years ago) Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (died 1883)
- 1805 (221 years ago) William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (died 1877)
- 1809 (217 years ago) François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (died 1866)
- 1822 (204 years ago) Alfonso Corti, Italian anatomist (died 1876)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (died 1868)
- 1843 (183 years ago) Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)
- 1848 (178 years ago) Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (died 1902)
- 1872 (154 years ago) Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (died 1950)
- 1875 (151 years ago) Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (died 1987)
- 1878 (148 years ago) Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (died 1955)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (died 1945)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)
- 1886 (140 years ago) Frank Clement, British racing driver (died 1970)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (died 1976)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)
- 1890 (136 years ago) Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (died 1977)
- 1894 (132 years ago) Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (died 1981)
- 1894 (132 years ago) Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1947)
- 1898 (128 years ago) Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (died 1984)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (died 1996)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (died 1963)
- 1902 (124 years ago) Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1994)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (died 1985)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (died 1994)
- 1907 (119 years ago) James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (died 1975)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (died 2002)
- 1910 (116 years ago) David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
- 1911 (115 years ago) Wilbert Awdry, English author, created The Railway Series, the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (died 1997)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (died 1984)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (died 1999)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (died 2006)
- 1915 (111 years ago) Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
- 1915 (111 years ago) Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (died 1989)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2016)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
- 1917 (109 years ago) John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (died 1996)
- 1918 (108 years ago) François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (died 1975)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Keith Andrews, American race car driver (died 1957)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Amy Clampitt, American poet (died 1994)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (died 2008)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (died 2012)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (died 1977)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (died 1999)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (died 2012)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (died 2017)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (died 2022)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (died 2005)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Richard Baker, English journalist and author (died 2018)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (died 2005)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Ross Andru, American illustrator (died 1993)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (died 1978)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (died 2013)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal
- 1932 (94 years ago) David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (died 2013)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (died 1981)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Predrag Koraksić Corax, Serbian political caricaturist (died 2026)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer
- 1936 (90 years ago) William Levada, American cardinal (died 2019)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
- 1937 (89 years ago) Leon Coates, English composer (died 2023)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Ray Coleman, former editor-in-chief of Melody Maker, author of several music biographies (died 1996)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Tony Oxley, British free-jazz and avant-garde drummer (died 2023)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
- 1939 (87 years ago) Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
- 1939 (87 years ago) Brian Jacques, British author (died 2011))
- 1941 (85 years ago) Neal Adams, American illustrator (died 2022)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (died 1994)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (died 2022)
- 1942 (84 years ago) John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
- 1942 (84 years ago) Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (died 2006)
- 1943 (83 years ago) Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (died 2017)
- 1943 (83 years ago) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1944 (82 years ago) Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (died 2021)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
- 1945 (81 years ago) Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
- 1946 (80 years ago) Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
- 1946 (80 years ago) John Horner, American paleontologist and academic
- 1946 (80 years ago) Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Alain Aspect, French physicist (Nobel Prize 2022 for experiments with entangled photons)
- 1947 (79 years ago) John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (died 1984)
- 1948 (78 years ago) Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
- 1948 (78 years ago) Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
- 1948 (78 years ago) Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
- 1949 (77 years ago) Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
- 1949 (77 years ago) Simon Callow, English actor and director
- 1949 (77 years ago) Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1949 (77 years ago) Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 2000)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
- 1950 (76 years ago) Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
- 1950 (76 years ago) Deney Terrio, American choreographer and television host
- 1950 (76 years ago) Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
- 1951 (75 years ago) Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Vance A. Larson, American painter (died 2000)
- 1951 (75 years ago) John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
- 1951 (75 years ago) Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
- 1952 (74 years ago) Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
- 1953 (73 years ago) Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
- 1953 (73 years ago) Eje Elgh, Swedish racing driver and sportscaster
- 1953 (73 years ago) Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
- 1953 (73 years ago) Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
- 1954 (72 years ago) Jim Belushi, American actor
- 1954 (72 years ago) Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
- 1954 (72 years ago) Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
- 1954 (72 years ago) Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
- 1954 (72 years ago) Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died 1996)
- 1955 (71 years ago) Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955 (71 years ago) Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
- 1956 (70 years ago) Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist
- 1956 (70 years ago) Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1957 (69 years ago) Brett Butler, American baseball player and coach
- 1958 (68 years ago) Wade Boggs, American baseball player
- 1958 (68 years ago) Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
- 1959 (67 years ago) Eileen Davidson, American model and actress
- 1960 (66 years ago) Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 (66 years ago) Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach
- 1961 (65 years ago) Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer and sportscaster
- 1961 (65 years ago) Scott Norton, American wrestler
- 1962 (64 years ago) Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (died 2012)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer
- 1962 (64 years ago) Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
- 1963 (63 years ago) Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1963 (63 years ago) Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
- 1963 (63 years ago) Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (died 2012)
- 1964 (62 years ago) Courteney Cox, American actress and producer
- 1964 (62 years ago) Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
- 1965 (61 years ago) Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
- 1965 (61 years ago) Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- 1965 (61 years ago) Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
- 1966 (60 years ago) Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
- 1968 (58 years ago) Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
- 1969 (57 years ago) Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 (57 years ago) Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1969 (57 years ago) Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress
- 1969 (57 years ago) Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
- 1969 (57 years ago) Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
- 1969 (57 years ago) Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
- 1969 (57 years ago) Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
- 1970 (56 years ago) Christian Bauman, American soldier and author
- 1970 (56 years ago) David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player
- 1970 (56 years ago) Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
- 1970 (56 years ago) Leah Remini, American actress and producer
- 1970 (56 years ago) Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach
- 1971 (55 years ago) Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
- 1971 (55 years ago) Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer
- 1972 (54 years ago) Justin Leonard, American golfer
- 1972 (54 years ago) Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
- 1973 (53 years ago) Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach
- 1973 (53 years ago) Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer
- 1973 (53 years ago) Pia Miranda, Australian actress
- 1973 (53 years ago) Greg Vaughan, American actor and model
- 1976 (50 years ago) Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete
- 1977 (49 years ago) Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager
- 1978 (48 years ago) Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
- 1978 (48 years ago) Zach Day, American baseball player
- 1979 (47 years ago) Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
- 1979 (47 years ago) Christian Rahn, German footballer
- 1979 (47 years ago) Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver
- 1980 (46 years ago) David Lyons, Australian rugby player
- 1981 (45 years ago) John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 (44 years ago) Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982 (44 years ago) Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1983 (43 years ago) Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1983 (43 years ago) Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Luke Hodge, Australian footballer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player
- 1984 (42 years ago) Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
- 1984 (42 years ago) Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer
- 1985 (41 years ago) Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer
- 1986 (40 years ago) James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
- 1986 (40 years ago) Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
- 1989 (37 years ago) Bayley, American wrestler
- 1989 (37 years ago) Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Lewis Hancox, English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker
- 1991 (35 years ago) Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer
- 1992 (34 years ago) Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
- 1992 (34 years ago) Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
- 1992 (34 years ago) Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
- 1993 (33 years ago) Cooper Kupp, American football player
- 1993 (33 years ago) Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
- 1994 (32 years ago) Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer
- 1996 (30 years ago) Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1996 (30 years ago) Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete
- 1996 (30 years ago) Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1997 (29 years ago) Madison Kocian, American gymnast
- 2003 (23 years ago) Pablo Barrios, Spanish footballer
Deaths (88)
- 923 (1103 years ago) Robert I of France,
- 948 (1078 years ago) Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (born c. 870)
- 952 (1074 years ago) Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
- 960 (1066 years ago) Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint
- 970 (1056 years ago) Adalbert, bishop of Passau
- 991 (1035 years ago) Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)
- 1073 (953 years ago) Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan,
- 1184 (842 years ago) Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (born 1156)
- 1189 (837 years ago) Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)
- 1246 (780 years ago) Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219)
- 1337 (689 years ago) Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (born 1247)
- 1341 (685 years ago) Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1297)
- 1381 (645 years ago) John Cavendish, English lawyer and judge (born 1346)
- 1381 (645 years ago) Wat Tyler, English rebel leader (born 1341)
- 1383 (643 years ago) John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1292)
- 1383 (643 years ago) Matthew Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor
- 1389 (637 years ago) Lazar of Serbia,
- 1389 (637 years ago) Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1319)
- 1389 (637 years ago) Miloš Obilić, Serbian knight.
- 1416 (610 years ago) John, Duke of Berry (born 1340)
- 1467 (559 years ago) Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)
- 1521 (505 years ago) Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (born 1442)
- 1614 (412 years ago) Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)
- 1724 (302 years ago) Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (born 1674)
- 1768 (258 years ago) James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (born 1710)
- 1772 (254 years ago) Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (born 1694)
- 1844 (182 years ago) Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (born 1777)
- 1849 (177 years ago) James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)
- 1858 (168 years ago) Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (born 1862)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
- 1890 (136 years ago) Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (born 1822)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (born 1857)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (born 1873)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (born 1875)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
- 1949 (77 years ago) Frank Elbridge Webb, American engineer and presidential candidate (born 1869)
- 1961 (65 years ago) Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (born 1923)
- 1961 (65 years ago) Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
- 1967 (59 years ago) Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born 1885)
- 1968 (58 years ago) Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (born 1880)
- 1968 (58 years ago) Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)
- 1971 (55 years ago) Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
- 1976 (50 years ago) Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)
- 1984 (42 years ago) Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (born 1902)
- 1985 (41 years ago) Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (born 1927)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (born 1939)
- 1993 (33 years ago) John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)
- 1993 (33 years ago) James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (born 1947)
- 1994 (32 years ago) Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
- 1995 (31 years ago) John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)
- 1999 (27 years ago) Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)
- 2000 (26 years ago) Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born 1909)
- 2002 (24 years ago) Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)
- 2003 (23 years ago) Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (born 1911)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (born 1952)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (born 1922)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (born 1910)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
- 2011 (15 years ago) Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (born 1948)
- 2013 (13 years ago) José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (born 1945)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)
- 2019 (7 years ago) Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)
- 2023 (3 years ago) Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)
- 2024 (2 years ago) James Kent, American chef (born 1979)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)