October 19 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on October 19 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 27 Mehr 1405.

Famous people born on October 19

Events (56)

202 BC Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]
439 (1587 years ago) The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
1386 (640 years ago) The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
1453 (573 years ago) Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
1466 (560 years ago) The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
1469 (557 years ago) Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1512 (514 years ago) Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1579 (447 years ago) James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
1596 (430 years ago) The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.
1649 (377 years ago) New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1662 (364 years ago) An English Buccaneer force led by Royal Navy commodore Christopher Myngs launches an attack on Santiago de Cuba which is subsequently sacked.
1781 (245 years ago) American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
1789 (237 years ago) John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1791 (235 years ago) Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
1805 (221 years ago) War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
1812 (214 years ago) The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1813 (213 years ago) War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
1847 (179 years ago) The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
1866 (160 years ago) In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
1900 (126 years ago) Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1912 (114 years ago) Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1914 (112 years ago) World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1921 (105 years ago) The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1922 (104 years ago) British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1935 (91 years ago) The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
1936 (90 years ago) New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
1943 (83 years ago) The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943 (83 years ago) Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1944 (82 years ago) United States forces land in the Philippines.
1944 (82 years ago) A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
1948 (78 years ago) Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring three presidents of the United States, was dedicated at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1950 (76 years ago) China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950 (76 years ago) Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950 (76 years ago) Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
1953 (73 years ago) Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
1955 (71 years ago) The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1956 (70 years ago) The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1960 (66 years ago) The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1973 (53 years ago) President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1974 (52 years ago) Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1986 (40 years ago) The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1987 (39 years ago) The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987 (39 years ago) Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1988 (38 years ago) The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1989 (37 years ago) The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
2001 (25 years ago) SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
2003 (23 years ago) Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2004 (22 years ago) Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
2005 (21 years ago) Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005 (21 years ago) Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2012 (14 years ago) A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2013 (13 years ago) One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
2019 (7 years ago) Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
2025 (a year ago) Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..

Births (254)

879 (1147 years ago) Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (died 953)
1276 (750 years ago) Prince Hisaaki of Japan,
1433 (593 years ago) Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)
1507 (519 years ago) Viglius, Dutch politician (died 1577)
1545 (481 years ago) John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)
1582 (444 years ago) Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)
1605 (421 years ago) Thomas Browne, English physician and author (died 1682)
1609 (417 years ago) Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)
1610 (416 years ago) James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)
1613 (413 years ago) Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)
1658 (368 years ago) Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)
1676 (350 years ago) Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)
1680 (346 years ago) John Abernethy, Irish minister (died 1740)
1688 (338 years ago) William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)
1718 (308 years ago) Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)
1720 (306 years ago) John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)
1721 (305 years ago) Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)
1784 (242 years ago) Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (died 1859)
1789 (237 years ago) Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)
1810 (216 years ago) Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
1814 (212 years ago) Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (died 1878)
1826 (200 years ago) Ralph Tollemache, English priest (died 1895)
1850 (176 years ago) Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)
1858 (168 years ago) George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)
1862 (164 years ago) Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (died 1954)
1868 (158 years ago) Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)
1873 (153 years ago) Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)
1873 (153 years ago) Bart King, American cricketer (died 1965)
1876 (150 years ago) Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)
1876 (150 years ago) Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)
1879 (147 years ago) Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)
1882 (144 years ago) Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)
1885 (141 years ago) Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)
1895 (131 years ago) Frank Durbin, American soldier (died 1999)
1895 (131 years ago) Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)
1896 (130 years ago) Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
1897 (129 years ago) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)
1899 (127 years ago) Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
1900 (126 years ago) Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (died 1990)
1900 (126 years ago) Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)
1900 (126 years ago) Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
1901 (125 years ago) Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died 1996)
1903 (123 years ago) Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)
1907 (119 years ago) Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (died 1962)
1908 (118 years ago) Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)
1909 (117 years ago) Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)
1910 (116 years ago) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
1910 (116 years ago) Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)
1910 (116 years ago) Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)
1910 (116 years ago) Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)
1913 (113 years ago) Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)
1914 (112 years ago) Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)
1916 (110 years ago) Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1916 (110 years ago) Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)
1916 (110 years ago) Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)
1917 (109 years ago) William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1917 (109 years ago) Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)
1917 (109 years ago) Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (died 2020)
1918 (108 years ago) Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)
1918 (108 years ago) Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (died 1994)
1918 (108 years ago) Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)
1920 (106 years ago) Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)
1920 (106 years ago) Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)
1920 (106 years ago) LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)
1920 (106 years ago) Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)
1921 (105 years ago) George Nader, American actor (died 2002)
1922 (104 years ago) Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
1923 (103 years ago) Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)
1923 (103 years ago) Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
1925 (101 years ago) Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (died 2018)
1925 (101 years ago) Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)
1925 (101 years ago) Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (died 2010)
1926 (100 years ago) Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
1926 (100 years ago) Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (died 2004)
1926 (100 years ago) Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)
1926 (100 years ago) Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (died 2021)
1927 (99 years ago) Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
1927 (99 years ago) Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)
1928 (98 years ago) Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)
1929 (97 years ago) Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
1930 (96 years ago) John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)
1930 (96 years ago) Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)
1931 (95 years ago) Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
1931 (95 years ago) John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)
1931 (95 years ago) Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)
1932 (94 years ago) Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)
1933 (93 years ago) Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)
1933 (93 years ago) Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal (died 2019)
1934 (92 years ago) Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
1934 (92 years ago) Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)
1935 (91 years ago) Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)
1936 (90 years ago) James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)
1936 (90 years ago) Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (died 2024)
1937 (89 years ago) Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
1937 (89 years ago) Peter Max, German-American illustrator (died 2026)
1937 (89 years ago) Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)
1938 (88 years ago) Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
1939 (87 years ago) David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1940 (86 years ago) Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1940 (86 years ago) Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor (died 2023)
1940 (86 years ago) Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)
1941 (85 years ago) Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
1941 (85 years ago) Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)
1942 (84 years ago) Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)
1943 (83 years ago) Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
1943 (83 years ago) Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)
1943 (83 years ago) L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
1944 (82 years ago) George McCrae, American singer
1944 (82 years ago) Bill Melchionni, American basketball player
1944 (82 years ago) Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)
1945 (81 years ago) Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 (81 years ago) Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)
1945 (81 years ago) Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
1945 (81 years ago) Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
1945 (81 years ago) John Lithgow, American actor
1945 (81 years ago) Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
1945 (81 years ago) Martin Welz, South African journalist
1946 (80 years ago) Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)
1946 (80 years ago) Philip Pullman, English author and academic
1946 (80 years ago) Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)
1947 (79 years ago) Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator
1948 (78 years ago) James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
1948 (78 years ago) Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)
1948 (78 years ago) Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 (77 years ago) Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host
1950 (76 years ago) Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
1951 (75 years ago) Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
1951 (75 years ago) Annie Golden, American actress and singer
1951 (75 years ago) Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician
1952 (74 years ago) Peter Bone, English accountant and politician
1952 (74 years ago) Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
1953 (73 years ago) Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
1954 (72 years ago) Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
1954 (72 years ago) Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
1954 (72 years ago) Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
1955 (71 years ago) Dan Gutman, American author
1955 (71 years ago) LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
1955 (71 years ago) Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)
1956 (70 years ago) Steve Doocy, American journalist and author
1956 (70 years ago) Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach
1956 (70 years ago) Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
1956 (70 years ago) Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach
1956 (70 years ago) Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died 2003)
1956 (70 years ago) Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
1957 (69 years ago) Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1957 (69 years ago) Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic
1957 (69 years ago) Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)
1958 (68 years ago) Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
1958 (68 years ago) Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager
1958 (68 years ago) Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1958 (68 years ago) Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
1958 (68 years ago) Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)
1959 (67 years ago) Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
1959 (67 years ago) Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
1960 (66 years ago) Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (died 2016)
1960 (66 years ago) Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
1960 (66 years ago) Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
1960 (66 years ago) Susan Straight, American author and academic
1960 (66 years ago) Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1960 (66 years ago) Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
1961 (65 years ago) Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer
1961 (65 years ago) Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
1962 (64 years ago) Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (died 2021)
1962 (64 years ago) Tracy Chevalier, American-English author
1962 (64 years ago) Brian Henninger, American golfer
1962 (64 years ago) Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1962 (64 years ago) Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor
1962 (64 years ago) Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
1963 (63 years ago) Sinitta, American-British singer
1964 (62 years ago) Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host
1965 (61 years ago) Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 (61 years ago) Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1966 (60 years ago) Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 (60 years ago) Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
1966 (60 years ago) David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
1967 (59 years ago) Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
1967 (59 years ago) Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor
1967 (59 years ago) Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
1968 (58 years ago) Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer
1969 (57 years ago) Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, President of Peru
1969 (57 years ago) Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
1969 (57 years ago) John Edward, American psychic and author
1969 (57 years ago) Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
1969 (57 years ago) Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
1970 (56 years ago) Andrew Griffiths, English politician
1970 (56 years ago) Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 (54 years ago) Keith Foulke, American baseball player
1972 (54 years ago) Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor
1973 (53 years ago) Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
1973 (53 years ago) Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager
1973 (53 years ago) Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 (51 years ago) Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
1976 (50 years ago) Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician
1976 (50 years ago) Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
1976 (50 years ago) Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1976 (50 years ago) Desmond Harrington, American actor
1976 (50 years ago) Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
1976 (50 years ago) Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
1976 (50 years ago) Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 (50 years ago) Michael Young, American baseball player
1977 (49 years ago) Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
1977 (49 years ago) Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
1977 (49 years ago) Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 (49 years ago) Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
1977 (49 years ago) Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
1978 (48 years ago) Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1978 (48 years ago) Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
1978 (48 years ago) Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
1979 (47 years ago) José Luis López, Mexican footballer
1979 (47 years ago) Brian Robertson, American trombonist
1979 (47 years ago) Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player
1980 (46 years ago) José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980 (46 years ago) Rajai Davis, American baseball player
1980 (46 years ago) Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
1981 (45 years ago) Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
1981 (45 years ago) Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
1982 (44 years ago) Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
1982 (44 years ago) J. A. Happ, American baseball player
1982 (44 years ago) Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
1982 (44 years ago) Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
1982 (44 years ago) Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
1983 (43 years ago) Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
1983 (43 years ago) Andy Lonergan, English footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger
1984 (42 years ago) Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter
1984 (42 years ago) Thundercat, American singer and record producer
1987 (39 years ago) Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor
1987 (39 years ago) Sam Groth, Australian tennis player
1988 (38 years ago) Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer
1988 (38 years ago) Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer
1988 (38 years ago) Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
1989 (37 years ago) James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
1989 (37 years ago) Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1989 (37 years ago) Miroslav Stoch, Slovak footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor
1989 (37 years ago) Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host
1990 (36 years ago) Tom Kilbey, English footballer
1990 (36 years ago) Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
1990 (36 years ago) Ciara Renée, American actress and singer
1990 (36 years ago) Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
1991 (35 years ago) Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1992 (34 years ago) Lil Durk, American rapper
1992 (34 years ago) Shiho, Japanese actress and model
1993 (33 years ago) Hunter King, American actress
1993 (33 years ago) Abby Sunderland, American sailor
1994 (32 years ago) Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player
1994 (32 years ago) Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player
1994 (32 years ago) Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
1995 (31 years ago) Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player
1996 (30 years ago) Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)
1996 (30 years ago) Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
1998 (28 years ago) Noof Al Maadeed, Qatari women's rights activist
1999 (27 years ago) Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

Deaths (112)

727 (1299 years ago) Frithuswith, English saint (born 650)
993 (1033 years ago) Conrad I, King of Burgundy (born c. 925)
1216 (810 years ago) John, King of England (born 1166)
1287 (739 years ago) Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli
1354 (672 years ago) Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)
1375 (651 years ago) Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1340)
1401 (625 years ago) John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)
1432 (594 years ago) John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)
1587 (439 years ago) Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)
1595 (431 years ago) Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)
1608 (418 years ago) Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)
1609 (417 years ago) Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)
1619 (407 years ago) Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)
1636 (390 years ago) Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (born 1566)
1678 (348 years ago) Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (born 1627)
1682 (344 years ago) Thomas Browne, English physician and author (born 1605)
1723 (303 years ago) Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (born 1646)
1745 (281 years ago) Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)
1772 (254 years ago) Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)
1790 (236 years ago) Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)
1796 (230 years ago) Michel de Beaupuy, French general (born 1755)
1813 (213 years ago) Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (born 1763)
1815 (211 years ago) Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)
1842 (184 years ago) Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (born 1808)
1851 (175 years ago) Marie Thérèse of France,
1856 (170 years ago) William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)
1889 (137 years ago) Luís I of Portugal,
1897 (129 years ago) George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
1901 (125 years ago) Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)
1905 (121 years ago) Virgil Earp, American marshal (born 1843)
1914 (112 years ago) Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)
1916 (110 years ago) Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)
1918 (108 years ago) Harold Lockwood, American actor (born 1887)
1924 (102 years ago) Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)
1926 (100 years ago) Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (born 1876)
1936 (90 years ago) Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)
1937 (89 years ago) Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
1943 (83 years ago) Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)
1944 (82 years ago) Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)
1945 (81 years ago) Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)
1945 (81 years ago) N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
1950 (76 years ago) Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (born 1892)
1952 (74 years ago) Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)
1956 (70 years ago) Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)
1960 (66 years ago) Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)
1960 (66 years ago) George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1961 (65 years ago) Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)
1964 (62 years ago) Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)
1964 (62 years ago) Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (born 1885)
1964 (62 years ago) Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)
1965 (61 years ago) Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (born 1869)
1969 (57 years ago) Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (born 1881)
1970 (56 years ago) Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)
1978 (48 years ago) Gig Young, American actor (born 1913)
1983 (43 years ago) Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)
1984 (42 years ago) Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (born 1947)
1985 (41 years ago) Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (born 1915)
1986 (40 years ago) Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)
1986 (40 years ago) Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)
1987 (39 years ago) Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (born 1945)
1987 (39 years ago) Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born 1909)
1988 (38 years ago) Son House, American singer and guitarist (born 1902)
1992 (34 years ago) Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (born 1908)
1994 (32 years ago) Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (born 1916)
1995 (31 years ago) Don Cherry, American trumpet player (born 1936)
1995 (31 years ago) Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)
1996 (30 years ago) Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)
1997 (29 years ago) Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
1997 (29 years ago) Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)
1999 (27 years ago) James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
1999 (27 years ago) Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)
2002 (24 years ago) Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)
2003 (23 years ago) Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (born 1957)
2003 (23 years ago) Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)
2003 (23 years ago) Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (born 1902)
2003 (23 years ago) Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911)
2005 (21 years ago) Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (born 1982)
2006 (20 years ago) James Glennon, American cinematographer (born 1942)
2006 (20 years ago) Phyllis Kirk, American actress (born 1927)
2007 (19 years ago) Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)
2007 (19 years ago) Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (born 1943)
2007 (19 years ago) Michael Maidens, English footballer (born 1987)
2007 (19 years ago) Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)
2008 (18 years ago) Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)
2009 (17 years ago) Howard Unruh, American murderer (born 1921)
2009 (17 years ago) Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (born 1918)
2010 (16 years ago) Tom Bosley, American actor (born 1927)
2011 (15 years ago) Kakkanadan, Indian author (born 1935)
2012 (14 years ago) Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)
2012 (14 years ago) Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)
2012 (14 years ago) Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)
2012 (14 years ago) Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)
2012 (14 years ago) Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)
2013 (13 years ago) John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
2013 (13 years ago) Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)
2013 (13 years ago) Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
2013 (13 years ago) Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (born 1948)
2013 (13 years ago) Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)
2014 (12 years ago) John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)
2014 (12 years ago) Stephen Paulus, American composer (born 1949)
2014 (12 years ago) Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)
2014 (12 years ago) Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)
2015 (11 years ago) Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)
2015 (11 years ago) Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)
2015 (11 years ago) Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)
2016 (10 years ago) Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)
2016 (10 years ago) Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (born 1928)
2017 (9 years ago) Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)
2019 (7 years ago) Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)
2021 (5 years ago) Jack Angel, American voice actor (born 1930)
2023 (3 years ago) Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)
2025 (a year ago) Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (born 1995)