July 6 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1614 - Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
- 1630 - Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1685 - Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
- 1751 - Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1779 - Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1791 - At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.[5]
- 1801 - First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
- 1809 - The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1854 - The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1887 - David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- 1892 - Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1901–present
- 1917 - World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- 1918 - The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
- 1919 - The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 1933 - The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
- 1936 - A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200feet into the River Irwell.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
- 1939 - Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
- 1940 - Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
- 1941 - World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
- 1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1944 - Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
- 1944 - The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.[6]
- 1947 - Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.[7]
- 1947 - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1957 - Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.[8]
- 1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.[9]
- 1962 - As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1962 - The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1964 - Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1966 - Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 1967 - Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- 1975 - The Comoros declares independence from France.
- 1982 - While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board.[10]
- 1988 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
- 1989 - The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
- 1995 - In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
- 1996 - A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.[11]
- 1997 - The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
- 1998 - Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
- 2003 - The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
- 2006 - The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
- 2013 - At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
- 2013 - A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
- 2013 - A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
- 2021 - An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.[12]
- 2022 - The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.[13]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1623 - Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
- 1678 - Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
- 1686 - Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
- 1701 - Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1785)[17]
- 1736 - Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
- 1747 - John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
- 1766 - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
- 1782 - Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
- 1785 - William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
- 1789 - María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
- 1796 - Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)[18]
- 1797 - Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1869)[19]
- 1799 - Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill, American author (d. 1879)[20]
- 1817 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
- 1818 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1823 - Sophie Adlersparre, Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (d. 1895)[21]
- 1829 - Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
- 1831 - Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
- 1832 - Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)[22]
- 1837 - R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
- 1838 - Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
- 1840 - José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
- 1843 - John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)
- 1846 - Ángela Peralta, Mexican opera singer (d. 1883)[23]
- 1856 - George Howard Earle, Jr., American lawyer and businessman (d. 1928)
- 1858 - William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (d. 1943)
- 1865 - Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
- 1868 - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
- 1873 - Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
- 1877 - Arnaud Massy, French golfer (d. 1950)
- 1878 - Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)[24]
- 1883 - Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (d. 1971)[25]
- 1884 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
- 1885 - Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1886 - Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944)[26]
- 1887 - Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
- 1887 - Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
- 1890 - Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
- 1891 - Earle S. MacPherson, American engineer, created MacPherson strut (d. 1960)[27]
- 1892 - Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
- 1897 - Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
- 1898 - Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
- 1899 - Susannah Mushatt Jones, American supercentarian (d. 2016)
- 1900 - Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1900 - Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941)
1901–present
- 1903 - Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
- 1904 - Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1905 - Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982)[28]
- 1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
- 1907 - George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1908 - Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
- 1909 - Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)
- 1910 - René Le Grèves, French cyclist (d. 1946)
- 1911 - June Gale, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Vance Trimble, American journalist and author (d. 2021)
- 1914 - Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
- 1916 - Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
- 1918 - Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
- 1918 - Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1918 - Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1995)
- 1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
- 1919 - Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017)
- 1921 - Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Bobby Mauch, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)[29]
- 1922 - William Schallert, American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
- 1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour (d. 2016)
- 1924 - Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (d. 2002)[30]
- 1925 - Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
- 1925 - Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
- 1926 - Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist (d. 2022)[31]
- 1927 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
- 1927 - Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)
- 1928 - Bernard Malgrange, French mathematician (d. 2024)
- 1929 - Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, French politician historian (d. 2023)
- 1930 - George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021)[32]
- 1930 - Ian Burgess, English racing driver (d. 2012)[33]
- 1931 - Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
- 1931 - László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018)
- 1932 - Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
- 1935 - Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
- 1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
- 1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
- 1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021)[34]
- 1937 - Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1937 - Bessie Head, Botswanan writer (d. 1986)[35]
- 1937 - Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
- 1939 - Jet Harris, English bass player (d. 2011)
- 1939 - Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
- 1939 - Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (d. 2018)
- 1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
- 1940 - Jeannie Seely, Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
- 1940 - Siti Norma Yaakob, Malaysian lawyer and judge[36] [37]
- 1941 - David Crystal, British linguist, author, and academic
- 1941 - Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
- 1942 - Ian Leslie, Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host[38]
- 1943 - Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
- 1944 - Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
- 1945 - Burt Ward, American actor[39]
- 1946 - George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States[40]
- 1946 - Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
- 1946 - Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
- 1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 - Roy Señeres, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016)
- 1948 - Nathalie Baye, French actress
- 1948 - Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
- 1948 - Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1949 - Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
- 1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Michael Shrieve, American composer, drummer, and percussionist
- 1950 - John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
- 1951 - Lorna Golding, Former First Lady of Jamaica
- 1951 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
- 1951 - Rick Sternbach, American illustrator and concept designer[41]
- 1952 - Hilary Mantel, English author and critic (d. 2022)[42]
- 1953 - Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
- 1953 - Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
- 1953 - Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
- 1954 - Allyce Beasley, American actress
- 1954 - Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager
- 1957 - Phil Mallow, American politician[43]
- 1958 - Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedian and screenwriter[44]
- 1959 - Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1960 - Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
- 1962 - Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013)[45]
- 1962 - Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director
- 1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper and producer
- 1972 - Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria
- 1972 - Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
- 1972 - Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
- 1972 - Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
- 1974 - Harashima, Japanese professional wrestler[46]
- 1974 - Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 - 50 Cent, American rapper and actor[47]
- 1975 - Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
- 1975 - Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
- 1975 - Kristian Woolf, Australian rugby league player and coach[48]
- 1976 - Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer
- 1976 - Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
- 1977 - Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
- 1977 - Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
- 1978 - Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
- 1978 - Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer
- 1978 - Tia Mowry, American actress and producer
- 1978 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 - Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1979 - Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1980 - Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player[49]
- 1980 - Eva Green, French actress and model[50]
- 1980 - Joell Ortiz, American rapper
- 1981 - Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- 1981 - Roman Shirokov, Russian footballer
- 1982 - Brandon Jacobs, American football player
- 1982 - Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)[51]
- 1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1984 - Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1985 - Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor[52]
- 1986 - David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
- 1987 - Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 - Manteo Mitchell, American runner
- 1987 - Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1987 - Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model[53]
- 1988 - Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
- 1990 - Jae Crowder, American basketball player[54]
- 1990 - Magaye Gueye, French footballer
- 1990 - Jamal Idris, Australian rugby league player[55]
- 1990 - Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player[56]
- 1992 - Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player[57]
- 1992 - Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player[58]
- 1994 - Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player[59]
- 1995 - Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer[60]
- 1998 - Comethazine, American rapper[61]
- 2000 - Zion Williamson, American basketball player[62]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 371 BC - Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
- 649 - Goar of Aquitaine, French bishop
- 887 - Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
- 918 - William I, duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
- 1017 - Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
- 1070 - Godelieve, Flemish saint (b. 1049)
- 1189 - Henry II, king of England (b. 1133)[63]
- 1218 - Odo III, duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1249 - Alexander II, king of Scotland (b. 1198)
- 1415 - Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)[2]
- 1476 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician and astrologer (b. 1436)
- 1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
- 1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
- 1535 - Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
- 1553 - Edward VI, king of England and Ireland (b. 1537)
- 1583 - Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
- 1585 - Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
1601–1900
- 1614 - Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550)
- 1684 - Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
- 1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
- 1768 - Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
- 1802 - Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
- 1809 - Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
- 1813 - Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
- 1815 - Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764)[64]
- 1835 - John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
- 1854 - Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
- 1868 - Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
- 1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
1901–present
- 1901 - Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
- 1902 - Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
- 1904 - Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
- 1907 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
- 1914 - Georges Legagneux, French aviator (b. 1882) [65]
- 1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
- 1918 - Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
- 1922 - Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
- 1932 - Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
- 1946 - Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
- 1947 - Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
- 1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
- 1954 - Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (b. 1866)[66]
- 1959 - George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
- 1960 - Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
- 1961 - Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
- 1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
- 1962 - Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
- 1962 - William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1962 - Joseph August, archduke of Austria (b. 1872)
- 1963 - George, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
- 1964 - Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
- 1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
- 1967 - Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
- 1971 - Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
- 1973 - Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
- 1975 - Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
- 1976 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
- 1977 - Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
- 1978 - Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
- 1979 - Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 1986 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
- 1987 - Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (b. 1903)[67]
- 1989 - János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
- 1991 - Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1992 - Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
- 1994 - Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
- 1995 - Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
- 1997 - Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1998 - Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
- 1999 - Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
- 2000 - Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
- 2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
- 2002 - John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
- 2004 - Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
- 2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2005 - Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2007 - Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
- 2009 - Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
- 2009 - Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
- 2010 - Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2011 - Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985)[68]
- 2012 - Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
- 2013 - Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
- 2014 - Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955)[69]
- 2019 - João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (b. 1931)[70]
- 2020 - Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (b. 1936)[71]
- 2020 - Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (b. 1962)[72]
- 2020 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (b. 1928)[73]
- 2022 - James Caan, American actor (b. 1940)[74]
- 2022 - Arnaldo Pambianco, Italian former professional road racing cyclist (b. 1935)[75]
- 2022 - Norah Vincent, American writer (b. 1968)[76]
- 2024 - Khyree Jackson, American football player (b. 1999)[77]
Holidays and observances
See also
External links
Notes and References
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