June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians .
632 – Yazdegerd III ascends to the throne as king (shah ) of the Persian Empire . He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran ).
1407 – Ming–Hồ War : Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
1487 – Battle of Stoke Field , the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses .
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots , recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor .
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession : New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style ).
1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza .
1755 – French and Indian War : The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians .
1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky .
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1795 – First Battle of Groix otherwise known as "Cornwallis' Retreat".
1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras , two days before the Battle of Waterloo .
1816 – At the Villa Diodati , Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests — Percy Shelley , Mary Shelley , Claire Clairmont , and John Polidori — and challenges each guest to write a ghost story, which culminates in Mary Shelley writing the novel Frankenstein , John Polidori writing the short story The Vampyre , and Byron writing the poem Darkness .
1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement .
1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX , beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois .
1858 – The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny .
1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford , Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology ).
1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland , England kills 183 children.
1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson 's "Switchback Railway ", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister .
1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage , leaving Oslo , Norway.
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov , Governor-General of Finland .
1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses ; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday ".
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York .
1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1915 – Foundation of the British Women's Institute .
1922 – General election in the Irish Free State : The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
1924 – The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union , Artek , is established.
1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
1940 – World War II : Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français ).
1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania .
1944 – At age 14, George Junius Stinney, Jr. becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.
1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput ; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency .
1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón , rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires , killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
1958 – Imre Nagy , Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1967 – The Monterey Pop Festival begins
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station .
1976 – Soweto uprising : A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto , South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California , as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison , Bob Miner and Ed Oates .
1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor , Canada's former ambassador to Iran , for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81 ; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
1989 – Revolutions of 1989 : Imre Nagy , the former Hungarian Prime Minister , is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
1997 – The Daïat Labguer (M'sila) Massacre in Algeria ; 50 people die.
2000 – Israel complies with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon . Israel does so, except the disputed Shebaa farms .
2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco .
2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang , to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
2012 – The United States Air Force 's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission .
Births
1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
1332 – Isabella de Coucy , English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382)
1514 – John Cheke , English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (d. 1557)
1583 – Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)
1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo , Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall , Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)
1612 – Murad IV , Ottoman sultan (d. 1640)
1613 – John Cleveland , English poet and educator (d. 1658)
1633 – Jean de Thévenot , French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)
1644 – Henrietta of England (d. 1670)
1713 – Meshech Weare , American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
1723 – Adam Smith , Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard , American publisher (d. 1816)
1754 – Salawat Yulayev , Russian poet (d. 1800)
1792 – John Linnell , English painter and engraver (d. 1882)
1801 – Julius Plücker , German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
1806 – Edward Davy , English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
1813 – Otto Jahn , German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)
1820 – Athanase Josué Coquerel , Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875)
1821 – Old Tom Morris , Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908)
1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen , Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
1829 – Geronimo , American tribal leader (d. 1909)
1836 – Wesley Merritt , American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (d. 1910)
1837 – Ernst Laas , German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)
1838 – Frederic Archer , English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)
1838 – Cushman Kellogg Davis , American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)
1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick , German engineer and author (d. 1913)
1850 – Max Delbrück , German chemist and academic (d. 1919)
1857 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg , Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
1858 – Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
1862 – Olaf Frydenlund , Norwegian target shooter (d. 1947)
1866 – Germanos Karavangelis , Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)
1874 – Arthur Meighen , Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
1880 – Otto Eisenschiml , Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
1881 – Natalia Goncharova , Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)
1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh , Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
1885 – Erich Jacoby , Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941)
1888 – Alexander Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
1888 – Peter Stoner , American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
1890 – Stan Laurel , English-American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1965)
1894 – Norman Kerry , American actor (d. 1956)
1896 – Murray Leinster , American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1897 – Elaine Hammerstein , American actress (d. 1948)
1897 – Georg Wittig , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1902 – Barbara McClintock , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
1902 – George Gaylord Simpson , American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)
1903 – Helen Traubel , American soprano and actress (d. 1972)
1907 – Jack Albertson , American actor and singer (d. 1981)
1909 – Archie Carr , American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)
1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado , Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)
1912 – Albert Chartier , Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
1912 – Enoch Powell , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)
1915 – John Tukey , American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)
1916 – Hank Luisetti , American basketball player (d. 2002)
1916 – John Young , Scottish actor (d. 1996)
1917 – Phaedon Gizikis , Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999)
1917 – Katharine Graham , American publisher (d. 2001)
1917 – Aurelio Lampredi , Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)
1920 – John Howard Griffin , American journalist and author (d. 1980)
1920 – Isabelle Holland , Swiss-American author (d. 2002)
1920 – Raymond Lemieux , Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002)
1920 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1989)
1920 – José López Portillo , Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1922 – Ilmar Kullam , Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1923 – Ron Flockhart , Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
1924 – Faith Domergue , American actress (d. 1999)
1924 – Lucky Thompson , American saxophonist (d. 2005)
1925 – Jean d'Ormesson , French journalist and author
1925 – Otto Muehl , Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013)
1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt , Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala
1927 – Tom Graveney , English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld , German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927 – Ariano Suassuna , Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)
1927 – Brian Wilde , English actor (d. 2008)
1928 – Annie Cordy , Belgian actress and singer
1928 – Speedy Long , American lawyer and politician (d. 2006)
1929 – Ramon Bieri , American actor (d. 2001)
1929 – Pauline Yates , English actress (d. 2015)
1930 – Allan D'Arcangelo , American painter (d. 1998)
1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond , Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer
1932 – Norman Jones , English actor (d. 2013)
1932 – Ralph Robins , English businessman
1934 – Eileen Atkins , English actress and screenwriter
1934 – Bill Cobbs , American actor
1934 – Jane Henson , American actress and puppeteer (d. 2013)
1934 – Kumari Kamala , Indian actress and dancer
1934 – Roger Neilson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
1935 – James Bolam , English actor
1935 – Jim Dine , American painter and illustrator
1936 – Ann Carter , American actress and educator (d. 2014)
1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1937 – Erich Segal , American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1938 – Thomas Boyd-Carpenter , English general
1938 – Torgny Lindgren , Swedish author and poet
1938 – Joyce Carol Oates , American author and educator
1938 – Charles B. Pierce , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock , American singer
1940 – Māris Čaklais , Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003)
1940 – Neil Goldschmidt , American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
1941 – Lamont Dozier , American songwriter and producer
1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao , Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
1942 – Giacomo Agostini , Italian motorcycle racer and manager
1942 – Eddie Levert , American singer-songwriter and producer (The O'Jays )
1943 – Joan Van Ark , American actress and director
1944 – Henri Richelet , French painter and etcher
1945 – Claire Alexander , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945 – Lucienne Robillard , Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
1946 – Rick Adelman , American basketball player and coach
1946 – John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever , English businessman and politician
1946 – Karen Dunnell , English statistician and academic
1946 – Tom Harrell , American trumpet player and composer
1946 – Neil MacGregor , Scottish historian and curator
1946 – Iain Matthews , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fairport Convention and Plainsong )
1946 – Jodi Rell , American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
1946 – Mark Ritts , American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)
1946 – Derek Sanderson , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1946 – Simon Williams , English actor and playwright
1947 – Günther Kaufmann , German actor and singer (d. 2012)
1947 – Tom Malone , American trombonist, composer, and producer (The Blues Brothers and CBS Orchestra )
1947 – Buddy Roberts , American wrestler (d. 2012)
1947 – Tom Wyner , English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Ron LeFlore , American baseball player and manager
1949 – Paulo Cézar Caju , Brazilian footballer
1949 – Ralph Mann , American hurdler and author
1949 – Robbin Thompson , American singer-songwriter (Steel Mill ) (d. 2015)
1950 – Mithun Chakraborty , Indian actor and politician
1950 – Michel Clair , Canadian lawyer and politician
1951 – Charlie Dominici , American singer and guitarist (Dream Theater and Dominici )
1951 – Roberto Durán , Panamanian boxer
1952 – George Papandreou , Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
1952 – Gino Vannelli , Canadian singer-songwriter
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey , American actress and producer
1953 – Ian Mosley , English drummer (Marillion )
1954 – Matthew Saad Muhammad , American boxer and trainer (d. 2014)
1955 – Grete Faremo , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence
1955 – Laurie Metcalf , American actress
1955 – Artemy Troitsky , Russian journalist and critic
1957 – Ian Buchanan , Scottish-American actor
1957 – Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian , Scottish lawyer and judge
1958 – Darrell Griffith , American basketball player
1958 – Jóhannes Helgason , Icelandic guitarist and pilot (Þeyr )
1958 – Ulrike Tauber , German swimmer
1958 – Warren Rodwell Australian soldier, university teacher, hostage survivor & songwriter
1959 – John Franklin , American actor and screenwriter
1959 – Desirée Rogers , American businesswoman
1959 – The Ultimate Warrior , American wrestler (d. 2014)
1960 – Peter Sterling , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1961 – Can Dündar , Turkish journalist and author
1961 – Steve Larmer , Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Margus Metstak , Estonian basketball player and coach
1962 – Wally Joyner , American baseball player and coach
1962 – Femi Kuti , English-Nigerian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1962 – Arnold Vosloo , South African-American actor
1962 – Anthony Wong , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer (Tat Ming Pair )
1963 – Scott Alexander , American screenwriter and producer
1963 – Deb Caletti , American author
1963 – The Sandman , American wrestler
1964 – Danny Burstein , American actor
1965 – Laverne Eve , Bahamian javelin thrower
1965 – Andrea M. Ghez , American astronomer and academic
1965 – Michael Richard Lynch , Irish businessman, co-founded HP Autonomy
1965 – Richard Madaleno , American politician
1965 – Eirik Stubø , Norwegian stage producer and theatre director
1966 – Mark Occhilupo , Australian surfer
1966 – Phil Vischer , American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
1966 – Jan Železný , Czech javelin thrower and coach
1967 – Charalambos Andreou , Cypriot footballer
1967 – Jürgen Klopp , German footballer and manager
1968 – James Patrick Stuart , American actor
1969 – Shami Chakrabarti , English lawyer and academic
1969 – Mark Crossley , English-Welsh footballer and manager
1969 – MC Ren , American rapper and producer (N.W.A )
1969 – Tommy Tiernan , Irish comedian and actor
1970 – Younus AlGohar , Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
1970 – Clifton Collins, Jr. , American actor and producer
1970 – Cobi Jones , American soccer player and manager
1970 – Phil Mickelson , American golfer
1971 – Chris Gomez , American baseball player
1971 – Tupac Shakur , American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground , Outlawz , and Thug Life ) (d. 1996)
1972 – John Cho , South Korean-American actor
1972 – Simon Khan , English golfer
1973 – Amanda Byram , Irish model and television host
1973 – Eddie Cibrian , American actor
1973 – Nikos Machlas , Greek footballer
1975 – Anthony Carter , American basketball player and coach
1975 – Heather Peace , English actress and singer
1975 – Jannike Kruse , Norwegian actress and singer
1976 – Cian Ciaran , Welsh keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Super Furry Animals )
1976 – Edwin Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer
1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon , Australian rugby player and coach
1977 – Kevin Foster , American murderer
1977 – Duncan Hames , English accountant and politician
1977 – Simone Legno , Italian graphic designer
1977 – Petros Papadakis , American sportscaster and game show host
1977 – Kerry Wood , American baseball player
1978 – Daniel Brühl , Spanish-German actor
1978 – Fish Leong , Malaysian singer
1978 – Lyndsey Marshal , English actress
1978 – Jay Moriarity , American surfer (d. 2001)
1978 – Dainius Zubrus , Lithuanian ice hockey player
1980 – Brandon Armstrong , American basketball player
1980 – Phil Christophers , German-English rugby player
1980 – Nehir Erdoğan , Turkish actress
1980 – Brad Gushue , Canadian curler
1980 – Sibel Kekilli , German actress
1980 – Daré Nibombé , Togolese footballer
1980 – Martin Stranzl , Austrian footballer
1980 – Justin Tranter , American singer-songwriter and jewelry designer (Semi Precious Weapons )
1980 – Joey Yung , Hong Kong singer and actress
1981 – Benjamin Becker , German tennis player
1981 – Kevin Bieksa , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Ben Kweller , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radish and The Bens )
1981 – Ola Kvernberg , Norwegian violinist (Grand General )
1981 – Miguel Villalta , Peruvian footballer
1982 – May Andersen , Danish model and actress
1982 – Matt Costa , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Missy Peregrym , Canadian model and actress
1982 – Jodi Santamaria , Filipino actress
1982 – Uku Suviste , Estonian singer
1982 – Chris Wingert , American soccer player
1983 – Armend Dallku , Albanian footballer
1983 – Olivia Hack , American actress
1983 – Naz Elmas , Turkish actress
1984 – Jonathan Broxton , American baseball player
1984 – Gábor Császár , Hungarian handball player
1984 – Rick Nash , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Steven Whittaker , Scottish footballer
1986 – Rodrigo Defendi , Brazilian footballer
1986 – Urby Emanuelson , Dutch footballer
1986 – Fernando Muslera , Uruguayan footballer
1986 – Farhad Reza , Bangladeshi cricketer
1986 – Robert Rothbart , Israeli-Serbian basketball player
1987 – Diana DeGarmo , American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Abby Elliott , American actress
1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya , Belgian footballer
1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred , Norwegian footballer
1988 – Keshia Chanté , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Leeland )
1988 – Nathan Parsons , Australian-American actor
1989 – AraabMuzik , American DJ and producer
1989 – Jelena Glebova , Estonian figure skater
1989 – Airi Toriyama , Japanese actress and singer
1990 – John Newman , English singer-songwriter
1991 – Ryan Bang , South Korean actor and singer
1991 – Joe McElderry , English singer-songwriter
1992 – Vladimir Morozov , Russian swimmer
1994 – Grete-Lilijane Küppas , Estonian footballer
1995 – Ajcharaporn Kongyot , Thai volleyball player
1998 – Lauren Taylor , American actress
Deaths
1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1358)
1468 – Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy , Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395)
1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline , Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
1623 – Christian the Younger of Brunswick (b. 1599)
1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet , English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
1671 – Stenka Razin , Russian rebel leader (b. 1630)
1707 – Marie de Nemours , French wife of Henri II, Duke of Nemours (b. 1625)
1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
1749 – Johann Baptista Ruffini , Italian businessman (b. 1672)
1752 – Joseph Butler , English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset , French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
1778 – Konrad Ekhof , German actor (b. 1720)
1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet , English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
1792 – Benjamin Tupper , American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
1804 – Johann Adam Hiller , German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance , French lawyer and politician (b. 1739)
1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette , German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
1850 – William Lawson , English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
1858 – John Snow , English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
1869 – Charles Sturt , Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
1872 – Norman MacLeod , Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
1878 – Crawford Long , American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
1878 – Kikuchi Yōsai , Japanese painter (b. 1781)
1881 – Marie Laveau , American voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)
1881 – Josiah Mason , English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen , German painter and academic (b. 1818)
1902 – Ernst Schröder , German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
1925 – Chittaranjan Das , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
1925 – Emmett Hardy , American cornet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings ) (b. 1903)
1929 – Bramwell Booth , English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington , American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
1930 – Ezra Fitch , American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry , American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
1939 – Chick Webb , American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
1940 – DuBose Heyward , American author (b. 1885)
1944 – Marc Bloch , French historian and academic (b. 1886)
1945 – Aris Velouchiotis , Greek general (b. 1905)
1946 – Gordon Brewster , Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
1952 – Andrew Lawson , Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
1953 – Margaret Bondfield , English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
1955 – Ozias Leduc , Canadian painter (b. 1864)
1958 – Pál Maléter , Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
1958 – Imre Nagy , Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
1959 – George Reeves , American actor and director (b. 1914)
1961 – Marcel Junod , Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
1967 – Reginald Denny , English actor and singer (b. 1891)
1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
1970 – Sydney Chapman , English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
1970 – Heino Eller , Estonian violinist, composer, and educator (b. 1887)
1970 – Brian Piccolo , American football player (b. 1943)
1971 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith , Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
1973 – Louise Latimer , American actress (b. 1913)
1977 – Wernher von Braun , German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong , Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
1979 – Nicholas Ray , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1981 – Jule Gregory Charney , American meteorologist (b. 1917)
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott , English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders ) (b. 1956)
1984 – Lew Andreas , American football player and coach (b. 1895)
1984 – Erni Krusten , Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
1986 – Maurice Duruflé , French organist and composer (b. 1902)
1987 – Marguerite de Angeli , American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
1988 – Miguel Piñero , Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright, co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café (b. 1946)
1990 – Gertrude Baniszewski , American murderer of Sylvia Likens (b. 1929)
1990 – Megan Leigh , American porn actress (b. 1964)
1993 – Lindsay Hassett , Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
1994 – Kristen Pfaff , American bass player and songwriter (Hole and Janitor Joe ) (b. 1967)
1996 – Mel Allen , American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913)
1997 – Dal Stivens , Australian soldier and author (b. 1911)
1998 – Fred Wacker , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch , English singer and politician (b. 1940)
2000 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
2003 – Pierre Bourgault , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright , Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn , Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
2004 – Jacques Miquelon , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
2005 – Enrique Laguerre , Puerto Rican author and critic (b. 1906)
2006 – Igor Śmiałowski , Polish actor (b. 1917)
2007 – Mohammad Fazel Lankarani , Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
2008 – Tom Compernolle , Belgian runner (b. 1975)
2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern , Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
2010 – Marc Bazin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
2010 – Maureen Forrester , Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930)
2010 – Ronald Neame , English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2011 – Östen Mäkitalo , Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)
2012 – Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1934)
2012 – Howie Chizek , American radio host and philanthropist (b. 1947)
2012 – Nils Karlsson , Swedish skier (b. 1917)
2012 – Jorge Lankenau , Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
2012 – Sławomir Petelicki , Polish general (b. 1946)
2012 – Thierry Roland , French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1937)
2012 – Susan Tyrrell , American actress (b. 1945)
2013 – Sam Farber , American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
2013 – Hans Hass , Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
2013 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain , Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
2013 – Josip Kuže , Croatian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1952)
2013 – Richard Marlow , English organist and conductor (b. 1939)
2013 – Norman Ian MacKenzie , English journalist and author (b. 1921)
2013 – Ottmar Walter , German footballer (b. 1924)
2014 – Charles Barsotti , American cartoonist (b. 1933)
2014 – Pierre D'Archambeau , Swiss-American violinist (b. 1927)
2014 – Tony Gwynn , American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
2014 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas , Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1960)
2015 – Charles Correa , Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
2015 – Tony Ranasinghe , Sri Lankan actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2015 – Jean Vautrin , French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
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