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List of notable occurrences on this date
Day of the year
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 180 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
362 BC –
Battle of Mantinea : The
Thebans , led by
Epaminondas , defeated the
Spartans .
414 – Emperor
Theodosius II , age 13, yields power to his older sister
Aelia Pulcheria , who reigned as
regent and proclaimed herself empress (
Augusta ) of the
Eastern Roman Empire .
836 –
Pactum Sicardi , a peace treaty between the
Principality of Benevento and the
Duchy of Naples , is signed.
993 –
Ulrich of Augsburg is
canonized as a saint.
1054 – A supernova, called
SN 1054 , is seen by Chinese
Song dynasty ,
Arab , and possibly
Amerindian observers near the star
Zeta Tauri . For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the
Crab Nebula .
1120 –
Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
1187 – The
Crusades :
Battle of Hattin :
Saladin defeats
Guy of Lusignan ,
King of Jerusalem .
1253 – Battle of West-Capelle:
John I of Avesnes defeats
Guy of Dampierre .
1333 –
Genkō War : Forces loyal to
Emperor Go-Daigo seize
Tōshō-ji during the
Siege of Kamakura .
Hōjō Takatoki and other members of the
Hōjō clan commit suicide, ending the
rule of the
Kamakura shogunate .
[1]
1359 –
Francesco II Ordelaffi of
Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander
Gil de Albornoz .
1456 –
Ottoman–Hungarian wars : The
Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
1534 –
Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of
Rye .
1584 –
Philip Amadas and
Arthur Barlowe arrive at
Roanoke Island .
1601–1900
1610 – The
Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and
Russia during the
Polish–Muscovite War .
1634 – The city of
Trois-Rivières is founded in
New France (now Quebec, Canada).
1744 – The
Treaty of Lancaster , in which the
Iroquois cede lands between the
Allegheny Mountains and the
Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania .
1774 –
Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the
Province of New York , one of many protests against the
British Parliament's
Coercive Acts .
1776 –
American Revolution : The
United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the
Second Continental Congress .
1778 –
American Revolutionary War : U.S. forces under
George Clark capture
Kaskaskia during the
Illinois campaign .
1802 – The
United States Military Academy opens at
West Point, New York .
1803 – The
Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1817 – In
Rome, New York , construction on the
Erie Canal begins.
1818 –
US Flag Act of 1818 goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.
[2]
1827 –
Slavery is abolished in the
State of New York .
1831 –
Samuel Francis Smith writes "
My Country, 'Tis of Thee " for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
1832 –
John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
[3]
[4]
1832 –
Durham University established by
Act of Parliament ; the first recognized university to be founded in
England since
Cambridge over 600 years earlier.
[5]
1837 –
Grand Junction Railway , the world's first long-distance railway, opens between
Birmingham and
Liverpool .
1838 – The
Iowa Territory is organized.
1845 –
Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on
Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there,
Walden , will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
1855 – The first edition of
Walt Whitman 's book of poems,
Leaves of Grass , is published in
Brooklyn .
1862 –
Lewis Carroll tells
Alice Liddell a story that would grow into
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
1863 –
American Civil War :
Siege of Vicksburg :
Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under
Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege.
1863 – American Civil War:
Union forces repulse a
Confederate army at the
Battle of Helena in Arkansas. The Confederate loss fails to relieve pressure on the besieged city of
Vicksburg , and paves the way for the Union to capture
Little Rock .
1863 – American Civil War: The
Army of Northern Virginia
withdraws from the battlefield after losing the
Battle of Gettysburg , signalling an end to the
Confederate
invasion of
U.S. territory .
1879 –
Anglo-Zulu War : The Zululand capital of
Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King
Cetshwayo to flee.
1881 – In
Alabama , the
Tuskegee Institute opens.
1886 – The
Canadian Pacific Railway 's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in
Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
1887 – The founder of
Pakistan ,
Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah , joins
Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam ,
Karachi .
1892 –
Western Samoa changes the
International Date Line , causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days.
1894 – The short-lived
Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by
Sanford B. Dole .
1898 – En route from New York to
Le Havre , the
SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of
Sable Island , with the loss of 549 lives.
1901–present
1901 –
William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
1903 – The
Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
1910 – The
Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
1911 – A
massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
1913 –
President
Woodrow Wilson addresses
American Civil War veterans at the
Great Reunion of 1913 .
1914 – The funeral of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
Sophie takes place in
Vienna , six days after their assassinations in
Sarajevo .
1918 –
Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918 –
World War I : The
Battle of Hamel , a successful attack by the
Australian Corps against German positions near the town of
Le Hamel on the
Western Front .
1927 – First flight of the
Lockheed Vega .
1939 –
Lou Gehrig , recently diagnosed with
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , informs a crowd at
Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league
baseball .
1941 –
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation :
Nazi troops
massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured
Ukrainian city of
Lviv .
1941 –
World War II : The
Burning of the Riga synagogues : The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied
Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
1942 – World War II: The 250-day
Siege of Sevastopol in the
Crimea ends when the city falls to
Axis forces.
1943 – World War II: The
Battle of Kursk , the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of
Prokhorovka .
1943 – World War II: In
Gibraltar , a
Royal Air Force
B-24 Liberator bomber
crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general
Władysław Sikorski , the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
1946 – The
Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the
Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the
British House of Commons , proposing the independence of the
Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and
Pakistan .
1950 –
Cold War :
Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
1951 – Cold War: A court in
Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist
William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of
espionage .
1951 –
William Shockley announces the invention of the
junction transistor .
1954 –
Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th
U.S. state on
August 21 , 1959, the 50-star
flag of the United States debuts in
Philadelphia , almost ten and a half months later (see
Flag Acts (United States) ).
1961 – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine
K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of
radiation poisoning over the following two years.
1966 – U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the
Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
1976 –
Israeli commandos
raid Entebbe airport in
Uganda , rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an
Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
1977 – The
George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the
Washington state capitol in
Olympia , in solidarity with a prison strike at the
Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
1982 – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are
kidnapped in Lebanon by
Phalange forces , and their fate remains unknown.
1987 – In France, former
Gestapo chief
Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of
crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1994 –
Rwandan genocide :
Kigali , the Rwandan capital, is captured by the
Rwandan Patriotic Front , ending the genocide in the city.
1997 –
NASA 's
Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of
Mars .
1998 – Japan launches the
Nozomi probe to
Mars , joining the United States and Russia as a
space exploring nation.
2001 –
Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to
Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
[6]
2002 – A
Boeing 707
crashes near
Bangui M'Poko International Airport in
Bangui ,
Central African Republic , killing 28.
[7]
2004 – The cornerstone of the
Freedom Tower is laid on the
World Trade Center site in New York City.
2004 –
Greece beats
Portugal in the
UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
2005 – The
Deep Impact collider hits the
comet
Tempel 1 .
2006 –
Space Shuttle program :
Discovery launches
STS-121 to the
International Space Station . The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States'
Independence Day .
[8]
2008 – A
bomb explodes at a concert in
Minsk's Independence Square , injuring 50 people.
[9]
2009 – The
Statue of Liberty 's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the
September 11 attacks .
2009 – The first of
four days of bombings begins on the southern
Philippine island group of
Mindanao .
2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the
Higgs boson at the
Large Hadron Collider is announced at
CERN .
2015 – Chile claims its first title in international
football by defeating Argentina in the
2015 Copa América Final.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1656 –
John Leake , Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)
1694 –
Louis-Claude Daquin , French organist and composer (d. 1772)
1715 –
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet and academic (d. 1769)
1719 –
Michel-Jean Sedaine , French playwright (d. 1797)
1729 –
George Leonard , American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)
1753 –
Jean-Pierre Blanchard , French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)
1790 –
George Everest , Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)
1799 –
Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)
[12]
1804 –
Nathaniel Hawthorne , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864)
1807 –
Giuseppe Garibaldi , Italian general and politician (d. 1882)
1816 –
Hiram Walker , American businessman, founded
Canadian Club whisky (d. 1899)
1826 –
Stephen Foster , American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)
1842 –
Hermann Cohen , German philosopher (d. 1918)
1845 –
Thomas John Barnardo , Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)
1847 –
James Anthony Bailey , American circus ringmaster, co-founded
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906)
1854 –
Victor Babeș , Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
1868 –
Henrietta Swan Leavitt , American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)
[13]
1886 –
Tom Longboat , Canadian runner and soldier (d. 1949)
[14]
1871 –
Hubert Cecil Booth , English engineer (d. 1955)
[15]
1872 –
Calvin Coolidge , American lawyer and politician, 30th
President of the United States (d. 1933)
1874 –
John McPhee , Australian journalist and politician, 27th
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952)
1880 –
Victor Kraft , Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
1881 –
Ulysses S. Grant III , American general (d. 1968)
1883 –
Rube Goldberg , American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)
1887 –
Pio Pion , Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
1888 –
Henry Armetta , Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)
1895 –
Irving Caesar , American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)
1896 –
Mao Dun , Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)
1897 –
Alluri Sitarama Raju , Indian activist (d. 1924)
1898 –
Pilar Barbosa , Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
1898 –
Gertrude Lawrence , British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
1898 –
Gulzarilal Nanda , Indian politician (d. 1998)
1898 –
Gertrude Weaver , American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
1900 –
Belinda Dann , Indigenous Australian who was one of the
Stolen Generation , reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
1900 –
Nellie Mae Rowe , American folk artist (d. 1982)
1901–present
1902 –
Meyer Lansky , American gangster (d. 1983)
1902 –
George Murphy , American actor and politician (d. 1992)
1903 –
Flor Peeters , Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
1904 –
Angela Baddeley , English actress (d. 1976)
1905 –
Irving Johnson , American sailor and author (d. 1991)
1905 –
Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey , British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
1905 –
Lionel Trilling , American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
1906 –
Vincent Schaefer , American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
1907 –
John Anderson , American discus thrower (d. 1948)
1907 –
Howard Taubman , American author and critic (d. 1996)
1909 –
Alec Templeton , Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)
1910 –
Robert K. Merton , American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
1910 –
Gloria Stuart , American actress (d. 2010)
1911 –
Bruce Hamilton , Australian public servant (d. 1989)
1911 –
Mitch Miller , American singer and producer (d. 2010)
1911 –
Elizabeth Peratrovich , Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 1958)
[16]
1914 –
Nuccio Bertone , Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
1915 –
Timmie Rogers , American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1916 –
Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)
1918 –
Eppie Lederer , American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)
1918 –
Johnnie Parsons , American race car driver (d. 1984)
1918 – King
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (d. 2006)
1918 –
Alec Bedser , English cricketer (d. 2010)
1918 –
Eric Bedser , English cricketer (d. 2006)
1918 –
Pauline Phillips , American journalist and radio host, created
Dear Abby (d. 2013)
1920 –
Norm Drucker , American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
1920 –
Leona Helmsley , American businesswoman (d. 2007)
1920 –
Fritz Wilde , German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
1920 –
Paul Bannai , American politician (d. 2019)
1921 –
Gérard Debreu , French economist and mathematician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1921 –
Nasser Sharifi , Iranian sports shooter
1921 –
Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)
1921 –
Philip Rose , American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
1921 –
Tibor Varga , Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
1922 –
R. James Harvey , American politician (d. 2019)
1923 –
Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1924 –
Eva Marie Saint , American actress
1924 –
Delia Fiallo , Cuban author and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1924 –
Harry Stewart Jr. , American military officer and fighter pilot
1925 –
Ciril Zlobec , Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018
[17] )
1925 –
Dorothy Head Knode , American tennis player
[18] (d. 2015)
1926 –
Alfredo Di Stéfano , Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1926 –
Lake Underwood , American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
1927 –
Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress and photographer (d. 2023)
[19]
1927 –
Neil Simon , American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)
[20]
1928 –
Giampiero Boniperti , Italian footballer and politician (d. 2021)
1928 –
Teofisto Guingona Jr. , Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
1928 –
Jassem Alwan , Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)
1928 –
Shan Ratnam , Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
1928 –
Chuck Tanner , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
1929 –
Al Davis , American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
1929 –
Bill Tuttle , American baseball player (d. 1998)
1930 –
George Steinbrenner , American businessman (d. 2010)
1931 –
Stephen Boyd , Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)
1931 –
Rick Casares , American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
1931 –
Sébastien Japrisot , French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1931 –
Peter Richardson , English cricketer (d. 2017)
1932 –
Aurèle Vandendriessche , Belgian runner (d. 2023)
1934 –
Yvonne B. Miller , American academic and politician (d. 2012)
1934 –
Colin Welland , English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1935 –
Paul Scoon , Grenadian politician, 2nd
Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)
1936 –
Zdzisława Donat , Polish soprano and actress
1937 –
Thomas Nagel , American philosopher and academic
1937 –
Queen Sonja of Norway
1937 –
Richard Rhodes , American journalist and historian
1937 –
Eric Walters , Australian journalist (d. 2010)
1938 –
Steven Rose , English biologist and academic
1938 –
Bill Withers , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
1940 –
Pat Stapleton , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
1941 –
Sam Farr , American politician
1941 –
Tomaž Šalamun , Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)
1941 –
Pavel Sedláček , Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 –
Brian Willson , American soldier, lawyer, and activist
1942 –
Hal Lanier , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1942 –
Floyd Little , American football player and coach (d. 2021)
[21]
1942 –
Stefan Meller , French-Polish academic and politician,
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
1942 –
Prince Michael of Kent
1942 –
Peter Rowan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 –
Conny Bauer , German trombonist
1943 –
Emerson Boozer , American football player and sportscaster
1943 –
Adam Hart-Davis , English historian, author, and photographer
1943 –
Geraldo Rivera , American lawyer, journalist, and author
[22]
1943 –
Fred Wesley , American
jazz and
funk
trombonist
[23]
1943 –
Alan Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
1945 –
Andre Spitzer , Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
1946 –
Ron Kovic , American author and activist
1946 –
Michael Milken , American businessman and philanthropist
1947 –
Lembit Ulfsak , Estonian actor and director (d. 2017)
1948 –
René Arnoux , French race car driver
1948 –
Tommy Körberg , Swedish singer and actor
1948 –
Jeremy Spencer , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 –
Philip Craven , English basketball player and swimmer
1950 –
David Jensen , Canadian-English radio and television host
1951 –
John Alexander , Australian tennis player and politician
1951 –
Ralph Johnson , American R&B drummer and percussionist
1951 –
Vladimir Tismăneanu , Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
1951 –
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend , American lawyer and politician, 6th
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
1952 –
Álvaro Uribe , Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th
President of Colombia
1952 –
Carol MacReady , English actress
1952 –
John Waite , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 –
Paul Rogat Loeb , American author and activist
1953 –
Francis Maude , English lawyer and politician,
Minister for the Cabinet Office
1954 –
Jim Beattie , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1954 –
Morganna , American model, actress, and dancer
1954 –
Devendra Kumar Joshi , 21st
Chief of Naval Staff of the
Indian Navy
1955 –
Eero Heinäluoma , Finnish politician
[24]
1955 –
Kevin Nichols , Australian cyclist
1956 –
Robert Sinclair MacKay , British academic and educator
1957 –
Rein Lang , Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1958 –
Vera Leth , Greenlandic Ombudsman
1958 –
Kirk Pengilly , Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
1958 –
Carl Valentine , Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
1959 –
Victoria Abril , Spanish actress and singer
1960 –
Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)
1961 –
Richard Garriott , English-American video game designer, created the
Ultima series
1962 –
Pam Shriver , American tennis player and sportscaster
1963 –
Henri Leconte , French tennis player and sportscaster
1963 –
Laureano Márquez , Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
1963 –
José Oquendo , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1963 –
Sonia Pierre , Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011)
[25]
1964 –
Cle Kooiman , American soccer player and manager
1964 –
Elie Saab , Lebanese fashion designer
1964 –
Edi Rama , Albanian politician
1964 –
Mark Slaughter , American singer-songwriter and producer
1964 –
Mark Whiting , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 –
Harvey Grant , American basketball player and coach
1965 –
Horace Grant , American basketball player and coach
1965 –
Kiriakos Karataidis , Greek footballer and manager
1965 –
Gérard Watkins , English actor and playwright
1966 –
Ronni Ancona , Scottish actress and screenwriter
1966 –
Minas Hantzidis , German-Greek footballer
1966 –
Lee Reherman , American actor (d. 2016)
1967 –
Vinny Castilla , Mexican baseball player and manager
1967 –
Sébastien Deleigne , French athlete
1969 –
Al Golden , American football player and coach
1969 –
Todd Marinovich , American football player and coach
1969 –
Wilfred Mugeyi , Zimbabwean footballer and coach
1972 –
Stephen Giles , Canadian canoe racer and engineer
1972 –
Mike Knuble , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1973 –
Keiko Ihara , Japanese race car driver
1973 –
Gackt , Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
1973 –
Michael Johnson , English-Jamaican footballer and manager
1973 –
Anjelika Krylova , Russian ice dancer and coach
1973 –
Jan Magnussen , Danish race car driver
1973 –
Tony Popovic , Australian footballer and manager
1974 –
Jill Craybas , American tennis player
1974 –
La'Roi Glover , American football player and sportscaster
1974 –
Adrian Griffin , American basketball player and coach
1976 –
Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1976 –
Yevgeniya Medvedeva , Russian skier
1978 –
Marcos Daniel , Brazilian tennis player
1978 –
Émile Mpenza , Belgian footballer
1979 –
Siim Kabrits , Estonian politician
[26]
1979 –
Josh McCown , American football player
1979 –
Renny Vega , Venezuelan footballer
1980 –
Kwame Steede , Bermudan footballer
1981 –
Dedé , Angolan footballer
1981 –
Brock Berlin , American football player
1981 –
Christoph Preuß , German footballer
1981 –
Francisco Cruceta , Dominican baseball player
1981 –
Will Smith , American football player (d. 2016)
1982 –
Vladimir Boisa , Georgian basketball player
1982 –
Vladimir Gusev , Russian cyclist
1982 –
Jeff Lima , New Zealand rugby league player
1982 –
Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino , American model, author and television personality
[27]
1983 –
Melanie Fiona , Canadian singer-songwriter
[28]
1983 –
Amantle Montsho , Botswanan sprinter
1983 –
Miguel Pinto , Chilean footballer
1983 –
Amol Rajan , Indian-English journalist
1983 –
Mattia Serafini , Italian footballer
1984 –
Jin Akanishi , Japanese singer-songwriter
1984 –
Miguel Santos Soares , Timorese footballer
1985 –
Kane Tenace , Australian footballer
1985 –
Dimitrios Mavroeidis , Greek basketball player
1985 –
Wason Rentería , Colombian footballer
1986 –
Ömer Aşık , Turkish basketball player
1986 –
Nguyen Ngoc Duy , Vietnamese footballer
1986 –
Rafael Arévalo , Salvadoran tennis player
1986 –
Willem Janssen , Dutch footballer
1986 –
Terrance Knighton , American football player
1986 –
Marte Elden , Norwegian skier
1987 –
Wude Ayalew , Ethiopian runner
1987 –
Guram Kashia , Georgian footballer
1988 –
Angelique Boyer , French-Mexican actress
1989 –
Benjamin Büchel , Liechtensteiner footballer
1990 –
Jake Gardiner , American ice hockey player
1990 –
Richard Mpong , Ghanaian footballer
1990 –
Naoki Yamada , Japanese footballer
1990 –
Ihar Yasinski , Belarusian footballer
1992 –
Ángel Romero , Paraguayan footballer
1992 –
Óscar Romero , Paraguayan footballer
1993 –
Tom Barkhuizen , English footballer
1995 –
Post Malone , American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
[29]
1999 –
Moa Kikuchi , Japanese musician
[30]
2003 –
Polina Bogusevich , Russian singer
[31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
673 –
Ecgberht , king of Kent
[32]
907 –
Luitpold , margrave of
Bavaria
907 –
Dietmar I , archbishop of
Salzburg
910 –
Luo Shaowei , Chinese warlord (b. 877)
940 –
Wang Jianli , Chinese general (b. 871)
943 –
Taejo of Goryeo , Korean king (b. 877)
945 –
Zhuo Yanming , Chinese
Buddhist monk and emperor
965 –
Benedict V , pope of the Catholic Church
973 –
Ulrich of Augsburg , German bishop and saint (b. 890)
975 –
Gwangjong of Goryeo , Korean king (b. 925)
1187 –
Raynald of Châtillon , French knight (b. 1125)
1307 –
Rudolf I of Bohemia (b. 1281)
1336 – Saint
Elizabeth of Portugal (b. 1271)
1429 –
Carlo I Tocco , ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
1533 –
John Frith , English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)
1541 –
Pedro de Alvarado , Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
1546 –
Hayreddin Barbarossa , Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)
1551 –
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell , English politician (b. 1514)
1601–1900
1603 –
Philippe de Monte , Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
1623 –
William Byrd , English composer (b. c. 1540)
1644 –
Brian Twyne , English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
1648 –
Antoine Daniel , French missionary and saint, one of the eight
Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
1742 –
Luigi Guido Grandi , Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
1754 –
Philippe Néricault Destouches , French playwright and author (b. 1680)
1761 –
Samuel Richardson , English author and painter (b. 1689)
1780 –
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
1787 –
Charles, Prince of Soubise , Marshal of France (b. 1715)
1821 –
Richard Cosway , English painter and academic (b. 1742)
1826 –
John Adams , American lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of the United States (b. 1735)
[33]
1826 –
Thomas Jefferson , American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd
President of the United States (b. 1743)
1831 –
James Monroe , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th
President of the United States (b. 1758)
1848 –
François-René de Chateaubriand , French historian and politician (b. 1768)
1850 –
William Kirby , English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
1854 –
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn , German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
1857 –
William L. Marcy , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st
United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
1881 –
Johan Vilhelm Snellman , Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
1882 –
Joseph Brackett , American composer and author (b. 1797)
1886 –
Poundmaker , Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
1891 –
Hannibal Hamlin , American lawyer and politician, 15th
Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
1901–present
1901 –
Johannes Schmidt , German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
1902 –
Vivekananda , Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
1905 –
Élisée Reclus , French geographer and author (b. 1830)
1910 –
Melville Fuller , American lawyer and jurist,
Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
[34]
1910 –
Kabua the Great , Marshallese
iroijlaplap (b.
c. 1820 )
[35]
1910 –
Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
1916 –
Alan Seeger , American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
1922 –
Lothar von Richthofen , German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
1926 –
Pier Giorgio Frassati , Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
1934 –
Marie Curie , French-Polish physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
[36]
1938 –
Otto Bauer , Austrian philosopher and politician,
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
1938 –
Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player (b. 1899)
1941 –
Antoni Łomnicki , Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
1943 –
Władysław Sikorski , Polish general and politician, 9th
Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
1946 –
Taffy O'Callaghan , Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
1948 –
Monteiro Lobato , Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
1949 –
François Brandt , Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
1963 –
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg , New Zealand general and politician, 7th
Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
1963 –
Clyde Kennard , American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
1963 –
Pingali Venkayya , Indian activist, designed the
Flag of India (b. 1876)
1964 –
Gaby Morlay , French actress and singer (b. 1893)
1969 –
Henri Decoin , French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1970 –
Barnett Newman , American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
1970 –
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
1971 –
August Derleth , American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
1971 –
Thomas C. Hart , American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
1974 –
Georgette Heyer , English author (b. 1902)
1974 –
André Randall , French actor (b. 1892)
1976 –
Yonatan Netanyahu , Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
1976 –
Antoni Słonimski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
1977 –
Gersh Budker , Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
1979 –
Lee Wai Tong , Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
1980 –
Maurice Grevisse , Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
1984 –
Jimmie Spheeris , American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
1986 –
Paul-Gilbert Langevin , French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
1986 –
Flor Peeters , Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
1986 –
Oscar Zariski , Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
1988 –
Adrian Adonis , American wrestler (b. 1954)
1990 –
Olive Ann Burns , American journalist and author (b. 1924)
1991 –
Victor Chang , Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
1991 –
Art Sansom , American cartoonist (b. 1920)
1992 –
Astor Piazzolla , Argentinian
bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)
1993 –
Bona Arsenault , Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
1994 –
Joey Marella , American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
1995 –
Eva Gabor , Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
1995 –
Bob Ross , American painter and television host (b. 1942)
1997 –
Charles Kuralt , American journalist (b. 1934)
1997 –
John Zachary Young , English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
1999 –
Leo Garel , American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
2000 –
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński , Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
2002 –
Gerald Bales , Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
2002 –
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. , American general (b. 1912)
2003 –
Larry Burkett , American author and radio host (b. 1939)
2003 –
André Claveau , French singer (b. 1915)
2003 –
Barry White , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
2004 –
Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
2005 –
Cliff Goupille , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
2005 –
Hank Stram , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2007 –
Bill Pinkney , American singer (b. 1925)
2008 –
Thomas M. Disch , American author and poet (b. 1940)
2008 –
Jesse Helms , American politician (b. 1921)
2008 –
Evelyn Keyes , American actress (b. 1916)
2008 –
Terrence Kiel , American football player (b. 1980)
2008 –
Charles Wheeler , German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
2009 –
Brenda Joyce , American actress (b. 1917)
2009 –
Allen Klein , American businessman and talent agent, founded
ABKCO Records (b. 1931)
2009 –
Drake Levin , American guitarist (b. 1946)
2009 –
Steve McNair , American football player (b. 1973)
2009 –
Lasse Strömstedt , Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
2009 –
Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard , Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
2010 –
Robert Neil Butler , American physician and author (b. 1927)
2012 –
Hiren Bhattacharyya , Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
2012 –
Jimmy Bivins , American boxer (b. 1919)
2012 –
Jeong Min-hyeong , South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
2012 –
Eric Sykes , English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013 –
Onllwyn Brace , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
2013 –
Jack Crompton , English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2013 –
James Fulton , American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
2013 –
Charles A. Hines , American general (b. 1935)
2013 –
Bernie Nolan , Irish singer (b. 1960)
2014 –
Giorgio Faletti , Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
2014 –
C. J. Henderson , American author and critic (b. 1951)
2014 –
Earl Robinson , American baseball player (b. 1936)
2014 –
Richard Mellon Scaife , American businessman (b. 1932)
2015 –
Nedelcho Beronov , Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
2015 –
William Conrad Gibbons , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
2016 –
Abbas Kiarostami , Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)
2017 –
John Blackwell , American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)
2017 –
Daniil Granin , Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
2017 –
Gene Conley , American MLB player and NBA player (b. 1930)
[37]
2018 –
Henri Dirickx , Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
2018 –
Robby Müller , Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
2021 –
Harmoko , Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (b. 1939)
[38]
2021 –
Matīss Kivlenieks , Latvian ice hockey goaltender (b. 1996)
[39]
2022 –
Cláudio Hummes , Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 1934)
[40]
2022 –
Kazuki Takahashi , Japanese manga artist (b. 1961)
[41]
Holidays and observances
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