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Day of the year
May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 231 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1607 – English colonists establish "James Fort," which would become
Jamestown, Virginia , the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.
[5]
1608 – The
Protestant Union , a coalition of
Protestant
German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the
Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
[6]
1610 –
Henry IV of France is assassinated by
Catholic zealot
François Ravaillac , and
Louis XIII ascends the throne.
[7]
1643 – Four-year-old
Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father,
Louis XIII .
1747 –
War of the Austrian Succession : A British fleet under
Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the
First Battle of Cape Finisterre .
1796 –
Edward Jenner administers the first
smallpox
inoculation .
[8]
1800 – The
6th United States Congress
recesses , and the process of moving the
Federal government of the United States from
Philadelphia to
Washington, D.C. , begins the following day.
[9]
1804 –
William Clark and 42 men depart from
Camp Dubois to join
Meriwether Lewis at
St Charles, Missouri , marking the beginning of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition 's historic journey up the
Missouri River .
[10]
1811 –
Paraguay :
Pedro Juan Caballero ,
Fulgencio Yegros and
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
1836 – The
Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1857 –
Mindon Min was
crowned as King of Burma in
Mandalay ,
Burma .
[11]
1863 –
American Civil War : The
Battle of Jackson takes place.
[12]
1868 –
Boshin War : The
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
[13]
1870 – The first game of
rugby in New Zealand is played in
Nelson between
Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
[14]
1878 – The
last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of
Christian Science , accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
[15]
1879 – The first group of 463
Indian indentured laborers arrives in
Fiji aboard the
Leonidas .
[16]
1901–present
1900 – Opening of World Amateur championship at the
Paris Exposition Universelle , also known as Olympic Games.
[17]
1913 – Governor of New York
William Sulzer approves the charter for the
Rockefeller Foundation , which begins operations with a $100 million donation from
John D. Rockefeller .
1915 – The
May 14 Revolt takes place in
Lisbon, Portugal .
[18]
1918 – Cape Town Mayor, Sir
Harry Hands , inaugurates the
Two-minute silence .
1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the
Ådalen shootings , as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
[19]
1935 – The
Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
1939 –
Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 –
World War II :
Rotterdam ,
Netherlands is
bombed by the
Luftwaffe of
Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
[20]
1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks
AHS Centaur off the coast of
Queensland .
1948 –
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the
1948 Arab–Israeli War .
1951 – Trains run on the
Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
[21]
1953 – Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in
Milwaukee perform a
walkout , marking the start of the
1953 Milwaukee brewery strike .
[22]
1955 –
Cold War : Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the
Warsaw Pact .
1961 –
Civil rights movement : A white mob twice attacks a
Freedom Riders bus near
Anniston, Alabama , before
fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
[23]
1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the
Red Army Faction .
1973 –
Skylab , the United States' first space station, is launched.
[24]
1977 – A
Dan-Air
Boeing 707 leased to
IAS Cargo Airlines
crashes on approach to
Lusaka International Airport in
Lusaka ,
Zambia , killing six people.
[25]
1980 –
Salvadoran Civil War : the
Sumpul River massacre occurs in
Chalatenango, El Salvador .
1987 – Fijian Prime Minister
Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a
coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel
Sitiveni Rabuka .
[26]
1988 –
Carrollton bus collision : A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on
Interstate 71 near
Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
[27]
2004 – The
Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President
Roh Moo-hyun .
[28]
2004 –
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and
Mary Donaldson are
married at
Copenhagen Cathedral .
[29]
2004 –
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the
Amazon rainforest during approach to
Eduardo Gomes International Airport in
Manaus ,
Brazil , killing 33 people.
[30]
2008 –
Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in
Manchester city centre between
Zenit supporters and
Rangers supporters and the
Greater Manchester Police , 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
2010 –
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the
STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian
ISS component —
Rassvet . This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis , before Congress approved
STS-135 .
[31]
2012 –
Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
[32]
2021 – China successfully lands
Zhurong , the country's first
Mars rover .
[33]
2022 – Ten people are killed in a
mass shooting in
Buffalo, New York .
[34]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1630 –
Katakura Kagenaga , Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
1652 –
Johann Philipp Förtsch , German composer (d. 1732)
1657 –
Sambhaji , Indian emperor (d. 1689)
1666 –
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 –
Peder Horrebow , Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1699 –
Hans Joachim von Zieten , Prussian general (d. 1786)
1701 –
William Emerson , English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1710 –
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
1725 –
Ludovico Manin , the last
Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 –
Thomas Gainsborough , English painter (d. 1788)
1737 –
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney , Irish-English politician and diplomat,
Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
1752 –
Timothy Dwight IV , American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
1752 –
Albrecht Thaer , German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
1761 –
Samuel Dexter , American lawyer and politician, 4th
United States Secretary of War , 3rd
United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
1771 –
Robert Owen , Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
1771 –
Thomas Wedgwood , English photographer (d. 1805)
1781 –
Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer , German historian and academic (d. 1873)
1794 –
Fanny Imlay , daughter of British feminist
Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
1814 –
Charles Beyer , German-English engineer, co-founded
Beyer, Peacock & Company (d. 1876)
1817 –
Alexander Kaufmann , German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1820 –
James Martin , Irish-Australian politician, 6th
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1886)
1830 –
Antonio Annetto Caruana , Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
1832 –
Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1851 –
Anna Laurens Dawes , American author and suffragist (d. 1938)
[36]
1852 –
Henri Julien , Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
1863 –
John Charles Fields , Canadian mathematician, founder of the
Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1867 –
Kurt Eisner , German journalist and politician,
Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1868 –
Magnus Hirschfeld , German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1869 –
Arthur Rostron , English captain (d. 1940)
1872 –
Elia Dalla Costa , Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
1878 –
J. L. Wilkinson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1879 –
Fred Englehardt , American jumper (d. 1942)
1880 –
Wilhelm List , German field marshal (d. 1971)
1881 –
Lionel Hill , Australian politician, 30th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1963)
1881 –
George Murray Hulbert , American judge and politician (d. 1950)
1885 –
Otto Klemperer , German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1887 –
Ants Kurvits , Estonian general and politician, 10th
Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1888 –
Archie Alexander , American mathematician and engineer (d. 1958)
1893 –
Louis Verneuil , French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
1897 –
Sidney Bechet , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1897 –
Ed Ricketts , American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1899 –
Charlotte Auerbach , German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (d. 1994)
[37]
1899 –
Pierre Victor Auger , French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1899 –
Earle Combs , American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1900 –
Hal Borland , American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1900 –
Walter Rehberg , Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1900 –
Cai Chang , Chinese first leader of
All-China Women's Federation (d. 1990)
1900 –
Leo Smit , Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1900 –
Edgar Wind , German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1901–present
1901 –
Robert Ritter , German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1903 –
Billie Dove , American actress (d. 1997)
1904 –
Hans Albert Einstein , Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
1904 –
Marcel Junod , Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
1905 –
Jean Daniélou , French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
1905 –
Herbert Morrison , American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
1905 –
Antonio Berni , Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
1907 –
Ayub Khan , Pakistani general and politician, 2nd
President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907 –
Hans von der Groeben , German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
1908 –
Betty Jeffrey , Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
1909 –
Godfrey Rampling , English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
1910 –
Ken Viljoen , South African cricketer (d. 1974)
1910 –
Ne Win , Prime Minister and President of Burma (d. 2002)
1914 –
Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
1914 –
William Tutte , British codebreaker and mathematician (d. 2002)
[38]
1916 –
Robert F. Christy , Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916 –
Lance Dossor , English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1916 –
Marco Zanuso , Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
1917 –
Lou Harrison , American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917 –
Norman Luboff , American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1919 –
Solange Chaput-Rolland , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1919 –
John Hope , American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
1921 –
Richard Deacon , American actor (d. 1984)
1922 –
Franjo Tuđman , Yugoslav historian; later 1st
President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1923 –
Adnan Pachachi , Iraqi politician,
Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
1923 –
Mrinal Sen , Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1925 –
Sophie Kurys , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 –
Patrice Munsel , American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
1925 –
Boris Parsadanian , Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
1925 –
Al Porcino , American trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925 –
Ninian Sanderson , Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
1926 –
Eric Morecambe , English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
1927 –
Herbert W. Franke , Austrian scientist and author (d. 2022)
1928 –
Dub Jones , American R&B bass singer (d. 2000)
1928 –
Frederik H. Kreuger , Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1928 –
Brian Macdonald , Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1929 –
Barbara Branden , Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
1929 –
Henry McGee , English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1929 –
Gump Worsley , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1930 –
William James , Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
1931 –
Alvin Lucier , American composer and academic (d. 2021)
1932 –
Robert Bechtle , American lithographer and painter (d. 2020)
1933 –
Siân Phillips , Welsh actress and singer
1935 –
Ethel Johnson , American professional wrestler (d. 2018)
[39]
1935 –
Rudi Šeligo , Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
1935 –
Harvey Wollman , American politician, 26th
Governor of South Dakota (d. 2022)
[40]
1936 –
Bobby Darin , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936 –
Dick Howser , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1938 –
Robert Boyd , English pediatrician and academic
1939 –
Rupert Neudeck , German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)
1939 –
Troy Shondell , American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1940 –
Chay Blyth , Scottish sailor and rower
1940 –
H. Jones , English colonel,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1940 –
George Mathewson , Scottish banker and businessman
1941 –
Ada den Haan , Dutch swimmer
1942 –
Valeriy Brumel , Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
1942 –
Byron Dorgan , American lawyer and politician
1942 –
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green , English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1942 –
Tony Pérez , Cuban-American baseball player and manager
1942 –
Malise Ruthven , Irish author and academic
1943 –
Jack Bruce , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
[41]
1943 –
L. Denis Desautels , Canadian accountant and civil servant
1943 –
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , Icelandic academic and politician, 5th
President of Iceland
1943 –
Derek Leckenby , English pop-rock guitarist (d. 1994)
1943 –
Richard Peto , English statistician and epidemiologist
1944 –
Gene Cornish , Canadian-American guitarist
1944 –
George Lucas , American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded
Lucasfilm
1944 –
David Kelly , Welsh scientist (d. 2003)
1945 –
Francesca Annis , English actress
1945 –
George Nicholls , English rugby player
1945 –
Yochanan Vollach , Israeli footballer
1946 –
Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham , English economist and journalist
1947 –
Al Ciner , American pop-rock guitarist
1947 –
Ana Martín , Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (
Miss Mexico 1963 )
[42]
1948 –
Timothy Stevenson , English lawyer and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
1948 –
Bob Woolmer , Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1949 –
Sverre Årnes , Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
1949 –
Walter Day , American game designer and businessman, founded
Twin Galaxies
1949 –
Johan Schans , Dutch swimmer
1949 –
Klaus-Peter Thaler , German cyclist
1951 –
Jay Beckenstein , American saxophonist
1952 –
David Byrne , Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1952 –
Michael Fallon , Scottish politician,
Secretary of State for Defence
1952 –
Orna Grumberg , Israeli computer scientist and academic
1952 –
Raul Mälk , Estonian politician, 22nd
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952 –
Wim Mertens , Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
1952 –
Donald R. McMonagle , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952 –
Robert Zemeckis , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 –
Tom Cochrane , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 –
Hywel Williams , Welsh politician
1955 –
Marie Chouinard , Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 –
Alasdair Fraser , Scottish fiddler
1955 –
Peter Kirsten , South African cricketer and rugby player
1955 –
Dennis Martínez , Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
1955 –
Jens Sparschuh , German author and playwright
1955 –
Big Van Vader , American wrestler and football player (d. 2018)
[43]
1956 –
Hazel Blears , English lawyer and politician,
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1956 –
Steve Hogarth , English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
1958 –
Christine Brennan , American journalist and author
1958 –
Chris Evans , English-Australian politician, 26th
Australian Minister for Employment
1958 –
Rudy Pérez , Cuban-born American composer and music producer
[44]
1958 –
Wilma Rusman , Dutch runner
1959 –
Carlisle Best , Barbadian cricketer
1959 –
Patrick Bruel , French actor, singer, and poker player
1959 –
Markus Büchel , Liechtensteiner politician, 9th
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
1959 –
Robert Greene , American author and translator
1959 –
John Holt , American football player (d. 2013)
1959 –
Rick Vaive , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 –
Heather Wheeler , English politician
1960 –
Anne Clark , English singer-songwriter and poet
1960 –
Alec Dankworth , English bassist and composer
1960 –
Frank Nobilo , New Zealand golfer
1960 –
Ronan Tynan , Irish tenor
1961 –
David Quantick , English journalist and critic
1961 –
Tommy Rogers , American wrestler (d. 2015)
1961 –
Tim Roth , English actor and director
1961 –
Alain Vigneault , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 –
Ian Astbury , English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 –
C.C. DeVille , American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
1962 –
Danny Huston , Italian-American actor and director
1963 –
Pat Borders , American baseball player and coach
1963 –
David Yelland , English journalist and author
1964 –
James M. Kelly , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1964 –
Suzy Kolber , American sportscaster and producer
1964 –
Alan McIndoe , Australian rugby league player
1964 –
Eric Peterson , American guitarist and songwriter
1965 –
Eoin Colfer , Irish author
1966 –
Marianne Denicourt , French actress, director, and screenwriter
1966 –
Mike Inez , American rock bass player and songwriter
1966 –
Fab Morvan , French singer-songwriter, dancer and model
1966 –
Raphael Saadiq , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1967 –
Natasha Kaiser-Brown , American sprinter and coach
1967 –
Tony Siragusa , American football player and journalist (d. 2022)
1968 –
Mary DePiero , Canadian diver
[45]
1968 –
Greg Davies Welsh actor, comedian, writer and presenter
[46]
1969 –
Stéphane Adam , French footballer
1969 –
Cate Blanchett , Australian actress
[47]
1969 –
Sabine Schmitz , German race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1969 –
Henry Smith , English politician
1969 –
Danny Wood , American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer
1971 –
Deanne Bray , American actress
1971 –
Sofia Coppola , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[48]
1971 –
Martin Reim , Estonian footballer and manager
1972 –
Ike Moriz , German-South African singer-songwriter, producer and actor
[49]
1972 –
Kirstjen Nielsen , American attorney, 6th
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
[50]
1973 –
Natalie Appleton , Canadian singer and actress
1973 –
Voshon Lenard , American basketball player
1973 –
Fraser Nelson , Scottish journalist
1973 –
Hakan Ünsal , Turkish footballer and sportscaster
1973 –
Julian White , English rugby player
1974 –
Anu Välba , Estonian journalist
1975 –
Nicki Sørensen , Danish cyclist
1976 –
Hunter Burgan , American bass player
1976 –
Brian Lawrence , American baseball player and coach
1976 –
Martine McCutcheon , English actress and singer
1977 –
Sophie Anderton , English model and actress
1977 –
Roy Halladay , American baseball player (d. 2017)
1977 –
Ada Nicodemou , Cypriot-Australian actress
1978 –
Brent Harvey , Australian footballer
1978 –
Eddie House , American basketball player
1978 –
André Macanga , Angolan footballer and manager
1978 –
Gustavo Varela , Uruguayan footballer
1979 –
Dan Auerbach , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 –
Edwige Lawson-Wade , French basketball player
1979 –
Clinton Morrison , English-Irish footballer
1979 –
Carlos Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer
1980 –
Zdeněk Grygera , Czech footballer
1980 –
Pavel Londak , Estonian footballer
1980 –
Eugene Martineau , Dutch decathlete
1980 –
Júlia Sebestyén , Hungarian figure skater
1980 –
Hugo Southwell , English-Scottish rugby player
1980 –
Joe van Niekerk , South African rugby player
1981 –
Pranav Mistry , Indian computer scientist, invented
SixthSense
1983 –
Anahí , Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1983 –
Keeley Donovan , English journalist
1983 –
Frank Gore , American football player
1983 –
Uroš Slokar , Slovenian basketball player
1983 –
Tatenda Taibu , Zimbabwean cricketer
1983 –
Amber Tamblyn , American actress, author, model, director
1984 –
Gary Ablett, Jr. , Australian footballer
1984 –
Luke Gregerson , American baseball player
1984 –
Olly Murs , English singer-songwriter
1984 –
Michael Rensing , German footballer
1984 –
Indrek Siska , Estonian footballer
1984 –
Mark Zuckerberg , American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded
Facebook
1985 –
Dustin Lynch , American singer-songwriter
1985 –
Sam Perrett , New Zealand rugby league player
1985 –
Simona Peycheva , Bulgarian gymnast
1985 –
Zack Ryder , American wrestler
1986 –
Andrea Bovo , Italian footballer
1986 –
Clay Matthews III , American football player
1986 –
Marco Motta , Italian footballer
1987 –
Jeong Min-hyeong , South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1987 –
Franck Songo'o , Cameroonian footballer
1987 –
François Steyn , South African rugby player
1988 –
Jayne Appel , American basketball player
1989 –
Rob Gronkowski , American football player
1989 –
Alina Talay , Belarusian hurdler
1993 –
Miranda Cosgrove , American actress and singer
1993 –
Kyle Freeland , American baseball player
[51]
1993 –
Kristina Mladenovic , French tennis player
1993 –
Bence Rakaczki , Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
1994 –
Marcos Aoás Corrêa , Brazilian footballer
1994 –
Pernille Blume , Danish swimmer
[52]
1994 –
Bronte Campbell , Australian swimmer
[53]
1994 –
Dennis Praet , Belgian footballer
1995 –
Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior , Brazilian footballer
1995 –
Rose Lavelle , American soccer player
[54]
1995 –
Jonah Placid , Australian rugby player
1996 –
Blake Brockington , American trans man and activist (d. 2015)
1996 –
Martin Garrix , Dutch DJ
1996 –
Pokimane , Canadian
online streamer
[55]
1996 –
TheOdd1sOut , American YouTuber and animator
1997 –
Rúben Dias , Portuguese footballer
[56]
1997 –
James Outman , American professional baseball player
[57]
2001 –
Jack Hughes , American hockey player
[58]
2003 –
Mohamed Dhaoui , Tunisian footballer
[59]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1603 –
Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)
1608 –
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 –
Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
[60]
1643 –
Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1649 –
Friedrich Spanheim , Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
1667 –
Georges de Scudéry , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
1688 –
Antoine Furetière , French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
1754 –
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
1761 –
Thomas Simpson , English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1847 –
Fanny Mendelssohn , German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
[61]
1860 –
Ludwig Bechstein , German author (b. 1801)
1873 –
Gideon Brecher , Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
1878 –
Ōkubo Toshimichi , Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
1881 –
Mary Seacole , Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
[62]
1889 –
Volney Howard , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
1893 –
Ernst Kummer , German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
1901–present
1906 –
Carl Schurz , German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th
United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
1912 –
Frederik VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912 –
August Strindberg , Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
1918 –
James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
1919 –
Henry J. Heinz , American businessman, founded the
H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1923 –
N. G. Chandavarkar , Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
1923 –
Charles de Freycinet , French engineer and politician, 43rd
Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1931 –
David Belasco , American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
1934 –
Lou Criger , American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
1935 –
Magnus Hirschfeld , German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
1936 –
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , English field marshal and diplomat,
British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
1940 –
Emma Goldman , Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
[63]
1940 –
Menno ter Braak , Dutch author (b. 1902)
1943 –
Henri La Fontaine , Belgian lawyer and author,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 –
Heber J. Grant , American religious leader, 7th
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1945 –
Wolfgang Lüth , Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
1945 –
Isis Pogson , English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
[64]
1953 –
Yasuo Kuniyoshi , American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
1954 –
Heinz Guderian , Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
1956 –
Joan Malleson , English physician (b. 1889)
1957 –
Marie Vassilieff , Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
[65]
1959 –
Sidney Bechet , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
1959 –
Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
1960 –
Lucrezia Bori , Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
1962 –
Florence Auer , American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1965 –
Frances Perkins , American workers-rights advocate, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1880)
[66]
1968 –
Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (b. 1882)
1969 –
Enid Bennett , Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
1969 –
Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 –
Billie Burke , American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1973 –
Jean Gebser , German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 –
Keith Relf , English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
1979 –
Jean Rhys , Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
1980 –
Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor (b. 1912)
1982 –
Hugh Beaumont , American actor (b. 1909)
1983 –
Roger J. Traynor , American academic and jurist, 23rd
Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
1983 –
Miguel Alemán Valdés , Mexican politician, 46th
President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1984 –
Ted Hicks , Australian public servant and diplomat,
Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
1984 –
Walter Rauff , German
SS officer (b. 1906)
1987 –
Rita Hayworth , American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
1987 –
Vitomil Zupan , Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1988 –
Willem Drees , Dutch politician and historian,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
1991 –
Aladár Gerevich , Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)
[67]
1991 –
Jiang Qing , Chinese revolutionary, actress, and politician, member of the
Gang of Four (b. 1914)
[68]
1992 –
Nie Rongzhen , Chinese general and politician,
Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
1993 –
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
1994 –
Cihat Arman , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
1994 –
W. Graham Claytor Jr. , American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th
United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
1995 –
Christian B. Anfinsen , American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1997 –
Harry Blackstone Jr. , American magician and author (b. 1934)
1997 –
Boris Parsadanian , Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
1998 –
Marjory Stoneman Douglas , American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
1998 –
Frank Sinatra , American singer and actor (b. 1915)
2000 –
Keizō Obuchi , Japanese politician, 84th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2001 –
Paul Bénichou , French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
2001 –
Gil Langley , Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003 –
Dave DeBusschere , American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2003 –
Wendy Hiller , English actress (b. 1912)
2003 –
Robert Stack , American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2004 –
Anna Lee , English-American actress (b. 1913)
2005 –
Jimmy Martin , American musician (b. 1927)
2006 –
Lew Anderson , American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
2006 –
Stanley Kunitz , American poet and translator (b. 1905)
2006 –
Eva Norvind , Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
2007 –
Mary Scheier , American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
2007 –
Ülo Jõgi , Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2010 –
Frank J. Dodd , American businessman and politician, president of the
New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
2010 –
Norman Hand , American football player (b. 1972)
2010 –
Goh Keng Swee , Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
2012 –
Ernst Hinterberger , Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012 –
Mario Trejo , Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
2013 –
Wayne Brown , American accountant and politician, 14th
Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
2013 –
Arsen Chilingaryan , Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2013 –
Asghar Ali Engineer , Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
2013 –
Ray Guy , Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
2014 –
Jeffrey Kruger , English-American businessman (b. 1931)
2014 –
Emanuel Raymond Lewis , American librarian and author (b. 1928)
2014 –
Morvin Simon , New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2015 –
B.B. King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
2015 –
Micheál O'Brien , Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
2015 –
Stanton J. Peale , American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 –
Franz Wright , Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
2016 –
Darwyn Cooke , American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)
2017 –
Powers Boothe , American actor (b. 1948)
2018 –
Tom Wolfe , American author (b. 1931)
2019 –
Tim Conway , American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1933)
[69]
2019 –
Grumpy Cat , American cat and internet meme celebrity (b. 2012)
[70]
2023 –
Doyle Brunson , American poker player (b. 1933)
[71]
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