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August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
- 1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
- 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
- 1824 – Battle of Junín Peru.
- 1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
- 1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
- 1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
- 1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
- 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- 1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
- 1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
- 1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
- 1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
- 1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
- 1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
- 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
- 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
- 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
- 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- 1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1964 – Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
- 1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
- 1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
- 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.
- 2001 – Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
- 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
- 2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
- 2011 – A march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London, ends in a riot, sparking off a wave of rioting throughout the country over the following four nights.
- 2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, 7 Afghan soldiers, and 1 Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
- 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
- 2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the south-western Saudi city of Abha.
Births
- 1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
- 1504 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
- 1609 – Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
- 1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1677)
- 1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
- 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
- 1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
- 1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
- 1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
- 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- 1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 1747)
- 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
- 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
- 1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician (d. 1813)
- 1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (d. 1847)
- 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet and author (d. 1892)
- 1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (d. 1915)
- 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
- 1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
- 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (d. 1888)
- 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
- 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)
- 1874 – Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
- 1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1952)
- 1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
- 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor, singer, and cartoonist (d. 1961)
- 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1881 – Louella Parsons, American actress, screenwriter, and journalist (d. 1972)
- 1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (d. 1971)
- 1883 – Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (d. 1983)
- 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver (d. 1957)
- 1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (d. 1952)
- 1889 – George Kenney, Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
- 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957)
- 1890 – Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (d. 1956)
- 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
- 1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
- 1893 – Wright Patman, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1976)
- 1895 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
- 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003)
- 1902 – Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (d. 1935)
- 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
- 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
- 1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
- 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
- 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
- 1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
- 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
- 1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor and singer (d. 1997)
- 1917 – Edward Jewesbury, English actor (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001)
- 1920 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
- 1920 – John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
- 1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)
- 1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence
- 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
- 1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016)
- 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 2013)
- 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1927 – Inga Landgré, Swedish actress
- 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (d. 1987)
- 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations and Rico's Combo)
- 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
- 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
- 1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
- 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter
- 1932 – Ahmet Mekin, Turkish actor
- 1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter
- 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
- 1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
- 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
- 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
- 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
- 1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams) (d. 2014)
- 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress and singer
- 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
- 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
- 1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
- 1941 – Lyle Berman, American businessman and poker player
- 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
- 1941 – Andrew Green, Baron Green of Deddington, English diplomat
- 1942 – George Jung, American drug trafficker
- 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
- 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
- 1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
- 1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
- 1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
- 1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player and coach
- 1946 – Judy Craig, American singer (The Chiffons)
- 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest)
- 1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor and singer (The Spiders)
- 1947 – Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic
- 1947 – Tony Dell, English-Australian cricketer and soldier
- 1948 – William McCrea, Irish soldier and politician
- 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1949 – Richard Prince, American painter and photographer
- 1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
- 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor and singer
- 1951 – Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (d. 2014)
- 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
- 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian singer, television host, and producer
- 1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Timbuk3)
- 1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
- 1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Kayak Camel, and Earth and Fire)
- 1952 – Vinnie Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kiss and Vinnie Vincent Invasion)
- 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
- 1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sportscaster
- 1955 – Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (d. 2003)
- 1955 – John Reid, Irish jockey
- 1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
- 1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress and singer
- 1956 – Grant Aleksander, American actor
- 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
- 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
- 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player (DeBarge)
- 1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
- 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
- 1961 – Cara Lott, American porn actress and model
- 1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
- 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
- 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
- 1963 – Tomoyuki Dan, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
- 1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
- 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
- 1964 – Lisa Boyle, American model and photographer
- 1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
- 1964 – Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
- 1964 – Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1965 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist
- 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer (See-Saw)
- 1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
- 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
- 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host (d. 2008)
- 1965 – Vince Wells, English cricketer
- 1967 – Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
- 1967 – Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
- 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
- 1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser) (d. 2003)
- 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
- 1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
- 1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1972 – Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
- 1972 – Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
- 1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Spice Girls)
- 1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
- 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
- 1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer
- 1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
- 1973 – Donna Lewis, Welsh singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1973 – Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
- 1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
- 1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American lawyer, journalist, and author
- 1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
- 1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
- 1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
- 1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
- 1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
- 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
- 1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor and producer
- 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and producer
- 1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress
- 1976 – Adam Ritson, Australian rugby player
- 1976 – Krisztina Sereny, Hungarian bodybuilder and model
- 1976 – Shaun Timmins, Australian rugby player
- 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
- 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
- 1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress
- 1978 – Katie Price, English model, actress and singer
- 1978 – Reuben Rox, American actor, director, and producer
- 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player
- 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
- 1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Jonathan Glanfield, English sailor
- 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
- 1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
- 1980 – Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
- 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stuntwoman
- 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer
- 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
- 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player
- 1980 – Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
- 1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
- 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and producer (Gym Class Heroes)
- 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
- 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model, actress, and producer
- 1982 – Karl Davies, English actor
- 1982 – Romola Garai, English model and actress
- 1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor
- 1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
- 1982 – Jordis Unga, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
- 1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress
- 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
- 1983 – C. J. Mosley, American football player
- 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
- 1983 – Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress
- 1984 – Eva-Maria Hoch, Austrian tennis player
- 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
- 1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
- 1985 – Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
- 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
- 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
- 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
- 1986 – Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
- 1986 – Reby Sky, American wrestler and model
- 1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress
- 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
- 1988 – Aleska Diamond, Hungarian porn actress
- 1988 – Chelsee Healey, English actress
- 1988 – Jared Murillo, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
- 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
- 1992 – Tara Moore, British tennis player
- 1993 – Kaori Ishihara, Japanese voice actress and singer (StylipS)
- 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
- 1997 – Kristína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
- 1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor
- 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor
Deaths
- 258 – Pope Sixtus II
- 523 – Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
- 750 – Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688)
- 1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
- 1195 – Henry the Lion, German son of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1129)
- 1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
- 1272 – Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
- 1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
- 1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
- 1623 – Anne Hathaway, English wife of William Shakespeare (b. 1555)
- 1628 – Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
- 1637 – Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
- 1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
- 1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
- 1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
- 1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
- 1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
- 1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
- 1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
- 1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
- 1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
- 1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
- 1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
- 1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
- 1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
- 1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1812)
- 1890 – William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
- 1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
- 1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
- 1914 – Ellen Axson Wilson, American wife of Woodrow Wilson, 29th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
- 1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
- 1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
- 1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (The Wolverines) (b. 1903)
- 1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
- 1945 – Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
- 1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
- 1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
- 1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English-American actor and director (b. 1893)
- 1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (b. 1913)
- 1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
- 1973 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
- 1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
- 1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
- 1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
- 1985 – William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1905)
- 1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
- 1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
- 1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
- 1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
- 1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, founded 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
- 1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
- 1992 – Erich Rehm; German Hauptmann of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II (b. 1914)
- 1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- 1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (b. 1928)
- 1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
- 1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
- 1999 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
- 2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912)
- 2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
- 2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
- 2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
- 2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
- 2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
- 2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Keter Betts, American bassist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)
- 2005 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Heinz Barth, German lieutenant (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (b. 1969)
- 2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
- 2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
- 2009 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950)
- 2009 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Bahadır Akkuzu, Turkish musician (b. 1955)
- 2011 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
- 2012 – Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
- 2012 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (b. 1907)
- 2013 – Jeremy Geidt, English-American actor and educator (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
- 2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Andrey Stenin, Russian photographer and journalist (b. 1980)
- 2014 – Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)
- 2015 – Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)
- 2015 – Frederick R. Payne, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1911)
- 2015 – Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Charl Van Den Berg, South African model and activist (b. 1982)
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