September 16
Day of the year
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September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 106 days remain until the end of the year.
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| 2016 (Friday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 681 â Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
- 1400 â Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1601â1900
- 1620 â Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.[1]
- 1701 â James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II.[2]
- 1732 â In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
- 1776 â American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
- 1779 â American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
- 1810 â With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
- 1822 â French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.[3]
- 1863 â Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
- 1880 â The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York.
- 1893 â Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1901âpresent
- 1908 â The General Motors Corporation is founded.
- 1914 â World War I: The Siege of PrzemyÅl (present-day Poland) begins.
- 1920 â The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
- 1940 â World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
- 1943 â World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
- 1945 â World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
- 1953 â American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.[4]
- 1955 â The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
- 1955 â A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
- 1956 â TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
- 1959 â The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
- 1961 â The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
- 1961 â Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
- 1961 â Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
- 1963 â Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
- 1966 â The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
- 1970 â King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
- 1975 â Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
- 1975 â Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and PrÃncipe join the United Nations.
- 1975 â The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
- 1976 â Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
- 1976 â Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship [5]
- 1978 â The 7.4 Mw⯠Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
- 1979 â Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
- 1982 â Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
- 1987 â The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
- 1990 â The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
- 1992 â The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
- 1992 â Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
- 1994 â The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
- 1996 â Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.[6]
- 2004 â Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
- 2005 â The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
- 2007 â One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
- 2007 â Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
- 2013 â A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.[7]
- 2014 â The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against SyrianâKurdish forces.
- 2015 â A 8.3 Mw⯠earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.[8]
- 2021 â A 6.0 Mw⯠earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.[9]
- 2021 â Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.[10]
- 2022 â During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.[11]
- 2022 â The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.[12]
Births
Pre-1600
- AD 16 â Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (died 38)
- 508 â Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (died 555)
- 1295 â Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1360)[13]
- 1386 â Henry V of England (died 1422)[14]
- 1462 â Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (died 1525)[15]
- 1507 â Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567)
- 1541 â Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
- 1557 â Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)
1601â1900
- 1615 â Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692)
- 1625 â Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (died 1697)
- 1651 â Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (died 1716)
- 1666 â Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (died 1716)
- 1678 â Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751)
- 1716 â Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1798)
- 1722 â Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799)
- 1725 â Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)
- 1745 â Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813)[16]
- 1777 â Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (died 1836)
- 1782 â Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850)
- 1812 â Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)[17]
- 1822 â Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888)[18]
- 1823 â Francis Parkman, American historian and author (died 1893)
- 1823 â Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (died 1895)[19]
- 1827 â Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908)
- 1828 â Per PÃ¥lsson, Swedish murderer (died 1914)
- 1830 â Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911)
- 1837 â Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)
- 1838 â James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)
- 1844 â Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (died 1908)
- 1846 â Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)
- 1853 â Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
- 1858 â Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927)
- 1858 â Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923)
- 1859 â Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)
- 1861 â Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
- 1866 â Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927)
- 1870 â John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)
- 1875 â James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)
- 1876 â Marvin Hart, American boxer (died 1931)
- 1877 â Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937)
- 1878 â Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)
- 1880 â Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917)
- 1880 â Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
- 1881 â Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (died 1964)
- 1883 â T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (died 1917)
- 1886 â Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966)
- 1887 â Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (died 1979)[20]
- 1888 â W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971)
- 1888 â Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
- 1890 â Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970)
- 1891 â Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)
- 1891 â Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972)
- 1893 â Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)
- 1893 â Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)[21]
- 1895 â Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)
- 1897 â Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962)
- 1898 â H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (died 1977)
- 1899 â Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)
1901âpresent
- 1901 â Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)
- 1905 â VladimÃr Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980)
- 1906 â Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996)
- 1910 â Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)
- 1910 â Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003)
- 1911 â Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (died 1983)
- 1911 â Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
- 1914 â Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1915 â Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968)
- 1916 â Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978)
- 1916 â Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985)
- 1916 â M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004)
- 1916 â Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999)
- 1916 â Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (died 1973)[22]
- 1916 â Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (died 2000)[23]
- 1918 â WÅadysÅaw KÄdra, Polish pianist (died 1968)
- 1919 â Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
- 1919 â Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)
- 1919 â Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)
- 1920 â Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (died 2015)
- 1920 â Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (died 2016)
- 1920 â Art Sansom, American cartoonist (died 1991)
- 1921 â Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016)
- 1921 â Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (died 2017)
- 1921 â Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (died 1998)
- 1922 â Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
- 1922 â Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024)[24][25]
- 1923 â Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)
- 1924 â Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014)[26]
- 1924 â Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer and director (died 2016)[27]
- 1925 â Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)
- 1925 â Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)
- 1925 â B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)[26]
- 1926 â Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)
- 1926 â John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)
- 1926 â Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)
- 1926 â Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)
- 1927 â Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011)[26]
- 1927 â Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (died 1992)[26]
- 1927 â Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019)
- 1928 â Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)
- 1928 â Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986)
- 1928 â Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019)
- 1929 â Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024)
- 1929 â Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021)
- 1930 â Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011)[26]
- 1931 â K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003)
- 1931 â Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013)
- 1932 â George Chakiris, American actor[24]
- 1932 â Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach
- 1933 â Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa
- 1934 â Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)[26]
- 1934 â Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
- 1935 â Carl Andre, American sculptor (died 2024)
- 1935 â Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1935 â Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022)[28]
- 1935 â Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (died 2016)[29][30]
- 1935 â Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (died 2016)
- 1935 â Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright[31]
- 1935 â Helen Williams, American fashion model (died 2023)[32]
- 1937 â Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler (died 2024)
- 1937 â Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
- 1939 â Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)[33]
- 1939 â Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014)
- 1940 â Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2018)
- 1940 â Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
- 1940 â Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (died 2024)[34]
- 1941 â Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
- 1941 â Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
- 1942 â Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
- 1942 â Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
- 1943 â Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1943 â James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (died 2016)
- 1944 â Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
- 1944 â Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer[24]
- 1946 â Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1946 â Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1946 â Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
- 1947 â Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
- 1948 â Ron Blair, American bass player
- 1948 â Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1948 â Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright
- 1948 â Kenney Jones, English drummer[24]
- 1948 â Susan Ruttan, American actress[24]
- 1949 â Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist[24]
- 1950 â David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[24]
- 1950 â Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist
- 1950 â Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
- 1951 â Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 â Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
- 1951 â Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal[35] (died 2021)
- 1952 â Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
- 1952 â Äeslovas LaurinaviÄius, Lithuanian historian
- 1952 â Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013)
- 1952 â Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor[24]
- 1953 â Kurt Fuller, American character actor
- 1953 â Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995)
- 1953 â Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator
- 1953 â Earl Klugh, American musician[24]
- 1953 â Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- 1953 â Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1953 â Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager
- 1953 â Christopher Rich, American actor[24]
- 1953 â Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1954 â Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
- 1954 â William McKeen, American author and academic
- 1954 â Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1954 â Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1954 â Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
- 1955 â Ron Brewer, American basketball player
- 1955 â Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach[26]
- 1956 â Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
- 1956 â David Copperfield, American magician and actor[24]
- 1956 â Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)
- 1956 â Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)
- 1956 â Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987)
- 1957 â D. C. Drake, American wrestler
- 1957 â Clara Furse, English businesswoman
- 1957 â Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician
- 1957 â David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1957 â Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (died 2008)
- 1958 â Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach
- 1958 â Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1958 â Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player[24]
- 1959 â Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter
- 1959 â Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1959 â Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
- 1959 â Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
- 1960 â Jayne Brook, American actress[24]
- 1960 â Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer
- 1960 â Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator
- 1961 â Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 â Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler
- 1961 â Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (died 2013)
- 1962 â Seth, Canadian author and illustrator
- 1963 â Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer[24]
- 1964 â Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter
- 1964 â Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress
- 1964 â Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1964 â Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer[24]
- 1965 â Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer
- 1965 â Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager
- 1965 â Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter
- 1966 â John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician
- 1966 â Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright
- 1966 â Kevin Young, American hurdler
- 1967 â Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1967 â Damon Thayer, Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader[36]
- 1968 â Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer[24]
- 1968 â Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 â Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (died 2012)
- 1969 â Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969 â Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
- 1970 â Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
- 1971 â Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 â Charlie Jacobs, American businessman
- 1971 â Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer[24]
- 1971 â Richard Slinger, American wrestler
- 1971 â Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant
- 1972 â Mark Bruener, American football player
- 1972 â Mike Doyle, American actor and producer
- 1972 â Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1973 â George Corrie, English footballer
- 1973 â Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee
- 1973 â Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter
- 1973 â Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager
- 1974 â Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1974 â Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1974 â Joaquin Castro, American lawyer and politician
- 1974 â Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- 1975 â Jason Leffler, American race car driver (died 2013)
- 1975 â Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1975 â Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress[24]
- 1976 â ElÄ«na GaranÄa, Latvian soprano
- 1976 â Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1976 â Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach
- 1977 â Gregory Ball, American captain and politician
- 1977 â Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter[24]
- 1978 â Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach
- 1978 â Claudia Marx, German runner
- 1978 â Sensei, Mexican wrestler
- 1978 â Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
- 1979 â Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
- 1979 â Flo Rida, American rapper, singer, and songwriter[24]
- 1980 â Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer
- 1981 â Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer[26]
- 1981 â Alexis Bledel, American actress[24]
- 1981 â LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter
- 1982 â Leon Knight, English footballer
- 1982 â Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player
- 1983 â John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 â Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist
- 1983 â Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler
- 1983 â Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer and 10th President of the International Olympic Committee
- 1983 â Brandon Moss, American baseball player
- 1984 â Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress[24]
- 1984 â Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 â Matt Harrison, American baseball player[37]
- 1985 â Max Minghella, English actor
- 1985 â Madeline Zima, American actress[24]
- 1986 â Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
- 1986 â Ian Harding, American actor[24]
- 1986 â Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer[24]
- 1987 â Merve BoluÄur, Turkish actress
- 1987 â Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer
- 1987 â Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer
- 1987 â Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker[38]
- 1987 â Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 2013)
- 1987 â Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer
- 1988 â Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress[24]
- 1989 â Robbie Grossman, American baseball player[39]
- 1989 â Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 â Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer
- 1989 â Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 â Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023)
- 1992 â Vytenis Äižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1992 â Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[24]
- 1992 â Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
- 1992 â Chase Stokes, American actor[26]
- 1993 â Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter[40]
- 1993 â Sam Byram, English footballer
- 1993 â Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer[41]
- 1993 â Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter[42]
- 1994 â Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player[43]
- 1994 â Aleksandar MitroviÄ, Serbian footballer[44]
- 1994 â Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 â Aaron Gordon, American basketball player[45]
- 1997 â Jackie Young, American basketball player[46]
- 1999 â Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player[47]
- 2000 â Sam Howell, American football player[48]
- 2000 â Oliver Skipp, English footballer[49]
- 2001 â Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist[50]
- 2003 â Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player[51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 307 â Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
- 655 â Pope Martin I
- 1087 â Pope Victor III (born 1026)
- 1100 â Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (born 1054)
- 1122 â Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)[52]
- 1226 â Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
- 1343 â Philip III of Navarre (born 1306)
- 1345 â John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295)
- 1360 â William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319)
- 1380 â Charles V of France (born 1338)
- 1394 â Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)
- 1406 â Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336)
- 1498 â Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (born 1420)
- 1581 â Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
- 1583 â Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526)
- 1589 â Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513)
1601â1900
- 1607 â Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (born 1605)
- 1672 â Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612)
- 1701 â James II of England (born 1633)
- 1736 â Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)
- 1792 â Nguyá» n Huá», Vietnamese emperor (born 1753)
- 1803 â Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)
- 1819 â John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (born 1744)
- 1824 â Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)
- 1843 â Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)
- 1845 â Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (born 1814)
- 1865 â Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792)
- 1887 â Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)
- 1896 â Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (born 1836)
- 1896 â Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814)
- 1898 â Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)
1901âpresent
- 1911 â Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840)
- 1914 â C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (born 1843)
- 1919 â Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885)[53]
- 1925 â Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)
- 1925 â Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888)
- 1931 â Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)
- 1932 â Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (born 1908)
- 1932 â Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
- 1933 â George Gore, American baseball player and manager (born 1857)
- 1936 â Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867)
- 1940 â Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)
- 1944 â Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)
- 1945 â John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (born 1884)
- 1946 â James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877)
- 1950 â Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born 1881)
- 1955 â Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)
- 1961 â Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915)
- 1961 â Fatin RüÅtü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910)
- 1965 â Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)
- 1965 â Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886)
- 1973 â VÃctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)
- 1976 â Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)
- 1977 â Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
- 1977 â Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)
- 1980 â Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)
- 1984 â Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)
- 1984 â Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935)
- 1987 â Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920)
- 1991 â Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)
- 1992 â Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (born 1910)
- 1993 â FrantiÅ¡ek JÃlek, Czech conductor (born 1913)
- 1993 â Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (born 1920)
- 1996 â McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)
- 1996 â Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)
- 2001 â Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (born 1918)
- 2002 â James Gregory, American actor (born 1911)
- 2003 â Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)
- 2004 â Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (born 1954)
- 2005 â Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922)
- 2005 â Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920)
- 2006 â Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
- 2006 â Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)[54]
- 2007 â Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)
- 2008 â Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (born 1940)
- 2009 â Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)
- 2009 â Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (born 1921)
- 2009 â Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936)
- 2010 â George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)
- 2010 â Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933)
- 2011 â Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)
- 2011 â Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)
- 2012 â Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)
- 2012 â Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923)
- 2012 â Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925)
- 2013 â Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966)
- 2013 â Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931)
- 2013 â Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927)
- 2015 â Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)
- 2015 â Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)
- 2015 â Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)
- 2015 â Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)
- 2016 â Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)[55]
- 2016 â Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)
- 2016 â Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)
- 2016 â Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
- 2016 â W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)
- 2016 â Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)
- 2016 â António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)
- 2017 â Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)
- 2017 â Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)
- 2018 â James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
- 2019 â H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
- 2020 â Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)[56]
- 2021 â Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)[57]
- 2021 â Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)[58]
- 2024 â Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)[59]
- 2025 â Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936)[60][61]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias
- Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer[62]
- Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)
- Malaysia Day (Malaysia)
- Martyrs' Day (Libya)
- National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
