June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 208 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor , is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops
1513 – Italian Wars : Battle of Novara . Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille , forcing the French to abandon Milan . Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
1523 – Gustav Vasa , the Swedish regent, is elected King of Sweden , marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union . This is the Swedish national day.
1586 – Francis Drake 's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida .
1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty .
1654 – Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav .
1674 – Shivaji , founder of the Maratha Empire , is crowned.
1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford , England, opens as the world's first university museum.
1752 – A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
1762 – British forces begin a siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana .
1808 – Napoleon 's brother, Joseph Bonaparte , is crowned King of Spain .
1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution , which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism . At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden .
1813 – War of 1812 : Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler .
1822 – Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont 's studies on digestion.
1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
1833 – Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway .
1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day ).
1862 – American Civil War : Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee , from the Confederates .
1882 – More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo . The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River .
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
1892 – The Chicago 'L' commuter rail system begins operation
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike .
1909 – French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad ) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire .
1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
1918 – World War I : Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry .
1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
1921 – Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary .
1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1 ⁄4 ¢/L) sold.
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey , United States.
1934 – New Deal : the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission .
1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater , known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead .
1942 – World War II : Battle of Midway . U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
1944 – World War II: the Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day , code named Operation Overlord , commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
1946 – The National Basketball Association is created with eleven teams.
1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven , Germany are terminated. They never resume.
1968 – Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy : Robert F. Kennedy , Democratic Party senator from New York and brother of 35th President John F. Kennedy , dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5.
1971 – Soyuz program : Soyuz 11 is launched.
1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California , claims 50 lives.
1971 – Vietnam War : the Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
1981 – Bihar train disaster : a passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa , India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river . The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the death toll is closer to 1,000.
1982 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee , eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut .
1982 – A British Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter is destroyed in a friendly fire incident , resulting in the loss of four lives.
1984 – Tetris , one of the best-selling video games of all time, is released.
1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu , Brazil ; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele , Auschwitz 's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1992 – The Fantoft Stave Church in Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes . This was the first in a string of church arsons in the Early Norwegian black metal scene
1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections .
1997 – Prom Mom incident: While attending her senior prom in Lacey Township, New Jersey , Melissa Drexler gives birth in a bathroom stall, leaves the baby to die in a trash can and then returns to the prom.
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event . A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya . The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons , slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb .
2004 – Tamil is established as a "classical language " by the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
2005 – In Gonzales v. Raich , the United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis , including medical marijuana .
Births
1236 – Wen Tianxiang , Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)
1296 – Władysław of Legnica (d. 1352)
1436 – Regiomontanus , German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)
1553 – Bernardino Baldi , Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
1576 – Giovanni Diodati , Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)
1580 – Godefroy Wendelin , Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)
1599 – Diego Velázquez , Spanish painter (d. 1660)
1606 – Pierre Corneille , French playwright (d. 1684)
1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez , French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
1661 – Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer (d. 1756)
1699 – Johann Georg Estor , German historian and theorist (d. 1773)
1714 – Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
1735 – Anton Schweitzer , German composer (d. 1787)
1755 – Nathan Hale , American soldier (d. 1776)
1756 – John Trumbull , American painter (d. 1843)
1772 – Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807)
1799 – Alexander Pushkin , Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
1807 – Thiệu Trị , Vietnamese emperor (d. 1847)
1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin , German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)
1829 – Honinbo Shusaku , Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa , Polish author (d. 1910)
1844 – Konstantin Savitsky , Russian painter (d. 1905)
1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun , German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov , Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)
1862 – Henry Newbolt , English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)
1867 – David T. Abercrombie , American businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931)
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott , English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)
1872 – Alexandra Feodorovna , German wife of Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
1875 – Thomas Mann , German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1878 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi , French lawyer and politician (d. 1956)
1886 – Tyler Brooke , American actor and singer (d. 1943)
1890 – Ted Lewis , American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)
1891 – Masti Venkatesha Iyengar , Indian author (d. 1986)
1892 – Donald F. Duncan, Sr. , American toy maker and businessman, founded the Duncan Toys Company (d. 1971)
1896 – Henry Allingham , English soldier (d. 2009)
1896 – Italo Balbo , Italian air marshal and politician (d. 1940)
1898 – Ninette de Valois , Irish-English dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)
1898 – Walter Abel , American actor (d. 1987)
1900 – Manfred Sakel , Ukrainian-American psychiatrist (d. 1957)
1900 – Lester Matthews , English actor (d. 1975)
1901 – Sukarno , Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
1901 – Jan Struther , English author (d. 1953)
1902 – Jimmie Lunceford , American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
1903 – Aram Khachaturian , Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
1906 – Max August Zorn , German mathematician and academic (d. 1993)
1907 – Bill Dickey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
1909 – Isaiah Berlin , Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)
1913 – Carlo L. Golino , Italian-American academic (d. 1991)
1914 – H. Adams Carter , American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (d. 1995)
1915 – Vincent Persichetti , American pianist and composer (d. 1987)
1916 – Hamani Diori , Nigerien politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)
1916 – Irene von Meyendorff , Estonian-German actress (d. 2001)
1917 – Kirk Kerkorian , American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation
1918 – Edwin G. Krebs , American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1919 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington , English captain and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO
1919 – Austin M. Lee , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1923 – V. C. Andrews , American author (d. 1986)
1923 – Jean Pouliot , Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)
1924 – John Ambler , English businessman (d. 2008)
1925 – Maxine Kumin , American poet and author (d. 2014)
1925 – Hideji Ōtaki , Japanese actor (d. 2012)
1925 – Frank Chee Willeto , American politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (d. 2013)
1926 – Torsten Andersson , Swedish painter (d. 2009)
1926 – Lars Ekborg , Swedish actor (d. 1969)
1926 – Klaus Tennstedt , German conductor (d. 1998)
1928 – Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea , English physician and politician
1929 – Sunil Dutt , Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)
1929 – Don Hassler , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
1930 – Frank Tyson , English-Australian cricketer
1932 – Sara Banerji , English author and sculptor
1932 – Anne Claire Poirier , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1932 – David Scott , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1932 – Billie Whitelaw , English actress
1933 – Eli Broad , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded KB Home
1933 – Heinrich Rohrer , Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1934 – Albert II of Belgium
1934 – Roy Innis , American activist and politician
1936 – A. Venkatesh Naik , Indian politician
1936 – D. Ramanaidu , Indian actor, director, and producer
1936 – Levi Stubbs , American singer and actor (The Four Tops ) (d. 2008)
1938 – Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
1938 – Ryuchi Matsuda , Japanese author (d. 2013)
1939 – Louis Andriessen , Dutch pianist and composer
1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds , American singer-songwriter
1939 – Eddie Giacomin , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1939 – Marian Wright Edelman , American activist, founded the Children's Defense Fund
1940 – Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya , Indian-English engineer and academic
1940 – Aarne Hermlin , Estonian chess player (d. 2007)
1940 – Larry Lujack , American radio host
1940 – Willie John McBride , Irish rugby player, coach, and manager
1941 – Alexander Cockburn , Scottish-American journalist (d. 2012)
1943 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo , Mexican jurist (d. 2010)
1943 – Ken Hatfield , American football player and coach
1943 – Asif Iqbal , Pakistani cricketer
1943 – Jean-Claude Lord , Canadian director and screenwriter
1943 – Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance , English lawyer and judge
1943 – Richard Smalley , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1944 – Monty Alexander , Jamaican pianist (Clue J & His Blues Blasters )
1944 – Edgar Froese , German pianist and songwriter (Tangerine Dream )
1944 – David Penhaligon , English politician (d. 1986)
1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp , American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Tommie Smith , American runner and football player
1945 – David E. Bonior , American politician
1945 – David Dukes , American actor (d. 2000)
1945 – Sasha Gabor , Hungarian-Norwegian pornographic actor (d. 2008)
1945 – Arthur Shawcross , American serial killer (d. 2008)
1945 – Nikolai Velikov , Russian figure skater and coach
1946 – Tony Levin , American bass player and songwriter (King Crimson , Liquid Tension Experiment , and Bruford Levin Upper Extremities )
1947 – David Blunkett , English politician, Secretary of State for Education
1947 – Robert Englund , American actor and director
1947 – Ada Kok , Dutch swimmer
1948 – Richard Sinclair , English bass player (Caravan , The Wilde Flowers , Camel , and Hatfield and the North )
1949 – Ioannis Matzourakis , Greek footballer and manager
1949 – Holly Near , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1949 – Lindsay Posner , English director and manager
1950 – Chantal Akerman , Belgian actress, director, and producer
1950 – John Wardley , English roller coaster designer
1951 – Marietta Giannakou , Greek psychiatrist and politician
1951 – Noritake Takahara , Japanese race car driver
1951 – Dwight Twilley , American singer-songwriter and producer
1952 – Harvey Fierstein , American actor and playwright
1952 – Jean Hamel , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Yukihiro Takahashi , Japanese drummer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra , Sadistic Mika Band , and Sketch Show )
1953 – Dimitris Avramopoulos , Greek politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
1953 – June Yamagishi , Japanese-American guitarist (Papa Grows Funk and The Wild Magnolias )
1954 – Françoise Blanchard , French actress (d. 2013)
1954 – Cynthia Rylant , American author
1954 – Urve Tiidus , Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Culture
1954 – Władysław Żmuda , Polish footballer
1955 – Sandra Bernhard , American actress and singer
1956 – Björn Borg , Swedish tennis player
1956 – Hans-Peter Ferner , German runner
1956 – Bubbi Morthens , Icelandic singer-songwriter and guitarist (Utangarðsmenn and Egó )
1957 – Fred Arbinger , German footballer and manager
1957 – Mike Gatting , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957 – Balanadarajah Iyer , Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)
1957 – Oliver Mack , American basketball player
1957 – Christian Rach , German chef and author
1958 – Danny Webb , English actor
1959 – Jimmy Jam , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Time )
1959 – Josie Lawrence , English comedian and actress
1959 – Amanda Pays , English actress
1959 – Andrey Prokofyev , Russian hurdler (d. 1989)
1959 – Colin Quinn , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959 – David Schultz , American wrestler (d. 1996)
1960 – Lola Forner , Spanish actress
1960 – Samantha Heath , English politician
1960 – Jozef Pribilinec , Slovak race walker
1960 – Steve Vai , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Alcatrazz )
1961 – Tom Araya , Chilean-American singer-songwriter and bass player (Slayer )
1961 – Bill Bates , American football player
1961 – Nir Brand , Israeli composer and conductor
1961 – George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven , English businessman
1963 – Eric Cantor , American lawyer and politician
1963 – Bernard Drainville , Canadian journalist and politician
1963 – Wolfgang Drechsler , German scholar
1963 – Jason Isaacs , English-American actor and producer
1963 – James Palumbo, Baron Palumbo of Southwark , English businessman and politician
1964 – Jay Bentley , American singer and bass player (Bad Religion )
1964 – Allison Fonte , American actress and pianist
1964 – Jay Lake , American author (d. 2014)
1965 – Cam Neely , Canadian ice hockey player and actor
1966 – Tony Yeboah , Ghanaian footballer
1966 – Sean Yseult , American bass player (White Zombie and The Cramps )
1967 – Max Casella , American actor
1967 – Paul Giamatti , American actor
1968 – François Avard , Canadian author and screenwriter
1968 – Alan Licht , American guitarist, composer, and journalist (Run On )
1969 – Erik Prince , American soldier and businessman, co-founded Academi
1969 – Fernando Redondo , Argentinian footballer
1970 – Evgeni Berzin , Russian cyclist
1970 – Sarah Dessen , American author
1970 – Albert Ferrer , Spanish footballer and coach
1970 – Ahmed Johnson , American wrestler
1970 – James Shaffer , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Korn , Fear and the Nervous System , and L.A.P.D. )
1972 – Natalie Morales , American journalist
1972 – Cristina Scabbia , Italian singer-songwriter (Lacuna Coil )
1973 – Patrick Rothfuss , American author
1974 – Uncle Kracker , American singer-songwriter
1974 – Danny Strong , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Sonya Walger , English-American actress
1975 – Cheer Chen , Taiwanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Nina Kaczorowski , American actress and stuntwoman
1975 – Staci Keanan , American actress
1975 – Niklas Sundström , Swedish ice hockey player
1976 – Emilie-Claire Barlow , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1976 – Geoff Rowley , English skateboarder
1976 – Vlado Georgiev , Serbian singer-songwriter
1977 – David Connolly , English-Irish footballer
1977 – Bryn Williams , Welsh chef and author
1978 – Carl Barât , English singer, guitarist, and actor (The Libertines , Dirty Pretty Things , and The Chavs )
1978 – Judith Barsi , American actress (d. 1988)
1978 – Joy Enriquez , American singer and actress
1978 – Mariana Popova , Bulgarian singer
1978 – Andrew Reynolds , American skateboarder
1980 – Matt Belisle , American baseball player
1980 – Peter Mosely , American bass player (Yellowcard and Inspection 12 )
1981 – Philip McGinley , English actor
1981 – Johnny Pacar , American actor
1982 – Marian Oprea , Romanian triple jumper
1983 – Gemma Bissix , English actress
1983 – Dale Cregan , English murderer
1983 – Lyndie Greenwood , Canadian actress
1983 – Michael Krohn-Dehli , Danish footballer
1983 – Gianna Michaels , American porn actress
1983 – Joe Rokocoko , Fijian rugby player
1984 – ByeAlex , Hungarian singer-songwriter
1984 – Noor Sabri , Iraqi footballer
1984 – Shannon Stewart , American model
1984 – Jason Trusnik , American football player
1985 – Chris Henry , American football player
1985 – Martyn Irvine , Irish cyclist
1985 – Sebastian Larsson , Swedish footballer
1985 – Drew McIntyre , Scottish wrestler
1985 – Heiki Nabi , Estonian wrestler
1985 – Nikolay Varbanov , Bulgarian basketball player
1986 – Bhavana , Indian actress
1986 – Justin Allgaier , American race car driver
1986 – Kim Hyun-joong , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501 )
1986 – Junichi Tazawa , Japanese-American professional baseball player
1987 – Kyle Falconer , Scottish singer and guitarist (The View )
1987 – Daniel Logan , New Zealand actor
1987 – Rubin Okotie , Austrian footballer
1988 – Maria Alyokhina , Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot )
1988 – Yui Aragaki , Japanese actress and singer
1988 – Ryan Brathwaite , Barbadian hurdler
1988 – Israel Dagg , New Zealand rugby player
1988 – Gideon Glick , American actor and singer
1988 – Stanislav Pedõk , Estonian footballer
1988 – Stanislav Prins , Estonian footballer
1989 – Monice , Bosnian-Austrian singer
1989 – Paula Brancati , Canadian actress
1989 – Daniel Novikov , Estonian cyclist
1989 – Jelena Petrova , Estonian swimmer
1989 – Karl-Martin Rammo , Estonian sailor
1989 – Paweł Wojciechowski , Polish pole vaulter
1990 – Raisa Andriana , Indonesian singer
1990 – Vid Belec , Slovenian footballer
1990 – Mike G , American rapper (Odd Future )
1990 – Ryan Higa , American comedian and actor
1990 – Gavin Hoyte , English-Trinidadian footballer
1990 – Ieva Lagūna , Latvian model
1990 – Anthony Rendon , American baseball player
1991 – Son Dong-woon , South Korean singer and dancer (Beast )
1992 – Hyuna , South Korean singer, dancer, and model (4minute , Wonder Girls , Trouble Maker )
1992 – Megumi Murakami , Japanese singer and actress (Cute and ZYX )
1993 – Jack Debreczeni , Australian rugby player
1993 – Vic Mensa , American rapper (Kids These Days )
1995 – Julian Green , American soccer player
Deaths
1134 – Norbert of Xanten , German bishop and saint (b. 1060)
1393 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (b. 1359)
1480 – Vecchietta , Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1412)
1548 – João de Castro , Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor and Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1500)
1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide , Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon , French general (b. 1646)
1740 – Alexander Spotswood , Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
1784 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol , Dutch politician (b. 1741)
1799 – Patrick Henry , American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
1813 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart , French architect, designed the Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé (b. 1739)
1832 – Jeremy Bentham , English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
1840 – Marcellin Champagnat , French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
1843 – Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet and author (b. 1770)
1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour , Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
1862 – Turner Ashby , American colonel (b. 1828)
1865 – William Quantrill , American captain (b. 1837)
1878 – Robert Stirling , Scottish clergyman and inventor, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps , Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
1891 – John A. Macdonald , Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
1916 – Yuan Shikai , Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
1922 – Lillian Russell , American actress and singer (b. 1860)
1924 – William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie , Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
1934 – Julije Kempf , Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy , English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
1936 – Reinhold Saulmann , Estonian sprinter and bandy player (b. 1895)
1941 – Louis Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
1942 – Harald Tammer , Estonian weightlifter and journalist (b. 1899)
1943 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos , Greek politician (b. 1900)
1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann , German author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1947 – James Agate , English author and critic (b. 1877)
1948 – Louis Lumière , French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
1951 – Olive Tell , American actress (b. 1894)
1954 – Fritz Kasparek , Austrian mountaineer (b. 1910)
1955 – Max Meldrum , Scottish-Australian painter (b. 1875)
1961 – Carl Jung , Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
1962 – Yves Klein , French painter (b. 1928)
1962 – Tom Phillis , Australian motorcycle road racer (b. 1934)
1968 – Randolph Churchill , English journalist and politician (b. 1911)
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
1975 – Larry Blyden , American actor and game show host (b. 1925)
1976 – J. Paul Getty , American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
1976 – Victor Varconi , Hungarian-American actor (b. 1891)
1979 – Jack Haley , American actor and singer (b. 1898)
1980 – Ruth Aarons , American table tennis player and manager (b. 1918)
1982 – Kenneth Rexroth , American poet and academic (b. 1905)
1983 – Hans Leip , German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1984 – A. Bertram Chandler , English-Australian author (b. 1912)
1987 – Fulton Mackay , Scottish actor and playwright (b. 1922)
1991 – Stan Getz , American saxophonist (b. 1927)
1992 – Larry Riley , American actor (b. 1953)
1994 – Mark McManus , Scottish actor (b. 1935)
1994 – Barry Sullivan , American actor and director (b. 1912)
1995 – Savely Kramarov , Russian-American actor (b. 1934)
1996 – George Davis Snell , American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1997 – Magda Gabor , Hungarian-American actress (b. 1915)
1999 – Anne Haddy , Australian actress (b. 1930)
2000 – Frédéric Dard , French author (b. 1921)
2002 – Robbin Crosby , American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt ) (b. 1959)
2003 – Ken Grimwood , American author (b. 1944)
2003 – Dave Rowberry , English singer-songwriter and pianist (The Animals ) (b. 1940)
2005 – Anne Bancroft , American actress and singer (b. 1931)
2005 – Dana Elcar , American actor and director (b. 1927)
2006 – Arnold Newman , American photographer (b. 1918)
2006 – Billy Preston , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
2006 – Hilton Ruiz , American pianist (b. 1952)
2006 – Camille Sandorfy , Hungarian-Canadian chemist (b. 1920)
2009 – Jean Dausset , French immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2009 – Mary Howard de Liagre , American actress (b. 1913)
2009 – Jim Owens , American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2010 – Marvin Isley , American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley ) (b. 1953)
2011 – Shrek , New Zealand sheep (b. 1994)
2012 – Vladimir Krutov , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
2012 – Nolan Miller , American fashion designer (b. 1933)
2012 – Manuel Preciado Rebolledo , Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2012 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946)
2012 – Mykola Volosyanko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
2012 – Li Wangyang , Chinese activist (b. 1950)
2013 – Erling Blöndal Bengtsson , Danish-American cellist (b. 1932)
2013 – Jerome Karle , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2013 – Elaine Laron , American songwriter (b. 1930)
2013 – Eugen Merzbacher , German-American physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Tom Sharpe , English-Spanish author (b. 1928)
2013 – Maxine Stuart , American actress (b. 1918)
2013 – Malcolm Todd , English archaeologist and academic (b. 1939)
2013 – Esther Williams , American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
2014 – Darío Barrio , Spanish chef (b. 1972)
2014 – Ado Bayero , Nigerian politician and diplomat (b. 1930)
2014 – Karen DeCrow , American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1937)
2014 – Eric Hill , English-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2014 – Lorna Wing , English psychiatrist and physician (b. 1928)
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