August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 134 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
295 BC – The first temple to Venus , the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War .
43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus , later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul .
1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende , and also captures Ascalon .
1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe .
1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots , who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
1612 – The "Samlesbury witches ", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury , England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft , one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War : Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling , destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire ".
1692 – Salem witch trials : In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay , five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman , are executed after being convicted of witchcraft .
1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan : The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion , known as "the 45".
1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
1768 – Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg , Russia.
1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état , in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
1782 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Blue Licks : The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown .
1812 – War of 1812 : American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia , Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina 's Second Triumvirate .
1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre 's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
1848 – California Gold Rush : The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred .
1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn , fifth highest summit in the Alps.
1862 – American Indian Wars : During an uprising in Minnesota , Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm , killing white settlers along the way.
1895 – American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas .
1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .
1914 – The Ottoman–Bulgarian alliance is signed in Sofia .
1919 – Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union .
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio .
1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber .
1942 – World War II : Operation Jubilee : The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe , France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris : Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
1945 – August Revolution : Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi , Vietnam .
1953 – Cold War : The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi .
1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane , claims 200 lives.
1960 – Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage .
1960 – Sputnik program : Korabl-Sputnik 2 : The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka , 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
1964 – Syncom 3 , the first geostationary communication satellite , was launched.
1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture .
1978 – Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
1980 – Saudia Flight 163 , a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , killing 301 people.
1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident : United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra .
1987 – Hungerford massacre : In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
1989 – Radio Caroline , the offshore pirate station in the North Sea , is raided by British and Dutch governments.
1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic , part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall .
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union , August Coup : Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine .
1991 – Crown Heights riot : Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York City for three days, after two black children were hit by a car driven by a Hasidic man.
1999 – In Belgrade , Yugoslavia , tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević .
2002 – Khankala Mi-26 crash : A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny , killing 118 soldiers.
2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2003 – A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem , Israel, planned by Hamas , kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing .
2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
2005 – A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities . In Toronto, it is also dubbed the "Toronto Supercell".
2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad , Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait .
2012 – A plane crash kills 32 people in Sudan .
2013 – A train accident in India kills at least 37 people and injures over a dozen.
Births
232 – Marcus Aurelius Probus , Roman emperor (d. 282)
1342 – Catherine of Bohemia (d. 1395)
1398 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana , Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)
1557 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
1570 – Salamone Rossi , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1630)
1590 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1649)
1596 – Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)
1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout , Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (d. 1674)
1646 – John Flamsteed , English astronomer and academic (d. 1719)
1686 – Eustace Budgell , English journalist and politician (d. 1737)
1689 – Samuel Richardson , English author and publisher (d. 1761)
1711 – Edward Boscawen , English admiral and politician (d. 1761)
1719 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec , French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)
1743 – Madame du Barry , French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793)
1777 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1819 – Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt , Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894)
1835 – Tom Wills , Australian cricketer and umpire, co-founded Australian rules football (d. 1880)
1843 – C. I. Scofield , American minister and theologian (d. 1921)
1846 – Luis Martín , Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
1848 – Gustave Caillebotte , French painter and engineer (d. 1894)
1849 – Joaquim Nabuco , Brazilian politician and diplomat (d. 1910)
1853 – Aleksei Brusilov , Russian general (d. 1926)
1870 – Bernard Baruch , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1965)
1871 – Orville Wright , American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)
1873 – Fred Stone , American actor and producer (d. 1959)
1878 – Manuel L. Quezon , Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
1881 – George Enescu , Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1955)
1883 – Coco Chanel , French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
1883 – Elsie Ferguson , American actress (d. 1961)
1883 – José Mendes Cabeçadas , Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
1887 – S. Satyamurti , Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1943)
1889 – Arthur Waley , English orientalist and sinologist (d. 1966)
1895 – C. Suntharalingam , Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1985)
1899 – Charlie Hall , English-American actor (d. 1959)
1899 – Colleen Moore , American actress (d. 1988)
1900 – Olga Baclanova , Russian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 1974)
1900 – Gontran de Poncins , French author and adventurer (d. 1962)
1900 – Gilbert Ryle , English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976)
1902 – Ogden Nash , American poet and author (d. 1971)
1902 – J. B. L. Reyes , Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 1994)
1903 – James Gould Cozzens , American soldier and author (d. 1978)
1903 – Lewis Sargent , American actor (d. 1970)
1904 – Maurice Wilks , English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)
1906 – Philo Farnsworth , American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971)
1907 – Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Indian historian, author, and scholar (d. 1979)
1907 – Archie League , American air traffic controller (d. 1986)
1907 – Thruston Ballard Morton , American soldier and politician (d. 1982)
1910 – Quentin Bell , English historian and author (d. 1996)
1911 – Anna Terruwe , Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1913 – John Argyris , Greek engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1913 – Peter Kemp , Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1993)
1913 – Richard Simmons , American actor (d. 2003)
1914 – Lajos Baróti , Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1914 – Fumio Hayasaka , Japanese composer (d. 1955)
1915 – Ring Lardner, Jr. , American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1915 – Alfred Rouleau , Canadian businessman (d. 1985)
1916 – Dennis Poore , English race car driver and businessman (d. 1987)
1918 – Jimmy Rowles , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1996)
1919 – Malcolm Forbes , American publisher and politician (d. 1990)
1921 – Gene Roddenberry , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)
1924 – Willard Boyle , Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1925 – Claude Gauvreau , Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1971)
1926 – Annie Palmen , Dutch singer (d. 2000)
1926 – Arthur Rock , American businessman
1926 – Angus Scrimm , American actor and author
1927 – L. Q. Jones , American actor and director
1928 – Norman Brooks , Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
1928 – Bernard Levin , English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
1928 – Walter Massey , Canadian actor (d. 2014)
1929 – Ion N. Petrovici , Romanian-German neurologist and academic
1930 – David G. Compton , English author
1930 – Frank McCourt , American author and educator (d. 2009)
1931 – Bill Shoemaker , American jockey and author (d. 2003)
1932 – Thomas P. Salmon , American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
1933 – Bettina Cirone , American model and photographer
1933 – David Hopwood , English microbiologist and geneticist
1933 – Debra Paget , American actress and singer
1934 – David Durenberger , American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1934 – Renée Richards , American tennis player and ophthalmologist
1935 – Zahir Raihan , Bangladeshi author and director
1935 – Bobby Richardson , American baseball player and coach
1936 – Richard McBrien , American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
1937 – Richard Ingrams , English journalist, founded The Oldie
1937 – William Motzing , American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1938 – Joe Frank , American radio host
1938 – Diana Muldaur , American actress
1939 – Ginger Baker , English drummer and songwriter (Cream , Blind Faith , Blues Incorporated , and Atomic Rooster )
1939 – Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (d. 2010)
1940 – Johnny Nash , American singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – Jill St. John , American actress
1941 – Mihalis Papagiannakis , Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)
1942 – Fred Thompson , American actor, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)
1943 – Billy J. Kramer , English singer
1944 – Jack Canfield , American author
1944 – Buzz Kilman , American radio host
1944 – Bodil Malmsten , Swedish author and poet
1944 – Eddy Raven , American singer-songwriter
1944 – Charles Wang , Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International
1945 – Sandro de América , Argentinian singer and actor (d. 2010)
1945 – Dennis Eichhorn , American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1945 – Ian Gillan , English singer-songwriter (Ian Gillan Band , Gillan , Deep Purple , Episode Six , Black Sabbath , WhoCares )
1945 – Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington , English politician
1946 – Charles Bolden , American general and astronaut
1946 – Bill Clinton , American lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States
1946 – Christopher Malcolm , Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 2014)
1946 – Beat Raaflaub , Swiss conductor and director
1946 – Dawn Steel , American film producer (d. 1997)
1947 – Dave Dutton , English actor and screenwriter
1947 – Terry Hoeppner , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1947 – Gerard Schwarz , American conductor and director
1948 – Jim Carter , English actor
1948 – Tipper Gore , American author and photographer, co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center
1948 – Robert Hughes , Australian actor
1948 – Gerald McRaney , American actor, director, and producer
1948 – Tom Mullica , American magician and actor
1948 – Christy O'Connor Jnr , Irish golfer and architect
1949 – Michael Nazir-Ali , Pakistani-English bishop
1950 – Graeme Beard , Australian cricketer
1950 – Jennie Bond , English journalist and author
1950 – Sudha Murthy , Indian social worker and author
1951 – John Deacon , English bass player and songwriter (Queen )
1951 – Lillian Müller , Norwegian model and actress
1951 – Gustavo Santaolalla , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bajofondo )
1952 – Jonathan Frakes , American actor and director
1953 – Mary Matalin , American political consultant
1953 – Nanni Moretti , Italian actor, director, and producer
1953 – Lynwood Slim , American singer and harmonica player (d. 2014)
1954 – Oscar Larrauri , Argentinian race car driver
1955 – Mary-Anne Fahey , Australian actress and screenwriter
1955 – Peter Gallagher , American actor and singer
1955 – Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal , Dominican-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1955 – Ned Yost , American baseball player and manager
1956 – Adam Arkin , American actor, director, and producer
1956 – José Rubén Zamora , Guatemalan journalist, founded Siglo Veintiuno and El Periódico
1957 – Paul-Jan Bakker , Dutch cricketer
1957 – Martin Donovan , American actor and director
1957 – Ian Gould , English cricketer and umpire
1957 – Li-Young Lee , Indonesian-American poet and author
1957 – Christine Soetewey , Belgian high jumper
1957 – Gerda Verburg , Dutch union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture
1958 – Gordon Brand, Jnr , Scottish golfer
1958 – Gary Gaetti , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1958 – Anthony Muñoz , American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1958 – Brendan Nelson , Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia
1958 – Darryl Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Lee Won-woo , South Korean basketball player (d. 2004)
1959 – Derya Alabora , Turkish actress
1959 – Susan Cummings , Monegasque-American murderer
1959 – Ricky Pierce , American basketball player
1960 – Morten Andersen , Danish-American football player
1960 – Ron Darling , American baseball player and sportscaster
1961 – Cor Bakker , Dutch pianist and radio host
1961 – Jonathan Coe , English author and academic
1961 – Tony Longo , American actor, producer, screenwriter (d. 2015)
1962 – Valérie Kaprisky , French actress
1962 – Raimonds Vilde , Latvian volleyball player and coach
1962 – Toll Yagami , Japanese drummer (Buck-Tick )
1963 – John Stamos , American actor, singer, and producer
1963 – Joey Tempest , Swedish singer-songwriter (Europe )
1965 – Maria de Medeiros , Portuguese actress, singer, and director
1965 – Kevin Dillon , American actor
1965 – Kyra Sedgwick , American actress and producer
1966 – Lilian Garcia , Spanish-American ring announcer and singer
1966 – Lee Ann Womack , American singer-songwriter
1966 – Wilco Zeelenberg , Dutch motorcycle racer and manager
1967 – Satya Nadella , Indian-American businessman
1967 – Khandro Rinpoche , Indian spiritual leader
1968 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis , Greek sailor and windsurfer
1968 – Mark McGuinn , American singer-songwriter
1969 – Nate Dogg , American rapper and actor (213 ) (d. 2011)
1969 – Kirk Herbstreit , American sportscaster
1969 – Paula Jai Parker , American actress, director, and producer
1969 – Matthew Perry , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Emigdio Preciado, Jr. , American criminal
1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami , Japanese baseball player and coach
1969 – Patrick Van Horn , American actor
1969 – Clay Walker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Fat Joe , American rapper and actor (Terror Squad and Diggin' in the Crates Crew )
1970 – Jeff Tam , American baseball player
1971 – Mary Joe Fernández , Dominican-American tennis player and coach
1971 – João Vieira Pinto , Portuguese footballer
1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri , Argentinian footballer and manager
1972 – Sammi Cheng , Hong Kong singer and actress
1972 – Elizabeth Wolfgramm , American singer (The Jets )
1972 – Chihiro Yonekura , Japanese singer-songwriter
1973 – Carl Bulfin , New Zealand cricketer
1973 – Clayton Counts , American DJ and composer (Bull of Heaven )
1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
1973 – Marco Materazzi , Italian footballer and manager
1974 – Zubayr Al-Rimi , Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2003)
1974 – Ryo Fukawa , Japanese comedian and singer (No Plan )
1974 – Tim Kasher , American singer-songwriter (Cursive , The Good Life , Slowdown Virginia , and Commander Venus )
1974 – Anja Knippel , German runner
1974 – Andy Neate , Englsh racing driver and buinessman
1975 – Chynna Clugston , American illustrator
1975 – Tracie Thoms , American actress and singer
1976 – Stephan Schmidt , German footballer and manager
1977 – Callum Blue , English actor
1977 – Régine Chassagne , Canadian singer-songwriter (Arcade Fire )
1977 – Iban Mayo , Spanish cyclist
1977 – Takahiro Yamada , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Asian Kung-Fu Generation )
1978 – Michelle Borth , American actress
1978 – Qais Al Khonji , Omani Entrepreneur
1978 – Chris Capuano , American baseball player
1979 – Dave Douglas , American singer-songwriter and drummer (Relient K and Ace Troubleshooter )
1979 – Oumar Kondé , Swiss footballer
1980 – Houcine Camara , French singer
1980 – Darius Campbell , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1980 – Jun Jin , South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa )
1980 – Russell Kane , English comedian and actor
1980 – Paul Parry , Welsh footballer
1980 – Michael Todd , American bass player (Coheed and Cambria )
1981 – Nick Kennedy , English rugby player
1981 – Percy Watson , American football player and wrestler
1982 – Erika Christensen , American actress
1982 – Willy Denzey , French singer
1982 – J. J. Hardy , American baseball player
1982 – Kevin Rans , Belgian pole vaulter
1983 – Mike Conway , English race car driver
1983 – Missy Higgins , Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – John McCargo , American football player
1983 – Reeva Steenkamp , South African model (d. 2013)
1983 – Tammin Sursok , South African-Australian actress and singer
1984 – Micah Alberti , American actor
1984 – Simon Bird , English actor and screenwriter
1984 – Alessandro Matri , Italian footballer
1984 – Ryan Taylor , English footballer
1985 – J. Evan Bonifant , American actor
1985 – Lindsey Jacobellis , American snowboarder
1986 – Sotiris Balafas , Greek footballer
1986 – Saori Kimura , Japanese volleyball player
1986 – Rúben Micael , Portuguese footballer
1986 – Christina Perri , American singer-songwriter
1987 – Nick Driebergen , Dutch swimmer
1987 – Nico Hülkenberg , German race car driver
1987 – Anaïs Lameche , French-Swedish singer (Play )
1987 – Richard Stearman , English footballer
1988 – Hoodie Allen , American rapper
1988 – Kirk Cousins , American football player
1988 – Travis Tedford , American actor
1988 – Veronica Roth , American author
1989 – Romeo Miller , American rapper, actor, and basketball player
1990 – Danny Galbraith , Scottish footballer
1990 – Kristel Viigipuu , Estonian biathlete
1991 – Nathan Lopez , Filipino actor
1994 – Guadalupe Pérez Rojas , Argentinian tennis player
1994 – Nafissatou Thiam , Belgian pentathlete
1996 – Hsu Ching-wen , Taiwanese tennis player
1997 – Joseph Castanon American actor and singer
1998 – Ella Guevara , Filipino actress
Deaths
14 – Augustus , Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)
947 – Abu Yazid , Islamic rebel leader (b. 873)
1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
1284 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273)
1297 – Louis of Toulouse , French bishop and saint (b. 1274)
1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
1580 – Andrea Palladio , Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
1646 – Alexander Henderson , Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller , Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
1662 – Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1680 – Jean Eudes , French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
1691 – Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha , Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
1692 – John Proctor , English-American farmer (b. 1632)
1702 – Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent , English politician (b. 1645)
1753 – Johann Balthasar Neumann , German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
1808 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman , Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre , French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
1883 – Jeremiah S. Black , American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
1889 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
1895 – John Wesley Hardin , American criminal (b. 1853)
1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay , Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz , German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
1915 – Tevfik Fikret , Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
1923 – Vilfredo Pareto , Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
1928 – Stephanos Skouloudis , Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
1929 – Sergei Diaghilev , Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
1936 – Federico García Lorca , Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
1936 – Hugh Lygon , German son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (b. 1904)
1942 – Harald Kaarmann , Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
1945 – Tomás Burgos , Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
1950 – Giovanni Giorgi , Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
1954 – Alcide De Gasperi , Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
1957 – David Bomberg , English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby , Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1898)
1959 – Jacob Epstein , American-English sculptor (b. 1880)
1959 – Blind Willie McTell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1901)
1963 – Kathleen Parlow , Canadian violinist and educator (b. 1890)
1967 – Hugo Gernsback , Luxembourg-American author and publisher (b. 1884)
1967 – Isaac Deutscher , Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
1968 – George Gamow , Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
1970 – Paweł Jasienica , Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
1975 – Mark Donohue , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
1975 – Jim Londos , Greek-American wrestler (b. 1897)
1976 – Alastair Sim , Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
1976 – Ken Wadsworth , New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
1977 – Peter Dyneley , English-Canadian actor (b. 1921)
1977 – Aleksander Kreek , Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
1977 – Groucho Marx , American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1890)
1979 – Dorsey Burnette , American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio ) (b. 1932)
1979 – Mary Millington , English porn actress and model (b. 1945)
1979 – Joel Teitelbaum , Romanian-American rabbi and scholar (b. 1887)
1980 – Otto Frank , German-Swiss businessman (b. 1889)
1981 – Jessie Matthews , English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
1982 – August Neo , Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1908)
1986 – Hermione Baddeley , English-American actress and singer (b. 1906)
1993 – Utpal Dutt , Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929)
1994 – Linus Pauling , American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1995 – Pierre Schaeffer , French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
1997 – Cathleen Cordell , American actress (b. 1915)
2000 – Bineshwar Brahma , Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948)
2000 – Tony Parisi , Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1941)
2000 – Theodore Trautwein , American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
2001 – Betty Everett , American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
2001 – Donald Woods , South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)
2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina , Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello , Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
2005 – Abraham Bueno de Mesquita , Dutch actor (b. 1918)
2005 – Mo Mowlam , English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1949)
2008 – LeRoi Moore , American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band ) (b. 1961)
2008 – Levy Mwanawasa , Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948)
2009 – Don Hewitt , American television producer, created 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
2010 – Skandor Akbar , American wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
2011 – Gun Hägglund , Swedish journalist (b. 1932)
2011 – Raúl Ruiz , Chilean director and producer (b. 1941)
2012 – Donal Henahan , American journalist and critic (b. 1921)
2012 – Ivar Iversen , Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)
2012 – Maïté Nahyr , Belgian actress (b. 1947)
2012 – Tony Scott , English-American director and producer (b. 1944)
2012 – Edmund Skellings , American poet and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923)
2013 – Russell S. Doughten , American director and producer (b. 1927)
2013 – Abdul Rahim Hatif , Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926)
2013 – Donna Hightower , American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2013 – José Sarria , American drag queen performer, founded the Imperial Court System (b. 1922)
2013 – Lee Thompson Young , American actor (b. 1984)
2013 – Cedar Walton , American pianist and composer (b. 1934)
2014 – Samih al-Qasim , Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)
2014 – Simin Behbahani , Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)
2014 – James Foley , American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)
2014 – Brian G. Hutton , American actor and director (b. 1935)
2014 – Adyar K. Lakshman , Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
2014 – Candida Lycett Green , Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1942)
2014 – Odessa Sathyan , Indian director and producer (b. 1957)
2015 – George Houser , American minister and activist (b. 1916)
2015 – Antonio Larreta , Uruguayan actor and critic (b. 1922)
2015 – Sanat Mehta , Indian activist and politician (b. 1935)
2015 – Russell Poole , American police officer (b. 1956)
2015 – Doudou N'Diaye Rose , Senegalese drummer, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
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