June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 204 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra ) called Rokoku . The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu .
1190 – Third Crusade : Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem .
1329 – The Battle of Pelekanon results in a Byzantine defeat by the Ottoman Empire .
1523 – Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark , as the city won't recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark .
1539 – Council of Trent : Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops , delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice .
1596 – Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island .
1619 – Thirty Years' War : Battle of Záblatí , a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt .
1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
1692 – Salem witch trials : Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts , for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
1719 – Jacobite risings : Battle of Glen Shiel .
1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo .
1793 – French Revolution : Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship .
1805 – First Barbary War : Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London .
1838 – Myall Creek massacre : Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
1854 – The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1861 – American Civil War : Battle of Big Bethel : Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia .
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads : Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi .
1871 – Sinmiyangyo : Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island , Korea.
1878 – League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano , as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia , Montenegro , Bulgaria and Greece.
1886 – Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces . Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak.
1898 – Spanish–American War : U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba .
1912 – The Villisca axe murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa .
1916 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca .
1918 – The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
1925 – Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada , a union of Presbyterian , Methodist , and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena .
1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron , Ohio , United States, by him and Bill Wilson .
1935 – Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932 .
1936 – The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
1940 – World War II : U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia .
1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
1940 – World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
1942 – World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich .
1944 – World War II: 642 men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane , France.
1944 – World War II: In Distomo , Boeotia , Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops .
1944 – In baseball , 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1945 – Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei .
1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
1957 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957 , ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
1963 – Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap ). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program
1964 – United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , leading to the bill's passage.
1967 – The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
1967 – The Gateway Arch opens to the public.
1967 – Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee . He is recaptured three days later.
1977 – The Apple II , one of the first personal computers , goes on sale.
1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela .
1990 – British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities
1991 – Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California ; she would remain a captive until 2009.
1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin .
1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
1999 – Kosovo War : NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo .
2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon 's first female saint, Saint Rafqa .
2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2003 – The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA 's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2003 – Wicked opens on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
Births
867 – Emperor Uda of Japan (d. 931)
940 – Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī , Persian mathematician and astronomer (d. 998)
1213 – Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi , Persian poet and philosopher (d. 1289)
1632 – Esprit Fléchier , French bishop and author (d. 1710)
1688 – James Francis Edward Stuart , English son of James II of England (d. 1766)
1713 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. 1757)
1716 – Carl Gustaf Ekeberg , Swedish physician and explorer (d. 1784)
1737 – Ruth Blay , American murderer (d. 1768)
1753 – William Eustis , American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
1793 – Chauncey Jerome , American clockmaker (d. 1868)
1803 – Henry Darcy , French engineer (d. 1858)
1804 – Hermann Schlegel , German ornithologist and herpetologist (d. 1884)
1819 – Gustave Courbet , French-Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1877)
1825 – Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (d. 1864)
1825 – Sondre Norheim , Norwegian-American skier (d. 1897)
1832 – Edwin Arnold , English poet and journalist (d. 1904)
1832 – Nikolaus Otto , German engineer (d. 1891)
1832 – Stephen Mosher Wood , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1920)
1835 – Rebecca Latimer Felton , American educator and politician (d. 1930)
1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg , Danish lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1912)
1840 – Theodor Philipsen , Danish painter (d. 1920)
1843 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
1847 – John Beresford , Irish polo player (d. 1925)
1859 – Emanuel Nobel , Swedish-Russian businessman (d. 1932)
1862 – Mrs. Leslie Carter , American actress (d. 1937)
1863 – Louis Couperus , Dutch author and poet (d. 1923)
1864 – Ninian Comper , Scottish architect (d. 1960)
1865 – Frederick Cook , American physician and explorer (d. 1940)
1880 – André Derain , French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
1882 – Nils Økland , Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (d. 1969)
1884 – Leone Sextus Tollemache , English captain (d. 1917)
1889 – Sessue Hayakawa , Japanese actor and producer (d. 1973)
1891 – Al Dubin , Swiss-American songwriter (d. 1945)
1894 – Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (d. 1918)
1895 – Hattie McDaniel , American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)
1897 – Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
1898 – Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (d. 1983)
1899 – Stanisław Czaykowski , Polish race car driver (d. 1933)
1901 – Frederick Loewe , Austrian-American composer (d. 1988)
1904 – Lin Huiyin , Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
1907 – Fairfield Porter , American painter and critic (d. 1975)
1909 – Lang Hancock , Australian soldier and businessman (d. 1992)
1910 – Frank Demaree , American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
1910 – Robert Still , English composer and educator (d. 1971)
1910 – Howlin' Wolf , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1911 – Ralph Kirkpatrick , American harpsichord player and musicologist (d. 1984)
1911 – Terence Rattigan , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1912 – Jean Lesage , Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
1913 – Tikhon Khrennikov , Russian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1913 – Benjamin Shapira , German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1993)
1914 – Oktay Rıfat Horozcu , Turkish poet and playwright (d. 1988)
1915 – Saul Bellow , Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1916 – Peride Celal , Turkish author (d. 2013)
1918 – Patachou , French singer and actress (d. 2015)
1918 – Barry Morse , English-Canadian actor and director (d. 2008)
1919 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi , Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007)
1919 – Kevin O'Flanagan , Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (d. 2006)
1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1921 – Jean Robic , French cyclist (d. 1980)
1922 – Judy Garland , American singer, actress, and vaudevillian (d. 1969)
1922 – Bill Kerr , South African-Australian actor (d. 2014)
1923 – Paul Brunelle , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
1923 – Robert Maxwell , Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (d. 1991)
1924 – Friedrich L. Bauer , German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
1925 – Leo Gravelle , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1925 – Nat Hentoff , American historian, author, and journalist
1925 – James Salter , American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1926 – Bruno Bartoletti , Italian conductor (d. 2013)
1926 – Lionel Jeffries , English actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 2010)
1927 – László Kubala , Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2002)
1927 – Johnny Orr , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1927 – Eugene Parker , American astrophysicist and academic
1927 – Lin Yang-kang , Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
1928 – Maurice Sendak , American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1929 – Harald Juhnke , German actor and singer (d. 2005)
1929 – James McDivitt , American general, pilot, and astronaut
1929 – Ian Sinclair , Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence
1929 – E. O. Wilson , American biologist, author, and academic
1930 – Aranka Siegal , Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor
1930 – Chen Xitong , Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)
1931 – Bryan Cartledge , English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
1931 – João Gilberto , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1932 – Pierre Cartier , French mathematician and academic
1934 – Peter Gibson , English lawyer and judge
1934 – Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry , English politician
1935 – Vic Elford , English race car driver
1935 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi , Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1938 – Rahul Bajaj , Indian businessman and politician
1938 – Violetta Villas , Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
1939 – Guy Harwood , English horse trainer
1939 – Alexandra Stewart , Canadian actress
1940 – Augie Auer , American-New Zealand meteorologist (d. 2007)
1940 – John Stevens , English drummer (Spontaneous Music Ensemble ) (d. 1994)
1941 – Mickey Jones , American drummer and actor (The First Edition )
1941 – Shirley Owens , American singer (Shirelles )
1941 – Jürgen Prochnow , German-American actor
1941 – David Walker , Australian race car driver
1942 – Gordon Burns , Northern Irish journalist
1942 – Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton , Scottish lawyer and judge
1942 – Preston Manning , Canadian politician
1943 – Simon Jenkins , English journalist and author
1944 – Ze'ev Friedman , Polish-Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
1944 – Anthony Rooley , English lute player (The Consort of Musicke )
1947 – Michel Bastarache , Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
1947 – Ken Singleton , American baseball player and sportscaster
1947 – Robert Wright , English air marshal
1949 – Kevin Corcoran , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2015)
1949 – John Sentamu , Ugandan-English archbishop
1949 – Arif Şirin , Turkish singer-songwriter
1950 – Elías Sosa , Dominican-American baseball player
1951 – Dan Fouts , American football player and sportscaster
1951 – Tony Mundine , Australian boxer
1951 – Burglinde Pollak , German pentathlete
1952 – Kage Baker , American author (d. 2010)
1953 – Eileen Cooper , English painter and academic
1953 – John Edwards , American lawyer and politician
1953 – Garry Hynes , Irish director and producer
1953 – Christine St-Pierre , Canadian journalist and politician
1954 – Moya Greene , Canadian businesswoman
1954 – Rich Hall , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Annette Schavan , German theologian and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
1955 – Andrew Stevens , American actor and producer
1957 – Peter King , American sportswriter
1958 – Yu Suzuki , Japanese game designer and producer
1959 – Carlo Ancelotti , Italian footballer and manager
1959 – Eliot Spitzer , American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
1959 – Tim Van Patten , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Nandamuri Balakrishna , Indian actor and politician
1960 – Mark-Anthony Turnage , English composer
1961 – Kelley Deal , American singer and guitarist (The Breeders and The Kelley Deal 6000 )
1961 – Kim Deal , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Pixies , The Breeders , and The Amps )
1961 – Maxi Priest , English singer-songwriter
1962 – Akie Abe , Japanese wife of Shinzō Abe , 57th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
1962 – Anderson Bigode Herzer , Brazilian poet and author (d. 1982)
1962 – Wong Ka Kui , Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Beyond ) (d. 1993)
1962 – Brent Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Brad Henry , American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma
1963 – Jeanne Tripplehorn , American actress
1963 – Tony Ward , American model and actor
1964 – Jimmy Chamberlin , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins , Zwan , Starchildren , and The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex )
1964 – Ben Daniels , English actor
1964 – Kate Flannery , American actress
1964 – Tony Martin , New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Vincent Pérez , Swiss actor and director
1965 – Susanne Albers , German computer scientist and academic
1965 – Elizabeth Hurley , English model, actress, and producer
1966 – David Platt , English footballer and manager
1967 – Emma Anderson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lush and Sing-Sing )
1967 – Ferdy Doernberg , English-German heavy metal musician (Axel Rudi Pell )
1967 – Paul Maskey , Irish politician
1967 – Darren Robinson , American rapper (The Fat Boys ) (d. 1995)
1968 – Bill Burr , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – The D.O.C. , American rapper (Fila Fresh Crew )
1968 – Derek Dooley , American football player and coach
1969 – Craig Hancock , Australian rugby league player
1969 – Ronny Johnsen , Norwegian footballer
1969 – Kate Snow , American journalist
1970 – Mike Doughty , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soul Coughing )
1970 – Alex Santos , Filipino journalist
1970 – Katsuhiro Harada , Japanese game designer, director and producer and director at Bandai Namco Entertainment
1971 – Joel “JoJo” Hailey , American singer-songwriter (K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci )
1971 – Bobby Jindal , American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
1971 – Bruno N'Gotty , French footballer
1971 – Erik Rutan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Morbid Angel , Alas , Hate Eternal , and Ripping Corpse )
1971 – Kyle Sandilands , Australian radio host
1972 – Steven Fischer , American director and producer
1972 – Radmila Šekerinska , Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1972 – Eric Upashantha , Sri Lankan cricketer
1973 – Flesh-n-Bone , American rapper (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony )
1973 – Faith Evans , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973 – Damian Kallabis , Polish-German runner
1973 – Pokey Reese , American baseball player
1974 – Dustin Lance Black , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Robert Rave , American author
1975 – Rebecca Cardon , American personal trainer and author
1975 – Altiyan Childs , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Masonia )
1975 – Risto Jussilainen , Finnish ski jumper
1975 – Henrik Pedersen , Danish footballer
1976 – Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
1976 – Alari Lell , Estonian footballer
1976 – James Moore , Canadian journalist and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
1976 – Esther Ouwehand , Dutch politician
1976 – Stefan Postma , Dutch footballer and coach
1976 – Hadi Saei , Iranian martial artist
1977 – Adam Darski Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Behemoth )
1977 – Dan-e-o , Canadian rapper
1977 – Enzo Emanuele , Italian pathologist and academic
1977 – Takako Matsu , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Mike Rosenthal , American football player and coach
1978 – Raheem Brock , American football player
1978 – DJ Qualls , American actor and producer
1978 – Shane West , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Germs )
1979 – Evgeni Borounov , Russian ice dancer and coach
1979 – Kostas Louboutis , Greek footballer
1979 – Svetlana Zakharova , Russian ballerina
1980 – Matuzalém , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Ovie Mughelli , American football player
1980 – Dmitri Uchaykin , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1980 – Daniele Seccarecci , Italian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1980 – James Walsh (musician) , English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (Starsailor (band) )
1981 – Hoku , American singer-songwriter and musician
1981 – Prince Hashim bin Hussein of Jordan
1981 – Mat Jackson , English race car driver
1981 – Albie Morkel , South African cricketer
1981 – Burton O'Brien , Scottish footballer
1981 – Arwind Santos , Filipino basketball player
1981 – Andrey Yepishin , Russian sprinter
1982 – Laleh , Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland of Sweden
1982 – Gaby Dela Merced , Filipino race car driver
1982 – Tara Lipinski , American figure skater
1982 – Ana Lúcia Souza , Brazilian ballerina and journalist
1983 – Nick Adams , American actor and dancer
1983 – Marion Barber III , American football player
1983 – Aaron Davey , Australian footballer
1983 – Leelee Sobieski , American actress and producer
1983 – Steve von Bergen , Swiss footballer
1984 – Johanna Kedzierski , German sprinter
1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt , Belgian martial artist
1985 – Richard Chambers , Irish rower
1985 – Gert Dorbek , Estonian basketball player
1985 – Kaia Kanepi , Estonian tennis player
1985 – Kristina Lundberg , Swedish ice hockey player
1985 – Dane Nielsen , Australian rugby league player
1985 – Andy Schleck , Luxembourger cyclist
1985 – Vasilis Torosidis , Greek footballer
1985 – Kreesha Turner , Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
1986 – Marco Andreolli , Italian footballer
1986 – Zara Dampney , English volleyball player
1986 – Keith Harkin , Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Celtic Thunder )
1986 – Hajime Hosogai , Japanese footballer
1987 – Lyssa Chapman , American bounty hunter
1987 – Martin Harnik , German-Austrian footballer
1987 – Amobi Okoye , Nigerian-American football player
1988 – Patrik Lindberg , Swedish gamer
1988 – Becki Ronen , American model, Miss Kansas 2009
1989 – DeAndre Kane , American basketball player
1989 – David Miller , South African cricketer
1989 – Mustapha Carayol , Gambian footballer
1989 – Alexandra Stan , Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
1991 – Pol Espargaró , Spanish motorcycle racer
1991 – Juan Jesus , Brazilian footballer
1992 – Saulius Ambrulevičius , Lithuanian figure skater
1992 – Kate Upton , American model and actress
1993 – Vita Chambers , Canadian singer-songwriter
1994 – Annefleur Kalvenhaar , Dutch cyclist (d. 2014)
Deaths
323 BC – Alexander the Great , Macedonian king (b. 356 BC)
38 – Julia Drusilla , Roman sister of Caligula (b. 16 AD)
223 – Liu Bei , Chinese emperor (b. 161)
754 – Abul Abbas al-Saffah , Muslim caliph (b. 721)
1075 – Ernest, Margrave of Austria (b. 1027)
1141 – Richenza of Northeim (b. 1087)
1190 – Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
1261 – Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1210)
1364 – Agnes of Austria (b. 1281)
1403 – Konrad II the Gray , Polish son of Konrad I of Oleśnica (b. 1340)
1424 – Ernest, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
1552 – Alexander Barclay , English poet and author (b. 1476)
1556 – Martin Agricola , German composer and theorist (b. 1486)
1607 – John Popham , English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1531)
1654 – Alessandro Algardi , Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
1680 – Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna , Swedish lawyer and politician (b. 1635)
1692 – Bridget Bishop , Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (b. 1632)
1735 – Thomas Hearne , English historian and author (b. 1678)
1753 – Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt , German architect (b. 1678)
1776 – Hsinbyushin , Burmese king (b. 1736)
1776 – Leopold Widhalm , Austrian instrument maker (b. 1722)
1791 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte , French admiral (b. 1720)
1799 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges , Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
1811 – Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1728)
1831 – Hans Karl von Diebitsch , German-Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
1836 – André-Marie Ampère , French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud , French general and politician (b. 1784)
1849 – Robert Brown , Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist (b. 1773)
1868 – Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
1889 – Abraham Hochmuth , Hungarian rabbi and author (b. 1816)
1896 – Amelia Dyer , English murderer (b. 1829)
1898 – Tuone Udaina , Croatian-Italian last speaker of the Dalmatian language (b. 1821)
1899 – Ernest Chausson , French composer (b. 1855)
1901 – Robert Williams Buchanan , Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
1902 – Jacint Verdaguer , Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
1906 – Richard Seddon , English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
1909 – Edward Everett Hale , American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)
1912 – Anton Aškerc , Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1856)
1914 – Ödön Lechner , Hungarian architect (b. 1845)
1918 – Arrigo Boito , Italian author, poet, and composer (b. 1842)
1923 – Pierre Loti , French soldier and author (b. 1850)
1924 – Giacomo Matteotti , Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
1926 – Antoni Gaudí , Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)
1929 – Hélène Smith , French psychic and occultist (b. 1861)
1930 – Adolf von Harnack , German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
1934 – Frederick Delius , English composer and educator (b. 1862)
1937 – Robert Borden , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
1940 – Marcus Garvey , Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
1944 – Willem Jacob van Stockum , Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
1946 – Jack Johnson , American boxer (b. 1878)
1947 – Alexander Bethune , Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
1949 – Sigrid Undset , Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist,and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
1955 – Margaret Abbott , Indian-American golfer (b. 1876)
1958 – Angelina Weld Grimké , American journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
1959 – Zoltán Meskó , Hungarian politician (b. 1883)
1963 – Timothy Birdsall , English cartoonist (b. 1936)
1965 – Vahap Özaltay , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1908)
1967 – Spencer Tracy , American actor (b. 1900)
1970 – Earl Grant , American singer and pianist (b. 1931)
1971 – Michael Rennie , English actor and producer (b. 1909)
1973 – William Inge , American playwright and novelist (b. 1913)
1974 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
1976 – Adolph Zukor , Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873)
1982 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder , German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
1984 – Halide Nusret Zorlutuna , Turkish author and poet (b. 1901)
1986 – Merle Miller , American author and playwright (b. 1919)
1988 – Louis L'Amour , American novelist and short story writer (b. 1908)
1991 – Jean Bruller , French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (b. 1902)
1992 – Hachidai Nakamura , Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
1993 – Arleen Auger , American soprano (b, 1939)
1993 – Les Dawson , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
1996 – George Hees , Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (b. 1910)
1996 – Jo Van Fleet , American actress (b. 1915)
1998 – Jim Hearn , American baseball player (b. 1921)
1998 – Hammond Innes , English soldier and author (b. 1914)
2000 – Hafez al-Assad , Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (b. 1930)
2000 – Brian Statham , English cricketer (b. 1930)
2002 – John Gotti , American mobster (b. 1940)
2003 – Donald Regan , American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1918)
2003 – Bernard Williams , English philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
2003 – Phil Williams , Welsh academic and politician (b. 1939)
2004 – Ray Charles , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1930)
2004 – Xenophon Zolotas , Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
2005 – Curtis Pitts , American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (b. 1915)
2007 – Augie Auer , American-New Zealand meteorologist (b. 1940)
2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov , Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (b. 1928)
2009 – Stelios Skevofilakas , Greek footballer (b. 1940)
2010 – Basil Schott , American archbishop (b. 1939)
2010 – Sigmar Polke , German painter and photographer (b. 1941)
2011 – Brian Lenihan, Jnr , Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (b. 1959)
2012 – Piero Bellugi , Italian conductor (b. 1924)
2012 – Warner Fusselle , American sportscaster (b. 1944)
2012 – Will Hoebee , Dutch songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2012 – Georges Mathieu , French painter and academic (b. 1921)
2012 – Joshua Orwa Ojode , Kenyan politician (b. 1958)
2012 – George Saitoti , Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (b. 1945)
2012 – Sudono Salim , Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)
2012 – Gordon West , English footballer (b. 1943)
2013 – Doug Bailey , American political consultant (b. 1933)
2013 – Yehoshua Neuwirth , Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1927)
2013 – Enrique Orizaola , Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
2013 – Barbara Vucanovich , American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2014 – Marcello Alencar , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (b. 1925)
2014 – George A. Burton , American soldier, accountant, and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Gary Gilmour , Australian cricketer and manager (b. 1951)
2014 – Robert M. Grant , American theologian and academic (b. 1917)
2014 – Jack Lee , American radio host and politician (b. 1920)
2014 – Keshav Malik , Indian poet and critic (b. 1924)
2015 – Robert Chartoff , American film producer and philanthropist (b. 1933)
2015 – Wolfgang Jeschke , German author and publisher (b. 1936)
2016 – Christina Grimmie , American singer-songwriter (b. 1994)
2016 – Gordie Howe , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
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