June 16
June 16 this yearin various calendars Akan Fobene Armenian 1 Hrotich 1475 Aztec Teotleco 17, 2 Cōātl Babylonian 29 Ayaru, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Jaya, Wage, Tungleh, Anggara of Dunggulan, Kala, Urungan, Raja Bengali 2 Asharh , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Metal Rooster ・Turtle Beak Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 5 , Day 2Mangzhong , 5 days until Xiazhi )Common Era 16 June 2026 CE Coptic 9 Paoni , AM 1742Egyptian 1 Athyr , 2775 NE Ethiopian 9 Sanē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Octidi de Prairial de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 16 June , AD 2026 Hebrew 1 Tamuz , AM 5786 Hindu Ārdrā ・Gaṇḍa Āṣāḍha , 1948 SE Pratipada , Śukla pakṣa of Jyeṣṭha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,742 Icelandic Þriðjudagur, 25 Skerpla 2026 Islamic 30 Dhu al-Hijjah , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W25-2 Japanese 2 Satsuki , Reiwa 8Bōshu , 5 days until Geshi ) Julian 3 June , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461208 Korean 2 Maldal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.12.5 18 Zotz , 2 Chicchan Roman ante diem III Nonas Iunias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 26 Khordad , SH 1405 Tibetan 1 snron, me pho rta
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Day of the year
June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 198 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1632 – The Plymouth Company grants a land patent to Thomas Purchase , the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine , settling at the site of Fort Andross .1745 – War of the Austrian Succession : New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg , New France (Old Style date).1746 – War of the Austrian Succession : Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza .1755 – French and Indian War : The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians .1760 – French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain . The fort is raided and burned .1779 – American Revolutionary War : Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.1795 – French Revolutionary Wars : In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat , a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.1811 – Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company 's ship Tonquin destroying it and killing about 100 attackers.1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras , two days before the Battle of Waterloo .1819 – A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft) , 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi) , ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi) , that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").1824 – A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement .1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX , beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided Springfield, Illinois .1871 – The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford , Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology ).1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland , England, kills 183 children.1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson 's "Switchback Railway ", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.1903 – Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo , Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage .
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov , Governor-General of Finland .1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses Bloomsday ".
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York .1922 – General election in the Irish Free State : The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.1925 – Artek , the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union , is established.1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.1940 – World War II : Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français ).1940 – The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania , which will eventually become the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).
1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput ; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency .1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón , rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires , killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.1958 – Imre Nagy , Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.1961 – While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris , Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union .1963 – Soviet Space Program : Vostok 6 Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.1963 – In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam , a Joint Communique is signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station .1976 – Soweto uprising : A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto , South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California , as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison , Bob Miner and Ed Oates .1981 – US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor , Canada's former ambassador to Iran , for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81 ; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.1989 – Revolutions of 1989 : Imre Nagy , the former Hungarian prime minister , is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.1995 – The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched.1997 – Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria .2000 – The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 , 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrawn from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms , which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.2002 – Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco .2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang , to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.2012 – The United States Air Force 's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission .
2013 – A multi-day cloudburst , centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand , causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.2015 – American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election .2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park , the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.2019 – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests , the largest in Hong Kong's history.Births
Pre-1600
1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (died 1155)1332 – Isabella de Coucy , English daughter of Edward III of England (died 1379)1454 – Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (died 1517)1514 – John Cheke , English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557)1516 – Yang Jisheng , Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (died 1555)1583 – Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo , Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (died 1655)1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall , Irish soldier and politician (died 1675)1613 – John Cleveland , English poet and educator (died 1658)1625 – Samuel Chappuzeau , French scholar (died 1701)1633 – Jean de Thévenot , French linguist and botanist (died 1667)1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart , Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1670)1653 – James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon , English nobleman (died 1699)1713 – Meshech Weare , American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (died 1786)1723 – Adam Smith , Scottish philosopher and economist (died 1790)1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard , American publisher (died 1816)1754 – Salawat Yulayev , Russian poet (died 1800)1792 – John Linnell , English painter and engraver (died 1882)1801 – Julius Plücker , German mathematician and physicist (died 1868)1806 – Edward Davy , English physician and chemist (died 1885)1813 – Otto Jahn , German archaeologist and philologist (died 1869)1820 – Athanase Josué Coquerel , Dutch-French preacher and theologian (died 1875)1821 – Old Tom Morris , Scottish golfer and architect (died 1908)1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen , Austrian geologist and botanist (died 1897)1829 – Geronimo , Apache military leader (died 1909)1836 – Wesley Merritt , American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (died 1910)1837 – Ernst Laas , German philosopher and academic (died 1885)1838 – Frederic Archer , English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)1838 – Cushman Kellogg Davis , American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick , German engineer and author (died 1913)1850 – Max Delbrück , German chemist and academic (died 1919)1850 – William Arnon Henry , American academic and agriculturist (died 1932)
1857 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg , Austrian-Hungarian general (died 1935)1858 – Gustaf V , King of Sweden (died 1950)1863 – Francisco León de la Barra , Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939)1866 – Germanos Karavangelis , Greek-Austrian metropolitan (died 1935)1867 – René Seyssaud , French painter (died 1952)1874 – Arthur Meighen , Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)1880 – Otto Eisenschiml , Austrian-American chemist and author (died 1963)1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh , Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1967)1885 – Erich Jacoby , Estonian-Polish architect (died 1941)1888 – Alexander Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1925)1888 – Peter Stoner , American mathematician and astronomer (died 1980)
1890 – Stan Laurel , English actor and comedian (died 1965)1896 – Murray Leinster , American author and screenwriter (died 1976)1897 – Georg Wittig , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)1899 – Helen Traubel , American operatic soprano (died 1972)1902 – Barbara McClintock , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)1902 – George Gaylord Simpson , American paleontologist and author (died 1984)
1906 – Alan Fairfax , Australian cricketer (died 1955)1907 – Jack Albertson , American actor (died 1981)1909 – Archie Carr , American ecologist and zoologist (died 1987)1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado , Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1977)1912 – Albert Chartier , Canadian illustrator (died 2004)1912 – Enoch Powell , English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1998)
1914 – Eleanor Sokoloff , American pianist and teacher (died 2020)1915 – John Tukey , American mathematician and academic (died 2000)1915 – Marga Faulstich , German glass chemist (died 1998)
1917 – Phaedon Gizikis , Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1999)1917 – Katharine Graham , American publisher (died 2001)
1917 – Aurelio Lampredi , Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (died 1989)
1917 – Irving Penn , American photographer (died 2009)
1920 – Isabelle Holland , Swiss-American author (died 2002)1920 – Raymond Lemieux , Canadian chemist and academic (died 2002)
1920 – José López Portillo , Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (died 2004)
1920 – Hemanta Mukherjee , Indian singer and music director (died 1989)
1922 – Ilmar Kullam , Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2011)1923 – Ron Flockhart , Scottish race car driver (died 1962)1923 – Wanda Janicka , Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (died 2023)
1924 – Faith Domergue , American actress (died 1999)1925 – Jean d'Ormesson , French journalist and author (died 2017)1925 – Otto Muehl , Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (died 2013)
1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt , Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)1927 – Tom Graveney , English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)1927 – Ya'akov Hodorov , Israeli footballer (died 2006)
1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld , German author and screenwriter (died 2001)
1927 – Ariano Suassuna , Brazilian author and playwright (died 2014)
1929 – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Emir of Kuwait (died 2020)1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond , Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (died 2016)1934 – Bill Cobbs , American actor (died 2024)1934 – Jane Henson , American puppeteer (died 2013)
1934 – Roger Neilson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
1935 – Jim Dine , American painter and illustrator1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1937 – Erich Segal , American author and screenwriter (died 2010)
1938 – Thomas Boyd-Carpenter , English general1938 – Torgny Lindgren , Swedish author and poet (died 2017)
1938 – Joyce Carol Oates , American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock , American singer-songwriter1940 – Māris Čaklais , Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (died 2003)1940 – Neil Goldschmidt , American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (died 2024)
1940 – Carole Ann Ford , British actress
1941 – Lamont Dozier , American songwriter and producer (died 2022)
1941 – Tommy Horton , English golfer (died 2017)
1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao , Pakistani journalist (died 2011)
1942 – Giacomo Agostini , Italian motorcycle racer and manager1942 – Eddie Levert , American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1943 – Joan Van Ark , American actress1944 – Henri Richelet , French painter and etcher (died 2020)1945 – Claire Alexander , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1945 – Lucienne Robillard , Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
1946 – Rick Adelman , American basketball player and coach (died 2026)1946 – John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever , English businessman and politician
1946 – Karen Dunnell , English statistician and academic
1946 – Tom Harrell , American trumpet player and composer
1946 – Neil MacGregor , Scottish historian and curator
1946 – Iain Matthews , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Jodi Rell , American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut (died 2024)
1946 – Mark Ritts , American actor, puppeteer, and producer (died 2009)
1946 – Derek Sanderson , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1946 – Simon Williams , English actor and playwright
1947 – Al Cowlings , American football player and actor1947 – Tom Malone , American trombonist, composer, and producer
1947 – Buddy Roberts , American wrestler (died 2012)
1948 – Ron LeFlore , American baseball player and manager1949 – Caju , Brazilian footballer1949 – Ralph Mann , American hurdler and author
1950 – Mithun Chakraborty , Indian actor and politician1950 – Michel Clair , Canadian lawyer and politician
1950 – Jerry Petrowski , American politician and farmer
1951 – Charlie Dominici , American singer and guitarist (died 2023)1951 – Roberto Durán , Panamanian boxer
1952 – George Papandreou , Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece 1952 – Gino Vannelli , Canadian singer-songwriter
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey , American actress (died 2025)1953 – Ian Mosley , English drummer
1954 – Matthew Saad Muhammad , American boxer and trainer (died 2014)1954 – Garry Roberts , Irish guitarist (died 2022)
1955 – Grete Faremo , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence 1955 – Laurie Metcalf , American actress
1955 – Artemy Troitsky , Russian journalist and critic
1957 – Ian Buchanan , Scottish-American actor1957 – Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian , Scottish lawyer and judge
1958 – Darrell Griffith , American basketball player1958 – Ulrike Tauber , German swimmer
1958 – Warren Rodwell , Australian soldier, educator and musician
1959 – The Ultimate Warrior , American wrestler (died 2014)1960 – Peter Sterling , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster1961 – Can Dündar , Turkish journalist and author1961 – Robbie Kerr , Australian cricketer
1961 – Steve Larmer , Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Margus Metstak , Estonian basketball player and coach
1962 – Wally Joyner , American baseball player and coach1962 – Femi Kuti , Nigerian musician
1962 – Arnold Vosloo , South African-American actor
1962 – Anthony Wong , Hong Kong singer
1963 – The Sandman , American wrestler1964 – Danny Burstein , American actor and singer1965 – Michael Richard Lynch , Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy (died 2024)1965 – Richard Madaleno , American politician
1966 – Mark Occhilupo , Australian surfer1966 – Olivier Roumat , French rugby player
1966 – Phil Vischer , American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
1966 – Jan Železný , Czech javelin thrower and coach
1967 – Charalambos Andreou , Cypriot footballer1967 – Jürgen Klopp , German footballer and manager
1968 – Adam Schmitt , American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer1968 – James Patrick Stuart , American actor
1969 – Shami Chakrabarti , English lawyer and academic1969 – Mark Crossley , English-Welsh footballer and manager
1969 – MC Ren , American rapper
1970 – Younus AlGohar , Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International 1970 – Clifton Collins Jr. , American actor
1970 – Cobi Jones , American soccer player and manager
1970 – Phil Mickelson , American golfer
1971 – Tupac Shakur , American rapper and producer (died 1996)1972 – John Cho , American actor1972 – Kiko Loureiro , Brazilian musician
1972 – Andy Weir , American novelist
1973 – Eddie Cibrian , American actor1974 – Glenicia James , Saint Lucian cricketer1974 – Joseph May , British-born Canadian-American actor
1975 – Anthony Carter , American basketball player and coach1975 – Heather Peace , English actress and singer
1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon , Australian rugby league player and coach1977 – Duncan Hames , English accountant and politician
1977 – Kerry Wood , American baseball player
1978 – Daniel Brühl , Spanish-German actor1978 – Dainius Zubrus , Lithuanian ice hockey player
1978 – Fish Leong , Malaysian singer
1980 – Brandon Armstrong , American basketball player1980 – Phil Christophers , German-English rugby player
1980 – Sibel Kekilli , German actress
1980 – Henry Perenara , New Zealand rugby league player and referee
1980 – Martin Stranzl , Austrian footballer
1980 – Justin Tranter , American singer-songwriter and activist
1980 – Joey Yung , Hong Kong singer
1981 – Benjamin Becker , German tennis player1981 – Kevin Bieksa , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Alexandre Giroux , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Ola Kvernberg , Norwegian violinist
1981 – Miguel Villalta , Peruvian footballer
1982 – May Andersen , Danish model and actress1982 – Missy Peregrym , Canadian model and actress
1983 – Armend Dallku , Albanian footballer1983 – Olivia Hack , American actress
1984 – Rick Nash , Canadian ice hockey player1984 – Dan Ryckert , American writer and entertainer
1984 – Steven Whittaker , Scottish footballer
1986 – Rodrigo Defendi , Brazilian footballer1986 – Urby Emanuelson , Dutch footballer
1986 – Fernando Muslera , Uruguayan footballer
1987 – Diana DeGarmo , American singer-songwriter and actress1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred , Norwegian footballer
1987 – Ali Stroker , American actress
1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya , Belgian footballer
1988 – Keshia Chanté , Canadian singer1988 – Jermaine Gresham , American football player
1989 – Odion Ighalo , Nigerian footballer1990 – John Newman , English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer1991 – Joe McElderry , English singer-songwriter1991 – Siya Kolisi , South African rugby player
1991 – Matt Moylan , Australian rugby league player
1992 – Maik Brückner , German politician1992 – Vladimir Morozov , Russian swimmer
1993 – Park Bo-gum , South Korean actor1993 – Gnash , American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
1994 – Rezar , Albanian wrestler
1995 – Euan Aitken , Australian rugby league player1995 – Akira Ioane , New Zealand rugby Union player
1995 – Joseph Schooling , Singaporean swimmer
1995 – Ki Hui-hyeon , South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1998 – Karman Thandi , Indian tennis player1999 – Justin Jefferson , American football player1999 – Ibrahima Koné , Malian footballer
1999 – Snail Mail , American singer-songwriter
2000 – Bianca Andreescu , Canadian tennis player2002 – Sam Walker , English-Australian rugby league player2003 – Anna Cathcart , Canadian actressDeaths
Pre-1600
840 – Rorgon I , Frankish nobleman (or 839 )924 – Li Cunshen , general of Later Tang (born 862)956 – Hugh the Great , Frankish nobleman (born 898)1185 – Richeza of Poland , queen of León (born c. 1140)1286 – Hugh de Balsham , English bishop1332 – Adam de Brome , founder of Oriel College, Oxford 1361 – Johannes Tauler , German mystic theologian1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu , French soldier (born 1358)1424 – Johannes Ambundii , archbishop of Riga1468 – Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy , Burgundian historian and author (born 1395)1487 – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (born c. 1463)1540 – Konrad von Thüngen , German nobleman (born c. 1466)1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline , Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1555)1626 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel , German Protestant military leader (born 1599)1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet , English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (born 1608)1674 – Tomás Yepes , Spanish painter (born 1595 or 1600)1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (born 1650)1743 – Louise-Françoise de Bourbon , eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (born 1673)1752 – Joseph Butler , English bishop and philosopher (born 1692)1762 – Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (born c.1705)1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset , French poet and playwright (born 1709)1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet , English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1712)1804 – Johann Adam Hiller , German composer and conductor (born 1728)1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance , French lawyer and politician (born 1739)1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette , German theologian and scholar (born 1780)1850 – William Lawson , English-Australian explorer and politician (born 1774)1858 – John Snow , English epidemiologist and physician (born 1813)1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (born 1808)1869 – Charles Sturt , Indian-English botanist and explorer (born 1795)1872 – Norman MacLeod , Scottish minister and author (born 1812)1878 – Crawford Long , American surgeon and pharmacist (born 1815)1878 – Kikuchi Yōsai , Japanese painter (born 1781)
1881 – Josiah Mason , English businessman and philanthropist (born 1795)1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen , German painter and academic (born 1818)1886 – Alexander Stuart , Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (born 1824)1902 – Ernst Schröder , German mathematician and academic (born 1841)1918 – Bazil Assan , Romanian engineer and explorer (born 1860)1925 – Chittaranjan Das , Indian lawyer and politician (born 1870)1929 – Bramwell Booth , English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (born 1856)1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington , American historian and scholar (born 1871)
1930 – Ezra Fitch , American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (born 1866)1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry , American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (born 1860)
1931 – Lucie Lagerbielke , Swedish writer and painter (born 1865).1939 – Chick Webb , American drummer and bandleader (born 1905)1940 – DuBose Heyward , American author (born 1885)1944 – Marc Bloch , French historian and academic (born 1886)1944 – George Stinney , wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (born 1929)
1945 – Aris Velouchiotis , Greek general (born 1905)1946 – Gordon Brewster , Irish cartoonist (b 1889)1952 – Andrew Lawson , Scottish-American geologist and academic (born 1861)1953 – Margaret Bondfield , English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (born 1873)1955 – Ozias Leduc , Canadian painter (born 1864)1958 – Pál Maléter , Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1917)1958 – Imre Nagy , Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1895)
1959 – George Reeves , American actor and director (born 1914)1961 – Marcel Junod , Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (born 1904)1967 – Reginald Denny , English actor (born 1891)1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (born 1891)1970 – Sydney Chapman , English mathematician and geophysicist (born 1888)1970 – Brian Piccolo , American football player (born 1943)
1971 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith , Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (born 1889)1974 – Amalie Sara Colquhoun , Australian landscape and portrait painter (born 1894)1977 – Wernher von Braun , German-American physicist and engineer (born 1912)1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong , Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (born 1931)1979 – Nicholas Ray , American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1911)
1981 – Thomas Playford IV , Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (born 1896)1982 – James Honeyman-Scott , English guitarist and songwriter (born 1956)1984 – Lew Andreas , American football player and coach (born 1895)1984 – Erni Krusten , Estonian author and poet (born 1900)
1986 – Maurice Duruflé , French organist and composer (born 1902)1987 – Marguerite de Angeli , American author and illustrator (born 1889)1988 – Miguel Piñero , Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (born 1946)1993 – Lindsay Hassett , Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1913)1994 – Kristen Pfaff , American bass player and songwriter (born 1967)1996 – Mel Allen , American sportscaster and game show host (born 1913)1998 – Fred Wacker , American race car driver and engineer (born 1918)1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch , English singer and activist (born 1940)2003 – Pierre Bourgault , Canadian journalist and politician (born 1934)2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright , Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (born 1916)
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn , Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1911)2004 – Jacques Miquelon , Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1911)
2005 – Enrique Laguerre , Puerto Rican-American author and critic (born 1906)2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern , Italian soldier and author (born 1921)2010 – Marc Bazin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (born 1932)2010 – Maureen Forrester , Canadian singer and academic (born 1930)
2010 – Ronald Neame , English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1911)
2011 – Östen Mäkitalo , Swedish engineer and academic (born 1938)2012 – Nils Karlsson , Swedish skier (born 1917)2012 – Jorge Lankenau , Mexican banker and businessman (born 1944)
2012 – Sławomir Petelicki , Polish general (born 1946)
2012 – Susan Tyrrell , American actress (born 1945)
2013 – Sam Farber , American businessman, co-founded OXO (born 1924)2013 – Hans Hass , Austrian biologist and diver (born 1919)
2013 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain , Bangladesh poet and academic (born 1950)
2013 – Norman Ian MacKenzie , English journalist and author (born 1921)
2013 – Ottmar Walter , German footballer (born 1924)
2014 – Tony Gwynn , American baseball player and coach (born 1960)2014 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas (born 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
2015 – Charles Correa , Indian architect and urban planner (born 1930)2015 – Jean Vautrin , French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1933)
2016 – Jo Cox , English political activist and MP (born 1974)2017 – Helmut Kohl , German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)2020 – Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. , Filipino businessman and politician (born 1935)2021 – Frank Bonner , American actor and television director (born 1942)2022 – Tyler Sanders , American actor (born 2004)2023 – Gino Mäder , Swiss cyclist (born 1997)2024 – Ludwig Adamovich Jr. , Austrian constitutional scholar (born 1932)2024 – Barbara Gladstone , American art dealer and film producer (born 1934)
2025 – Kim Woodburn , English television personality and expert cleaner (born 1942)
2026 – Daveigh Chase , American actress (born 1990)