July 18
July 18 this yearin various calendars Akan Nkyimemene Armenian 3 Aweleach 1475 Aztec Quecholli 9, 8 Ōlīn Babylonian 3 Du'uzu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Kajeng, Jaya, Umanis, Urukung, Saniscara of Pujut, Kala, Gigis, Sri Bengali 3 Shrabon , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Water Snake ・Willow Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 6 , Day 5Xiaoshu , 5 days until Dashu )Common Era 18 July 2026 CE Coptic 11 Epip , AM 1742Egyptian 3 Choiak , 2775 NE Ethiopian 11 Ḥamlē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Décadi de Messidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 18 July , AD 2026 Hebrew 4 Av , AM 5786 Hindu Pūrvaphalgunī ・Vyatīpāta Śrāvaṇa , 1948 SE Caturthī , Śukla pakṣa of Āṣāḍha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,774 Icelandic Laugardagur, 27 Sólmánuður 2026 Islamic 2 Safar , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W29-6 Japanese 5 Minazuki , Reiwa 8Shōsho , 5 days until Taisho ) Julian 5 July , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461240 Korean 5 Yangdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.13.17 10 Xul , 8 Caban Roman ante diem III Nonas Iulias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 27 Tir , SH 1405 Tibetan 4 chu stod, me pho rta
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Day of the year
July 18 is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 166 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars . Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.387 BC – Roman -Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia : A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls , leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome .362 – Roman–Persian Wars : Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire .452 – Sack of Aquileia : After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains , Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.645 – Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning ) during the Goguryeo–Tang War .1195 – Battle of Alarcos : Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo .1216 – Election of pope Honorius III following the death of pope Innocent III two days prior.1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion , banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile Florence Cathedral , designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone .1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem , inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War .1507 – In Brussels , Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders , a year after inheriting the title.1555 – The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain .1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz , BWV 136Trinity .1806 – A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu , Malta , kills around 200 people.1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars .1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil .1857 – Louis Faidherbe , French governor of Senegal , arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes , effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall 's war against the French.1862 – First ascent of Dent Blanche , one of the highest summits in the Alps.1863 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Wagner : One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate -held Battery Wagner .1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility .1872 – The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps , giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf 1942 – World War II : During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.1942 – The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
1944 – World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.1966 – Human spaceflight : Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle .1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio ; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
1968 – Intel is founded in Mountain View, California .1970 – An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics .1979 – A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.1981 – A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan , Armenia, killing four.1982 – Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants " or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre .1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California : James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.1992 – A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web .1994 – The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 (mostly Jewish) people and injures 300.1994 – Rwandan genocide : The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda , forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
1995 – On the Caribbean island of Montserrat , the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River , beginning one of Quebec 's costliest natural disasters ever.1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu : The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army 's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.
2002 – A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado , killing both crew members.2012 – At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport , Bulgaria.2013 – The Government of Detroit , with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.2019 – A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto , Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.Births
1634 – Johannes Camphuys , Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (died 1695)1659 – Hyacinthe Rigaud , French painter (died 1743)1670 – Giovanni Bononcini , Italian cellist and composer (died 1747)1702 – Maria Clementina Sobieska , Polish noble (died 1735)1718 – Saverio Bettinelli , Italian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1808)1720 – Gilbert White , English ornithologist and ecologist (died 1793)1724 – Maria Antonia of Bavaria , Electress of Saxony (died 1780)1750 – Frederick Adolf , duke of Östergötland (died 1803)1796 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte , German philosopher and academic (died 1879)1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray , English author and poet (died 1863)1818 – Louis Gerhard De Geer , Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)1821 – Pauline Viardot , French soprano and composer (died 1910)1837 – Vasil Levski , Bulgarian priest and activist (died 1873)1842 – William D. Coleman , 13th President of Liberia (died 1908)1843 – Virgil Earp , American marshal (died 1905)1845 – Tristan Corbière , French poet (died 1875)1848 – W. G. Grace , English cricketer and physician (died 1915)1853 – Hendrik Lorentz , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)1861 – Kadambini Ganguly , Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)1864 – Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)1867 – Margaret Brown , American philanthropist and activist (died 1932)1871 – Giacomo Balla , Italian painter (died 1958)1871 – Sada Yacco , Japanese actress and dancer (died 1946)
1872 – Julius Fučík , Czech composer and conductor of military bands (died 1916)1881 – Larry McLean , Canadian-American baseball player (died 1921)1884 – Alberto di Jorio , Italian cardinal (died 1979)1886 – Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. , American general (died 1945)1887 – Vidkun Quisling , Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (died 1945)1889 – Kōichi Kido , Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (died 1977)1890 – Frank Forde , Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)1892 – Arthur Friedenreich , Brazilian footballer (died 1969)1893 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie , Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (died 1968)1895 – Olga Spessivtseva , Russian-American ballerina (died 1991)1895 – Machine Gun Kelly , American gangster (died 1954)
1897 – Ernest Eldridge , English race car driver and engineer (died 1935)1898 – John Stuart , Scottish-English actor (died 1979)1899 – Ernst Scheller , German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (died 1942)1900 – Nathalie Sarraute , French lawyer and author (died 1999)1902 – Jessamyn West , American author (died 1984)1902 – Chill Wills , American actor (died 1978)
1906 – S. I. Hayakawa , Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)1906 – Clifford Odets , American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)
1908 – Peace Pilgrim , American mystic and activist (died 1981)1908 – Lupe Vélez , Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)
1908 – Beatrice Aitchison , American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)
1909 – Bishnu Dey , Indian poet, critic, and academic (died 1982)1909 – Andrei Gromyko , Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1989)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan , Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (died 1978)
1909 – Harriet Nelson , American singer and actress (died 1994)
1910 – Diptendu Pramanick , Indian businessman (died 1989)1910 – Mamadou Dia , Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)
1911 – Hume Cronyn , Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)1913 – Red Skelton , American actor and comedian (died 1997)1914 – Gino Bartali , Italian cyclist (died 2000)1914 – Oscar Heisserer , French footballer (died 2004)
1915 – Carequinha , Brazilian clown and actor (died 2006)1915 – Louis Le Bailly , British Royal Navy officer (died 2010)
1916 – L. Patrick Gray , American lawyer and bureaucrat (died 2005)1916 – Charles Kittel , American physicist (died 2019)
1917 – Henri Salvador , French singer and guitarist (died 2008)1917 – Paul Streeten , Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)
1918 – Nelson Mandela , South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa , Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)1919 – Lilia Dale , Italian actress (died 1991)1920 – Eric Brandon , English race car driver and businessman (died 1982)1921 – Peter Austin , English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (died 2014)1921 – Aaron Beck , American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)
1921 – John Glenn , American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)
1921 – Richard Leacock , English-French director and producer (died 2011)
1921 – Heinz Bennent , German actor (died 2011)
1922 – Thomas Kuhn , American physicist, historian, and philosopher (died 1996)1923 – Jerome H. Lemelson , American engineer and businessman (died 1997)1923 – Michael Medwin , English actor (died 2020)
1924 – Inge Sørensen , Danish swimmer (died 2011)1924 – Tullio Altamura , Italian actor
1925 – Shirley Strickland , Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)1925 – Friedrich Zimmermann , German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
1925 – Raymond Jones , Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
1925 – Windy McCall , American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
1926 – Margaret Laurence , Canadian author and academic (died 1987)1926 – Nita Bieber , American actress (died 2019)
1926 – Bernard Pons , French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)
1926 – Maunu Kurkvaara , Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)
1926 – Elizabeth Jennings , English poet (died 2001)
1927 – Mehdi Hassan , Pakistani ghazal playback singer (died 2012)1927 – Kurt Masur , German conductor and educator (died 2015)
1927 – Antonio García-Trevijano , Spanish republican, political activist, and author (died 2018)
1927 – Keith MacDonald , Canadian politician (died 2021)
1927 – Anthony Mirra , American gangster, member of the Bonanno Crime Family (died 1982)
1928 – Andrea Gallo , Italian priest and author (died 2013)1928 – Baddiewinkle , American internet personality (died 2025)
1929 – Dick Button , American figure skater and actor (died 2025)1929 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins , American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 2000)
1932 – Robert Ellis Miller , American director and screenwriter (died 2017)1933 – Jean Yanne , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)1933 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko , Russian poet and playwright (died 2017)
1934 – Edward Bond , English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024)1934 – Darlene Conley , American actress (died 2007)
1935 – Tenley Albright , American former figure skater and physician1935 – Jayendra Saraswathi , Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)
1937 – Roald Hoffmann , Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1937 – Hunter S. Thompson , American journalist and author (died 2005)
1938 – John Connelly , English footballer (died 2012)1938 – Ian Stewart , Scottish keyboard player and manager (died 1985)
1938 – Paul Verhoeven , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – Brian Auger , English rock and jazz keyboard player1939 – Dion DiMucci , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Jerry Moore , American football player and coach
1940 – James Brolin , American actor1940 – Joe Torre , American baseball player, manager, and executive
1941 – Frank Farian , German songwriter and producer (died 2024)1941 – Lonnie Mack , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1941 – Martha Reeves , American singer and politician
1942 – Giacinto Facchetti , Italian footballer (died 2006)1942 – Adolf Ogi , Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
1943 – Joseph J. Ellis , American historian and author1943 – Don Awrey , Canadian ice hockey player
1943 – Calvin Peete , American golfer (12 PGA Tour titles) (died 2015)
1944 – David Hemery , English hurdler and author1945 – Pat Doherty , Irish Republican politician1946 – Kalpana Mohan , Indian actress (died 2012)1947 – Steve Forbes , American publisher and politician1948 – Carlos Colón Sr. , Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter1948 – Jeanne Córdova , American journalist and activist (died 2016)
1948 – Hartmut Michel , German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 – Dennis Lillee , Australian cricketer and coach1950 – Richard Branson , English businessman, founded Virgin Group 1950 – Jack Dongarra , American computer scientist and academic
1950 – Kostas Eleftherakis , Greek footballer
1950 – Glenn Hughes , American disco singer and actor (died 2001)
1950 – Shahid Khan , Pakistani-American businessman and sports executive
1950 – Jack Layton , Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (died 2011)
1950 – Mark Udall , American educator and politician
1951 – Elio Di Rupo , Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium 1951 – Margo Martindale , American actress
1954 – Ricky Skaggs , American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer1955 – Bernd Fasching , Austrian painter and sculptor1957 – Nick Faldo , English golfer and sportscaster1957 – Keith Levene , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)
1960 – Simon Heffer , English journalist and author1961 – Elizabeth McGovern , American actress1961 – Alan Pardew , English footballer and manager
1961 – Pasi Rautiainen , Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Shaun Micallef , Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter1963 – Marc Girardelli , Austrian-Luxembourgish skier1963 – Martín Torrijos , Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
1963 – Mike Greenwell , American baseball player (died 2025)
1964 – Wendy Williams , American talk show host1965 – Vesselina Kasarova , Bulgarian soprano1966 – Dan O'Brien , American decathlete and coach1967 – Vin Diesel , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1968 – Grant Bowler , New Zealand-Australian actor1968 – Scott Gourley , Australian rugby player
1969 – Elizabeth Gilbert , American author1969 – The Great Sasuke , Japanese wrestler and politician
1971 – Penny Hardaway , American basketball player and coach1971 – Sukhwinder Singh , Indian singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Joe Russo , American director, producer and screenwriter
1974 – Alan Morrison , British poet1975 – Torii Hunter , American baseball player1975 – Daron Malakian , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – M.I.A. , English rapper and producer
1976 – Elsa Pataky , Spanish actress1976 – Go Soo-hee , South Korean actress
1977 – Alexander Morozevich , Russian chess player and author1977 – Kelly Reilly , English actress
1978 – Adabel Guerrero , Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer1978 – Shane Horgan , Irish rugby player and sportscaster
1978 – Crystal Mangum , American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case
1978 – Joo Sang-wook , South Korean actor
1978 – Ben Sheets , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Mélissa Theuriau , French journalist
1979 – Deion Branch , American football player1979 – Joey Mercury , American wrestler and producer
1980 – Kristen Bell , American actress1980 – David Blu , American–Israeli basketball player
1980 – Ryōko Hirosue , Japanese actress
1981 – Dennis Seidenberg , German ice hockey player1981 – Michiel Huisman , Dutch actor
1982 – Ryan Cabrera , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1982 – Priyanka Chopra , Indian actress, singer, and film producer
1982 – Carlo Costly , Honduran footballer
1983 – Mishaal Al-Saeed , Saudi Arabian footballer1983 – Carlos Diogo , Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Aaron Gillespie , American singer-songwriter and drummer
1983 – Mikk Pahapill , Estonian decathlete
1983 – Jan Schlaudraff , German footballer
1984 – Ben Askren , American mixed martial artist and boxer1985 – Chace Crawford , American actor1985 – Panagiotis Lagos , Greek footballer
1985 – James Norton , English actor
1986 – Natalia Mikhailova , Russian ice dancer1987 – Tontowi Ahmad , Indonesian badminton player1988 – Änis Ben-Hatira , German-Tunisian footballer1988 – César Villaluz , Mexican footballer
1989 – Jamie Benn , Canadian ice hockey player1989 – Sebastian Mielitz , German footballer
1989 – Yohan Mollo , French footballer
1990 – Canelo Álvarez , Mexican boxer1991 – Mandy Rose , American wrestler and television personality1991 – Eugenio Suárez , Venezuelan baseball player
1992 – Thanasis Antetokounmpo , Greek basketball player1993 – Lee Tae-min , South Korean singer and actor1993 – Michael Lichaa , Australian rugby league player
1994 – Nilo Soares , East Timorese footballer1996 – Yung Lean , Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter1996 – Smriti Mandhana , Indian cricketer
1996 – Shudufhadzo Musida , Miss South Africa 2020
1997 – Bam Adebayo , American basketball player1997 – Noah Lyles , American sprinter
1997 – Fionn Whitehead , English actor
1999 – Miro Heiskanen , Finnish ice hockey player2000 – Sarah Kinsley , American singer-songwriter2001 – Agustina Roth , Argentine BMX rider2006 – Caleb Wilson , American basketball player2007 – Cameron Boozer , American basketball playerDeaths
Pre-1600
707 – Emperor Monmu of Japan (born 683)715 – Muhammad bin Qasim , Umayyad general (born 695)912 – Zhu Wen , Chinese emperor (born 852)924 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat , Abbasid vizier (born 855)928 – Stephen II , patriarch of Constantinople 984 – Dietrich I , bishop of Metz 1100 – Godfrey of Bouillon , Frankish knight (born 1016)1185 – Stefan , first Archbishop of Uppsala (born before 1143)1194 – Guy of Lusignan , king consort of Jerusalem (born c. 1150)1232 – John de Braose , Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower1270 – Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury 1300 – Gerard Segarelli , Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (born 1240)1450 – Francis I, Duke of Brittany (born 1414)1488 – Alvise Cadamosto , Italian explorer (born 1432)1566 – Bartolomé de las Casas , Spanish bishop and historian (born c.1484)1591 – Jacobus Gallus , Slovenian composer (born 1550)1608 – Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1546)1610 – Caravaggio , Italian painter (born 1571)1639 – Bernard of Saxe-Weimar , German general (born 1604)1650 – Robert Levinz , English Royalist, hanged in London by Parliamentary forces as a spy (born 1615)1695 – Johannes Camphuys , Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (born 1634)1698 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger , Swiss theologian and author (born 1633)1721 – Jean-Antoine Watteau , French painter (born 1684)1730 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy , French general (born 1644)1756 – Pieter Langendijk , Dutch poet and playwright (born 1683)1792 – John Paul Jones , Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (born 1747)1817 – Jane Austen , English novelist (born 1775)1837 – Vincenzo Borg , Maltese merchant and rebel leader (born 1777)1863 – Robert Gould Shaw , American colonel (born 1837)1872 – Benito Juárez , Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)1884 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter , Austrian geologist and academic (born 1829)1890 – Lydia Becker , English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal 1892 – Thomas Cook , English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (born 1808)1899 – Horatio Alger , American novelist and journalist (born 1832)1916 – Benjamin C. Truman , American journalist and author (born 1835)1925 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin , Canadian cardinal (born 1840)1932 – Jean Jules Jusserand , French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (born 1855)1937 – Julian Bell , English poet and academic (born 1908)1938 – Marie of Romania (born 1875)1944 – Thomas Sturge Moore , English author, poet, and playwright (born 1870)1947 – Evald Tipner , Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)1948 – Herman Gummerus , Finnish historian, academic, and politician (born 1877)1949 – Vítězslav Novák , Czech composer and educator (born 1870)1949 – Francisco Javier Arana , Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)
1950 – Carl Clinton Van Doren , American critic and biographer (born 1885)1952 – Paul Saintenoy , Belgian architect and historian (born 1862)1954 – Machine Gun Kelly , American gangster (born 1895)1966 – Bobby Fuller , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)1968 – Corneille Heymans , Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)1969 – Mary Jo Kopechne , American educator and secretary (born 1940)1973 – Jack Hawkins , English actor (born 1910)1975 – Vaughn Bodē , American illustrator (born 1941)1981 – Sonja Branting-Westerståhl , Swedish lawyer (born 1890)1982 – Roman Jakobson , Russian–American linguist and theorist (born 1896)1984 – Lally Bowers , English actress (born 1914)1984 – Grigori Kromanov , Estonian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
1987 – Gilberto Freyre , Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (born 1907)1988 – Nico , German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (born 1938)1988 – Joly Braga Santos , Portuguese composer and conductor (born 1924)
1989 – Donnie Moore , American baseball player (born 1954)1989 – Rebecca Schaeffer , American model and actress (born 1967)
1990 – Karl Menninger , American psychiatrist and author (born 1896)1990 – Yun Posun , South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (born 1897)
2001 – Mimi Fariña , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)2002 – Metin Toker , Turkish journalist and author (born 1924)2004 – André Castelot , Belgian-French historian and author (born 1911)2004 – Émile Peynaud , French wine maker (born 1912)
2005 – Amy Gillett , Australian cyclist and rower (born 1976)2005 – William Westmoreland , American general (born 1914)
2006 – Henry Hewes , American theater writer (born 1917)2007 – Jerry Hadley , American tenor (born 1952)2007 – Kenji Miyamoto , Japanese politician (born 1908)
2009 – Henry Allingham , English soldier (born 1896)2009 – Jill Balcon , English actress (born 1925)
2012 – Yosef Shalom Eliashiv , Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)2012 – Jean François-Poncet , French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
2012 – Dawoud Rajiha , Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)
2012 – Assef Shawkat , Syrian general and politician (born 1950)
2012 – Hasan Turkmani , Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)
2012 – Rajesh Khanna , Indian actor (born 1942)
2013 – Vaali , Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)2013 – Olivier Ameisen , French-American cardiologist and academic (born 1953)
2014 – Andreas Biermann , German footballer (born 1980)2014 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro , Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)
2014 – Dietmar Schönherr , Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2015 – Alex Rocco , American actor (born 1936)2015 – Buddy Buie , American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941)
2018 – Jonathan Gold , American food critic (born 1960)2018 – Adrian Cronauer , American radio personality (born 1938)
2021 – Tom O'Connor , English comedian (born 1939)2023 – Oommen Chandy , Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943)2024 – Lou Dobbs , American political commentator and television host (born 1945)2024 – Abner Haynes , American football player (born 1937)
2024 – Bob Newhart , American comedian and actor (born 1929)
2025 – Edwin Feulner , American political scientist (born 1941)2026 – Chen Gang , Chinese composer (born 1935)2026 – Zdeněk Chovanec , Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese racing driver (born 2004)