July 6
July 6 this yearin various calendars Akan Nkyidwo Armenian 21 Hrotich 1475 Aztec Tepeilhuitl 17, 9 Cōātl Babylonian 20 Simanu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Kajeng, Jaya, Wage, Urukung, Coma of Medangsia, Guru, Dadi, Dewa Bengali 22 Asharh , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Metal Snake ・Roof Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 5 , Day 22Xiazhi , 1 day until Xiaoshu )Common Era 6 July 2026 CE Coptic 29 Paoni , AM 1742Egyptian 21 Athyr , 2775 NE Ethiopian 29 Sanē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Octidi de Messidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 6 July , AD 2026 Hebrew 21 Tamuz , AM 5786 Hindu Pūrvabhādrapada ・Saubhāgya Āṣāḍha , 1948 SE Ṣaṣṭhī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Jyeṣṭha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,762 Icelandic Mánudagur, 15 Sólmánuður 2026 Islamic 20 Muharram , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W28-1 Japanese 22 Satsuki , Reiwa 8Geshi , 1 day until Shōsho ) Julian 23 June , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461228 Korean 22 Maldal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.13.5 18 Tzec , 9 Chicchan Roman ante diem IX Kalendas Iulias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 15 Tir , SH 1405 Tibetan 21 snron, me pho rta
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Day of the year
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 178 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1614 – Raid on Żejtun : The south east of Malta , and the town of Żejtun , suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta .1630 – Thirty Years' War : Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania , Germany.1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor : Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion . Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth .1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia .1777 – American Revolutionary War : Siege of Fort Ticonderoga : After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne , American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga , New York.1779 – Battle of Grenada : The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War .1791 – At Padua , the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI 's freedom.1801 – First Battle of Algeciras : Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras .1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram ; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.1854 – The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan .1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister , a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.1887 – David Kalākaua , monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii , is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution , which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii .1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike , leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.1917 – World War I : Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt .1918 – The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park . The American League defeated the National League 4–2.1936 – A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell .1937 – Spanish Civil War : Battle of Brunete : The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.1939 – Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.1940 – Story Bridge , a major landmark in Brisbane , as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.1941 – World War II : The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk .1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe " above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to his court-martial .1944 – The Hartford circus fire , one of America's worst fire disasters , kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut .
1947 – Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India .1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union .
1957 – Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships , becoming the first black athlete to do so.1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles .
1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare , the Sedan nuclear test takes place.1962 – The Late Late Show chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.1966 – Malawi becomes a republic , with Hastings Banda as its first President .1967 – Nigerian Civil War : Nigerian forces invade Biafra , beginning the war.1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.1982 – While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport , Aeroflot Flight 411 , an Ilyushin Il-62 , crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast , killing all 90 people on board.1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack : Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.1995 – In the Bosnian War , under the command of General Ratko Mladić , Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica .1996 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport , killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.1997 – The Troubles : In response to the Drumcree dispute , five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland .1998 – Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok , Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2 ) to five stars: Hip 4872 , HD 245409 , 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War , re-opens for trade after 44 years.2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State , Nigeria.2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport , killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
2021 – An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport , killing all 28 aboard.2022 – The Georgia Guidestones , a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.Births
1623 – Jacopo Melani , Italian violinist and composer (died 1676)1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym , Italian cellist and composer (died 1729)1686 – Antoine de Jussieu , French biologist and academic (died 1758)1701 – Mary, Countess of Harold , English aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1785)1736 – Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (died 1802)1747 – John Paul Jones , Scottish-American captain, early leader in the Continental Navy (died 1792)1766 – Alexander Wilson , Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (died 1813)1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (died 1824)1785 – William Hooker , English botanist and academic (died 1865)1789 – María Isabella of Spain (died 1846)1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (died 1855)1797 – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (died 1869)1799 – Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill , American author (died 1879)1817 – Albert von Kölliker , Swiss anatomist and physiologist (died 1905)1818 – Adolf Anderssen , German chess player (died 1879)1823 – Sophie Adlersparre , Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (died 1895)1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1880)1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (died 1902)1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (died 1867)1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar , Indian orientalist and scholar (died 1925)1838 – Vatroslav Jagić , Croatian philologist and scholar (died 1923)1840 – José María Velasco Gómez , Mexican painter and academic (died 1912)1843 – John Downer , Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (died 1915)1846 – Ángela Peralta , Mexican opera singer (died 1883)1856 – George Howard Earle, Jr. , American lawyer and businessman (died 1928)1858 – William Irvine , Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (died 1943)1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Swiss composer and educator (died 1950)1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (died 1935)1873 – Dimitrios Maximos , Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1955)1877 – Arnaud Massy , French golfer (died 1950)1878 – Eino Leino , Finnish poet and journalist (died 1926)1883 – Godfrey Huggins , Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (died 1971)1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , American businessman and sailor (died 1970)1885 – Ernst Busch , German field marshal (died 1945)1886 – Marc Bloch , French historian and academic (died 1944)1887 – Marc Chagall , Belarusian-French painter and poet (died 1985)1887 – Annette Kellermann , Australian swimmer and actress (died 1975)
1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji , Indian-American author and scholar (died 1936)1891 – Earle S. MacPherson , American engineer, created MacPherson strut (died 1960)1891 – Steve O'Neill , American baseball player (died 1962)
1892 – Will James , American author and illustrator (died 1942)1897 – Richard Krautheimer , German-American historian and scholar (died 1994)1898 – Hanns Eisler , German-Austrian soldier and composer (died 1962)1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones , American supercentarian (died 2016)1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas , American author and screenwriter (died 2012)1900 – Elfriede Wever , German Olympic runner (died 1941) 1903 – Hugo Theorell , Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)1905 – Juan O'Gorman , Mexican painter and architect (died 1982)1907 – Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter and educator (died 1954)1907 – George Stanley , Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (died 2002)
1908 – Anton Muttukumaru , Sri Lankan general and diplomat (died 2001)1909 – Eric Reece , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1999)1910 – René Le Grèves , French cyclist (died 1946)1911 – June Gale , American actress (died 1996)1912 – Heinrich Harrer , Austrian geographer and mountaineer (died 2006)1914 – Viola Desmond , Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first Canadian woman on a Canadian banknote) (died 1965)1914 – Vince McMahon Sr. , American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (died 1984)
1914 – Ernest Kirkendall , American chemist and metallurgist (died 2005)
1915 – Leonard Birchall , Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (died 2004)1916 – Harold Norse , American poet and author (died 2009)1917 – Arthur Lydiard , New Zealand runner and coach (died 2004)1918 – Sebastian Cabot , English-Canadian actor (died 1977)1918 – Francisco Moncion , Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (died 1995)
1919 – Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor and educator (died 2007)1919 – Edward Kenna , Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2009)
1921 – Allan MacEachen , Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2017)1921 – Nancy Reagan , American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (died 2016)
1922 – William Schallert , American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (died 2016)1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski , Polish general and politician, 1st President of the Third Polish Republic (died 2014)1923 – Cathy O'Donnell , American actress (died 1970)
1924 – Mahim Bora , Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the Padma Shri , India's fourth highest civilian honour (died 2016)1924 – Louie Bellson , American drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2009)1925 – Ruth Cracknell , Australian actress (died 2002)1925 – Merv Griffin , American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy!
1925 – Bill Haley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
1925 – Gazi Yaşargil , Turkish neurosurgeon and academic (died 2025)
1926 – Sulev Vahtre , Estonian historian and academic (died 2007)1926 – Dorothy E. Smith , Canadian sociologist (died 2022)
1927 – Jan Hein Donner , Dutch chess player and journalist (died 1988)1927 – Janet Leigh , American actress and author (died 2004)
1927 – Pat Paulsen , American comedian (died 1997)
1929 – Hélène Carrère d'Encausse , French politician historian (died 2023)1930 – George Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021)1930 – Ian Burgess , English racing driver (died 2012)
1931 – Della Reese , American actress and singer (died 2017)1931 – László Tábori , Hungarian runner and coach (died 2018)
1932 – Herman Hertzberger , Dutch architect and academic1935 – Candy Barr , American model, dancer, and actress (died 2005)1935 – Tenzin Gyatso , 14th Dalai Lama
1936 – Dave Allen , Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2005)1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor1937 – Ned Beatty , American actor (died 2021)
1937 – Bessie Head , Botswanan writer (died 1986)
1937 – Michael Sata , Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (died 2014)
1939 – Jet Harris , English bass player (died 2011)1939 – Mary Peters , English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
1939 – Gérard Bourgoin , French sports executive, president of AJ Auxerre (2011–2013) and (Ligue de Football Professionnel ) (died 2025)
1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev , Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan 1940 – Jeannie Seely , Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member (died 2025)
1940 – Siti Norma Yaakob , Malaysian lawyer and judge
1940 – Gene Chandler , American singer-songwriter and producer
1941 – David Crystal , British linguist, author, and academic1941 – Reinhard Roder , German footballer and manager
1942 – Ian Leslie , Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya , Russian soprano1944 – Byron Berline , American world champion bluegrass fiddle player (died 2021)1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister , German runner
1945 – Burt Ward , American actor1946 – George W. Bush , American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States 1946 – Fred Dryer , American football player and actor
1946 – Peter Singer , Australian philosopher and academic
1946 – Sylvester Stallone , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Roy Señeres , Filipino diplomat and politician (died 2016)1947 – Shelley Hack , American actress and activist
1948 – Nathalie Baye , French actress (died 2026)1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn , Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
1948 – Brad Park , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949 – Noli de Castro , Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines 1949 – Phyllis Hyman , American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1995)
1949 – Michael Shrieve , American composer, drummer, and percussionist
1950 – John Byrne , English-American author and illustrator1951 – Lorna Golding , Former First Lady of Jamaica1951 – Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor and producer
1951 – Rick Sternbach , American illustrator and concept designer
1952 – Hilary Mantel , English author and critic (died 2022)1952 – Adi Shamir , Israeli cryptographer and co-inventor of RSA cryptography
1953 – Nanci Griffith , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)1953 – Kaiser Kalambo , Zambian footballer and manager (died 2014)
1953 – Robert Ménard , French politician and former journalist
1954 – Willie Randolph , American baseball player and coach1957 – Phil Mallow , American politician1958 – Jennifer Saunders , English actress, comedian and screenwriter1959 – Richard Dacoury , French basketball player1960 – Maria Wasiak , Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development 1962 – Todd Bennett , English runner and coach (died 2013)1962 – Peter Hedges , American author, screenwriter, and director
1964 – Thierry Warmoes , Belgian politician1967 – Heather Nova , Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist1969 – Sophia Witherspoon , American basketball player1970 – Inspectah Deck , American rapper and producer1972 – Daniel Andrews , Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria 1972 – Laurent Gaudé , French author and playwright
1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block , Ukrainian sprinter
1974 – Harashima , Japanese professional wrestler1974 – Zé Roberto , Brazilian footballer
1974 – Steve Sullivan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1975 – 50 Cent , American rapper and actor1975 – Sebastián Rulli , Argentine-Mexican actor and model
1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar , Iranian journalist and activist
1975 – Kristian Woolf , Australian rugby league player and coach
1976 – Rory Delap , English-Irish footballer1976 – Ioana Dumitriu , Romanian-American mathematician and academic
1977 – Max Mirnyi , Belarusian tennis player1977 – Makhaya Ntini , South African cricketer
1978 – Adam Busch , American actor, director, and producer1978 – Tamera Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 – Tia Mowry , American actress and producer
1978 – Kevin Senio , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Kevin Hart , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter1980 – Pau Gasol , Spanish basketball player1980 – Eva Green , French actress and model
1980 – Joell Ortiz , American rapper
1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha , American football player1981 – Roman Shirokov , Russian footballer
1982 – Brandon Jacobs , American football player1982 – Misty Upham , American actress (died 2014)
1983 – Gregory Smith , Canadian actor, director, and producer1984 – Zhang Hao , Chinese figure skater1985 – Ranveer Singh , Indian film actor1986 – David Karp , American businessman, founder of Tumblr 1987 – Sophie Auster , American singer-songwriter and actress1987 – Manteo Mitchell , American runner
1987 – Kate Nash , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987 – Caroline Trentini , Brazilian model
1988 – Kevin Fickentscher , Swiss footballer1988 – Cody Fern , Australian actor
1990 – Jae Crowder , American basketball player1990 – Magaye Gueye , French footballer
1990 – Jamal Idris , Australian rugby league player
1990 – Justin Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Na-Lae Han , South Korean tennis player1992 – Manny Machado , Dominican-American baseball player
1994 – Andrew Benintendi , American baseball player1995 – Ludwig Ahgren , American YouTuber and live streamer1998 – Comethazine , American rapper2000 – Zion Williamson , American basketball playerDeaths
Pre-1600
371 BC – Cleombrotus I , Spartan king649 – Goar of Aquitaine , French bishop887 – Wang Chongrong , Chinese warlord918 – William I , duke of Aquitaine (born 875)1017 – Genshin , Japanese scholar (born 942)1070 – Godelieve , Flemish saint (born 1049)1189 – Henry II , king of England (born 1133)1218 – Odo III , duke of Burgundy (born 1166)1249 – Alexander II , king of Scotland (born 1198)1415 – Jan Hus , Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (born 1369)1476 – Regiomontanus , German mathematician and astrologer (born 1436)1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian composer (born 1416)1533 – Ludovico Ariosto , Italian poet and playwright (born 1474)1535 – Thomas More , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , and martyr (born 1478)1553 – Edward VI , king of England and Ireland (born 1537)1583 – Edmund Grindal , English archbishop (born 1519)1585 – Thomas Aufield , English priest and martyr (born 1552)1614 – Man Singh I , Rajput Raja of Amer (born 1550)1619 – Isabella Feltria della Rovere , Italian noblewoman (born 1552)1684 – Peter Gunning , English bishop (born 1614)1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe , English general and politician (born 1725)1768 – Conrad Beissel , German-American religious leader (born 1690)1802 – Daniel Morgan , American general and politician (born 1736)1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French general (born 1775)1813 – Granville Sharp , English activist (born 1735)1815 – Samuel Whitbread , English politician (born 1764)1835 – John Marshall , American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (born 1755)1854 – Georg Ohm , German physicist and mathematician (born 1789)1868 – Harada Sanosuke , Japanese captain (born 1840)1893 – Guy de Maupassant , French short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1850)1901 – Chlodwig Carl Viktor , German prince and chancellor (born 1819)1902 – Maria Goretti , Italian martyr and saint (born 1890)1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuly , Kazakh poet and philosopher (born 1845)1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein , German linguist and theologian (born 1826)1914 – Georges Legagneux , French aviator (born 1882)1915 – Carl Erik Johan Mannerheim , Finnish nobleman and banker (born 1865)1916 – Odilon Redon , French painter and illustrator (born 1840)1918 – Wilhelm von Mirbach , German diplomat (born 1871)1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska , Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (born 1863)1932 – Kenneth Grahame , Scottish-English author (born 1859)1946 – Horace Pippin , American painter (born 1888)1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury , Swiss-American painter (born 1862)1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (born 1867)1954 – Cornelia Sorabji , Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866)1959 – George Grosz , German painter and illustrator (born 1893)1960 – Aneurin Bevan , Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897)1961 – Scott LaFaro , American bassist (born 1936)1961 – Woodall Rodgers , American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1890)
1962 – Paul Boffa , Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1890)1962 – William Faulkner , American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1962 – Joseph August , archduke of Austria (born 1872)
1963 – George , duke of Mecklenburg (born 1899)1964 – Claude V. Ricketts , American admiral (born 1906)1966 – Sad Sam Jones , American baseball player and manager (born 1892)1967 – Hilda Taba , Estonian architect and educator (born 1902)1971 – Louis Armstrong , American singer and trumpet player (born 1901)1973 – Otto Klemperer , German-American conductor and composer (born 1885)1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu , Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (born 1905)1976 – Zhu De , Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (born 1886)1976 – Fritz Lenz , German geneticist and physician (born 1887)
1977 – Ödön Pártos , Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (born 1907)1978 – Babe Paley , American socialite and fashion style icon (born 1915)1979 – Van McCoy , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)1986 – Jagjivan Ram , Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1908)1987 – Elli Stenberg , Finnish politician (born 1903)1989 – János Kádár , Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (born 1912)1991 – Mudashiru Lawal , Nigerian footballer (born 1954)1992 – Marsha P. Johnson , American drag queen performer and activist (born 1945)1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu , Kosovan activist (born 1932)1995 – Aziz Nesin , Turkish author and poet (born 1915)1997 – Chetan Anand , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)1998 – Roy Rogers , American cowboy, actor, and singer (born 1911)1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo , Spanish pianist and composer (born 1901)2000 – Władysław Szpilman , Polish pianist and composer (born 1911)2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (born 1932)2002 – John Frankenheimer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
2003 – Buddy Ebsen , American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1908)2003 – Çelik Gülersoy , Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (born 1930)
2004 – Thomas Klestil , Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (born 1932)2004 – Syreeta Wright , American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
2005 – Ed McBain , American author and screenwriter (born 1926)2005 – Claude Simon , Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
2006 – Kasey Rogers , American actress (born 1925)2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss , American author (born 1939)2009 – Vasily Aksyonov , Russian author and academic (born 1932)2009 – Robert McNamara , American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1916)
2010 – Harvey Fuqua , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)2011 – Carly Hibberd , Australian road racing cyclist (born 1985)2012 – Hani al-Hassan , Palestinian engineer and politician (born 1939)2013 – Lo Hsing Han , Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (born 1935)2014 – Alan J. Dixon , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)2015 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)2018 – Shoko Asahara , founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (born 1955)2019 – Cameron Boyce , American actor (born 1999)2019 – João Gilberto , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (born 1931)
2020 – Charlie Daniels , American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (born 1936)2020 – Mary Kay Letourneau , American child rapist (born 1962)
2020 – Ennio Morricone , Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928)
2022 – James Caan , American actor (born 1940)2022 – Arnaldo Pambianco , Italian former professional road racing cyclist (born 1935)
2022 – Norah Vincent , American writer (born 1968)
2024 – Khyree Jackson , American football player (born 1999)2026 – Megas , Icelandic musician (born 1945)