December 2
December 2 this yearin various calendars Akan Nwonawukuo Armenian 15 Kʿaloch 1476 Aztec Tozoztontli 1, 2 Ocēlōtl Babylonian 21 Arakhsamna, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Menala, Pon, Aryang, Buda of Taulu, Uma, Jangur, Sri Bengali 17 Ogrohayon , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Metal Dog ・Three Stars Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 10 , Day 24Xiaoxue , 5 days until Daxue )Common Era 2 December 2026 CE Coptic 23 Hathor , AM 1743Egyptian 20 Pharmuthi , 2775 NE Ethiopian 23 H̱edār, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Primidi de Frimaire de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 2 December , AD 2026 Hebrew 22 Kislev , AM 5787 Hindu Pūrvaphalgunī ・Viṣkambha Mārgaśīrṣa , 1948 SE Navamī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Kārtika , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,911 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 10 Ýlir 2026 Islamic 21 Jumada al-thani , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W49-3 Japanese 24 Kannazuki , Reiwa 8Shōsetsu , 5 days until Taisetsu ) Julian 19 November , AD 2026 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461377 Korean 24 Dwaejidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.2.14 7 Mac , 2 Ix Roman ante diem XIII Kalendas Decembres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 11 Azar , SH 1405 Tibetan 24 smin drug, me pho rta
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Day of the year
December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 29 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1697 – St Paul's Cathedral , rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London , is consecrated.1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue , in Newport, Rhode Island , the first synagogue in what will become the United States.1766 – Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French .1805 – War of the Third Coalition : Battle of Austerlitz : French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo -Austrian force.1823 – Monroe Doctrine : In a State of the Union message , U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.1845 – Manifest Destiny : In a State of the Union message , U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.1848 – Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria .1851 – French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic .1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III .1859 – Origins of the American Civil War : Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).1865 – Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston , British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.1899 – Philippine–American War : The Battle of Tirad Pass , known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.1917 – World War I : Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk , and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence : Ukrainian Bolsheviks attempt to assassinate Nestor Makhno as part of the Polonsky conspiracy .1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.1930 – Great Depression : In a State of the Union message , U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.1939 – New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.1942 – World War II : During the Manhattan Project , a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction .1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari , Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey , which is carrying a stockpile of mustard gas .1947 – Jerusalem Riots of 1947 : Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine .1949 – Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.1950 – Korean War : The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends with a decisive Chinese victory and UN forces are completely expelled from North Korea .1954 – Cold War : The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".1954 – The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty , between the United States and Taiwan , is signed in Washington, D.C.
1956 – The Granma Cuba 's Oriente Province . Fidel Castro , Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution .1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted.1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism .1962 – Vietnam War : After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy , U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.1968 – Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashes into Pedro Bay, Alaska , killing all 39 people on board.1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.1971 – Abu Dhabi , Ajman , Fujairah , Sharjah , Dubai , and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates .1972 – Gough Whitlam is elected the 21st Prime Minister of Australia in the 1972 Australian federal election , defeating William McMahon and leading the Australian Labor Party back into office after 23 years in Opposition.1975 – Laotian Civil War : The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane , forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana , and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.1976 – Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba , replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado .1977 – A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Benghazi , Libya, killing 59.1980 – Salvadoran Civil War : Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.1982 – At the University of Utah , Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart .1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan , becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.1988 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27 , a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense .
1989 – The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia .1990 – Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35 , carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union .1992 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín .1993 – Space Shuttle program : STS-61 : NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope .
1999 – The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement .2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy .2015 – San Bernardino attack : Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California .2016 – Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California , warehouse serving as an artist collective .2020 – Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs .Births
1629 – Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg , Catholic cardinal (died 1704)1694 – William Shirley , English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1771)1703 – Ferdinand Konščak , Croatian missionary and explorer (died 1759)1738 – Richard Montgomery , Irish-American general (died 1775)1754 – William Cooper , American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (died 1809)1759 – James Edward Smith , English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society (died 1828)1760 – John Breckinridge , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General (died 1806)1760 – Joseph Graetz , German organist, composer, and educator (died 1826)
1798 – António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra , Portuguese magistrate and politician (died 1895)1810 – Henry Yesler , American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (died 1892)1811 – Jean-Charles Chapais , Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 1885)1817 – Heinrich von Sybel , German historian, academic, and politician (died 1895)1825 – Pedro II of Brazil (died 1891)1827 – William Burges , English architect and designer (died 1881)1846 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau , French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (died 1904)1847 – Deacon White , American baseball player and manager (died 1939)1859 – Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych , Ukrainian historian and archaeologist (died 1942)1859 – Georges Seurat , French painter (died 1891)1860 – Charles Studd , England cricketer and missionary (died 1931)1863 – Charles Edward Ringling , American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1926)1866 – Harry Burleigh , American singer-songwriter (died 1949)1876 – Yusuf Akçura , Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (died 1935)1877 – Cahir Healy , Northern Irish Anti Partitionist , writer and politician (died 1970)1884 – Erima Harvey Northcroft , New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1953)1884 – Yahya Kemal Beyatlı , Turkish poet and author (died 1958)
1885 – George Minot , American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)1891 – Otto Dix , German painter and illustrator (died 1969)1891 – Charles H. Wesley , American historian and author (died 1987)
1894 – Warren William , American actor (died 1948)1895 – Harriet Cohen , English pianist (died 1967)1897 – Ivan Bagramyan , Russian general (died 1982)1897 – Rewi Alley , New Zealand writer and political activist (died 1987)
1898 – Indra Lal Roy , Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (died 1918)1899 – John Barbirolli , English cellist and conductor (died 1970)1899 – John Cobb , English race car driver and pilot (died 1952)
1899 – Ray Morehart , American baseball player (died 1989)
1900 – Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista , former First Lady of Cuba (died 1993)1900 – Herta Hammerbacher , German landscape architect and professor (died 1985) 1901 – Raimundo Orsi , Argentinian-Italian footballer (died 1986)1905 – Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim , Bangladeshi mathematician (died 1985)1906 – Peter Carl Goldmark , Hungarian-American engineer (died 1977)1909 – Arvo Askola , Finnish runner (died 1975)1909 – Walenty Kłyszejko , Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (died 1987)
1909 – Joseph P. Lash , American activist and author (died 1987)
1910 – Russell Lynes , American photographer, historian, and author (died 1991)1910 – Taisto Mäki , Finnish runner (died 1979)
1911 – Meng Qingshu , Chinese politician (died 1983)1912 – George Emmett , English cricketer and coach (died 1976)1913 – Marc Platt , American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2014)1914 – Bill Erwin , American actor (died 2010)1914 – Adolph Green , American playwright and composer (died 2002)
1915 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan (died 2016)1916 – Howard Finster , American minister and painter (died 2001)1917 – Sylvia Syms , American singer (died 1992)1921 – Carlo Furno , Italian cardinal (died 2015)1922 – Iakovos Kambanelis , Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (died 2011)1923 – Maria Callas , American-Greek soprano and actress (died 1977)1924 – Jonathan Frid , Canadian actor (died 2012)1924 – Alexander Haig , American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (died 2010)
1924 – Else Marie Pade , Danish composer (died 2016)
1924 – Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1925 – Julie Harris , American actress (died 2013)1927 – Ralph Beard , American basketball player (died 2007)1928 – Guy Bourdin , French photographer (died 1991)1929 – Dan Jenkins , American journalist and author (died 2019)1929 – Leon Litwack , American historian and author (died 2021)
1930 – Gary Becker , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)1930 – David Piper , English race car driver
1931 – Nigel Calder , English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2014)1931 – Masaaki Hatsumi , Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Bujinkan
1931 – Wynton Kelly , American pianist and composer (died 1971)
1931 – Edwin Meese , American lawyer, 75th United States Attorney General
1931 – Gareth Wigan , British film studio executive (died 2010)
1933 – Peter Robin Harding , English marshal and pilot (died 2021)1933 – Mike Larrabee , American sprinter and educator (died 2003)
1934 – Tarcisio Bertone , Italian cardinal1935 – David Hackett Fischer , American historian, author, and academic1937 – Manohar Joshi , Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2024)1939 – Yael Dayan , Israeli journalist, author, and politician1939 – Francis Fox , Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada (died 2024)
1939 – Harry Reid , American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (died 2021)
1940 – Willie Brown , American football player, coach, and manager (died 2019)1941 – Mike England , Welsh footballer and manager1941 – Tom McGuinness , English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
1942 – Anna G. Jónasdóttir , Icelandic political scientist and academic1943 – Wayne Allard , American veterinarian and politician1944 – Cathy Lee Crosby , American actress and tennis player1944 – Ibrahim Rugova , Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (died 2006)
1944 – Dionysis Savvopoulos , Greek singer-songwriter (died 2025)
1944 – Botho Strauß , German author and playwright
1945 – Penelope Spheeris , American director, producer, and screenwriter1945 – Alan Thomson , Australian cricketer (died 2022)
1946 – John Banks , New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Mayor of Auckland City 1946 – David Macaulay , English-American author and illustrator
1946 – Gianni Versace , Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (died 1997)
1947 – Isaac Bitton , Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter1947 – Tommy Jenkins , English footballer and manager
1947 – Ivan Atanassov Petrov , Bulgarian neurologist and author
1948 – Elizabeth Berg , American nurse and author1948 – T. Coraghessan Boyle , American novelist and short story writer
1948 – Patricia Hewitt , Australian-English educator and politician, English Secretary of State for Health
1948 – Toninho Horta , Brazilian guitarist and composer
1948 – Antonín Panenka , Czech footballer
1950 – John Wesley Ryles , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist1950 – Amin Saikal , Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
1950 – Benjamin Stora , Algerian-French historian and author
1950 – Paul Watson , Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
1952 – Carol Shea-Porter , American social worker, academic, and politician1952 – Keith Szarabajka , American actor
1953 – Pertti Sveholm , Finnish actor1954 – Dan Butler , American actor, director, and screenwriter1956 – Steven Bauer , Cuban-American actor and producer1957 – Dagfinn Høybråten , Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health 1958 – Randy Gardner , American figure skater1958 – Andrew George , English politician
1958 – Vladimir Parfenovich , Belarusian canoe racer and politician
1958 – George Saunders , American short story writer and essayist
1959 – Kelefa Diallo , Guinean general (died 2013)1960 – Peter Blakeley , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist1960 – Deb Haaland , American politician, 54th United States Secretary of the Interior
1960 – Razzle , English rock drummer (died 1984)
1960 – Rick Savage , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1960 – Silk Smitha , Indian film actress
1962 – John Dyegh , Nigerian businessman and politician1963 – Brendan Coyle , English actor1963 – Ann Patchett , American author
1963 – Rich Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1963 – Ron Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Shane Flanagan , Australian rugby league player and coach1966 – Philippe Etchebest , French chef and television host1966 – Jinsei Shinzaki , Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
1967 – Mary Creagh , English scholar and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport 1968 – David Batty , English footballer1968 – Jiří Dopita , Czech ice hockey player
1968 – Darryl Kile , American baseball player (died 2002)
1968 – Lucy Liu , American actress and producer
1968 – Nate Mendel , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1968 – Rena Sofer , American actress
1969 – Ulrika Bergquist , Swedish journalist1969 – Chris Kiwomya , English footballer
1969 – Pavel Loskutov , Estonian runner
1969 – Tanya Plibersek , Australian journalist and politician, 45th Australian Minister of Health
1970 – Joe Lo Truglio , American actor and comedian1970 – Maksim Tarasov , Russian pole vaulter
1970 – Treach , American rapper and actor
1971 – Wilson Jermaine Heredia , American actor and singer1971 – Rachel McQuillan , Australian tennis player
1971 – Jüri Reinvere , Estonian-German composer and poet
1971 – Francesco Toldo , Italian footballer
1971 – Mine Yoshizaki , Japanese illustrator
1972 – Alan Henderson , American basketball player1972 – Sergei Zholtok , Latvian ice hockey player (died 2004)
1973 – Graham Kavanagh , Irish footballer and manager1973 – Monica Seles , Serbian-American tennis player
1973 – Lee Steele , English footballer
1973 – Jan Ullrich , German cyclist
1975 – Mark Kotsay , American baseball player and manager1976 – Masafumi Gotoh , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1977 – Siyabonga Nomvethe , South African footballer1978 – Jarron Collins , American basketball player and coach1978 – Jason Collins , American basketball player (died 2026)
1978 – Nelly Furtado , Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978 – Luigi Malafronte , Italian footballer
1978 – Peter Moylan , Australian baseball player
1978 – Maëlle Ricker , Canadian snowboarder
1978 – David Rivas , Spanish footballer
1978 – Andrew Ryan , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1978 – Chris Wolstenholme , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1979 – Yvonne Catterfeld , German singer-songwriter and actress1979 – Michael McIndoe , Scottish footballer
1979 – Abdul Razzaq , Pakistani cricketer
1980 – Adam Kreek , Canadian rower1980 – Darryn Randall , South African cricketer (died 2013)
1980 – Joel Ward , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Maria Ferekidi , Greek canoe racer1981 – Eric Jungmann , American actor
1981 – Thomas Pöck , Austrian ice hockey player
1981 – Danijel Pranjić , Croatian footballer
1981 – Britney Spears , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1982 – Christos Karipidis , Greek footballer1982 – Matt Walsh , American basketball player
1983 – Action Bronson , American rapper, songwriter, chef, and television host1983 – Chris Burke , Scottish footballer
1983 – Bibiana Candelas , Mexican volleyball player
1983 – Jaime Durán , Mexican footballer
1983 – Eugene Jeter , American-Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and executive
1983 – Jana Kramer , American actress and singer
1983 – Aaron Rodgers , American football player
1983 – Daniela Ruah , Portuguese-American actress
1984 – Péter Máté , Hungarian footballer1985 – Amaury Leveaux , French swimmer1985 – Dorell Wright , American basketball player
1986 – Song Ha-yoon , South Korean actress1986 – Claudiu Keșerü , Romanian footballer
1986 – Renee Montgomery , American basketball player and executive
1986 – Tal Wilkenfeld , Australian bass player and composer
1988 – Alfred Enoch , English actor1988 – Stephen McGinn , Scottish footballer
1989 – Etta Bond , English singer-songwriter1989 – Matteo Darmian , Italian footballer
1989 – Cassie Steele , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Robert Turbin , American football player
1990 – Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu , Ghanaian footballer1990 – Gastón Ramírez , Uruguayan footballer
1991 – Chloé Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier1991 – Brandon Knight , American basketball player
1991 – Charlie Puth , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1992 – Sim Bhullar , Canadian basketball player1992 – Gary Sánchez , Dominican baseball player
1993 – Haruka Ishida , Japanese singer and actress1993 – Kostas Stafylidis , Greek footballer
1994 – Zach Cunningham , American football player1994 – Aaron Jones , American football player
1994 – Elias Lindholm , Swedish ice hockey player
1994 – Fumika Shimizu , Japanese actress and model
1994 – Tomokaze Yūta , Japanese sumo wrestler
1995 – Uladzislau Hancharou , Belarusian trampolinist1995 – Inori Minase , Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
1996 – Jake Doran , Australian cricketer1997 – De'Andre Hunter , American basketball player1998 – Annalise Basso , American actress1998 – Anna Kalinskaya , Russian tennis player
1998 – Juice Wrld , American rapper, singer and songwriter (died 2019)
2003 – Neil Erasmus , South African-Australian footballer2004 – Ilia Malinin , American competitive figure skater2005 – Learner Tien , American tennis playerDeaths
Pre-1600
537 – Pope Silverius 930 – Ma Yin , Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (born 853)949 – Odo of Wetterau , German nobleman1022 – Elvira Menéndez , queen of Alfonso V of Castile (born 996)1255 – Muhammad III of Alamut , Nizari Ismaili Imam1340 – Geoffrey le Scrope , Chief Justice of King Edward III of England1348 – Emperor Hanazono of Japan (born 1297)1381 – John of Ruusbroec , Flemish priest and mystic (born 1293)1455 – Isabel of Coimbra , queen of Portugal (born 1432)1463 – Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (born 1418)1469 – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici , Italian banker and politician (born 1416)1510 – Muhammad Shaybani , Khan of Bukhara (born 1451)1515 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Spanish general (born 1453)1547 – Hernán Cortés , Spanish general and explorer (born 1485)1594 – Gerardus Mercator , Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (born 1512)1615 – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon , French general (born 1541)1665 – Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet , French author (born 1588)1694 – Pierre Puget , French painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1622)1719 – Pasquier Quesnel , French theologian and author (born 1634)1723 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (born 1674)1726 – Samuel Penhallow , English-American historian and author (born 1665)1747 – Vincent Bourne , English poet and scholar (born 1695)1748 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1662)1774 – Johann Friedrich Agricola , German organist and composer (born 1720)1814 – Marquis de Sade , French philosopher, author, and politician (born 1740)1844 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician (born 1768)1849 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen , Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover (born 1792)1859 – John Brown , American abolitionist (born 1800)1881 – Jenny von Westphalen , German author (born 1814)1885 – Allen Wright , Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866–1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma , meaning "Territory of the Red People". (born 1826)1888 – Namık Kemal , Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1840)1892 – Jay Gould , American businessman and financier (born 1836)1899 – Gregorio del Pilar , Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (born 1875)1918 – Edmond Rostand , French poet and playwright (born 1868)1924 – Kazimieras Būga , Lithuanian linguist and philologist (born 1879)1927 – Paul Heinrich von Groth , German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 1931 – Vincent d'Indy , French composer and educator (born 1851)1936 – John Ringling , American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866)1943 – Nordahl Grieg , Norwegian journalist and author (born 1902)1944 – Josef Lhévinne , Russian pianist and educator (born 1874)1944 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (born 1876)
1944 – Eiji Sawamura , Japanese baseball player and soldier (born 1917)
1950 – Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist and composer (born 1917)1953 – Reginald Baker , Australian rugby player (born 1884)1953 – Trần Trọng Kim , Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1883)
1957 – Harrison Ford , American actor (born 1884)1957 – Manfred Sakel , Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (born 1902)
1966 – L. E. J. Brouwer , Dutch mathematician and philosopher (born 1881)1966 – Giles Cooper , Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1918)
1967 – Francis Spellman , American cardinal (born 1889).1969 – José María Arguedas , Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (born 1911)1969 – Kliment Voroshilov , Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1881)
1974 – Sylvi Kekkonen , Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (born 1900)1974 – Max Weber , Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1897)
1976 – Danny Murtaugh , American baseball player and manager (born 1917)1980 – Chaudhry Muhammad Ali , Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1905)1980 – Romain Gary , Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1981 – Wallace Harrison , American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (born 1895)1982 – Marty Feldman , English actor and comedian (born 1934)1982 – Giovanni Ferrari , Italian footballer and manager (born 1907)
1983 – Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1904)1985 – Philip Larkin , English poet, author, and librarian (born 1922)1986 – Desi Arnaz , Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (born 1917)1986 – John Curtis Gowan , American psychologist and academic (born 1912)
1987 – Luis Federico Leloir , French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)1987 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich , Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (born 1914)
1988 – Karl-Heinz Bürger , German colonel (born 1904)1988 – Tata Giacobetti , Italian singer-songwriter (born 1922)
1990 – Aaron Copland , American composer and conductor (born 1900)1990 – Robert Cummings , American actor, director, and producer (born 1908)
1993 – Pablo Escobar , Colombian drug lord (born 1949)1995 – Robertson Davies , Canadian author, playwright, and critic (born 1913)1995 – Roxie Roker , American actress (born 1929)
1995 – Mária Telkes , Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (born 1900)
1997 – Shirley Crabtree , English wrestler (born 1930)1997 – Michael Hedges , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
1999 – Charlie Byrd , American guitarist (born 1925)2000 – Gail Fisher , American actress (born 1935)2002 – Ivan Illich , Austrian priest and philosopher (born 1926)2002 – Arno Peters , German cartographer and historian (born 1916)
2003 – Alan Davidson , British soldier, historian, and author (born 1924)2004 – Alicia Markova , English ballerina and choreographer (born 1910)2004 – Mona Van Duyn , American poet and academic (born 1921)
2005 – William P. Lawrence , American admiral and pilot (born 1930)2005 – Van Tuong Nguyen , Australian convicted drug trafficker (born 1980)
2006 – Mariska Veres , Dutch singer (born 1947)2007 – Jennifer Alexander , Canadian-American ballerina and actress (born 1972)2007 – Elizabeth Hardwick , American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (born 1916)
2008 – Odetta , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (born 1930)2008 – Henry Molaison , American memory disorder patient (born 1926)
2008 – Edward Samuel Rogers , Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1933)
2008 – Renato de Grandis , Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (born 1927)
2009 – Foge Fazio , American football player and coach (born 1938)2009 – Eric Woolfson , Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1945)
2012 – Tom Hendry , Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (born 1929)2012 – Ehsan Naraghi , Iranian sociologist and author (born 1926)
2013 – William Allain , American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (born 1928)2013 – Jean-Claude Beton , Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (born 1925)
2013 – Marcelo Déda , Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1960)
2013 – Junior Murvin , Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1946)
2014 – A. R. Antulay , Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1929)2014 – Jean Béliveau , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1931)
2014 – Josie Cichockyj , English basketball player and coach (born 1964)
2014 – Bobby Keys , American saxophonist (born 1943)
2014 – Don Laws , American figure skater and coach (born 1929)
2015 – Sandy Berger , American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (born 1945)2015 – Will McMillan , American actor, director, and producer (born 1944)
2015 – George T. Sakato , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1921)
2020 – Pat Patterson , American wrestler (born 1941)2024 – Ed Botterell , Canadian Olympic sailor (born 1931)2024 – Helmut Duckadam , Romanian footballer (born 1959)
2024 – Neale Fraser , Australian tennis player (born 1933)
2024 – Paul Maslansky , American film producer and writer (born 1933)
2024 – Debbie Mathers , Mother of Eminem (born 1955)
2024 – Israel Vázquez , Mexican boxer (born 1977)