July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year.Aphelion , the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
362 BC – Battle of Mantinea : The Thebans , led by Epaminondas , defeated the Spartans .414 – Emperor Theodosius II , age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria , who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta Eastern Roman Empire .836 – Pactum Sicardi Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples , is signed.993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054 , is seen by the Chinese Song dynasty , Arab and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri . For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula .1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.1187 – The Crusades : Battle of Hattin : Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan , King of Jerusalem .1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre .1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz .1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe : The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye .1610 – The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War .1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster , in which the Iroquois cedes lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania .1754 – French and Indian War : George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers .1774 – Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York , one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts 1776 – American Revolution : The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress .1778 – American Revolutionary War : American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign .1802 – At West Point, New York , the United States Military Academy opens.1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.1817 – In Rome, New York , construction on the Erie Canal begins.1826 – Thomas Jefferson , third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams , second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence .1827 – Slavery is abolished in New York State .1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee " for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.1837 – Grand Junction Railway , the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool .1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized.1855 – In Brooklyn , New York City, the first edition of Walt Whitman 's book of poems, Leaves of Grass 1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1863 – American Civil War : Siege of Vicksburg : Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena , Arkansas.1863 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg , signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North .
1865 – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1878 – Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race , recalled in the song Molly and Tenbrooks .1879 – Anglo-Zulu War : The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.1881 – In Alabama , the Tuskegee Institute opens.1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.1886 – The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody , British Columbia .
1887 – The founder of Pakistan , Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah , joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam , Karachi .1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line . Monday, July 4 occurs twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole .1903 – Philippine–American War officially is concluded.1903 – Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first English woman to compete in a 'motor race'.
1910 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.1911 – A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 .1914 – The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna , six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo .1918 – Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.1918 – World War I : The Battle of Hamel , a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front .
1918 – Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1926 – Knoebels Amusement Resort is opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania .
1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega .1934 – Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb .1939 – Lou Gehrig , recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball .1939 – Huỳnh Phú Sổ founds Hòa Hảo Buddhism .
1941 – Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv .1941 – World War II : The Burning of the Riga synagogues : The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burned with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
1942 – World War II: The 250 day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.1943 – World War II: The Battle of Kursk , the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in Prokhorovka village.1943 – World War II: In Gibraltar , a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board; only the pilot survives.
1946 – The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons , proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan .1950 – Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.1951 – A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.1951 – William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor .
1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21 , 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia , almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda , rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.1977 – The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia , in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit1982 – Four Iranian diplomats are abducted by Lebanese militia in Lebanon .1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.1994 – Rwandan Genocide : Kigali , the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front , ending the genocide in the city.1997 – NASA 's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars .1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars , joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1 .2009 – The Statue of Liberty 's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks .2009 – The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao .
2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN .2015 – Tupou VI is officially crowned as the King of Tonga .
68 – Salonina Matidia , Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119)1330 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese shogun (d. 1367)1546 – Murad III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)1694 – Louis-Claude Daquin , French organist and composer (d. 1772)1715 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet and academic (d. 1769)1719 – Michel-Jean Sedaine , French playwright (d. 1797)1790 – George Everest , Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)1799 – Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne , American author and diplomat (d. 1864)1807 – Giuseppe Garibaldi , Italian general and politician (d. 1882)1816 – Hiram Walker , American businessman, founded Canadian club whiskey (d. 1899)1826 – Stephen Foster , American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)1845 – Thomas John Barnardo , Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)1847 – James Anthony Bailey , American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906)1854 – Victor Babeș , Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)1854 – Bill Tilghman , American police officer (d. 1924)
1867 – Stephen Mather , American businessman (d. 1930)1868 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt , American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)1872 – Calvin Coolidge , American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)1874 – John McPhee , Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952)1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III , American general (d. 1968)1882 – Louis B. Mayer , Belarusian-American film producer, founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (d. 1957)1883 – Rube Goldberg , American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)1887 – Pio Pion , Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)1888 – Henry Armetta , Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)1895 – Irving Caesar , American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)1896 – Mao Dun , Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)1897 – Alluri Sitarama Raju , Indian activist (d. 1924)1898 – Pilar Barbosa , Puerto Rican historian and activist (d. 1997)1898 – Gertrude Lawrence , English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
1898 – Gertrude Weaver , American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1902 – Meyer Lansky , Belarusian-American gangster (d. 1983)1902 – George Murphy , American actor and politician (d. 1992)
1903 – Flor Peeters , Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)1904 – Angela Baddeley , English actress (d. 1976)1905 – Irving Johnson , American sailor and author (d. 1991)1905 – Lionel Trilling , American author, critic, and educator (d. 1975)
1907 – John Anderson , American discus thrower (d. 1948)1907 – Gordon Griffith , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1958)
1907 – Howard Taubman , American author and critic (d. 1996)
1910 – Robert K. Merton , American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)1910 – Gloria Stuart , American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1911 – Bruce Hamilton , Australian public servant (d. 1989)1911 – Mitch Miller , American singer and producer (d. 2010)
1912 – Viviane Romance , French actress and producer (d. 1991)1916 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)1917 – Manolete , Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)1918 – Eppie Lederer , American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)1918 – Johnnie Parsons , American race car driver (d. 1984)
1918 – Pauline Phillips , American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013)
1918 – Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga (d. 2006)
1920 – Norm Drucker , American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)1920 – Leona Helmsley , American businesswoman (d. 2007)
1920 – Fritz Wilde , German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
1921 – Gérard Debreu , French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)1921 – Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)
1921 – Philip Rose , American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
1921 – Tibor Varga , Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
1923 – Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)1924 – Eva Marie Saint , American actress and producer1926 – Alfredo Di Stéfano , Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)1926 – Lake Underwood , American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
1927 – Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress, singer, and photographer1927 – Neil Simon , American playwright and screenwriter
1928 – Giampiero Boniperti , Italian footballer and politician1928 – Shan Ratnam , Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
1928 – Chuck Tanner , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
1929 – Al Davis , American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)1929 – Bill Tuttle , American baseball player (d. 1998)
1930 – Ron Casey , Australian journalist and sportscaster1930 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan , Armenian actor (d. 1993)
1930 – George Steinbrenner , American businessman (d. 2010)
1931 – Stephen Boyd , Northern Irish-born American actor (d. 1977)1931 – Rick Casares , American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
1931 – Sébastien Japrisot , French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1932 – Aurèle Vandendriessche , Belgian runner1934 – Yvonne B. Miller , American academic and politician (d. 2012)1934 – Colin Welland , English actor and screenwriter
1935 – Paul Scoon , Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)1936 – Zdzisława Donat , Polish soprano and actress1937 – Thomas Nagel , American philosopher and academic1937 – Queen Sonja of Norway
1937 – Richard Rhodes , American journalist and historian
1937 – Eric Walters , Australian journalist (d. 2010)
1938 – Steven Rose , English biologist and academic1938 – Bill Withers , American singer-songwriter and producer
1940 – Karolyn Grimes , American actress1940 – Dave Rowberry , English pianist and songwriter (The Animals ) (d. 2003)
1940 – Pat Stapleton , Canadian ice hockey player
1941 – Sam Farr , American politician1941 – Sergio Oliva , Cuban-American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2012)
1941 – Tomaž Šalamun , Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)
1941 – Pavel Sedláček , Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Brian Willson , American soldier, lawyer, and activist
1942 – Hal Lanier , American baseball player, coach, and manager1942 – Floyd Little , American football player and coach
1942 – Stefan Meller , French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
1942 – Prince Michael of Kent
1942 – Peter Rowan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Earth Opera and Old and in the Way )
1943 – Conny Bauer , German trombonist1943 – Emerson Boozer , American football player and sportscaster
1943 – Adam Hart-Davis , English historian, author, and photographer
1943 – Geraldo Rivera , American lawyer, journalist, and author
1943 – Alan Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Canned Heat ) (d. 1970)
1944 – Jaimy Gordon , American author and academic1944 – Ray Meagher , Australian actor
1945 – Andre Spitzer , Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)1946 – Ron Kovic , American author and activist1946 – Michael Milken , American businessman and philanthropist
1946 – Ed O'Ross , American actor
1947 – Lembit Ulfsak , Estonian actor and director1948 – René Arnoux , French race car driver1948 – Tommy Körberg , Swedish singer and actor
1948 – Jeremy Spencer , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac )
1950 – Philip Craven , English basketball player and swimmer1950 – David Jensen , Canadian-English radio and television host
1950 – Tonio K , American singer-songwriter
1951 – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend , American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1951 – Vladimir Tismăneanu , Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
1952 – Paul Rogat Loeb , American author and activist1952 – Álvaro Uribe , Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
1952 – John Waite , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Babys and Bad English )
1953 – Francis Maude , English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1954 – Morganna , American model, actress, and dancer1954 – Jim Beattie , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 – Rein Lang , Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1957 – Jenny Seagrove , Malaysian-English actress, singer, and activist
1957 – Chulabhorn Walailak Thai princess
1958 – Steve Hartman , American sportscaster1958 – Kirk Pengilly , Australian singer and guitarist (INXS )
1958 – Carl Valentine , English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager
1959 – Victoria Abril , Spanish actress and singer1960 – Sid Eudy , American wrestler and actor1960 – Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)
1960 – Mark Steel , English comedian, actor, and author
1960 – Barry Windham , American wrestler
1961 – Richard Garriott , English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series 1962 – Neil Morrissey , English actor and singer1962 – Pam Shriver , American tennis player and sportscaster
1963 – Henri Leconte , French tennis player and sportscaster1963 – Ute Lemper , German singer and actress
1963 – Laureano Márquez , Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
1963 – José Oquendo , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1963 – William Ramallo , Bolivian footballer and coach
1963 – Michael Sweet , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper and Boston )
1964 – Cle Kooiman , American soccer player and manager1964 – Elie Saab , Lebanese fashion designer
1964 – Mark Slaughter , American singer-songwriter and producer (Slaughter and Vinnie Vincent Invasion )
1964 – Mark Whiting , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Harvey Grant , American basketball player and coach1965 – Horace Grant , American basketball player and coach
1966 – Minas Hantzidis , German-Greek footballer1967 – Vinny Castilla , Mexican baseball player and manager1967 – Andy Walker , English-Canadian journalist
1968 – Ronni Ancona , Scottish actress and screenwriter1968 – Jack Frost , American guitarist and songwriter (Seven Witches and The Bronx Casket Co. )
1969 – Al Golden , American football player and coach1969 – Todd Marinovich , American football player and coach
1969 – Wilfred Mugeyi , Zimbabwean footballer and coach
1970 – Christian Giesler , American bass player (Kreator )1970 – Tony Vidmar , Australian footballer and manager
1971 – Koko , American gorilla1971 – Andy Creeggan , Canadian guitarist and pianist (Barenaked Ladies and The Brothers Creeggan )
1971 – Brendan Donnelly , American baseball player
1971 – Ned Zelić , Australian footballer and sportscaster
1972 – Nina Badrić , Croatian singer-songwriter and actress1972 – Stephen Giles , Canadian canoe racer and engineer
1972 – William Goldsmith , American drummer (Sunny Day Real Estate , Foo Fighters , and The Fire Theft )
1972 – Mike Knuble , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Gackt , Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Malice Mizer and Skin )1973 – Keiko Ihara , Japanese race car driver
1973 – Michael Johnson , English-Jamaican footballer and manager
1973 – Anjelika Krylova , Russian ice dancer and coach
1973 – Jan Magnussen , Danish race car driver
1973 – Tony Popovic , Australian footballer and manager
1974 – Jill Craybas , American tennis player1974 – La'Roi Glover , American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Adrian Griffin , American basketball player and coach
1974 – Vince Spadea , American tennis player
1976 – Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)1976 – Yevgeniya Medvedeva , Russian skier
1977 – Orri Páll Dýrason , Icelandic drummer (Sigur Rós )1977 – Jonas Kjellgren , Swedish singer, guitarist, and producer (Scar Symmetry , Centinex , Raubtier , and Carnal Forge )
1977 – Zoe Naylor , Australian actress, journalist, and producer
1978 – Marcos Daniel , Brazilian tennis player1978 – Andrea Gabriel , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Vicky Kaya , Greek model and actress
1978 – Stephen McNally , English singer-songwriter (BBMak )
1978 – Émile Mpenza , Belgian footballer
1978 – Becki Newton , American actress
1978 – Katia Zygouli , Greek model and actress
1979 – Dumas , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1979 – Siim Kabrits , Estonian politician
1979 – Josh McCown , American football player
1979 – Kevin Thoms , American actor
1979 – Mark Twitchell , Canadian murderer
1979 – Renny Vega , Venezuelan footballer
1980 – Carrie Keagan , American television host and actress1980 – Max Elliott Slade , American actor
1980 – Kwame Steede , Bermudan footballer
1981 – Dedé , Angolan footballer1981 – Brock Berlin , American football player
1981 – Francisco Cruceta , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Tahar Rahim , French actor
1981 – Will Smith , American football player
1982 – Hannah Harper , American porn actress and director1982 – Michael Sorrentino , American model, actor, and author
1983 – Melanie Fiona , Canadian singer-songwriter (X-Quisite )1983 – Isabeli Fontana , Brazilian model and actress
1983 – Ben Jorgensen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Armor for Sleep )
1983 – Amantle Montsho , Botswana sprinter
1983 – Andrew Mrotek , American drummer (The Academy Is... )
1983 – Miguel Ángel Muñoz , Spanish actor and singer
1983 – Miguel Pinto , Chilean footballer
1983 – Mattia Serafini , Italian footballer
1984 – Jin Akanishi , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Lands )1984 – Gina Glocksen , American singer
1984 – Miguel Santos Soares , Timorese footballer
1985 – Rinalds Sirsniņš , Latvian basketball player1985 – Kane Tenace , Australian footballer
1986 – Ömer Aşık , Turkish basketball player1986 – Takahisa Masuda , Japanese singer and actor (NEWS and Tegomass )
1986 – Nguyen Ngoc Duy , Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Mía Taveras , Dominican model and actress, Miss Dominican Republic 2006
1986 – Fanny Valette , French actress
1987 – Wude Ayalew , Ethiopian runner1987 – Guram Kashia , Georgian footballer
1988 – Angelique Boyer , French-Mexican actress and singer1988 – Jada Stevens , American porn actress
1989 – Alyssa Miller , American model1989 – Benjamin Büchel , English footballer
1989 – Yoon Doo-joon , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Beast )
1989 – Rodgers Kola , Zambian footballer
1990 – Backer Aloenouvo , Togolese footballer1990 – Kelsi Crain , American model, Miss Louisiana 2010
1990 – Rishadi Fauzi , Indonesian footballer
1990 – Jake Gardiner , American ice hockey player
1990 – David Kross , German actor
1990 – Richard Mpong , Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Naoki Yamada , Japanese footballer
1990 – Ihar Yasinski , Belarusian footballer
1991 – Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi , Bruneian runner1992 – Basim , Danish singer-songwriter1992 – Nick Hissom , English model and singer
1993 – Tom Barkhuizen , English footballer1996 – Mahiro Takasugi , Japanese actor1997 – Jason Spevack , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter1999 – Moa Kikuchi , Japanese singer and model (Babymetal and Sakura Gakuin )
673 – Ecgberht of Kent 907 – Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria 943 – Taejo of Goryeo (b. 877)965 – Pope Benedict V 973 – Ulrich of Augsburg , German bishop and saint (b. 890)1187 – Raynald of Châtillon , French knight (b. 1125)1541 – Pedro de Alvarado , Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)1546 – Hayreddin Barbarossa , Greek-Turkish admiral (b. 1478)1551 – Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell , English politician (b. 1514)1603 – Philippe de Monte , Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)1641 – Pedro Teixeira , Portuguese explorer1648 – Antoine Daniel , French missionary and saint (b. 1601)1742 – Luigi Guido Grandi , Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches , French playwright and author (b. 1680)1761 – Samuel Richardson , English author and painter (b. 1689)1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)1821 – Richard Cosway , English painter and academic (b. 1742)1826 – John Adams , American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)1826 – Thomas Jefferson , American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
1831 – James Monroe , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)1848 – François-René de Chateaubriand , French historian and politician (b. 1768)1850 – William Kirby , English entomologist and author (b. 1759)1854 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn , German academic and jurist (b. 1781)1857 – William L. Marcy , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman , Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)1882 – Joseph Brackett , American composer and author (b. 1797)1891 – Hannibal Hamlin , American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)1898 – Yusuf İsmail , Turkish-Canadian wrestler (b. 1857)1901 – Johannes Schmidt , German linguist and academic (b. 1843)1902 – Vivekananda , Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)1905 – Élisée Reclus , French geographer and author (b. 1830)1910 – Melville Fuller , American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
1916 – Alan Seeger , American soldier and poet (b. 1888)1922 – Lothar von Richthofen , German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati , Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)1931 – Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (b. 1869)1931 – Buddie Petit , American cornet player (b. 1895)
1934 – Marie Curie , French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)1938 – Otto Bauer , Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)1938 – Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player (b. 1899)
1941 – Antoni Łomnicki , Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)1943 – Władysław Sikorski , Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)1946 – Taffy O'Callaghan , Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)1946 – Gerda Steinhoff , German concentration camp overseer (b. 1922)
1948 – Monteiro Lobato , Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)1949 – François Brandt , Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)1963 – Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg , New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)1963 – Clyde Kennard , American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
1963 – Pingali Venkayya , Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
1964 – Gaby Morlay , French actress and singer (b. 1893)1964 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern , American organist and composer (b. 1908)
1969 – Henri Decoin , French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)1970 – Barnett Newman , American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)1970 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
1971 – August Derleth , American anthologist and author (b. 1909)1971 – Thomas C. Hart , American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
1974 – Haj Amin al-Husseini , Palestinian cleric (b. 1897)1974 – Georgette Heyer , English author (b. 1902)
1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu , Israeli colonel (b. 1946)1976 – Antoni Słonimski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
1977 – Gersh Budker , Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)1979 – Lee Wai Tong , Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)1980 – Maurice Grevisse , Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)1982 – Terry Higgins , Welsh AIDS victim (b. 1945)1984 – Jimmie Spheeris , American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)1986 – Flor Peeters , Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)1986 – Oscar Zariski , Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
1988 – Adrian Adonis , American wrestler (b. 1954)1989 – Jack Haig , English actor and singer (b. 1913)1990 – Olive Ann Burns , American journalist and author (b. 1924)1991 – Victor Chang , Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)1991 – Art Sansom , American cartoonist (b. 1920)
1992 – Astor Piazzolla , Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)1993 – Bona Arsenault , Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)1994 – Joey Marella , American wrestling referee (b. 1964)1995 – Eva Gabor , Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)1995 – Bob Ross , American painter and television host (b. 1942)
1997 – Charles Kuralt , American journalist (b. 1934)1997 – John Zachary Young , English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
1999 – Leo Garel , American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudziński , Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)2001 – V. Appapillai , Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1913)2001 – Keenan Milton , American skateboarder (b. 1974)
2002 – Gerald Bales , Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)2002 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. , American general (b. 1912)
2002 – Mansoor Hekmat , Iranian theorist (b. 1951)
2002 – Winnifred Quick , English-American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
2003 – Larry Burkett , American author and radio host (b. 1939)2003 – André Claveau , French singer (b. 1915)
2003 – Barry White , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
2004 – Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)2005 – Bryan Coleman , English actor (b. 1911)2005 – Cliff Goupille , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
2005 – Hank Stram , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2007 – Barış Akarsu , Turkish singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1979)2007 – Bill Pinkney , American singer (The Drifters ) (b. 1925)
2008 – Thomas M. Disch , American author and poet (b. 1940)2008 – Jesse Helms , American journalist and politician (b. 1921)
2008 – Evelyn Keyes , American actress (b. 1916)
2008 – Terrence Kiel , American football player (b. 1980)
2008 – Charles Wheeler , German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
2009 – Brenda Joyce , American actress (b. 1917)2009 – Allen Klein , American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931)
2009 – Drake Levin , American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders ) (b. 1946)
2009 – Steve McNair , American football player (b. 1973)
2009 – Lasse Strömstedt , Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
2009 – Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard , Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
2010 – Robert Neil Butler , American physician and author (b. 1927)2010 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah , Iraqi-Lebanese cleric (b. 1935)
2011 – Otto von Habsburg , Austrian-Hungarian son of Charles I of Austria (b. 1912)2012 – Scamper , American horse (b. 1977)2012 – Hiren Bhattacharyya , Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
2012 – Jimmy Bivins , American boxer (b. 1919)
2012 – Jeong Min-hyeong , South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
2012 – Eric Sykes , English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013 – Onllwyn Brace , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)2013 – Jack Crompton , English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2013 – James Fulton , American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
2013 – Charles A. Hines , American general (b. 1935)
2013 – Bernie Nolan , Irish singer and actress (The Nolans ) (b. 1960)
2014 – Alan Alan , English escapologist and magician (b. 1926)2014 – Giorgio Faletti , Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
2014 – C. J. Henderson , American author and critic (b. 1951)
2014 – Earl Robinson , American baseball player (b. 1936)
2014 – Richard Mellon Scaife , American businessman (b. 1932)
2015 – Nedelcho Beronov , Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)2015 – Carlo de Gavardo , Chilean motorcycle racer (b. 1969)
2015 – William Conrad Gibbons , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
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