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June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 195 days remaining until the end of the year.
1179 – The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros . Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars .1269 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver .1306 – The Earl of Pembroke 's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven .1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island , after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company , near Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada.1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia ).1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright 's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey 's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway .1857 – The 19 June 1857 law (Loi relative à l'assainissement et de mise en culture des Landes de Gascogne): A turning point in the history of the Landes forest .1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford .1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation , slaves in Galveston, Texas , United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth .1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro .1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington .1911 – the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded.1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.1917 – The solar eclipse of June 19, 1917 .1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).1936 – The solar eclipse of June 19, 1936 .1944 – World War II : First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea .1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing , in New York.1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.1965 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.1966 – Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.1978 – Garfield , holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip , makes its debut.1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah , David S. Dodge , president of the American University of Beirut , is kidnapped.1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers , dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador .1987 – Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks , in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor , killing 21 and injuring 45.1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 , is ratified for the first time by Norway.1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
1991 – The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.2007 – The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.2009 – Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou , China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.2009 – War in North-West Pakistan : The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas .
2010 – The Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm .2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army .2014 – Felipe VI , Prince of Asturias, rises to the Spanish throne following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I .
1301 – Prince Morikuni of Japan (d. 1333)1566 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (d. 1625)1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton , Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1649)1623 – Blaise Pascal , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)1633 – Philipp van Limborch , Dutch author and theologian (d. 1712)1701 – François Rebel , French violinist and composer (d. 1775)1731 – Joaquim Machado de Castro , Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)1764 – José Gervasio Artigas , Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1850)1771 – Joseph Diaz Gergonne , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1859)1776 – Francis Johnson , American lawyer and politician (d. 1842)1783 – Friedrich Sertürner , German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1841)1792 – Gustav Schwab , German pastor and author (d. 1850)1793 – Joseph Earl Sheffield , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1882)1795 – James Braid , Scottish-English surgeon (d. 1860)1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff , Dutch-Canadian painter (d. 1872)1816 – William H. Webb , American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)1834 – Charles Spurgeon , English pastor and author (d. 1892)1840 – Georg Karl Maria Seidlitz , German entomologist and academic (d. 1917)1843 – Mary Sibbet Copley , American philanthropist (d. 1929)1845 – Cléophas Beausoleil , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1904)1846 – Antonio Abetti , Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1928)1850 – David Jayne Hill , American historian and politician, 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1932)1851 – Billy Midwinter , English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)1851 – Silvanus P. Thompson , English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1916)
1854 – Alfredo Catalani , Italian composer and academic (d. 1893)1854 – Hjalmar Mellin , Finnish mathematician and theorist (d. 1933)
1854 – Eleanor Norcross , American painter (d. 1923)
1855 – George F. Roesch , American lawyer and politician (d. 1917)1858 – Sam Walter Foss , American poet and librarian (d. 1911)1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig , Scottish-English field marshal (d. 1928)1861 – Émile Haug , French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1927)
1861 – José Rizal , Filipino journalist, author, and poet (d. 1896)
1865 – May Whitty , English-American actress (d. 1948)1869 – Mamah Borthwick , American librarian and translator (d. 1914)1871 – Alajos Szokolyi , Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (d. 1932)1872 – Theodore Payne , English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963)1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen , Danish physicist and engineer (d. 1941)1875 – William Courtenay , American actor (d. 1933)1876 – Nigel Gresley , Scottish-English engineer (d. 1941)1877 – Charles Coburn , American actor and singer (d. 1961)1879 – Martha Mattox , American actress (d. 1933)1881 – Maginel Wright Enright , American illustrator (d. 1966)1883 – Gladys Mills Phipps , American horse breeder (d.1970)1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes , French painter and historian (d. 1974)1886 – Finley Hamilton , American lawyer and politician (d. 1940)1888 – Arthur Massey Berry , Canadian soldier and pilot (d. 1970)1890 – Mabel Wayne , American songwriter (d. 1978)1891 – John Heartfield , German photographer and activist (d. 1968)1893 – Madeleine Astor , American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1940)1896 – Rajani Palme Dutt , English journalist and politician (d. 1974)1896 – Wallis Simpson , American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)
1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)1897 – Moe Howard , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney , American bishop (d. 1968)1900 – Laura Z. Hobson , American author (d. 1986)1902 – Guy Lombardo , Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)1903 – Mary Callery , American-French sculptor and academic (d. 1977)1903 – Lou Gehrig , American baseball player (d. 1941)
1903 – Wally Hammond , English cricketer and coach (d. 1965)
1903 – Hans Litten , German lawyer (d. 1938)
1905 – Mildred Natwick , American actress (d. 1994)1906 – Ernst Boris Chain , German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)1906 – Knut Kroon , Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
1906 – Walter Rauff , German SS officer (d. 1984)
1907 – Clarence Wiseman , Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985)1909 – Osamu Dazai , Japanese author (d. 1948)1909 – Midori Naka , Japanese actress (d. 1945)
1910 – Sydney Allard , English race car driver, founded the Allard Company (d. 1966)1910 – Paul Flory , American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1910 – Abe Fortas , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1982)
1912 – Don Gutteridge , American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)1912 – Virginia MacWatters , American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
1912 – George Spitz , American high jumper (d. 1986)
1913 – Helene Madison , American swimmer (d. 1970)1914 – Alan Cranston , American journalist and politician (d. 2000)1914 – Lester Flatt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass ) (d. 1979)
1914 – Morgan Morgan-Giles , English admiral and politician (d. 2013)
1914 – Anthony of Sourozh , Swiss-English bishop and theologian (d. 2003)
1915 – Pat Buttram , American actor and singer (d. 1994)1915 – Julius Schwartz , American publisher and agent (d. 2004)
1917 – Joshua Nkomo , Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)1919 – Pauline Kael , American author and critic (d. 2001)1918 – Dave Lambert , American singer-songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ) (d. 1966)1920 – Yves Robert , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)1921 – Louis Jourdan , French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)1922 – Aage Bohr , Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)1922 – Marilyn P. Johnson , American educator and diplomat, 8th United States Ambassador to Togo
1923 – Bob Hank , Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)1924 – Cornelius , Estonian metropolitan1924 – Leo Nomellini , Italian-American football player and wrestler (d. 2000)
1924 – Ray Noorda , American businessman (d. 2006)
1925 – Charlie Drake , English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)1928 – Tommy DeVito , American singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons and Four Lovers )1928 – Elizabeth Connelly , American politician (d. 2006)
1928 – Nancy Marchand , American actress and singer (d. 2000)
1928 – K. H. Scheer , German author (d. 1991)
1928 – Barry Took , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1929 – Thelma Barlow , English actress1930 – Bryan Kneale , Manx sculptor and academic1930 – Gena Rowlands , American actress
1930 – Diana Sowle , American actress
1932 – Pier Angeli , Italian-American actress and singer (d. 1971)1932 – José Sanchis Grau , Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1932 – Marisa Pavan , Italian-American actress and singer
1933 – Michael M. Ames , Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)1933 – Viktor Patsayev , Kazakh engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
1933 – Janusz Sidło , Polish javelin thrower (d. 1993)
1934 – Terence Clark , English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Iraq 1934 – Gérard Latortue , Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti
1936 – Marisa Galvany , American soprano and actress1936 – Shirley Goodman , American singer (Shirley & Company ) (d. 2005)
1938 – Jean-Claude Labrecque , Canadian director and cinematographer1938 – Wahoo McDaniel , American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
1938 – Beth Phinney , Canadian educator and politician
1938 – John Sheil , English lawyer and judge
1938 – Cheng-Wen Wu , Taiwanese biochemist and academic
1938 – Ian Smith , Australian actor and screenwriter
1939 – Bernd Hoss , German footballer and manager1939 – Al Wilson , American singer (d. 2008)
1940 – Shirley Muldowney , American race car driver1940 – Paul Shane , English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales , Filipino lawyer and jurist1941 – Václav Klaus , Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
1942 – Jos Brink , Dutch actor and producer (d. 2007)1942 – Merata Mita , New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010)
1942 – Letícia Spiller , Brazilian actress and producer
1944 – Peter Bardens , English keyboard player and songwriter (Camel , Them , and Mirage ) (d. 2002)1944 – Chico Buarque , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Richard Monette , Canadian actor and director (d. 2008)
1945 – John Hind , English bishop and theologian1945 – Radovan Karadžić , Serbian-Bosnian psychiatrist and politician, 1st President of Republika Srpska
1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi , Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Tobias Wolff , American author and academic
1946 – Jennifer Darling , American actress1946 – Jimmy Greenhoff , English footballer and manager
1946 – Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme , English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France
1947 – Linda Myers , American archer1947 – Salman Rushdie , Indian-English author and academic
1947 – John Ralston Saul , Canadian philosopher and author
1948 – Nick Drake , Burmese-English singer-songwriter (d. 1974)1948 – Barry Hearn , English accountant and businessman
1948 – Phylicia Rashād , American actress and singer
1950 – Constance Forslund , American actress1950 – Neil Asher Silberman , American archaeologist and historian
1950 – Ann Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heart )
1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri , Egyptian terrorist1951 – Patty Larkin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951 – Francesco Moser , Italian cyclist
1951 – Karen Young , Canadian singer-songwriter
1952 – Bob Ainsworth , English politician, Secretary of State for Defence 1952 – Sidsel Endresen , Norwegian singer
1953 – Larry Dunn , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire )1953 – Hilary Jones , English physician and television host
1953 – Simon Wright , English drummer (AC/DC , Dio , and UFO )
1954 – Mike O'Brien , English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales 1954 – Kathleen Turner , American actress, singer, and producer
1955 – Mary O'Connor , New Zealand runner1955 – Mary Schapiro , American lawyer and politician
1956 – Danny Chauncey , American guitarist (38 Special )1956 – Doug Stone , American singer and actor
1957 – Anna Lindh , Swedish politician, 39th Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2003)1957 – Jean Rabe , American journalist and author
1958 – Sergei Makarov , Russian-American ice hockey player and coach1959 – Mark DeBarge , American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (DeBarge )1959 – Christian Wulff , German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany
1960 – Andrew Dilnot , English economist and academic1960 – Johnny Gray , American runner and coach
1960 – Luke Morley , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Union , Terraplane , and Thunder )
1961 – Joel Torre , Filipino actor and producer1962 – Paula Abdul , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress1962 – Jeremy Bates , English tennis player
1962 – Peter Bradshaw , English author and critic
1963 – Katia Cardenal , Nicaraguan singer-songwriter1963 – Margarita Ponomaryova , Russian hurdler
1963 – Rory Underwood , English rugby player, lieutenant, and pilot
1964 – Bill Barretta , American actor and puppeteer1964 – Brent Goulet , American soccer player and manager
1964 – Laura Ingraham , American radio host and author
1964 – Boris Johnson , American-English journalist and politician, Mayor of London
1964 – Alysia Rogers , American actress
1964 – Brian Vander Ark , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Verve Pipe )
1965 – Sabine Braun , German heptathlete1965 – Sadie Frost , English actress and producer
1966 – Jojo Alejar , Filipino actor and singer1966 – Joi Ito , Japanese-American businessman
1966 – Michalis Romanidis , Greek basketball player
1966 – Samuel West , English actor and director
1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie , Norwegian skier and businessman1967 – Araceli González , Argentinian actress and singer
1967 – Mia Sara , American actress
1968 – Alastair Lynch , Australian footballer and sportscaster1968 – Timothy Morton , American philosopher and academic
1968 – Kim Walker , American actress (d. 2001)
1969 – Thomas Breitling , American journalist and businessman1969 – Kaba-chan , Japanese choreographer
1969 – Trine Pallesen , Danish actress
1969 – Lara Spencer , American journalist
1970 – Rahul Gandhi , Indian lawyer and politician1970 – Antonis Remos , German-Greek singer
1970 – Lauren Ward , American singer and actress
1970 – Quincy Watts , American sprinter and football player
1970 – Brian Welch , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Korn and Love and Death )
1972 – Jean Dujardin , French actor, director, and producer1972 – Dennis Lyxzén , Swedish singer-songwriter (Refused , AC4 , Invasionen , and The (International) Noise Conspiracy )
1972 – Ilya Markov , Russian race walker
1972 – Brian McBride , American soccer player and coach
1972 – Poppy Montgomery , Australian-American actress and producer
1972 – Robin Tunney , American actress and singer
1973 – Jahine Arnold , American football player1973 – Mónica Ayos , Argentinian actress and dancer
1973 – Yuko Nakazawa , Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume )
1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta , Japanese baseball player
1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz , American baseball player, coach, and manager1974 – Bumper Robinson , American actor and singer
1975 – Hugh Dancy , English actor and model1975 – Anthony Parker , American basketball player
1975 – Geoff Ramsey , American voice actor and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth
1976 – Dennis Crowley , American businessman, co-founded Foursquare 1976 – Bryan Hughes , English footballer and manager
1976 – Ryan Hurst , American actor
1976 – Serkan Tektaş , Turkish singer and actor
1976 – Abdoul Thiam , German footballer
1976 – Anita Wilson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1977 – Maria Cioncan , Romanian runner (d. 2007)1977 – Rebecca Loos , Spanish-Dutch model and television host
1977 – Peter Warrick , American football player
1978 – Tyson Dux , Canadian wrestler1978 – Leo Giamani , American porn actor and model
1978 – Mía Maestro , Argentinian actress and singer
1978 – Assefa Mezgebu , Ethiopian runner
1978 – Dirk Nowitzki , German basketball player
1978 – Zoe Saldana , American actress, director, and producer
1978 – Claudio Vargas , Dominican baseball player
1979 – Graeme Ballard , English sprinter1979 – U Gambira , Burmese monk and activist
1979 – Quentin Jammer , American football player
1979 – José Kléberson , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Adel Abdulaziz , Emirati footballer1980 – Dan Ellis , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Milka Loff Fernandes , German actress
1980 – Arkadiusz Malarz , Polish footballer
1980 – Robbie Neilson , Scottish footballer and manager
1980 – Nuno Santos , Portuguese footballer
1980 – Lauren Lee Smith , Canadian actress
1981 – Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi , Saudi Arabian long jumper1981 – Moss Burmester , New Zealand swimmer
1981 – Melissa McMorrow , American boxer
1981 – Quintin Geldenhuys , South African-Italian rugby player
1982 – Joe Cheng , Taiwanese actor and singer1982 – Alexander Frolov , Russian ice hockey player
1982 – David Pollack , American football player
1982 – Chris Vermeulen , Australian motorcycle racer
1983 – Gregor Arbet , Estonian basketball player1983 – Nicolette Fernandes , Guyanese squash player
1983 – Macklemore , American rapper (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis )
1983 – Tanja Mihhailova , Russian-Estonian singer and actress
1983 – Mark Selby , English snooker player
1983 – Aidan Turner , Irish actor
1984 – Paul Dano , American actor and producer1984 – Wieke Dijkstra , Dutch field hockey player
1985 – Kajal Aggarwal , Indian actress1985 – Jason Capizzi , American football player
1985 – Stéphanie Montreux , Australian actress and singer
1985 – José Ernesto Sosa , Argentinian footballer
1985 – Dire Tune , Ethiopian runner
1986 – Lázaro Borges , Cuban pole vaulter1986 – Nazareno Casero , Argentinian actor
1986 – Andrea De Falco , Italian footballer
1986 – Sjoerd Huisman , Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
1986 – Diego Hypólito , Brazilian gymnast
1986 – Erin Mackey , American actress and singer
1986 – Dimitris Sialmas , Greek footballer
1986 – Marvin Williams , American basketball player
1987 – Sthefany Brito , Brazilian actress1987 – Miho Fukuhara , Japanese singer and actress (Sweetbox )
1987 – Rashard Mendenhall , American football player
1987 – Ashli Orion , American porn actress
1987 – Mutsumi Tamura , Japanese voice actress
1987 – Rachael Todd , American model, Miss Florida 2009
1988 – Sarah Kay , American poet1990 – Moa Hjelmer , Swedish sprinter1990 – Ksenia Lykina , Russian tennis player
1991 – Ludwig Rieder , Italian luger1992 – Oscar Taveras , Dominican-Canadian baseball player (d. 2014)1993 – KSIOlajidebt , English rapper and blogger1996 – Larisa Iordache , Romanian gymnast1998 – Suzu Hirose , Japanese actress and model1998 – Atticus Shaffer , American actor
626 – Soga no Umako , Japanese son of Soga no Iname (b. 551)1027 – Romuald , Italian mystic and saint (b. 951)1282 – Eleanor de Montfort , English daughter of Eleanor of Leicester (b. 1252)1312 – Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall , English politician (b. 1284)1341 – Juliana Falconieri , Italian nun and saint (b. 1270)1542 – Leo Jud , Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis , Lithuanian-Russian lawyer and jurist (b. 1509)1567 – Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1507)1584 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)1608 – Alberico Gentili , Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1551)1650 – Matthäus Merian , Swiss-German engraver and publisher (b. 1593)1747 – Alessandro Marcello , Italian composer and educator (b. 1669)1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin , German organist and composer (b. 1702)1768 – Benjamin Tasker, Sr. , American soldier and politician, 10th Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)1786 – Nathanael Greene , American general (b. 1742)1787 – Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (b. 1786)1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée , French painter and educator (b. 1724)1820 – Joseph Banks , English botanist and author (b. 1743)1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire , French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)1864 – Sarah Rosetta Wakeman , American soldier (b. 1843)1865 – Evangelos Zappas , Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)1884 – Juan Bautista Alberdi , Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)1874 – Ferdinand Stoliczka , Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (b. 1838)1896 – Margaret Carver Leighton , American author (b. 1896)1902 – Albert of Saxony (b. 1828)1903 – Herbert Vaughan , English cardinal (b. 1832)1921 – Ramón López Velarde , Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)1922 – Hitachiyama Taniemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)1932 – Sol Plaatje , South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)1937 – J. M. Barrie , Scottish author and playwright (b. 1860)1939 – Grace Abbott , American social worker and activist (b. 1878)1940 – Maurice Jaubert , French composer and conductor (b. 1900)1941 – C. V. Hartman , Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)1941 – Otto Hirsch , German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan , Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)1951 – Angelos Sikelianos , Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)1953 – Ethel Rosenberg , American spy (b. 1915)1953 – Julius Rosenberg , American spy (b. 1918)
1956 – Thomas J. Watson , American businessman (b. 1874)1966 – Ed Wynn , American actor and singer (b. 1886)1968 – James Joseph Sweeney , American bishop (b. 1898)1973 – Gustaf Molander , Swedish actor and director (b. 1888)1975 – Sam Giancana , American mob boss (b. 1908)1977 – Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1933)1979 – Paul Popenoe , American explorer and scholar, founded Relationship counseling (b. 1888)1984 – Davis Cunningham , American tenor and actor (b. 1916)1984 – Lee Krasner , American painter and educator (b. 1908)
1986 – Coluche , French comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1944)1986 – Len Bias , American basketball player (b. 1963)
1987 – Teresa Cormack , New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)1988 – Fernand Seguin , Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)1988 – Teru Shimada , Japanese-American actor (b. 1905)
1988 – Gladys Spellman , American lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
1989 – Betti Alver , Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)1990 – George Addes , American union leader, co-founded United Automobile Workers (b. 1911)1991 – Jean Arthur , American actress and singer (b. 1900)1993 – William Golding , English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)1995 – Peter Townsend , Burmese-English captain and pilot (b. 1914)1996 – Cordelia E. Cook , American soldier and nurse (b. 1919)1996 – Kay Rhodes , American bridge player (b. 1910)
1996 – G. David Schine , American soldier and businessman (b. 1927)
1997 – Olga Georges-Picot , Chinese-French actress (b. 1944)1997 – Bobby Helms , American singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
2001 – Stanley Mosk , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1912)2001 – John Heyer , Australian director and producer (b. 1916)
2001 – Steve Sheppard-Brodie , Filipino-American voice actor (b. 1950)
2002 – Navleen Kumar , Indian activist (b. 1948)2003 – Laura Sadler , English actress (b. 1980)2007 – Antonio Aguilar , Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)2007 – El Fary , Spanish singer and actor (b. 1937)
2007 – Alberto Mijangos , Mexican-American painter and educator (b. 1925)
2007 – Terry Hoeppner , American football player and coach (b. 1947)
2007 – Ze'ev Schiff , Israeli journalist and author (b. 1932)
2008 – Barun Sengupta , Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman 2008 – Bennie Swain , American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2009 – Tomoji Tanabe , Japanese engineer and surveyor (b. 1895)2010 – Manute Bol , Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (b. 1962)2010 – R. Kanagasuntheram , Sri Lankan physician, zoologist, and academic (b. 1919)
2010 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
2010 – Paul Thiebaud , American art dealer (b. 1960)
2011 – Don Diamond , American actor (b. 1921)2012 – Anthony Bate , English actor (b. 1929)2012 – Richard Lynch , American actor and producer (b. 1936)
2012 – Michael Palliser , English soldier and diplomat (b. 1922)
2012 – Emili Teixidor , Catalan journalist and author (b. 1933)
2012 – Norbert Tiemann , American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (b. 1924)
2013 – Vince Flynn , American author (b. 1966)2013 – James Gandolfini , American actor and producer (b. 1961)
2013 – Michael Hodgman , Australian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Gyula Horn , Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
2013 – Paul Mees , Australian lawyer and academic (b. 1961)
2013 – Kim Thompson , Danish-American publisher (b. 1956)
2013 – Filip Topol , Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (Psí vojáci ) (b. 1965)
2013 – Slim Whitman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
2014 – Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt , German general (b. 1915)2014 – Gerry Goffin , American songwriter (b. 1939)
2014 – Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai , Indian businessman (b. 1925)
2014 – Alan Moller , American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1950)
2014 – Bill Renna , American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Ibrahim Touré , Ivorian footballer (b. 1985)
2015 – Harold Battiste , American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (b. 1931)2015 – Earl Norem , American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
2015 – James Salter , American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – Fredrik Fasting Torgersen , Norwegian murderer (b. 1934)
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