February 17

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Events

Pre-1600

1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1600 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1601–1900

1616 – Nurhaci proclaims himself Khan of the Later Jin, precursor to the Qing Dynasty.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
1674 – An earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Ambon. It triggers a Template:Cvt megatsunami which drowns over 2,300 people.<ref name="AA">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1676 – Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1739 – The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
1753 – In Sweden, February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1801 – United States presidential election: A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.
1819 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1838 – Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
1859 – Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captures the Citadel of Saigon, a fortress manned by 1,000 Nguyễn dynasty soldiers, en route to conquering Saigon and other regions of southern Viet Nam.
1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva found an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
1864 – American Civil War: The Template:Ship becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the Template:USS.
1865 – American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.

1901–present

1905 – Russian Revolution of 1905: Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia is assassinated in the Moscow Kremlin by Socialist Revolutionary Ivan Kalyayev.<ref name="Grand Duke">The American Monthly Review of Reviews (April 1905) p. 284</ref>
1913 – The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – The Ukrainian People's Republic asks the Entente and the United States for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
1948 – The Al-Waziri coup briefly ousts the ruling Hamidaddin dynasty of Yemen; Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din is killed.<ref name="Yahya">Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1959 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes near Gatwick Airport, killing 14; Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes survives the crash.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
1964 – Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
1966 – Aeroflot Flight 065 crashes during take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 21.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – American aquanaut Berry L. Cannon dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned.<ref name="San Diego">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1970 – the family of Jeffrey R. MacDonald, United States Army captain, is found murdered in their home in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Eventually, MacDonald himself was charged with and convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife and two daughters.<ref>Jeffrey MacDonald again seeks release from prison. A primer on the infamous NC crime.[1]</ref>
1972 – Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
1978 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
1979 – The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1980 – First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
1991 – Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.<ref name="ASN">Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
1995 – The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
1996 – NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
1996 – The 8.2 Template:M Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.
2006 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
2008 – Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
2011 – Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin.
2011 – Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.
2015 – Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
2016 – Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

Births

Pre-1600

624 – Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (d. 705)
1028 – Al-Juwayni, Persian scholar and imam (d. 1085)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1490 – Charles III, duke of Bourbon (d. 1527)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1519 – Francis, French Grand Chamberlain (d. 1563)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1524 – Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (d. 1574)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1646 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1723 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (d. 1762)
1740 – Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (d. 1799)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (d. 1831)
1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (d. 1803)
1758 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (d. 1826)
1762 – John Cooke, English captain (d. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1781 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (d. 1826)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1796 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (d. 1866)
1799 – Carl Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (d. 1874)<ref name="KN">Template:Cite web</ref>
1817 – Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgish jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904)
1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1821 – Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (d. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1832 – Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (d. 1902)
1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1870)
1843 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
1848 – Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920)
1849 – Joseph Favre, Swiss chef (d. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman (d. 1902)
1861 – Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet (d. 1922)
1864 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (d. 1929)
1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (d. 1956)
1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932)
1879 – Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American educational reformer, social activist and author (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1881 – Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (d. 1965)
1887 – Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1975)
1887 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (d. 1947)
1888 – Ronald Knox, English Catholic priest (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
1890 – Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (d. 1962)
1891 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1965)
1893 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1965)
1899 – Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d. 1954)
1900 – Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)

1901–present

1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator (d. 1951)
1903 – Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega, known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1904 – Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1980)
1905 – Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1906 – Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002)
1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
1910 – Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1911 – Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)
1912 – Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1914 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
1916 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot (d. 1940)
1916 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (d. 1984)
1916 – Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
1918 – William Bronk, American poet and academic (d. 1999)
1918 – Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (d. 2014)
1919 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (d. 2009)
1919 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
1919 – Joe Hunt, American tennis player (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1920 – Annie Glenn, American disability and communication disorder advocate (d. 2020)
1920 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1969)
1923 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014)
1924 – Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1925 – Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013)
1928 – Michiaki Takahashi, Japanese virologist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter
1929 – Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1929 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 1993)
1929 – Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer
1930 – Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2023)
1930 – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1930 – Ruth Rendell, English author (d. 2015)
1931 – Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (d. 2013)
1931 – Buddy Ryan, American football coach (d. 2016)
1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (d. 2007)
1934 – Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author (d. 2023)<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1935 – Christina Pickles, English-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1936 – Jim Brown, American football player and actor (d. 2023)<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1937 – Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014)
1940 – Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
1942 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989)
1944 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012)
1945 – Brenda Fricker, Irish actress<ref name="Chase's2018">Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic
1948 – José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2019)
1949 – Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter<ref name=Larkin>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Dennis Green, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1951 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot (d. 1971)
1952 – Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician
1952 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech musician (d. 1991)
1953 – Becky Ann Baker, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1954 – Lou Ann Barton, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player
1954 – Rene Russo, American actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1956 – Richard Karn, American actor and game show host<ref name="AP"/>
1957 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist
1959 – Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
1959 – Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Lindy Ruff, Canadian hockey player and coach
1961 – Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1961 – Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1961 – Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1963 – Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1963 – Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
1963 – Michael Jordan, American basketball player, executive, and businessman<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1964 – Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Michael Bay, American director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Giuseppe Signori, Italian footballer
1968 – Wu'erkaixi, Chinese journalist and activist
1969 – David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
1969 – Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player (d. 2017)
1970 – Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1971 – Denise Richards, American model and actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1972 – Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1972 – Valeria Mazza, Argentine model and businesswoman
1973 – Drew Barry, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
1974 – Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1974 – Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1975 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Václav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress and model<ref name="AP"/>
1978 – Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright
1979 – Conrad Ricamora, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1979 – Josh Willingham, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player
1980 – Jason Ritter, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1980 – Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1981 – Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1981 – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (d. 2014)
1982 – Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Brian Bruney, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 – Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player
1984 – Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player
1985 – Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
1986 – Brett Kern, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Michael Frolík, Czech ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Case Keenum, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer
1989 – Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1990 – Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
1990 – Edin Višća, Bosnian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Phil Pressey, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="Chase's2018"/>
1991 – Jeremy Allen White, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Bonnie Wright, English actress, filmmaker, and activist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992 – Meaghan Martin, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1993 – Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
1994 – Mason Jobst, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Madison Keys, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Sebastian Aho, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Sasha Pieterse, South African-American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1997 – Gaetano Castrovilli, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Zeki Çelik, Turkish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Devin White, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Tyler Dibling, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

364 – Jovian, Roman emperor (b. 331)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
440 – Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, linguist, and theologian (b. 360)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
923 – Al-Tabari, Persian scholar (b. 839)
1178 – Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg
1220 – Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
1339 – Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
1371 – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1500 – Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (b. before 1463)
1600 – Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)

1601–1900

1609 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
1624 – Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
1659 – Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
1673 – Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
1680 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
1715 – Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
1732 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
1768 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
1841 – Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
1849 – María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
1854 – John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
1856 – Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
1872 – Gomburza, Filipino priests:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- José Burgos (b. 1837)
- Mariano Gómes (b. 1799)
- Jacinto Zamora (b. 1835)
1874 – Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
1890 – Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)

1901–present

1905 – Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, fifth son and seventh child of Tsar Alexander II (b. 1857)<ref name="Grand Duke"/>
1905 – William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
1909 – Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
1919 – Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
1924 – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (b. 1868)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
1934 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
1939 – Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
1946 – Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
1948 – Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam of Yemen (b. 1904)<ref name="Yahya"/>
1961 – Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
1962 – Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
1962 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
1966 – Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
1969 – Berry L. Cannon, American aquanaut (b. 1935)<ref name="San Diego"/>
1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1970 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
1972 – Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
1979 – William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
1982 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)
1982 – Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901)
1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
1988 – John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
1988 – Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
1990 – Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951)
1994 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
1998 – Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895)
2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)
2004 – José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (b. 1919)
2005 – Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1935)
2006 – Ray Barretto, American drummer (b. 1929)
2009 – Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter and journalist (b. 1922)
2010 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2012 – Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1916)
2012 – Michael Davis, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
2012 – Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1918)
2012 – Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist and academic (b. 1928)
2013 – Richard Briers, English actor (b. 1934)
2013 – Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2013 – Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (b. 1975)
2014 – Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952)
2014 – Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921)
2014 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965)
2015 – John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935)
2015 – Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)
2015 – Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (b. 1923)
2016 – Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1921)
2016 – Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
2016 – Claude Jeancolas, French historian, author, and journalist (b. 1949)
2016 – Tony Phillips, American baseball player (b. 1959)
2016 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director (b. 1940)
2017 – Robert H. Michel, American politician (b. 1923)
2017 – Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933)
2021 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (b. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Seif Sharif Hamad, Tanzanian politician (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Frits Bolkestein, Dutch politician (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – James Harrison, Australian blood plasma donor (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.
Revolution Day (Libya)

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External links

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