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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[484 BC]] – Dedication of the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux]] in [[ancient Rome]] *[[AD 70|70]] – [[First Jewish–Roman War]]: [[Titus]] and his armies [[Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70)|breach the walls of Jerusalem]]. ([[17th of Tammuz]] in the Hebrew calendar). * [[756]] – [[An Lushan Rebellion]]: [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]] is ordered by his [[Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty)|Imperial Guards]] to execute chancellor [[Yang Guozhong]] by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General [[An Lushan]] has other members of the emperor's family killed. *[[1099]] – [[First Crusade]]: Christian soldiers take the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]] after the final assault of [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|a difficult siege]]. *[[1149]] – The reconstructed [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] is consecrated in [[Jerusalem]]. *[[1207]] – King [[John, King of England|John of England]] expels [[Canterbury]] monks for supporting [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[Stephen Langton]]. *[[1240]] – [[Swedish–Novgorodian Wars]]: A [[Veliky Novgorod|Novgorod]]ian army led by [[Alexander Nevsky]] defeats the [[Sweden|Swedes]] in the [[Battle of the Neva]]. *[[1381]] – [[John Ball (priest)|John Ball]], a leader in the [[Peasants' Revolt]], is [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in the presence of King [[Richard II of England]]. *[[1410]] – [[Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War]]: [[Battle of Grunwald]]: The allied forces of the [[History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty|Kingdom of Poland]] and the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] defeat the army of the [[Teutonic Knights|Teutonic Order]]. *[[1482]] – [[Muhammad XII of Granada|Muhammad XII]] is crowned the twenty-second and last [[Nasrid dynasty|Nasrid]] king of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – The first university of Finland, the [[Royal Academy of Turku]], is inaugurated in [[Turku]].<ref>Simo Tuomola, Simo: ''Abo – Suomen metropoli: 1600-luku Turussa'', p. 46. (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[http://www.halvi.helsinki.fi/museo/yliopiston_historia/kuninkaallinen_turun_akatemia.htm Kuninkaallinen Turun akatemia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110173152/http://www.halvi.helsinki.fi/museo/yliopiston_historia/kuninkaallinen_turun_akatemia.htm |date=2020-11-10 }} – Arppeanum (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1738]] – Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of [[Emperor of All Russia|Empress]] [[Anna of Russia|Anna Ivanovna]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2580-baruch-leibov| title = BARUCH LEIBOV - JewishEncyclopedia.com}}</ref> *[[1741]] – [[Aleksei Chirikov]] sights land in [[Southeast Alaska]]. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit [[Alaska]]. *[[1789]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], is named by acclamation [[Colonel General]] of the new [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]] of Paris. *[[1799]] – The [[Rosetta Stone]] is found in the [[Egypt]]ian village of [[Rosetta]] by French [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] [[Pierre-François Bouchard]] during [[Napoleon]]'s [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egyptian Campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=British Museum (www.britishmuseum.org) |language=en}}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Pike Expedition]]: [[United States Army]] [[Lieutenant]] [[Zebulon Pike]] begins an expedition from [[Fort Bellefontaine]] near [[St. Louis, Missouri]], to explore the west. *[[1815]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] surrenders aboard {{HMS|Bellerophon|1786|6}}. *[[1823]] – A fire destroys the ancient [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]] in Rome, Italy. *[[1834]] – The [[Spanish Inquisition]] is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years. *[[1838]] – [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] delivers the [[Divinity School Address]] at [[Harvard Divinity School]], discounting [[Biblical miracles]] and declaring [[Jesus]] a great man, but not God. The [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestant]] community reacts with outrage. *[[1849]] – The first [[airstrike|air raid]] in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of [[Venice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/|author=Brett Holman|title=The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849|publisher=Airminded|date=22 August 2009|access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[CSS Arkansas|CSS ''Arkansas'']], the most effective [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] on the [[Mississippi River]], battles with [[Union Navy]] ships commanded by Admiral [[David Farragut]], severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. *[[1870]] – [[Reconstruction Era of the United States]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] becomes the last of the former [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] states to be readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. * 1870 – [[Canadian Confederation]]: [[Rupert's Land]] and the [[North-Western Territory]] are transferred to Canada from the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], and the province of [[Manitoba]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] are established from these vast territories. *[[1888]] – The [[stratovolcano]] [[Mount Bandai]] [[1888 eruption of Mount Bandai|erupts]], killing approximately 500 people in [[Fukushima Prefecture]], Japan. ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – In his book ''Clinical Psychiatry'', [[Emil Kraepelin]] gives a name to [[Alzheimer's disease]], naming it after his colleague [[Alois Alzheimer]]. *[[1916]] – In [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], [[William Boeing]] and [[George Conrad Westervelt]] incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed [[Boeing]]). *[[1918]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Second Battle of the Marne]] begins near the [[Marne (river)|River Marne]] with a German attack. *[[1920]] – [[Aftermath of World War I]]: The [[Parliament of Poland]] establishes [[Silesian Voivodeship (1920–39)|Silesian Voivodeship]] before the [[Upper Silesia plebiscite|Polish-German plebiscite]]. *[[1922]] – The [[Japanese Communist Party]] is established in Japan. *[[1927]] – [[July Revolt of 1927|Massacre of July 15, 1927]]: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in [[Vienna]]. *[[1941]] – [[The Holocaust]]: [[Nazi Germany]] begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the [[Netherlands in World War II|occupied Netherlands]] to [[extermination camp]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Holocaust and World War II: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-holocaust-and-world-war-ii-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[1946]] – The [[North Borneo|State of North Borneo]], now [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]], is annexed by the [[United Kingdom]]. *[[1954]] – The [[Boeing 367-80]], the prototype for both the [[Boeing 707]] and [[Boeing C-135 Stratolifter|C-135]] series, takes its first flight. *[[1955]] – Eighteen [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]]s sign the [[Mainau Declaration]] against [[nuclear weapon]]s, later co-signed by thirty-four others. *[[1966]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The United States and South Vietnam begin [[Operation Hastings]] to push the North Vietnamese out of the [[Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone]]. *[[1971]] – The [[United Red Army]] is founded in Japan. *[[1974]] – In [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]], [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|Greek junta]]-sponsored nationalists launch a [[coup d'état]], deposing President [[Makarios III|Makarios]] and installing [[Nikos Sampson]] as [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[President (government title)|president]]. *[[1975]] – [[Space Race]]: [[Apollo–Soyuz Test Project]] features the dual launch of an [[Apollo program|Apollo spacecraft]] and a [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz spacecraft]] on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn family of rockets]]. *[[1979]] – U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] gives his "[[malaise speech]]". *[[1983]] – An [[1983 Orly Airport attack|attack]] at [[Orly Airport]] in [[Paris]] is launched by [[Armenia]]n militant organisation [[Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia|ASALA]], leaving eight people dead and 55 injured. * 1983 – Nintendo released the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=July 15, 2016 |title=This day in history: Nintendo releases the NES |url=https://abc7.com/nintendo-video-games-history-super-mario/1427159/ |work=[[KABC-TV|KABC]] Eyewitness News |access-date=June 9, 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – A [[Belgian Air Component|Belgian Air Force]] [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]] carrying the [[Royal Netherlands Army]] marching band [[1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident|crashes]] on landing at [[Eindhoven Airport]]. *[[1998]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sri Lankan Tamil MP [[S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician)|S. Shanmuganathan]] is killed by a [[claymore mine]]. *[[2002]] – "American [[Taliban]]" [[John Walker Lindh]] pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a [[felony]]. * 2002 – The [[Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan|Anti-Terrorism Court]] of [[Pakistan]] sentences British born [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]] to death, and three others suspected of murdering ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter [[Daniel Pearl]] to life. *[[2003]] – [[Time Warner|AOL Time Warner]] disbands [[Netscape]]. The [[Mozilla Foundation]] is established on the same day. *[[2006]] – [[Twitter]], later one of the largest [[social media]] platforms in the world, is launched. *[[2009]] – [[Caspian Airlines Flight 7908]] crashes near [[Jannatabad, Qazvin]], Iran, killing 168.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M EP-CPG Qazvin |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090715-0 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *2009 – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] is launched on [[STS-127]] to complete assembly of the [[International Space Station]]'s [[Kibō (ISS module)|Kibō module]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=July 15, 2009 |title=''Endeavour'' launches on sixth attempt to start STS-127 – UCCAS status |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/07/live-sts-127-preparing-for-launch-attempt-6-uccas-status/ |access-date=July 18, 2009 |publisher=[[NASAspaceflight.com]]}}</ref> *[[2012]] – South Korean rapper [[Psy]] releases his hit single ''[[Gangnam Style]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Star2.com|title=Remember when Psy released 'Gangnam Style' & started a global craze?|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2018/07/25/flashback-psy-gangnam-style|access-date=2021-07-27|website=The Star|language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – A [[2014 Moscow Metro derailment|train derails]] on the [[Moscow Metro]], killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others. *[[2016]] – Factions of the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] attempt [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|a coup]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hansen |first1=Suzy |title=Turkey's Earthquake Election |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/15/turkeys-earthquake-election |access-date=11 May 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=99 |issue=12 |date=8 May 2023 |page=53 |url-access=subscription |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[France national football team|France]] win their second [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] title, defeating [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] [[2018 FIFA World Cup final|4–2]].<ref>[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/world-cup-2018-france-croatia-set-to-rehash-rivalry-in-grand-finale/ World Cup 2018: France, Croatia set to rehash rivalry in grand finale]</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[980]] – [[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]], Japanese emperor (d. 1011) *[[1273]] – [[Ewostatewos]], Ethiopian monk and saint (d. 1352) *[[1353]] – [[Vladimir the Bold]], Russian prince (d. 1410) *[[1359]] – [[Antonio Correr (cardinal)|Antonio Correr]], Italian cardinal (d. 1445) *[[1442]] – [[Boček IV of Poděbrady]], Bohemian nobleman (d. 1496) *[[1455]] – [[Deposed Queen Lady Yun|Queen Yun]], Korean queen (d. 1482) *[[1471]] – [[Eskender]], Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494) *[[1478]] – [[Barbara Jagiellon]], duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (d. 1534) *[[1573]] – [[Inigo Jones]], English architect, designed the [[Queen's House]] (d. 1652) *[[1600]] – [[Jan Cossiers]], Flemish painter (d. 1671) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Rembrandt]], Dutch painter and etcher (d. 1669)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Rembrandt (1606-1669) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rembrandt.shtml#:~:text=Rembrandt%20van%20Rijn%20was%20born,introduced%20Rembrandt%20to%20international%20trends. |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1611]] – [[Jai Singh I]], maharaja of Jaipur (d. 1667) *[[1613]] – [[Gu Yanwu]], Chinese philologist and geographer (d. 1682) *[[1631]] – [[Jens Juel (diplomat)|Jens Juel]], Danish politician and diplomat, [[Governor-general of Norway]] (d. 1700) * 1631 – [[Richard Cumberland (philosopher)|Richard Cumberland]], English philosopher (d. 1718) *[[1638]] – [[Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693) *[[1704]] – [[August Gottlieb Spangenberg]], German bishop and theologian (d. 1792) *[[1779]] – [[Clement Clarke Moore]], American author, poet, and educator (d. 1863) *[[1793]] – [[Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps]], American educator, author, editor (d. 1884)<ref name="PattersonThompson2008">{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Daniel|last2=Thompson|first2=Roger|last3=Bryson|first3=J. Scott|title=Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eahYM-4DT0kC&pg=PA281|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-34680-4|pages=281–}}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Thomas Bulfinch]], American mythologist (d. 1867) *[[1799]] – [[Reuben Chapman]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] (d. 1882) *[[1800]] – [[Sidney Breese]], American jurist and politician (d. 1878) *[[1808]] – [[Henry Edward Manning]], English cardinal (d. 1892) *[[1812]] – [[James Hope-Scott]], English lawyer and academic (d. 1873) *[[1817]] – [[Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet]], English engineer, designed the [[Forth Bridge]] (d. 1898) *[[1827]] – [[W. W. Thayer]] American lawyer and politician, 6th [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1899) *[[1848]] – [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923) *[[1850]] – [[Frances Xavier Cabrini]], Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917) *[[1852]] – [[Josef Josephi]], Polish-born singer and actor (d. 1920)<ref>{{Almanacco|match=Josef Josephi}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], English political activist and suffragist (d. 1928) *[[1864]] – [[Marie Tempest]], English actress and singer (d. 1942) *[[1865]] – [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe]], Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the ''[[Amalgamated Press]]'' (d. 1922) * 1865 – [[Wilhelm Wirtinger]], Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945) *[[1867]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Charcot]], French physician and explorer (d. 1936) *[[1871]] – [[Doppo Kunikida]], Japanese journalist, author, and poet (d. 1908) *[[1880]] – [[Enrique Mosca]], Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1950) *[[1883]] – [[Denny Barry]] [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] died during the [[1923 Irish Hunger Strikes]] (d. 1923)<ref>White, Robert William (1993), ''Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History'', p 117, ISBN 0-313-28564-0</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Wharton Esherick]], American sculptor (d. 1970) *[[1892]] – [[Walter Benjamin]], German philosopher and critic (d. 1940) *[[1893]] – [[Enid Bennett]], Australian-American actress (d. 1969) * 1893 – [[Dick Rauch]], American football player and coach (d. 1970) *[[1894]] – [[Tadeusz Sendzimir]], Polish-American engineer (d. 1989) *[[1899]] – [[Seán Lemass]], Irish soldier and politician, 4th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 1971) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Jean Rey (politician)|Jean Rey]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the European Commission]] (d. 1983) *[[1903]] – [[Walter D. Edmonds]], American journalist and author (d. 1998) * 1903 – [[K. Kamaraj]], Indian journalist and politician (d. 1975) *[[1904]] – [[Rudolf Arnheim]], German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007) *[[1905]] – [[Dorothy Fields]], American songwriter (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dorothy Fields, Lyricist, Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 29, 1974 |page=38}}</ref> * 1905 – [[Anita Farra]], Italian actress (d. 2008) *[[1906]] – [[R. S. Mugali]], Indian poet and academic (d. 1993) * 1906 – [[Rudolf Uhlenhaut]], English-German engineer (d. 1989) *[[1909]] – [[Jean Hamburger]], French physician and surgeon (d. 1992) *[[1911]] – [[Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton]], English geographer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Air]] (d. 1994) *[[1913]] – [[Cowboy Copas]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) * 1913 – [[Hammond Innes]], English journalist and author (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite news |last=Adrian |first=Jack |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-hammond-innes-1164546.html |title=Obituary: Hammond Innes |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=12 June 1998 |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> * 1913 – [[Abraham Sutzkever]], Russian poet and author (d. 2010) *[[1914]] – [[Birabongse Bhanudej]], Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the [[Chakri dynasty|Thai royal family]] (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Prince_Bira|title=Prince Bira|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]], Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999) * 1914 – [[Howard Vernon]], Swiss-French actor (d. 1996) *[[1915]] – [[Albert Ghiorso]], American chemist and academic (d. 2010) * 1915 – [[Kashmir Singh Katoch]], Indian army officer (d. 2007) *[[1916]] – [[Sumner Gerard]], American politician and diplomat (d. 2005) *[[1917]] – [[Robert Conquest]], English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015) * 1917 – [[Joan Roberts]], American actress and singer (d. 2012) * 1917 – [[Nur Muhammad Taraki]], Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979) *[[1918]] – [[Bertram Brockhouse]], Canadian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gsta Ekspong|title=Physics, 1991-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDvdRK_WmZgC&pg=PA99|year=1997|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-02-2678-7|pages=99}}</ref> * 1918 – [[Brenda Milner]], English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gwendolyn Stevens|author2=Sheldon Gardner|title=The Women of Psychology: Expansion and refinement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkF-AAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Schenkman Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-87073-445-8|page=224}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Fritz Langanke]], German lieutenant (d. 2012) * 1919 – [[Iris Murdoch]], Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter J. Conradi|title=Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PapgQvjabFUC&pg=PT7|date=23 April 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983194-4|pages=7}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Henri Colpi]], Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006) * 1921 – [[Robert Bruce Merrifield]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2006) *[[1922]] – [[Leon M. Lederman]], American physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2018) * 1922 – [[Jean-Pierre Richard]], French writer (d. 2019) *[[1924]] – [[Jeremiah Denton]], American admiral and politician (d. 2014) * 1924 – [[Marianne Bernadotte]], Swedish actress and philanthropist (d. 2025) *[[1925]] – [[Philip Carey]], American actor (d. 2009) * 1925 – [[Taylor Hardwick]], American architect, designed [[Haydon Burns Library]] and [[Friendship Fountain Park]] (d. 2014) * 1925 – [[D. A. Pennebaker]], American documentary filmmaker (d. 2019) * 1925 – [[Evan Hultman]], American politician (d. 2025) * 1925 – [[Antony Carbone]], American actor (d. 2020) * 1925 – [[Pandel Savic]], American football player (d. 2018) *[[1926]] – [[Driss Chraïbi]], Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007) * 1926 – [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], Argentinian general and politician, 44th [[List of heads of state of Argentina|President of Argentina]] (d. 2003) * 1926 – [[Raymond Gosling]], English physicist and academic (d. 2015) * 1926 – [[Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet]], English diplomat (d. 2019) *[[1927]] – [[Nan Martin]], American actress (d. 2010) * 1927 – [[Carmen Zapata]], American actress (d. 2014) * 1927 – [[Håkon Brusveen]], Norwegian cross-country skier (d. 2021) *[[1928]] – [[Carl Woese]], American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012) * 1928 – [[Viramachaneni Vimla Devi]], Indian parliamentarian (d. 1967) *[[1929]] – [[Charles Anthony (tenor)|Charles Anthony]], American tenor and actor (d. 2012) * 1929 – [[Francis Bebey]], Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001) * 1929 – [[Ian Stewart (racing driver)|Ian Stewart]], Scottish racing driver (d. 2017) *[[1930]] – [[Jacques Derrida]], Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004) * 1930 – [[Richard Garneau]], Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Stephen Smale]], American mathematician and computer scientist * 1930 – [[Einosuke Akiya]], Japanese Buddhist leader *[[1931]] – [[Clive Cussler]], American archaeologist and author (d. 2020) * 1931 – [[Joanna Merlin]], American actress and casting director (d. 2023) * 1931 – [[Jacques-Yvan Morin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Premier of Quebec]] (d. 2023) *[[1932]] – [[Ed Litzenberger]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010) *[[1933]] – [[Guido Crepax]], Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003) * 1933 – [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]], Indian author and screenwriter (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=December 25, 2024 |title=M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Revered Indian Screenwriter and Literary Icon, Dies at 91 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/mt-vasudevan-nair-dead-indian-screenwriter-literary-icon-1236259882/ |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Harrison Birtwistle]], English composer and academic (d. 2022) * 1934 – [[Eva Krížiková]], Czech actress (d. 2020) * 1934 – [[Risto Jarva]], Finnish director and producer (d. 1977) *[[1935]] – [[Donn Clendenon]], American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005) * 1935 – [[Alex Karras]], American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012) * 1935 – [[Ken Kercheval]], American actor and director (d. 2019) *[[1936]] – [[George Voinovich]], American lawyer and politician, 65th [[Governor of Ohio]] (d. 2016) *[[1937]] – [[Prabhash Joshi]], Indian journalist (d. 2009) *[[1938]] – [[Bill Alsup]], American racing driver (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Bill_Alsup|title=Bill Alsup|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Ernie Barnes]], American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009) * 1938 – [[Carmen Callil]], Australian publisher, founded [[Virago Press]] (d. 2022) * 1938 – [[Barry Goldwater, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician *[[1939]] – [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], Portuguese economist and politician, 19th [[President of the Portuguese Republic]] *[[1940]] – [[Chris Cord]], American racing driver (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Chris_Cord|title=Chris Cord|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Denis Héroux]], Canadian director and producer (d. 2015) * 1940 – [[Ronald Gene Simmons]], American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990) * 1940 – [[Robert Winston]], English surgeon, academic, and politician * [[1941]] – [[Livia Gouverneur]], Venezuelan communist (d.1961)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Livia Gouverneur: 61 años de la siembra de "La Virgen Roja de los estudiantes" - MPPEFC |url=http://www.mppef.gob.ve/livia-gouverneur-61-anos-de-la-siembra-de-la-virgen-roja-de-los-estudiantes/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101152528/http://www.mppef.gob.ve/livia-gouverneur-61-anos-de-la-siembra-de-la-virgen-roja-de-los-estudiantes/ |archive-date=2022-11-01 }}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Vivian Malone Jones]], American civil rights activist (d. 2005) *[[1943]] – [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]], Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic *[[1944]] – [[Millie Jackson]], American singer-songwriter * 1944 – [[Jan-Michael Vincent]], American actor (d. 2019) * 1944 – [[Nigel Williams (conservator)|Nigel Williams]], English conservator (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite journal | last = Painter | first = Kenneth | author-link = Kenneth Painter | date = 1993 | title = Nigel Williams (1944–1992) | journal = Journal of Glass Studies | publisher = Corning Museum of Glass | volume = 35 | pages = 158–159 | jstor = 24191075 }}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[David Arthur Granger]], Guyanese politician, 9th [[President of Guyana]] * 1945 – [[Peter Lewis (musician)|Peter Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1945 – [[Jürgen Möllemann]], German soldier and politician, [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 2003) *[[1946]] – [[Linda Ronstadt]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1946 – [[Hassanal Bolkiah]], Sultan of Brunei *[[1947]] – [[Lydia Davis]], American short story writer, novelist, and essayist * 1947 – [[Pridiyathorn Devakula]], Thai economist and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Thailand)|Thai Minister of Finance]] * 1947 – [[Roky Erickson]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019) *[[1948]] – [[Twinkle (singer)|Twinkle]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1948 – [[Dimosthenis Kourtovik]], Greek anthropologist and critic * 1948 – [[Artimus Pyle]], American rock drummer and songwriter *[[1949]] – [[Carl Bildt]], Swedish politician and diplomat, [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] * 1949 – [[Trevor Horn]], English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer * 1949 – [[Richard Russo]], American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter *[[1950]] – [[Colin Barnett]], Australian economist and politician, 29th [[Premier of Western Australia]] * 1950 – [[Arianna Huffington]], Greek-American journalist and publisher *[[1951]] – [[Gregory Isaacs]], Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2010) * 1951 – [[Jesse Ventura]], American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th [[Governor of Minnesota]] *[[1952]] – [[John Cleland (racing driver)|John Cleland]], British racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/John_Cleland|title=John Cleland|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Celia Imrie]], English actress * 1952 – [[Terry O'Quinn]], American actor * 1952 – [[David Pack]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1952 – [[Marky Ramone]], American drummer and songwriter * 1952 – [[Johnny Thunders]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) *[[1953]] – [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], Haitian priest and politician, 49th [[President of Haiti]] * 1953 – [[Sultanah Haminah]], Malaysian royal consort * 1953 – [[Mohamad Shahrum Osman]], Malaysian politician * 1953 – [[Alicia Bridges]], American singer-songwriter *[[1954]] – [[John Ferguson (rugby league)|John Ferguson]], Australian rugby league player * 1954 – [[Giorgos Kaminis]], American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th [[Mayor of Athens]] * 1954 – [[Mario Kempes]], Argentinian footballer and manager *[[1956]] – [[Ashoke Sen]], Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sen,_Prof._Ashoke|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences|website=www.ias.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Ian Curtis]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980) * 1956 – [[Nicholas Harberd]], British botanist, educator, and academician * 1956 – [[Barry Melrose]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster * 1956 – [[Steve Mortimer]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator * 1956 – [[Joe Satriani]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1956 – [[Wayne Taylor]], South African racing driver * [[1957]] – [[Cecile Richards]], American activist and former [[Planned Parenthood]] president (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tumin |first=Remy |last2=Green |first2=Penelope |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/cecile-richards-dead-planned-parenthood.html |access-date=January 20, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Gary Heale]], English footballer and coach * 1958 – [[Mac Thornberry]], American lawyer and politician *[[1959]] – [[Vincent Lindon]], French actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1961]] – [[Lolita Davidovich]], Canadian actress * 1961 – [[Jean-Christophe Grangé]], French journalist and screenwriter * 1961 – [[Forest Whitaker]], American actor *[[1962]] – [[Nikos Filippou]], Greek basketball player and manager * 1962 – [[Michelle Ford]], Australian swimmer *[[1963]] – [[Brigitte Nielsen]], Danish-Italian actress * 1963 – [[Steve Thomas (ice hockey)|Steve Thomas]], English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1965]] – [[Alistair Carmichael]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * 1965 – [[Gero Miesenböck]], Austrian neuroscientist and educator * 1965 – [[David Miliband]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] *[[1966]] – [[Jason Bonham]], English singer-songwriter and drummer * 1966 – [[Irène Jacob]], French-Swiss actress *[[1967]] – [[Adam Savage]], American actor and special effects designer * 1967 – [[Elbert West]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) *[[1968]] – [[Eddie Griffin]], American comedian, actor, and producer *[[1969]] – [[Ain Tammus]], Estonian footballer and coach *[[1970]] – [[Tarkan Gözübüyük]], Turkish bass player and producer *[[1972]] – [[Scott Foley]], American actor *[[1973]] – [[Brian Austin Green]], American actor * 1973 – [[Buju Banton]], Jamaican singer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bujubanton.com/biography/|title=Biography - Buju Banton|date=7 May 2018|work=Buju Banton|access-date=9 July 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826063804/https://bujubanton.com/biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Cherry (American wrestler)|Cherry]], American wrestler and manager * 1975 – [[Danny Law]], English cricketer * 1975 – [[Ben Pepper]], Australian basketball player *[[1976]] – [[Steve Cunningham]], American boxer * 1976 – [[Marco Di Vaio]], Italian footballer * 1976 – [[Diane Kruger]], German actress and model * 1976 – [[Gabriel Iglesias]], Mexican-American comedian and voice actor *[[1977]] – [[D. J. Kennington]], Canadian racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/DJ_Kennington|title=DJ Kennington|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1977 – [[André Nel]], South African cricketer * 1977 – [[Lana Parrilla]], American actress<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lana-parrilla/bio/161175/ |title=Lara Parrilla Biography| magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]| archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907184006/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lana-parrilla/bio/161175/| url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1977 – [[John St. Clair]], American football player * 1977 – [[Ray Toro]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Toro biography|url=http://ray-toro.com/ray/bio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111164917/http://ray-toro.com/ray/bio/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 11, 2009|website=ray-toro.com|date=30 November 2008|access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Miguel Olivo]], Dominican baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Laura Benanti]], American actress and singer * 1979 – [[Alexander Frei]], Swiss footballer * 1979 – [[Edda Garðarsdóttir]], Icelandic footballer * 1979 – [[Renata Kučerová]], Czech tennis player *[[1980]] – [[Reggie Abercrombie]], American baseball player * 1980 – [[Jonathan Cheechoo]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Julia Perez]], Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017) *[[1981]] – [[Alou Diarra]], French footballer * 1981 – [[Petros Klampanis]], Greek bassist and composer * 1981 – [[Marius Stankevičius]], Lithuanian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Julien Canal]], French racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Julien_Canal|title=Julien Canal|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Neemia Tialata]], New Zealand rugby player * 1982 – [[Aída Yéspica]], Venezuelan model and actress *[[1983]] – [[Salvatore Iovino]], American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Salvatore_Iovino|title=Salvatore Iovino|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Nelson Merlo]], Brazilian racing driver * 1983 – [[Heath Slater]], American wrestler *[[1984]] – [[Angelo Siniscalchi]], Italian footballer * 1984 – [[Veronika Velez-Zuzulová]], Slovak skier *[[1986]] – [[Tyler Kennedy]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1986]] – [[Yahya Abdul-Mateen II]], American actor <ref>{{cite web |url=https://calbears.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/yahya-abdul-mateen/2228|title=Yahya Abdul-Mateen II|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Alisa Kleybanova]], Russian tennis player * 1989 – [[Anthony Randolph]], American basketball player *[[1990]] – [[Olly Alexander]], English singer and actor <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/42717/happy-birthday-olly-alexander/|title=Happy birthday, Olly Alexander!|website=[[Gay Times]]|date=15 July 2016|access-date=7 July 2018|archive-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916204537/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/42717/happy-birthday-olly-alexander/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Zach Bogosian]], American ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Damian Lillard]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite news |title=Damian Lillard NBA.com profile |work=[[NBA.com]] |url=https://stats.nba.com/player/203081/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103231816/https://stats.nba.com/player/203081/ |archive-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Tyler Young (racing driver)|Tyler Young]], American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Tyler_Young|title=Tyler Young|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Danilo (footballer, born July 1991)|Danilo]], Brazilian footballer * 1991 – [[Derrick Favors]], American basketball player * 1991 – [[Evgeny Tishchenko]], Russian boxer * 1991 – [[Nuria Párrizas Díaz]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314359/nuria-parrizas-diaz|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Nuria Párrizas Díaz|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Tobias Harris]], American basketball player * 1992 – [[Wayde van Niekerk]], South African sprinter *[[1993]] – [[Håvard Nielsen]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/oesterreich/tipp3-bundesliga/2015-16/rb-salzburg-964/70926/spieler_nielsen-havard.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731000957/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/oesterreich/tipp3-bundesliga/2015-16/rb-salzburg-964/70926/spieler_nielsen-havard.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2015|title=Havard Nielsen|access-date=15 November 2015|language=de|publisher=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Harrison Rhodes]], American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Harrison_Rhodes|title=Harrison Rhodes|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Masataka Yoshida]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Masataka Yoshida |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/masataka-yoshida-807799 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Vivianne Miedema]], Dutch football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenalcore.com/arsenal-vivianne-miedema-player-profile/|title=Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema - Player Profile|date=26 February 2019|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jil Teichmann]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jil Teichmann |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320926/jil-teichmann |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Noah Gragson]], American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Noah_Gragson|title=Noah Gragson|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Mohamed Sobhy (footballer, born 1999)|Mohamed Sobhy]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations squads — List of Players: Egypt |url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/cngdkfcfnjo83bvphxma.pdf |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |page=3 |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105140641/https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/cngdkfcfnjo83bvphxma.pdf |archive-date=5 November 2019 }}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[JuJu Watkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=JuJu Watkins - 2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster |url=https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/juju-watkins/16734 |website=usctrojans.com |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Iain Armitage]], American actor<ref>{{Citation|title=Iain Armitage - Young Sheldon Cast Member|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/young-sheldon/cast/215673/|language=en|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year; link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[756]] – [[Yang Guifei]], consort of [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] (b. 719) * [[998]] – [[Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī]], Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 940) *[[1015]] – [[Vladimir the Great]], [[Grand prince]] of [[Kievan Rus']] (b. c. 958) *[[1274]] – [[Bonaventure]], Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221) *[[1291]] – [[Rudolf I of Germany]] (b. 1218) *[[1299]] – King [[Eric II of Norway]] (b. c. 1268) *[[1381]] – [[John Ball (priest)|John Ball]], English [[Lollardy|Lollard]] priest *[[1388]] – [[Agnes of Durazzo]], titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (b. 1313) *[[1397]] – [[Catherine of Henneberg]], German ruler (b. c. 1334) *[[1406]] – [[William, Duke of Austria]] *[[1410]] – [[Ulrich von Jungingen]], German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1360) *[[1445]] – [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland]] *[[1542]] – [[Lisa del Giocondo]], subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' (b. 1479) *[[1544]] – [[René of Châlon]] (b. 1519) *[[1571]] – [[Shimazu Takahisa]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1514) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Annibale Carracci]], Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1560) *[[1614]] – [[Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme]], French soldier, historian and author (b. 1540) *[[1655]] – [[Girolamo Rainaldi]], Italian architect (b. 1570) *[[1685]] – [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]], Dutch-born English general and claimant to the throne, executed (b. 1649) *[[1750]] – [[Vasily Tatishchev]], Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686) *[[1765]] – [[Charles-André van Loo]], French painter (b. 1705) *[[1789]] – [[Jacques Duphly]], French [[harpsichord]] player and composer (b. 1715) *[[1828]] – [[Jean-Antoine Houdon]], French sculptor (b. 1741) *[[1839]] – [[Winthrop Mackworth Praed]], English poet and politician (b. 1802) *[[1844]] – [[Claude Charles Fauriel]], French philologist and historian (b. 1772) *[[1851]] – [[Anne-Marie Javouhey]], French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (b. 1779)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1= Thomas|editor-last1=Carson|editor-first2=Joann|editor-last2=Cerrito|title=New Catholic encyclopedia, Volume 7|location=London|publisher=Gale|year=2003|page=748|isbn=978-0-78764-004-0}}</ref> * 1851 – [[Juan Felipe Ibarra]], Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787) *[[1857]] – [[Carl Czerny]], Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791) *[[1858]] – [[Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov]], Russian painter (b. 1806) *[[1883]] – [[General Tom Thumb]], American circus performer (b. 1838) *[[1885]] – [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish author and poet (b. 1837) *[[1890]] – [[Gottfried Keller]], Swiss author, poet and playwright (b. 1819) *[[1898]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Salpointe]], French-American archbishop (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian playwright and short story writer (b. [[1860]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-Chekhov | title=Anton Chekhov | Biography, Plays, Short Stories, & Facts | Britannica | date=25 January 2024 }}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Emil Fischer]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1852]])<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1902/fischer/biographical/ Emil Fischer – Biographical.] NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1902/fischer/biographical/</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]], Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. [[1874]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special Cable to THE NEW YORK |title=AUSTRIAN POET DIES AFTER SON'S SUICIDE; Hugo von Hoffmannsthal Succumbs to Heart Attack When Dressing for the Funeral. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/07/16/archives/austrian-poet-dies-after-sons-suicide-hugo-von-hoffmannsthal.html |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 July 1929}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Leopold Auer]], Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845) * 1930 – [[Leonora Barry]], Irish-born American social activist (b. 1849)<ref>{{cite book|first=Eleanor|last=Fexner|chapter=Barry, Leonora Marie Kearney|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=101}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ladislaus Bortkiewicz]], Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868) *[[1932]] – [[Bahíyyih Khánum]], Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846) <ref>{{Cite book|title=Prophet's daughter : the life and legacy of Bahíyyih Khánum : outstanding heroine of the Baháʼí Faith|last=Khan|first=Janet A.|date=2005|publisher=Baháʼí Pub|isbn=1931847142|location=Wilmette, Ill.|pages=211|oclc=57531427}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven]], South African poet and politician (b. 1873) *[[1933]] – [[Irving Babbitt]], American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865) * 1933 – [[Freddie Keppard]], American cornet player (b. 1890) *[[1940]] – [[Eugen Bleuler]], Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857) * 1940 – [[Robert Wadlow]], American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b. 1918) *[[1942]] – [[Wenceslao Vinzons]], Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910) *[[1944]] – [[Marie-Victorin Kirouac]], Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885) *[[1946]] – [[Razor Smith]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1877) *[[1947]] – [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893) *[[1948]] – [[John J. Pershing]], American general (b. 1860) *[[1953]] – [[Geevarghese Mar Ivanios]], Indian archbishop, founded the [[Order of the Imitation of Christ]] (b. 1882) *[[1957]] – [[James M. Cox]], American publisher and politician, 46th [[Governor of Ohio]] (b. [[1870]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cebula|first1=James|title=Cox, James Middleton|url=https://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-us1918-45&month=0312&msg=jQiWjjDXUqQVkOBFX4BQhw|publisher=Oxford University Press|work=[[American National Biography Online]]|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-date=29 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229104304/http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Vasily Maklakov]], a Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869) *[[1959]] – [[Ernest Bloch]], Swiss-American composer and academic (b. 1880) * 1959 – [[Vance Palmer]], Australian author and critic (b. [[1885]])<ref name=adb>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-edward-vivian-vance-7946 Australian Dictionary of Biography - Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959) by Geoffrey Serle]</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Set Persson]], Swedish politician (b. 1897) * 1960 – [[Lawrence Tibbett]], American singer and actor (b. 1896) *[[1961]] – [[John Edward Brownlee]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Premier of Alberta]] (b. 1884) * 1961 – [[Nina Bari]], Russian mathematician (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Joan | last1=Spetich | first2=Douglas E. | last2=Cameron | chapter=Nina Karlovna Bari | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/6 6] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/6 }}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Francis Cherry (governor)|Francis Cherry]], American lawyer and politician, 35th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1908) *[[1966]] – [[Seyfi Arkan]], Turkish architect (b. 1903) *[[1969]] – [[Grace Hutchins]], American labor reformer and researcher (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Whitman |editor1-first=Alden |title=American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary |date=1985 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Company |location=New York |isbn=9780824207052 |page=460}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Christine Chubbuck]], American journalist (b. [[1944]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/crime/christine-chubbuck-colleagues-recall-shock-after-on-air-suicide/ |title=Colleagues Recall Shock and Horror After Journalist Committed Suicide on Live TV: 'I Didn't See the Gun' |work=People|first=Christine |last=Pelisek |date=February 10, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Paul Gallico]], American journalist and author (b. 1897) *[[1977]] – [[Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner)|Donald Mackay]], Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933) *[[1979]] – [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]], Mexican academic and politician, 29th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/6789/Gustavo%20Diaz%20Ordaz|title=Gustavo Díaz Ordaz|publisher=Busca Biografias |language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Frédéric Dorion]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898) *[[1982]] – [[Bill Justis]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926) *[[1986]] – [[Billy Haughton]], American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923) *[[1988]] – [[Eleanor Estes]], American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906) *[[1989]] – [[Laurie Cunningham]], English footballer (b. 1956) *[[1990]] – [[Zaim Topčić]], Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920) * 1990 – [[Margaret Lockwood]], English actress (b. 1916) * 1990 – [[Omar Abu Risha]], Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th [[Ambassador of Syria to the United States|Syrian Ambassador to the United States]] (b. 1910) *[[1991]] – [[Bert Convy]], American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933) *[[1992]] – [[Hammer DeRoburt]], Nauruan educator and politician, 1st [[President of Nauru]] (b. 1922) * 1992 – [[Chingiz Mustafayev (journalist)|Chingiz Mustafayev]], Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960) *[[1997]] – [[Justinas Lagunavičius]], Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924) * 1997 – [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer, founded [[Versace]] (b. 1946) *[[1998]] – [[S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician)|S. Shanmuganathan]], Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960) *[[2000]] – [[Louis Quilico]], Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925) *[[2001]] – [[C. Balasingham]], Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Roberto Bolaño]], Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953) * 2003 – [[Elisabeth Welch]], American actress and singer (b. 1904) *[[2006]] – [[Robert H. Brooks]], American businessman, founder of [[Hooters]] and [[Naturally Fresh, Inc.]] (b. 1937) * 2006 – [[Alireza Shapour Shahbazi]], Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942) *[[2008]] – [[György Kolonics]], Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972) *[[2010]] – [[James E. Akins]], American politician and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] (b. 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler]], German landowner and politician (b. 1928) * 2011 – [[Googie Withers]], British-Australian actress (b. 1917) *[[2012]] – [[Boris Cebotari]], Moldovan footballer (b. 1975) * 2012 – [[Tsilla Chelton]], Israeli-French actress (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Grant Feasel]], American football player (b. 1960) * 2012 – [[David Fraser (British Army officer)|David Fraser]], English general (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Celeste Holm]], American actress and singer (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Yoichi Takabayashi]], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Takabayashi Yōichi kantoku shikyo |url=http://www.47news.jp/localnews/kyoto/2012/07/post_20120716014619.html |publisher=47News |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111185020/http://www.47news.jp/localnews/kyoto/2012/07/post_20120716014619.html |archive-date=11 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Ninos Aho]], Syrian-American poet and activist (b. 1945) * 2013 – [[Henry Braden]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1944) * 2013 – [[Tom Greenwell]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1956) * 2013 – [[Earl Gros]], American football player (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Noël Lee]], Chinese-American pianist and composer (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Meskerem Legesse]], Ethiopian runner (b. 1986) * 2013 – [[John T. Riedl]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1962) *[[2014]] – [[Óscar Acosta]], Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[James MacGregor Burns]], American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Edward Perl]], American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Robert A. Roe]], American soldier and politician (b. 1924) *[[2015]] – [[Masahiko Aoki]], Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938) * 2015 – [[Wan Li]], Chinese politician, 4th [[List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China|Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Aubrey Morris]], British actor (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Dave Somerville]], Canadian singer (b. 1933) *[[2017]] – [[Martin Landau]], American film and television actor (b. 1928) *[[2021]] – [[Peter R. de Vries]], Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Henley|first=Jon|date=15 July 2021|title=Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries dies after shooting|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/dutch-reporter-peter-de-vries-dies-after-shooting|access-date=22 September 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year; link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Abhai (saint)|Abhai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]]) **[[Anne-Marie Javouhey]] **[[Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden]] **[[Bonaventure]] **[[Dispersion of the Apostles]] (formerly by the [[Catholic Church]]) **[[Donald of Ogilvy]] **[[Edith of Polesworth]] **[[Edith of Wilton]] **[[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor]] **[[Plechelm]] **[[Quriaqos and Julietta]] ([[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]]) **[[Swithun]] **[[Vladimir the Great]] (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church) **[[July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis]] ([[European Union]], worldwide)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=The EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis |url=https://climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-voice/news/eu-day-victims-global-climate-crisis-2023-07-13_en |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=[[European Commission]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[Saint Rosalia|Festival of Santa Rosalia]] ([[Palermo]], [[Sicily]]) *[[Statehood Day (Ukraine)|Statehood Day]] ([[Ukraine]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Parliament changes dates of Christmas, Statehood Day, Day of Defenders |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3735767-parliament-changes-dates-of-three-holidays-christmas-statehood-day-day-of-defenders-of-ukraine.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=[[Ukrinform]] |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=15}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/15 |title=Historical Events on July 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 15}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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