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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[622]] &ndash; The [[Hijrah]] of [[Muhammad]] begins, marking the beginning of the [[Islamic calendar]].
* [[997]] &ndash; [[Battle of Spercheios]]: Bulgarian forces of Tsar [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]] are defeated by a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army under general [[Nikephoros Ouranos]] at the [[Spercheios|Spercheios River]] in Greece.
*[[1054]] &ndash; Three Roman [[Papal legate|legates]] break relations between [[Western Christianity|Western]] and [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian churches]] through the act of placing a [[papal bull]] (of doubtful validity) of [[excommunication]] on the altar of [[Hagia Sophia]] during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the formal start of the [[East–West Schism]].
*[[1212]] &ndash; [[Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]]: After [[Pope Innocent III]] calls European knights to a [[Crusades|crusade]], the forces of kings [[Alfonso VIII of Castile]], [[Sancho VII of Navarre]], [[Peter II of Aragon]] and [[Afonso II of Portugal]] defeat those of the [[Berbers|Berber]] Muslim leader [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohad]], thus marking a significant turning point in the ''[[Reconquista]]'' and in the [[Spain in the Middle Ages|medieval history of Spain]].
*[[1228]] &ndash; The [[canonization]] of [[Saint Francis of Assisi]]
*[[1232]] &ndash; The Spanish town of [[Arjona, Spain|Arjona]] declares independence and names its native [[Muhammad I of Granada|Muhammad ibn Yusuf]] as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he later established the [[Nasrid dynasty|Nasrid]] [[Emirate of Granada]], the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
*[[1251]] &ndash; Celebrated by the [[Carmelite Order]]–but doubted by modern historians–as the day when Saint [[Simon Stock]] had a vision of the [[Virgin Mary]].<ref>''Carmel, Its History, Spirit, and Saints.'' New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1927. pp 218–226. [http://bronxvilleocds.x10hosting.com/scapular.htm The Brown Scapular] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200042/http://bronxvilleocds.x10hosting.com/scapular.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} – Book excerpt found at the web link contains extensive quotes from the 17th century forged letter purportedly written in the 13th century by Saint Simon Stock's secretary "Peter Swanington". Many older sources surprisingly accepted the Swanington letter without question.</ref><ref>Herbert Thurston, S.J., [https://books.google.com/books?id=RAUQAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22peter+swanyngton%22+scapular+ecclesiastical&pg=PA59 "The Origin of the Scapular – A Criticism."] ''The Irish Ecclesiastical Record'' Vol XVI July–December 1904. pp. 59–75. Dublin: Browne & Nolan, Limited. – well researched 1904 journal article demonstrates the falsity of the Swanington letter as well as the forged papal bull that was the basis of the "Sabbatine privilege", discusses Carmelite history and the facts about the evolution of the scapular devotion etc.</ref>
*[[1377]] &ndash; King [[Richard II of England]] is crowned.<ref>{{cite book|author=James Sherborne|title=War, Politics and Culture in 14th Century England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uu_UAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|date=1 January 1994|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-85285-086-9|pages=187–}}</ref>
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cartier]], navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=26|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; The first [[banknote]]s in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank [[Stockholms Banco]].
*[[1683]] &ndash; Manchu [[Qing dynasty]] naval forces under commander [[Shi Lang]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Tungning]] in the [[Battle of Penghu]] near the [[Penghu|Pescadores Islands]].
*[[1769]] &ndash; Father [[Junípero Serra]] founds [[California]]'s first mission, [[Mission San Diego de Alcalá]]. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of [[San Diego|San Diego, California]].
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Light infantry]] of the [[Continental Army]] seize a fortified [[British Army]] position in a midnight bayonet attack at the [[Battle of Stony Point]].
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the [[Residence Act]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; The city of [[La Paz]], in what is today [[Bolivia]], declares its independence from the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish Crown]] during the [[La Paz revolution]] and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by [[Pedro Domingo Murillo]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Antonio María Claret y Clará]] founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the [[Claretians]] in [[Vic, Spain|Vic]], in the province of [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], Spain.
*[[1858]] &ndash; The last [[Lourdes apparitions|apparition]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary to [[Bernadette Soubirous]] in Lourdes, France.<ref>{{cite book|author=William J. Collinge|title=Historical Dictionary of Catholicism|date=15 August 2021|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538130186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAo0EAAAQBAJ&q=16+july+apparition+Lourdes&pg=PA276}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/expliquez-moi-les-apparitions/|title=Friday 16th July 1858 The 18th and final apparition|website=www.lourdes-france.org}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: At the order of President [[Abraham Lincoln]], Union troops begin a 25-mile [[Manassas campaign|march]] into [[Virginia]] for what will become the [[First Battle of Bull Run]], the first major land battle of the war.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward G. Longacre|title=The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nUCBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA535|date=22 October 2014|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-4761-1|pages=535}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[David Farragut]] is promoted to [[rear admiral]], becoming the first officer in [[United States Navy]] to hold an admiral rank.

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Persian Constitutional Revolution]]: [[Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar]] is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son [[Ahmad Shah Qajar]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ahmad Hasan Dani|author2=Unesco|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ckDZStRFfEC|year=1992|publisher=Unesco|isbn=978-92-3-103985-0|page=476}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[John Robertson Duigan]] makes the first flight of the [[Duigan pusher biplane]], the first aircraft built in Australia.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Henry James]] becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
*  1915   &ndash; At Treasure Island on the [[Delaware River]] in the United States, the First [[Order of the Arrow]] ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dick|last=Pryce|title=Return to Treasure Island|magazine=Boys' Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24|date=May 1981|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|pages=24|issn=0006-8608}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Augusto César Sandino]] leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of [[Ocotal]], but is repulsed by one of the first [[Dive bomber|dive-bombing]] attacks in history.
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Emperor of Ethiopia|Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]] signs the [[1931 Constitution of Ethiopia|first constitution of Ethiopia]].
*[[1935]] &ndash; The world's first [[parking meter]] is installed in [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Joe DiMaggio]] hits safely for the [[Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak|56th consecutive game]], a streak that still stands as an [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] record.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]: [[Vel' d'Hiv Roundup]] (''Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv''): The government of [[Vichy France]] orders the [[mass arrest]] of 13,152 Jews who are held at the [[Vélodrome d'Hiver]] in Paris before deportation to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Manhattan Project]]: The [[Atomic Age]] begins when the United States [[Trinity (nuclear test)|successfully detonates]] a [[plutonium]]-based test [[nuclear weapon]] near [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|Indianapolis|CA-35|6}} leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "[[Little Boy]]" bound for [[Tinian|Tinian Island]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; Following token resistance, the city of [[Nazareth]], revered by Christians as the hometown of [[Jesus]], capitulates to [[Israel]]i troops during [[Operation Dekel]] in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].
*  1948   &ndash; The storming of the cockpit of the ''[[Miss Macao]]'' passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the [[Cathay Pacific]] Airways, marks the first [[aircraft hijacking]] of a commercial plane.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Chaplain–Medic massacre]]: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
*1950 &ndash; [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] beats [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|2–1]], to win the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]] hat has been dubbed the [[Maracanazo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/greatest-upsets.html |title=Football's 20 Greatest Upsets |work=Soccerphile |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113142039/http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/greatest-upsets.html |archivedate=13 November 2006 }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; King [[Leopold III of Belgium]] abdicates in favor of his son, [[Baudouin of Belgium]].
*  1951   &ndash; [[J. D. Salinger]] publishes his popular yet controversial novel, ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]''.<ref name="burgernyt">{{cite news|last=Burger|first=Nash K.|date=July 16, 1951|title=Books of The Times|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/13/specials/salinger-rye02.html|access-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] closes its last "Big Tent" show in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[KLM Flight 844]] crashes off the [[Schouten Islands]] in present day [[Indonesia]] (then [[Netherlands New Guinea]]), killing 58 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Super Constellation PH-LKT Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570716-0|access-date=2021-07-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]] linking France and Italy opens.
*  1965   &ndash; [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam|South Vietnamese]] Colonel [[Phạm Ngọc Thảo]], a formerly undetected [[People's Army of Vietnam|communist spy and double agent]], is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death ''in absentia'' for a [[1965 South Vietnamese coup|February 1965 coup attempt]] against [[Nguyễn Khánh]].
* [[1969]] – The [[Apollo 11]] lunar landing mission is launched from [[Cape Canaveral|Cape Kennedy]] in Florida, USA.<ref>
* {{cite book
	| last = Mailer
	| first = Norman
	| author-link = Norman Mailer
	| date = 2014
	| orig-date = 1970
	| title = [[Of a Fire on the Moon|A Fire on the Moon]]
	| location = London
	| publisher = [[Penguin Classics]]
	| pages = 67–86, 166-176
	| isbn = 978-0-141-39496-1
}}
* {{cite book
	| last = Collins 
	| first = Michael
	| author-link = Michael Collins (astronaut)
	| date = 2019
	| orig-date = 1974
	| title = [[Carrying the Fire]]
	| location = New York
	| publisher = [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]
	| pages = 355–366
	| isbn = 978-0-374-53776-0
}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[President of Iraq|Iraqi President]] [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] resigns and is replaced by [[Saddam Hussein]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash|Sikorsky S-61 disaster]]: A helicopter crashes off the [[Isles of Scilly]], causing 20 fatalities.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[1990 Luzon earthquake|Luzon earthquake]] strikes the [[Philippines]] with an intensity of 7.7, affecting [[Benguet]], [[Pangasinan]], [[Nueva Ecija]], [[La Union]], [[Aurora (province)|Aurora]], [[Bataan]], [[Zambales]] and [[Tarlac]].
*  1990   &ndash; The [[Verkhovna Rada|Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR]] [[Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine|declares state sovereignty]] over the territory of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; The comet [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9|Shoemaker-Levy 9]] is destroyed in a head-on collision with [[Jupiter]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=January 2018|first=Elizabeth Howell 24|title=Shoemaker-Levy 9: Comet's Impact Left Its Mark on Jupiter|url=https://www.space.com/19855-shoemaker-levy-9.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Space.com|date=24 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[John F. Kennedy Jr.|John F. Kennedy Jr]]., his wife, [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy]], and her sister, Lauren Bessette, [[John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash|die when the aircraft]] he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Millennium Park]], considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by [[Mayor of Chicago|Mayor]] [[Richard M. Daley]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; An [[Antonov An-24]] [[2005 Equatorial Express Airlines An-24 crash|crashes]] near [[Baney]] in [[Bioko Norte]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], killing 60 people.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24B 3C-VQR Baney |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050716-0 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; An [[2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake|earthquake]] of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]] coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Teoh Beng Hock]], an aide to a politician in [[Malaysia]] is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the [[Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission|Anti-Corruption Commission]], sparking an [[inquest]] that gains nationwide attention.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nazari|first=Tasneem|title=The Mysterious Death of Teoh Beng Hock: What We Know So Far {{!}} TRP|url=https://www.therakyatpost.com/2019/11/19/special-task-force-to-investigate-teoh-beng-hocks-death-case-recap/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.therakyatpost.com/|date=19 November 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after [[Bihar school meal poisoning incident|eating lunch]] served at their school in eastern India.
*  2013   &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13)|Battle of Ras al-Ayn]] resumes between the [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the [[Rojava–Islamist conflict]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Lister|first=  Charles R.|title= The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S6eKCwAAQBAJ|date= 2015|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location= [[Oxford]]|isbn= 9780190462475|page=96}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; Four [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] and one gunman die in [[2015 Chattanooga shootings|a shooting spree]] targeting military installations in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; A 100-year-old building in [[Mumbai]], India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49001456|website=BBC News|title=India building collapse: Many trapped and 10 dead in Mumbai|date=2019-07-16}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1194]] &ndash; [[Clare of Assisi]], Italian nun and saint (d. 1253)
*[[1486]] &ndash; [[Andrea del Sarto]], Italian painter (d. 1530)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Padovani |first1=Serena |title=Sarto, Andrea del |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T076067|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref>
*[[1517]] &ndash; [[Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk]], English duchess (d. 1559)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/frances-brandon-duchess-of-suffolk/|title=Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk & family|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Petrus Peckius the Elder]], Dutch jurist, writer on international maritime law (d. 1589)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Renata of Austria]] (d. 1644)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]], Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (d. 1706)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Marc René, marquis de Montalembert]], French engineer and author (d. 1800)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Joseph Wilton]], English sculptor and academic (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Coutu |first1=Joan |title=Wilton, Joseph (1722–1803), sculptor |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29706}}</ref>
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (d. 1792)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Postle |first1=Martin |title=Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23429}}</ref>
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]], American jurist and politician, 18th [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1796)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Cyrus Griffin]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Saladino |first1=Gaspare J. |title=Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810), lawyer and judge |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200151}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]], French painter and etcher (d. 1875)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Mary Baker Eddy]], American religious leader and author, founded [[Christian Science]] (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Bednarowski |first1=Mary Farrell |title=Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910), founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and of Christian Science as a method of healing |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800425}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Nikolai von Glehn]], Estonian-German architect and activist (d. 1923)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Eugène Ysaÿe]], Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Stockhem |first1=Michel |title=Ysaÿe, Eugène(-Auguste) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30732}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Ida B. Wells]], American journalist and activist (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=McMurry |first1=Linda O. |title=Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell (1862-1931), editor and antilynching activist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500924}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Anderson Dawson]], Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1910)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=D. J.|last=Murphy |title=Andrew Dawson (1863–1910) |volume=8 |year=1981 |id2=dawson-andrew-5921 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Lambert McKenna]], Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (d. 1956)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Ellen Oliver (suffragette)]], British suffragette (d. 1921)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=Barltrop, Mabel [name in religion Octavia] (1866–1934), prophet and founder of the Panacea Society|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-93402|access-date=20 April 2024|date=2012|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/93402|last1=Shaw|first1=Jane}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[John Maxwell (golfer)|John Maxwell]], American golfer (d. 1906)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]], Norwegian pilot and explorer (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roald Amundsen {{!}} Biography, Facts, Expeditions, South Pole, Northwest Passage, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roald-Amundsen |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1872   &ndash; [[Frank Cooper (politician)|Frank Cooper]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1949)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=Manfred |last=Cross |title=
Frank Arthur Cooper (1872–1949) |volume=13 |year=1993 |id2=cooper-frank-arthur-9820 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Norris]], American journalist and author (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Norris, Kathleen Thompson (1880-1966), novelist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601210}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Violette Neatley Anderson]], American judge (d. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/violette-anderson-an-early-legal-representative/|title=Violette Anderson, an early legal representative – African American Registry|work=African American Registry|access-date=9 November 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Charles Sheeler]], American photographer and painter (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Troyen |first1=Carol |title=Sheeler, Charles (1883-1965), painter and photographer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700795}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Anna Vyrubova]], Russian author (d. 1964)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Percy Kilbride]], American actor (d. 1964)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Frits Zernike]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ferwerda |first1=Hedzer A. |title=Frits Zernike--life and achievements |journal=Optical Engineering |date=1993 |volume=32 |issue=12 |page=3177 |doi=10.1117/12.142941|bibcode=1993OptEn..32.3176F |url=https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/76096528/3176_1.pdf }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Arthur Bowie Chrisman]], American author (d. 1953)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Hamel]], Canadian businessman and politician, 35th [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]] (d. 1968)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer]], German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Trygve Lie]], Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (d. 1968)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lady Eve Balfour]], British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=16}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Alexander Luria]], Russian psychologist and physician (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kuzovleva |first1=Eugenia |title=[No title found] |journal=Neuropsychology Review |date=1999 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=53–56 |doi=10.1023/A:1025695021621|pmid=10468377 }}</ref>
*  1902   &ndash; [[Mary Philbin]], American actress (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite news |title=MARY PHILBIN, SILENT SCREEN STAR, DIES AT 89; SOUND ENDED HER CAREER |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/mary-philbin-silent-screen-star-dies-at-89-sound-ended-her-career/article_3206b386-60f8-5806-9490-a5467b14b65c.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Buffalo News |date=22 May 1993 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Fritz Bauer]], German lawyer and judge (d. 1968)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Carmen Lombardo]], Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1971)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Irmgard Flügge-Lotz]], German mathematician and engineer (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | 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/33 33] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/33 }}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Goffredo Petrassi]], Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Restagno |first1=Enzo |title=Petrassi, Goffredo |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21457}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Vincent Sherman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkvist |first1=Robert |title=Vincent Sherman, Studio-Era Hollywood Director, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/movies/21sherman.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 2006}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Frances Horwich]], American educator and television host (d. 2001)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Orville Redenbacher]], American farmer and businessman, founded [[Orville Redenbacher's]] (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lach, Jr. |first1=Edward L. |title=Redenbacher, Orville (1907-1995), food industry entrepreneur |date=October 2001 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1002223}}</ref>
*  1907   &ndash; [[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Nassour |first1=Ellis |last2=Snowberger |first2=Beth A. |title=Stanwyck, Barbara (1907-1990), actress |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801365}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Stan McCabe]], Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Gordon Prange]], American historian, author, and academic (d. 1980)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ginger Rogers]], American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Mueller |first1=John |title=Rogers, Ginger (1911-1995), actress, dancer, and musical comedy performer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1803406}}</ref>
*  1911   &ndash; [[Sonny Tufts]], American actor (d. 1970)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Milt Bocek]], American baseball player (d. 2007)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Amy Patterson]], Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (d. 2019) 
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Barnard Hughes]], American actor (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Campbell |title=Barnard Hughes, Character Actor, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/arts/12hughes.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 July 2006}}</ref>
*  1915   &ndash; [[Elaine Barrie]], American actress (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Elaine Barrie, 87, Dies; Married Barrymore |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/04/arts/elaine-barrie-87-dies-married-barrymore.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 March 2003}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Denis Edward Arnold]], English soldier (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Denis Arnold - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11435013/Major-Denis-Arnold-obituary.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=25 February 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Paul Farnes]], British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot (d. 2020)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Samuel Victor Perry]], English biochemist and rugby player (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trentham |first1=David R. |title=Samuel Victor Perry. 16 July 1918 — 17 December 2009 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=January 2011 |volume=57 |pages=327–347 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2011.0009}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Hermine Braunsteiner]], Austrian [[SS]] officer (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=A Nazi Past, a Queens Home Life, an Overlooked Death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/world/europe/a-nazi-past-a-queens-home-life-an-overlooked-death.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 2005}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Choi Kyu-hah]], South Korean politician, 4th [[President of South Korea]] (d. 2006)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Anatole Broyard]], American critic and editor (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitgang |first1=Herbert |title=Anatole Broyard, 70, Book Critic And Editor at The Times, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/12/obituaries/anatole-broyard-70-book-critic-and-editor-at-the-times-is-dead.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 October 1990}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Chris Argyris]], American psychologist, theorist, and academic (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edmondson |first1=Amy C. |title=Chris Argyris (1923–2013). |journal=American Psychologist |date=July 2015 |volume=70 |issue=5 |pages=473 |doi=10.1037/a0039188}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bola Sete]], Brazilian guitarist (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Mongan |first1=Norman |title=Sete, Bola |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J403500}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[James L. Greenfield]], American journalist and politician (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=James Greenfield, Globe-Trotting Reporter and Times Editor, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/business/media/james-greenfield-dead.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=20 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Bess Myerson]], American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, [[Miss America|Miss America 1945]] (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nemy |first1=Enid |last2=McDonald |first2=William |title=Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/nyregion/bess-myerson-miss-america-and-new-york-official-tarnished-in-scandal-dies.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Rupert Deese]], Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (d. 2010)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Frank Jobe]], American sergeant and surgeon (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Frank Jobe, Surgeon Who Saved Pitchers' Careers, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/sports/baseball/dr-frank-jobe-who-pioneered-tommy-john-surgery-dies-at-88.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 March 2014}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Rosita Quintana]], Argentine actress (d. 2021)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Cal Tjader]], American jazz musician (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Waxer |first1=Lise |title=Tjader, Cal[len Radcliffe] |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.49882}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Ivica Horvat]], Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Irwin Rose]], American biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |title=Irwin A. Rose, Nobel-Winning Biochemist, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/science/irwin-rose-nobel-winning-biochemist-dies-at-88.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Pierre F. Côté]], Canadian lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Shirley Hughes]], English author and illustrator<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eccleshare |first1=Julia |title=Shirley Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/02/shirley-hughes-obituary |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=2 March 2022 }}</ref> (d. 2022)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Derek Hawksworth]], English footballer (d. 2021)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Anita Brookner]], English novelist and art historian (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNay |first1=Michael |title=Anita Brookner obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/15/anita-brookner-obituary |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Bella Davidovich]], Soviet-American pianist<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |title=Davidovich, Bella |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.51826}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Robert Sheckley]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clute |first1=John |title=Robert Sheckley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-sheckley-519837.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=17 December 2005 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Jim Rathmann (race car driver)|Jim Rathmann]], American race car driver (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Jim Rathmann obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/02/jim-rathmann |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=2 December 2011}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Dave Treen]], American lawyer and politician, 51st [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Governor of Louisiana]] (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Dave Treen, Republican Ex-Governor of Louisiana, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30treen.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 2009}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Andrzej Zawada]], Polish mountaineer and author (d. 2000)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Charles Ray Hatcher]], American serial killer (d. 1984)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Sheri S. Tepper]], American author and poet (d. 2016)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Gaby Tanguy]], French swimmer (d. 1981)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Guy Béart]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willsher |first1=Kim |title=Guy Béart obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/guy-beart |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=17 September 2015}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Michael Bilirakis]], American lawyer and politician
*  1930   &ndash; [[Bert Rechichar]], American football defensive back and kicker (d. 2019)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Fergus Gordon Kerr]], Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province
*  1931   &ndash; [[Norm Sherry]], American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Norm Sherry, 89, Dies; Gave Koufax a Tip, and the Rest Is History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/sports/baseball/norm-sherry-dead.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=11 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[John Chilton]], English trumpet player and composer (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Kernfeld |first1=Barry |title=Chilton, John |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48742}}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Max McGee]], American football player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Dick Thornburgh]], American lawyer and politician, 76th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Richard Thornburgh, Former Governor and Attorney General, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/politics/richard-thornburgh-dead.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Julian A. Brodsky]], American businessman
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Denise LaSalle]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Whiteis|title=Always the Queen: The Denise LaSalle Story|year=2020|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252051937|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhDjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT312}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Denise LaSalle, Southern soul singer and earthy lyricist, dies at 83|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/denise-lasalle-southern-soul-singer-and-earthy-lyricist-dies-at-83/2018/01/14/4ed92d7e-f70f-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashvillecream/denise-lasalle-1939-2018/article_34166d6f-9dd7-50f8-b947-94c114413924.html|title=Denise LaSalle, 1934-2018|author=Ron Wynn|date=Jan 11, 2018|work=Nashville Scene}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Tomás Eloy Martínez]], Argentine journalist (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/12059987/tomas_eloy_martinez/|title=Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010)|website=BnF Data|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Katherine D. Ortega]], 38th Treasurer of the United States
*  1934   &ndash; [[Donald M. Payne]], American educator and politician (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Raymond |title=Donald M. Payne, First Black Elected to Congress From New Jersey, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/nyregion/donald-m-payne-first-black-elected-to-congress-from-new-jersey-dies-at-77.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Carl Epting Mundy Jr.]], American general (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Gen. Carl E. Mundy Jr., Outspoken Marine Corps Leader, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/gen-carl-e-mundy-jr-outspoken-marine-corps-commandant-dies-at-78.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2014}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Lynn Wyatt]], American socialite and philanthropist
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Yasuo Fukuda]], Japanese politician, 91st [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*  1936   &ndash; [[Buddy Merrill]], American guitarist (d. 2021)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Jerry Norman (sinologist)|Jerry Norman]], American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Venkataraman Subramanya]], Indian-Australian cricketer
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Richard Bryan]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Governor of Nevada]]
*  1937   &ndash; [[John Daly (producer)|John Daly]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Cynthia Enloe]], American author and academic
*  1938   &ndash; [[Tony Jackson (singer)|Tony Jackson]], English singer and bass player (d. 2003)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]], American singer-songwriter
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ali Khamenei]], Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd [[Supreme Leader of Iran]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Lido Vieri]], Italian football manager and football player
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ruth Perry]], president of Liberia (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/perry-ruth-1939|title=Perry, Ruth 1939– – Dictionary definition of Perry, Ruth 1939– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary|website=www.encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Shringar Nagaraj]], Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Corin Redgrave]], English actor and activist (d. 2010)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Mariele Ventre]], Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Desmond Dekker]], Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Dag Solstad]], Norwegian author and playwright (d. 2025)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Hans Wiegel]], Dutch journalist and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]]
*  1941   &ndash; [[Sir George Young, 6th Baronet]], English banker and politician, [[Secretary of State for Transport]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Margaret Court]], Australian tennis player and minister
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Reinaldo Arenas]], Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Vernon Bogdanor]], English political scientist and academic
*  1943   &ndash; [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], American football player and coach
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Angharad Rees]], English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (d. 2012)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Louise Fréchette]], Canadian civil servant and diplomat, [[Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Don Burke]], Australian television host and producer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Alexis Herman]], American businesswoman and politician, 23rd [[United States Secretary of Labor]] (d. 2025)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Assata Shakur]], American-Cuban criminal and activist
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Rubén Blades]], Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*  1948 &ndash; [[Lars Lagerbäck]], Swedish footballer and manager
*  1948 &ndash; [[Kevin McKenzie (cricketer)|Kevin McKenzie]], South African cricketer
*  1948 &ndash; [[Pinchas Zukerman]], Israeli violinist and conductor
*  [[1950]] – [[Gary Indiana]], American writer, playwright and poet (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Gary Indiana, Acerbic Cultural Critic and Novelist, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/arts/gary-indiana-dead.html |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*1950 &ndash; [[Pierre Paradis]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*  1950   &ndash; [[Dennis Priestley]], English darts player
*  1950   &ndash; [[Frances Spalding]], English historian and academic
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tom Terrell (journalist)|Tom Terrell]], American journalist and photographer (d. 2007)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jean-Luc Mongrain]], Canadian journalist
*  1951   &ndash; [[Che Rosli]], Malaysian politician
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Stewart Copeland]], American drummer and songwriter 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Marc Esposito]], French director and screenwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ken McEwan]], South African cricketer
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Douglas J. Feith]], American lawyer and politician, [[Under Secretary of Defense for Policy]]
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Susan Wheeler]], American poet and academic
*  1955   &ndash; [[Saw Swee Leong]], Malaysian badminton player
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Tony Kushner]], American playwright and screenwriter
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Faye Grant]], American actress
*  1957   &ndash; [[Maurice Kottelat]], [[Swiss (people)|Swiss]] [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]] specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes<ref name="Commissioners">[https://www.iczn.org/about-the-iczn/commissioners/maurice-kottelat/ Commissioners: Dr Maurice Kottelat] International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (accessed 2014)</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Mick Cornett]], American politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsok.com/article/2857034/mick-cornett|title=Mick Cornett|publisher=newsok.com|date=June 27, 2004|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Michael Flatley]], American-Irish dancer and choreographer<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Lawrence A. |date=2001-06-15 |title=Former Chicago Plumber Brings His Remarkable Feat Back Home |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|page=5-2}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Gary Anderson (placekicker)|Gary Anderson]], South African-American football player
*  1959   &ndash; [[James MacMillan]], Scottish composer and conductor
*  1959   &ndash; [[Jürgen Ligi]], Estonian economist and politician, 25th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defence]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Terry Pendleton]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Grigory Leps]], Russian singer-songwriter
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Cates]], American actress
*  1963   &ndash; [[Srečko Katanec]], Slovenian footballer and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mikael Pernfors]], Swedish tennis player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Phil Hellmuth]], American poker player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Miguel Induráin]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Michel Desjoyeaux]], French sailor
*  1965   &ndash; [[Claude Lemieux]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jyrki Lumme]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Will Ferrell]], American actor, comedian, and producer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Dhanraj Pillay]], Indian field hockey player and manager
*  1968   &ndash; [[Barry Sanders]], American football player
*  1968   &ndash; [[Larry Sanger]], American philosopher and businessman, co-founded [[Wikipedia]] and [[Citizendium]]
*  1968   &ndash; [[Michael Searle (rugby league)|Michael Searle]], Australian rugby league player and businessman
*  1968   &ndash; [[Robert J. Sherman|Robert Sherman]], American songwriter and businessman
*  1968   &ndash; [[Olga Souza]], Brazilian singer and dancer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Kathryn Harby-Williams]], Australian netball player and sportscaster
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Raimonds Miglinieks]], Latvian basketball player and coach
*  1970  &ndash; [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1970  &ndash; [[Serena Chen]], American social psychologist<ref>{{Citation |last=Chen |first=Serena |title=Chen, Serena |date=2018 |pages=1–2 |editor-last=Zeigler-Hill |editor-first=Virgil |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_399-1 |isbn=978-3-319-28099-8 |s2cid=239490429 |editor2-last=Shackelford |editor2-first=Todd K. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Corey Feldman]], American actor 
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ed Kowalczyk]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ben Cahoon]], American-Canadian football player and coach
*  1972   &ndash; [[François Drolet]], Canadian speed skater
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[João Dias (politician)|João Dias]], Portuguese politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - João Dias |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5524 |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316173441/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5524 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Shaun Pollock]], South African cricketer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Graham Robertson (filmmaker)|Graham Robertson]], American director and producer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]], American politician
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Maret Maripuu]], Estonian politician, [[Minister of Social Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Social Affairs]]
*  1974   &ndash; [[Wendell Sailor]], Australian rugby player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Tomasz Kuchar]], Polish racing driver
*  1976   &ndash; [[Bobby Lashley]], American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Lashley |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335707/bobby-lashley |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Carlos Humberto Paredes]], Paraguayan footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Anna Smashnova]], Belarusian-Israeli tennis player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Bryan Budd]], Northern Ireland-born English soldier, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (d. 2006)<!-- raised in England -->
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jayma Mays]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 16, 2022 includes celebrity Will Ferrell, Corey Feldman |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-16-2022-includes-celebrity-will-ferrell-corey-feldman.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Chris Mihm]], American basketball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Kim Rhode]], American sport shooter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Nathan Rogers]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1979   &ndash; [[Konstantin Skrylnikov]], Russian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]], Australian golfer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Di Masi]], Italian footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Robert Kranjec]], Slovenian ski jumper
*  1981   &ndash; [[Zach Randolph]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|nba=2216}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Vicente Rodríguez]], Spanish footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[André Greipel]], German cyclist
*  1982   &ndash; [[Carli Lloyd]], American soccer player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Michael Umaña]], Costa Rican footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Katrina Kaif]], British Indian actress and model<ref>{{cite web|work=Bollywood Dhamaka|title=Finally: Katrina Kaif made an achievement with Madame Tussaunds wax statue after lots of struggle in life!|date=28 March 2015|url=https://www.bollywooddhamaka.in/bollywood-dhamaka/finally-katrina-kaif-made-an-achievement-with-madame-tussaunds-wax-statue-after-lots-of-struggle-in-life/7990|access-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Duncan Keith]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Hayanari Shimoda]], Japanese racing driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Attila Szabó (athlete)|Attila Szabó]], Hungarian decathlete
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Mārtiņš Kravčenko]], Latvian basketball player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Misako Uno]], Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/3491909/misako-uno|title = Celebrities：Misako Uno|access-date=2006-10-31|work=Hollywood Staff |publisher=Hollywood.com}}</ref> 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Mousa Dembélé]], Belgian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[AnnaLynne McCord]], American actress and producer<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Us Weekly]]|title=AnnaLynne McCord Archive|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/annalynne-mccord/|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Knowshon Moreno]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Knowshon Moreno|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/knowshonmoreno/79619/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sergio Busquets]], Spanish footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Gareth Bale]], Welsh footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Bureta Faraimo]], New Zealand rugby league player
*  1990   &ndash; [[James Maslow]],  American actor, singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web |title=James Maslow |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/james-maslow/463754061 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Wizkid]], Nigerian singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.guardian.ng/life/30-quick-facts-about-wizkid-you-should-know-as-he-turns-30-today/ | title=From the Magazine: 30 Quick Facts About Wizkid You Should Know As He Turns 30 Today | date=16 July 2020 | publisher=guardian.ng | access-date=20 July 2020 }}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Johann Zarco]], French motorcycle racer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Dylan Grimes]], Australian Rules footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dylan Grimes {{!}} AFL |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/players/422/Dylan-Grimes |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=richmondfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Nate Schmidt]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8477220}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Andros Townsend]], English footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Safiya Nygaard]], American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=safiyany |postid=B0AELJVl32_ |title=today is my birthday and also a full moon, so i'm moody 🌝🦇👽 |date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/safiyany/2089688585226124735_2089688582969369082|archive-date=September 25, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Shericka Jackson]], Jamaican sprinter<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/200m/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26 | title=World Rankings &#124; Women's 200m }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Kevin Abstract]], American rapper and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Abstract - Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-abstract/416903584 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Luke Hemmings]], Australian singer and musician<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hey, Lets Make a Band!|year=2014|isbn=9780062366443|pages=15|last1=Summer|first1=5. Seconds of|publisher=HarperCollins }}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Daniel Pearson (actor)|Daniel Pearson]], English actor and presenter
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jarred Kelenic]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarred Kelenic Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kelenja01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Island Boys|Alex Venegas]], American social media personality<ref name=IslandBoys>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2021 |title=Who are the 'Island Boys' on TikTok? |url=https://news.yahoo.com/island-boys-tiktok-201950355.html |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Island Boys|Franky Venegas]], American social media personality<ref name=IslandBoys/>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Amiah Miller]], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Angela |title=Actions speak louder than words for Amiah Miller in 'War for the Planet of the Apes' |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/07/13/actions-speak-louder-than-words-amiah-miller-war-planet-apes/465393001/ |website=knoxnews.com |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[784]] &ndash; [[Fulrad]], Frankish diplomat and saint (b. 710)
* [[851]] &ndash; [[Sisenandus of Beja|Sisenandus]], Cordoban deacon and martyr (b. c. 825)<ref name="AgiologioLusitano">{{cite book |last=Sousa |first=António Caetano de |date=1744 |title=Agiologio Lusitano dos santos, e varoens illustres em virtude do Reino de Portugal, e suas Conquistas |trans-title=Lusitanian Hagiology, of the saints and men illustrious in their virtue from the Kingdom of Portugal |url=https://archive.org/details/agiologiolusitan04card_0 |language=pt |location=Lisbon |publisher=Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real |volume=''' '''Volume IV |pages=199–201 }}</ref>
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Irmgard of Chiemsee|Irmgard]], Frankish [[abbess]]
*[[1212]] &ndash; [[William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale]]
*[[1216]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent III]] (b. 1160)
*[[1324]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Uda]] of Japan (b. 1267)
*[[1342]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Hungary]] (b. 1288)
*[[1344]] &ndash; [[An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt]] (b. 1316)
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[João da Nova]], Portuguese explorer (b. 1460)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Anne Askew]], English author and poet (b. 1520)
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Anne of Cleves]], Queen consort of England (b. 1515)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne of Cleves {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-of-Cleves-queen-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Isabella de' Medici]], Italian noble (b. 1542)

===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Masaniello]], Italian rebel (b. 1622)
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Andreas Gryphius]], German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[John Pearson (bishop)|John Pearson]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], French politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Secretary of State for War]] (b. 1641)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Johann David Heinichen]], German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Crespi]], Italian painter (b. 1665)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Francis Cotes]], English painter and academic (b. 1726)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[George Howard (British Army officer)|George Howard]], English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron]], French-Russian general (b. 1763)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Sarah Allen (missionary)|Sarah Allen]], African-American missionary for the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (b. 1764)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Allen-Sarah.html|title=Sarah Allen Biography – life, children, name, death, history, wife, school, mother, young|website=www.notablebiographies.com|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Pisarev]], Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Edward Deas Thomson]], Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd [[Chief Secretary of New South Wales]] (b. 1800)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], [[First Lady of the United States]] 1861–1865 (b. 1818)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish poet (b. 1837)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna-Marie|last1=Aldaz|first2=Barbara N.|last2=Gantt|first3=Anne C.|last3=Bromley|title=Poems|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1991|page=xx|isbn=978-0-79140-582-6}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ned Buntline]], American journalist and author (b. 1823)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Edmond de Goncourt]], French critic and publisher, founded [[Académie Goncourt]] (b. 1822)

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ellen G. White]], American author and co-founder of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]](b. 1827)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2020/07/16/on-this-date-in-maine-history-july-16/|title=On this date in Maine history: July 16|last=Owen|first=Joseph|date=July 16, 2020|newspaper=[[Portland Press Herald]]|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Philipp Scharwenka]], German composer and educator (b. 1847)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Zheng Zhengqiu]], Chinese filmmaker (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Jason |title=Zheng Zhengqiu (郑正秋) (1889–1935) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1708-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Bartholomeus Roodenburch]], Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Saul Raphael Landau]], Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd119301113.html#ndbcontent|title=Landau, Saul Raphael|publisher=[[Deutsche Biographie]]|language=de|access-date=Jan 11, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]], Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Hilaire Belloc]], French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Herms Niel]], German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Albert Kesselring]], German field marshal (b. 1881)
*  1960   &ndash; [[John P. Marquand]], American author (b. 1893)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Rauf Orbay]], Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Boris Artzybasheff]], Ukrainian-American illustrator (b. 1899)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[James Scott Douglas]], English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Harry Chapin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Charles Robberts Swart]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[State President of South Africa]] (b. 1894)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Böll]], German novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Wayne King]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Herbert von Karajan]], Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert Blackburn (educationalist)|Robert Blackburn]], Irish educator (b. 1927)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Miguel Muñoz]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Meindert DeJong]], Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Robert Motherwell]], American painter and academic (b. 1915)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Frank Rizzo]], American police officer and politician, 93rd [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] (b. 1920)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Buck Buchanan]], American football player and coach (b. 1940)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Julian Schwinger]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[May Sarton]], American playwright and novelist (b. 1912)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Stephen Spender]], English author and poet (b. 1909)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Adolf von Thadden]], German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[John Henrik Clarke]], American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]], American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy]], American publicist and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. (b. 1966)<ref>Hines, Ree (2024-07-15). https://www.today.com/popculture/news/jfk-jr-death-plane-crash-rcna160909 Retrieved 2024-07-15.</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Alan Macnaughton]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons]] (b. 1903)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Morris (cartoonist)|Morris]], Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[John Cocke (computer scientist)|John Cocke]], American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Carol Shields]], American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[George Busbee]], American lawyer and politician, 77th [[Governor of Georgia]] (b. 1927)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Charles Sweeney]], American general and pilot (b. 1919)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Pietro Consagra]], Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Camillo Felgen]], Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Winthrop Paul Rockefeller]], American businessman and politician, 13th [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1948)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Caterina Bueno]], Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jo Stafford]], American singer (b. 1917)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Lindsay Thompson]], Australian politician, 40th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1923)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Forrest Blue]], American football player (b. 1944)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[William Asher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Stephen Covey]], American businessman and author (b. 1932)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Gilbert Esau]], American businessman and politician (b. 1919)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ed Lincoln]], Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (b. 1932)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Masaharu Matsushita]], Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Kitty Wells]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Talia Castellano]], American internet celebrity (b. 1999)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saad|first=Nardine|date=2013-07-16|title=Talia Castellano: Ellen DeGeneres' honorary CoverGirl dies at 13|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-talia-castellano-dead-dies-ellen-degeneres-20130716-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415160337/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-talia-castellano-dead-dies-ellen-degeneres-20130716-story.html|archive-date=2018-04-15|access-date=2021-08-17|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alex Colville]], Canadian painter and academic (b. 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Marv Rotblatt]], American baseball player (b. 1927)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Karl Albrecht]], German businessman, co-founded [[Aldi]] (b. 1920)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Mary Ellen Otremba]], American educator and politician (b. 1950)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Johnny Winter]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Heinz Zemanek]], Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Denis Avey]], English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Evelyn Ebsworth]], English chemist and academic (b. 1933)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alcides Ghiggia]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jack Goody]], English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[George A. Romero]], American filmmaker (b. 1940)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[John Paul Stevens]], American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99|first=Linda|last=Greenhouse|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 17, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]], Cuban baseball player (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Taylor Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tony-taylor-123122 |website=MLB.com |access-date=22 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Biz Markie]], American rapper (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|last2=Shafer|first2=Ellise|date=2021-07-17|title=Biz Markie, Rapper Known for 'Just a Friend,' Dies at 57|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/biz-markie-dead-rapper-just-a-friend-1235022061/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717021214/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/biz-markie-dead-rapper-just-a-friend-1235022061/|archive-date=2021-07-17|access-date=2021-07-17|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Kevin Mitnick]], American hacker (b. 1963)<ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |last1=Cho |first1=Kelly Kasulis |title=Kevin Mitnick, hacker and fugitive turned security consultant, dies at 59 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720120212/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Joe Bryant]], American basketball player (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Bryant, Father of NBA Icon Kobe Bryant, Dies at 69 After Stroke |url=https://people.com/kobe-bryant-father-joe-bryant-dead-at-69-8678587 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[Norm Hewitt]], New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Former All Blacks hooker Norm Hewitt dies at 55 |url=https://www.espn.ph/rugby/story/_/id/40572166/rugby-former-all-blacks-hooker-norm-hewitt-dies-55 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[David Morrow (commentator)|David Morrow]], Australian radio host and sportscaster (b. 1953)<ref name="news">{{cite news |author=Jeffrey, Daniel |agency= |title=Broadcasting legend David Morrow died aged 71 after brain cancer fight |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/david-morrow-sports-commentator-died-aged-71/a87af493-b649-4f0b-82d3-b8b875a4bba |quote= |newspaper=[[Nine News]] |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Gondulph of Maastricht|Gondulphus of Tongeren]]
** [[Helier]]
** [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]]
***[[Fiesta de La Tirana]] ([[Tarapacá Region]], Chile) 
** [[Reineldis]]
** [[July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Engineer's Day]] ([[Honduras]])
*[[Holocaust Memorial Day (France)]]
*[[Guinea Pig]] Appreciation Day<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.checkiday.com/2ff4af1f3ed715537ffcc6949815fc7d/guinea-pig-appreciation-day|title=It's Guinea Pig Appreciation Day!|website=Checkiday.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/16 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=16}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/16 |title=Historical Events on July 16 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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