Day of the year
July 19 is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.[2]
- 1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
- 1934 – The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea.[3]
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
- 1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
- 1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
- 1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
- 1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
- 1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
- 1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
- 1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
- 1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[4]
- 1957 – The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published.[5]
- 1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
- 1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
- 1967 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara.[6]
- 1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.[7]
- 1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
- 1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
- 1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).[8]
- 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
- 1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
- 1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.[9]
- 1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
- 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.[10]
- 1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
- 1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
- 1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
- 1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
- 1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 2011 – Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.[11]
- 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.[12]
- 2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
- 2018 – The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.[13]
- 2024 ─ A faulty software update by CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity company, causes global computer outages.[14]
- 2024 ─ The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a ruling stating that Israel should end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. The ICJ identified that all member states of the UN are under an obligation not to recognize the occupation as legal nor "render aid or assistance" toward maintaining Israel's presence in the occupied territories.[15][16]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (d. 1758)
- 1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary and painter (d. 1766)
- 1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and poet (d. 1806)
- 1759 – Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1782)
- 1759 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (d. 1833)
- 1771 – Thomas Talbot, Irish-Canadian colonel and politician (d. 1853)
- 1794 – José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president (d. 1864)[17]
- 1789 – John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (d. 1854)
- 1800 – Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
- 1814 – Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (d. 1862)[18]
- 1819 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (d. 1890)
- 1822 – Princess Augusta of Cambridge (d. 1916)
- 1827 – Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (d. 1857)
- 1834 – Edgar Degas, French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1917)
- 1835 – Justo Rufino Barrios, Guatemalan president (d. 1885)
- 1842 – Frederic T. Greenhalge, English-American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
- 1846 – Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer and physicist (d. 1919)[19]
- 1849 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French scholar and critic (d. 1906)
- 1860 – Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (d. 1927)
- 1864 – Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer (d. 1920)[20]
- 1865 – Georges Friedel, French mineralogist and crystallographer (d. 1933)
- 1865 – Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
- 1868 – Florence Foster Jenkins, American soprano and educator (d. 1944)
- 1869 – Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (d. 1927)
- 1875 – Alice Dunbar Nelson, American poet and activist (d. 1935)
- 1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
- 1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
- 1881 – Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist and philosopher (d. 1963)
- 1883 – Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator and producer (d. 1972)
- 1886 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1957)
- 1888 – Enno Lolling, German physician (d. 1945)
- 1890 – George II of Greece (d. 1947)
- 1892 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)
- 1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1930)
- 1894 – Aleksandr Khinchin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
- 1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
- 1894 – Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (d. 1969)
- 1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic (d. 1953)
- 1896 – Reginald Baker, English film producer (d. 1985)
- 1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist (d. 1981)
- 1896 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (d. 1977)
- 1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German-American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1979)
1901–present
- 1902 – Samudrala Sr., Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
- 1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer and farmer (d. 1985)
- 1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1908 – Daniel Fry, American contactee (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Hans Trippel, German engineer, developed Amphicar (d. 2001)[21]
- 1909 – Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016)
- 1913 – Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1914 – Marius Russo, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Åke Hellman, Finnish painter (d. 2017)
- 1916 – Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
- 1917 – William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
- 1919 – Patricia Medina, English-American actress (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (d. 2005)
- 1919 – Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (d. 2015)
- 1920 – Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2018)
- 1920 – Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (d. 2015)
- 1921 – Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013)
- 1921 – André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (d. 1993)
- 1921 – Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 2019)
- 1921 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1922 – George McGovern, American lieutenant, historian, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Rachel Robinson, American professor, registered nurse, and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson
- 1923 – Theo Barker, English historian (d. 2001)
- 1923 – Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)[22]
- 1923 – Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (d. 2004)
- 1923 – William A. Rusher, American lawyer and journalist (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Lon Simmons, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1925 – Sue Thompson, American singer (d. 2021)
- 1926 – Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1928 – Samuel John Hazo, American author
- 1928 – Choi Yun-chil, South Korean long-distance runner[23] and a two-time national champion in the marathon[24] (d. 2020)
- 1929 – Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H. (d. 2023)
- 1929 – Orville Turnquest, Bahamian politician
- 1932 – Buster Benton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1932 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish biologist and photographer (d. 1987)
- 1934 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
- 1935 – Nick Koback, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2015)
- 1936 – David Colquhoun, English pharmacologist and academic
- 1937 – George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
- 1937 – Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and astronomer
- 1938 – Tom Raworth, English poet and academic (d. 2017)
- 1941 – Vikki Carr, American singer and actress
- 1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
- 1943 – Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor and academic
- 1943 – Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini, Italian journalist and politician[25]
- 1944 – Tim McIntire, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
- 1944 – Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player (d. 2022)
- 1945 – Paule Baillargeon, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
- 1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player and politician
- 1947 – André Forcier, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische, German footballer and manager
- 1947 – Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1947 – Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist
- 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1980)
- 1949 – Kgalema Motlanthe, South African politician, 3rd President of South Africa
- 1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 – Freddy Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
- 1950 – Adrian Noble, English director and screenwriter
- 1951 – Abel Ferrara, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1952 – Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1990)
- 1952 – Jayne Anne Phillips American novelist and short story writer
- 1953 – Howard Schultz, American businessman and author[26]
- 1954 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (d. 2012)
- 1954 – Steve O'Donnell, American screenwriter and producer
- 1954 – Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist and historian
- 1955 – Roger Binny, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1955 – Dalton McGuinty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario
- 1956 – Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (d. 2012)
- 1958 – Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Robert Gibson, American wrestler
- 1958 – David Robertson, American conductor
- 1959 – Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Kevin Haskins, English drummer and songwriter
- 1961 – Harsha Bhogle, Indian journalist and author
- 1961 – Maria Filatova, Russian gymnast
- 1961 – Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian, actress, and author
- 1961 – Benoît Mariage, Belgian director and screenwriter
- 1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1961 – Campbell Scott, American actor, director, and producer
- 1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor and director
- 1963 – Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Swiss musician
- 1963 – Garth Nix, Australian author
- 1964 – Teresa Edwards, American basketball player[27]
- 1964 – Masahiko Kondō, Japanese singer-songwriter and race car driver
- 1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician
- 1965 – Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager
- 1967 – Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress
- 1967 – Jean-François Mercier, Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host
- 1968 – Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager
- 1968 – Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author
- 1969 – Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
- 1970 – Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer
- 1970 – Christopher Luxon, New Zealand politician, 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand[28]
- 1970 – Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland[29]
- 1971 – Rene Busch, Estonian tennis player and coach
- 1971 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv
- 1971 – Michael Modest, American wrestler
- 1971 – Catriona Rowntree, Australian television host
- 1971 – Lesroy Weekes, Montserratian cricketer
- 1972 – Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer and manager
- 1973 – Martin Powell, English keyboard player and songwriter
- 1973 – Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican wrestler
- 1974 – Francisco Copado, German footballer and manager
- 1974 – Josée Piché, Canadian ice dancer
- 1974 – Vince Spadea, American tennis player
- 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1975 – Luca Castellazzi, Italian footballer
- 1976 – Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor[30]
- 1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer and manager
- 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Tony Mamaluke, American wrestler and manager
- 1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer and journalist
- 1979 – Rick Ankiel, American baseball player
- 1979 – Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 – Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
- 1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
- 1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian race car driver
- 1980 – Chris Sullivan, American actor[31]
- 1981 – Nenê, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – David Bernard, Jamaican cricketer
- 1981 – Mark Gasnier, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
- 1981 – Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
- 1981 – Grégory Vignal, French footballer
- 1982 – Christopher Bear, American drummer
- 1982 – Phil Coke, American baseball player
- 1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
- 1982 – Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Helen Skelton, English television host and actress
- 1983 – Fedor Tyutin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Andrea Libman, Canadian voice actress
- 1984 – Adam Morrison, American basketball player
- 1984 – Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
- 1985 – LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player
- 1985 – Zhou Haibin, Chinese footballer
- 1985 – Marina Kuzina, Russian basketball player
- 1985 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (d. 2015)
- 1986 – Leandro Greco, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Jinder Mahal, Canadian wrestler[32]
- 1987 – Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American baseball player[33]
- 1987 – Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist
- 1987 – Marc Murphy, Australian footballer
- 1988 – Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor
- 1988 – Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer
- 1988 – Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player
- 1988 – Trent Williams, American football player[34]
- 1989 – Patrick Corbin, American baseball player[35]
- 1989 – Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1991 – Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer
- 1992 – Jake Nicholson, English footballer
- 1994 – Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 – Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player[36]
- 1998 – Erin Cuthbert, footballer[37]
- 1998 – Karl Jacobs, American YouTuber and streamer[38]
- 1998 – Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer
- 2003 – Tyler Downs, American Olympic diver[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 514 – Symmachus, pope of the Catholic Church
- 806 – Li Shigu, Chinese general (b. 778)
- 973 – Kyunyeo, Korean monk and poet (b. 917)
- 998 – Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine general (b. 940)
- 1030 – Adalberon, French bishop
- 1234 – Floris IV, Dutch nobleman (b. 1210)
- 1249 – Jacopo Tiepolo, doge of Venice
- 1333 – John Campbell, Scottish nobleman
- 1333 – Alexander Bruce, Scottish nobleman
- 1333 – Sir Archibald Douglas, Scottish nobleman
- 1333 – Maol Choluim II, Scottish nobleman
- 1333 – Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland
- 1374 – Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1304)
- 1415 – Philippa of Lancaster, Portuguese queen (b. 1360)
- 1543 – Mary Boleyn, English daughter of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1499)
1601–1900
- 1631 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1550)
- 1742 – William Somervile, English poet and author (b. 1675)
- 1810 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen (b. 1776)
- 1814 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (b. 1774)
- 1824 – Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor (b. 1783)
- 1838 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)
- 1850 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (b. 1810)
- 1855 – Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1787)
- 1857 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (b. 1796)
- 1878 – Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
- 1882 – John William Bean, English criminal and failed regicide (b. 1824)[40]
- 1896 – Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader (b. 1859)
1901–present
- 1913 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
- 1925 – John Indermaur, British lawyer (b. 1851)
- 1930 – Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1844)
- 1933 – Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1863)
- 1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (b. 1850)
- 1941 – Špiro Bocarić, Serbian painter, victim of Genocide of Serbs[41]
- 1943 – Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
- 1943 – Carlo Zangarini, Italian poet and opera librettist (b. 1873)[42]
- 1947 – U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (b. 1898)
- 1947 – Aung San, Burmese general and politician (b. 1915)
- 1947 – Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (b. 1886)
- 1963 – William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
- 1965 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
- 1967 – John T. McNaughton, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and an advisor to Robert McNamara (b. 1921)[6]
- 1967 – Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
- 1969 – Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
- 1974 – Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
- 1975 – Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
- 1977 – Karl Ristikivi, Estonian geographer, author, and poet (b. 1912)
- 1980 – Margaret Craven, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
- 1980 – Nihat Erim, Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)
- 1980 – Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1904)
- 1981 – Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
- 1982 – Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1930)
- 1984 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
- 1984 – Aziz Sami, Iraqi writer and translator (b. 1895)[43]
- 1985 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish author (b. 1938)
- 1989 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1913)
- 1990 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1992 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
- 1994 – Victor Barbeau, Canadian author and academic (b. 1896)
- 1998 – Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (b. 1902)
- 2004 – J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Francis A. Marzen, American priest and journalist (b. 1924)
- 2004 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2007 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1945)
- 2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentinian cartoonist (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (b. 1907)
- 2009 – Frank McCourt, American author and educator (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Henry Surtees, English race car driver (b. 1991)
- 2010 – Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and playwright (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Tom Davis, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (b. 1912)
- 2012 – Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Sylvia Woods, American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Valiulla Yakupov, Islamic cleric (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1973)
- 2013 – Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Mel Smith, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Peter Ziegler, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Leyla Erbil, Turkish author (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (b. 1933)
- 2014 – David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (b. 1917)
- 2014 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (b. 1933)
- 2014 – James Garner, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (b. 1950)
- 2014 – Ray King, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Harry Pougher, English cricketer (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (b. 1931)
- 2014 – John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (b. 1919)
- 2015 – Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
- 2015 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (b. 1947)
- 2016 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (b. 1967)[44][45]
- 2018 – Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (b. 1993)[46]
- 2019 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1944)[47]
- 2024 – Toumani Diabaté, Malian musician (b. 1965)[48]
- 2024 – Iryna Farion, Ukrainian linguist and politician (b. 1964)[49]
- 2024 – Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete and administrator (b. 1933)[50]
- 2024 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950)[51]
- 2024 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (b. 1944)[52]
- 2024 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (b. 1932)[53]
- 2024 – James C. Scott, American political scientist and anthropologist (b. 1936)[54]
- 2024 – Esta TerBlanche, South African actress (b. 1973)[55]
Holidays and observances
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