Explore fascinating moments from history that shaped our world
The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published, revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes.
The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people.
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
A gunman opened fire at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.

In United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust law by bundling the web browser Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.
A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma (pictured) became the first Indian to be launched into space.

Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre undertook the first successful flight over Mount Everest.
The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde (pictured) began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency.

Emma Elizabeth Smith was killed in the first of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
The Pony Express, a mail service that became the most direct means of long-distance communication across the United States before the first transcontinental telegraph, began operation.
Robert Walpole (pictured) took office as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, becoming the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain.
Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain signed the second treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559.
Edward the Confessor, usually considered to be the last king of the House of Wessex, was crowned King of England.
YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide.
A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.

United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.
The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.
Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.
Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second largest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.
LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño.
Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses known as the Jeju uprising begins.
Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Attempts are made to carry out the failed assassination attempt on General Mannerheim, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of Eino Rahja, during the White Guard parade in Tampere, Finland.
Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
Jack the Ripper: The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.

Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.
Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.
The janissaries revolt in response to the debasement of coins.
The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer
Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player

Dylann Roof, American mass murderer

Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer

Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
Madison Brengle, American tennis player
Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
Romain Alessandrini, French footballer
Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer
Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player
Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
Kam Chancellor, American football player
Brandon Graham, American football player
Peter Hartley, English footballer
Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and producer
Jay Bruce, American baseball player
Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player
Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer
Amanda Bynes, American actress
Stephanie Cox, American soccer player
Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist
Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer
Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer
Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
Maxi López, Argentinian footballer
Ben Foster, English footballer
Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Allen, American football player
Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player
DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist
Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
Matthew Goode, English actor
Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player

John Smit, South African rugby player
Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player

Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player
Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
Marcus Brown, American basketball player
Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor
Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer
Adam Scott, American actor
Jennie Garth, American actress and director
Catherine McCormack, English actress
Sandrine Testud, French tennis player
Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager
Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver
Picabo Street, American skier
Rodney Hampton, American football player
Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach
Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer
Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
Charlotte Coleman, English actress (died 2001)
Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer
Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player

Cat Cora, American chef and author
Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
John de Vries, Australian race car driver
Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (died 2000)
Marco Ballotta, Italian footballer and manager
Nigel Farage, English politician
Claire Perry, English banker and politician
Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager
Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach
Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia
Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player
Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager

Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
Tim Crews, American baseball player (died 1993)
Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist

Francesca Woodman, American photographer (died 1981)
Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor

Ray Combs, American game show host (died 1996)
Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna (died 2022)
James Smith, American boxer
Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist

Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (died 1992)
A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic
Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico

Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (died 2013)
Nicholas Jones, English actor
Dee Murray, English bass player (died 1992)
Marisa Paredes, Spanish film actress (died 2024)
Hanna Suchocka, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland
Doon Arbus, American author and journalist

Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Catherine Spaak, French actress (died 2022)
Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
Tony Orlando, American singer
Mario Lavista, Mexican composer (died 2021)
Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)
Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Marsha Mason, American actress
Wayne Newton, American singer
Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Philippé Wynne, American soul singer (died 1984)
François de Roubaix, French composer (died 1975)

Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (died 2012)
Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician
Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
Phil Rodgers, American golfer (died 2018)
Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (died 2008)
Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (died 1987)
Harold Kushner, American rabbi and author (died 2023)
Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
Jim Parker, American football player (died 2005)

Bob Dornan, American politician
Rod Funseth, American golfer (died 1985)
William Bast, American screenwriter and author (died 2015)
Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (died 1998)
Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)

Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (died 2015)
Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)

Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (died 1982)
Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)
Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (died 2018)
Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (died 1999)

Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (died 2012)

Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2019)
Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)
Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (died 2014)
Marlon Brando, American actor and director (died 2004)
Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (died 1945)
Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (died 2013)
Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (died 1996)
Doris Day, American singer and actress (died 2019)

Robert Karvelas, American actor (died 1991)

Jan Sterling, American actress (died 2004)
Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (died 2001)
Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (died 1977)

Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (died 2015)
Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (died 2008)
Mary Anderson, American actress (died 2014)
Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (died 2000)
Herb Caen, American journalist and author (died 1997)
Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (died 1988)
Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (died 1991)
Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2016)

İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic (died 2010)
Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)

Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (died 2008)

Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (died 2005)
Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (died 1982)

Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (died 1963)

Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress (died 1956)

Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (died 2001)
Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (died 1980)
Ted Hook, Australian public servant (died 1990)

Robert Sink, American general (died 1965)
Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (died 1999)
Sally Rand, American dancer (died 1979)

Russel Wright, American furniture designer (died 1976)

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (died 1988)
Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (died 1987)
Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1958)
David Jack, English footballer and manager (died 1958)
George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1981)
Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time magazine (died 1967)
Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (died 1970)
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (died 1989)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1968)
Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (died 1971)
Leslie Howard, English actor (died 1943)
Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (died 1949)
Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (died 1972)
Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (died 1956)
Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (died 1966)
Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (died 1953)
Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1954)
Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (died 1944)
St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (died 1960)
Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937)
Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (died 1952)
Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1954)
Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (died 1903)
Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (died 1958)
Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (died 1932)
Mistinguett, French actress and singer (died 1956)
Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (died 1943)
Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 1932)
Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (died 1937)
Talbot Baines Reed, English author (died 1893)
Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (died 1879)
Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (died 1864)
John Burroughs, American botanist and author (died 1921)

Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (died 1900)
George Derby, American lieutenant and journalist (died 1861)
William M. Tweed, American politician (died 1878)
Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (died 1909)
Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1901)

Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (died 1877)
Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (died 1877)
Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (died 1840)
Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)
Alexander Macomb, American general (died 1841)

Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (died 1830)
Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (died 1862)
Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (died 1843)
Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (died 1835)
John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1831)
William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (died 1787)
George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist (died 1773)
Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer (died 1750)
Charles V, duke of Lorraine (died 1690)
George Herbert, English poet (died 1633)
Maria de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (died 1557)
Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1581)
John III of Egmont, Dutch nobleman (died 1516)
George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (died 1486)
Igor Svyatoslavich, Kievan Rus' prince (died 1202)
Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1055)
Theodore McCarrick, American former cardinal (born 1930)
Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (born 1936)
Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)
Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer (born 1939)
June Brown, English actress (born 1927)

Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (born 1929)
Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)
Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (born 1932)
Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (born 1913)

Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (born 1974)

Sarah Brady, American activist and author (born 1942)

Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (born 1950)
Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1913)
Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (born 1935)

Fred Kida, American illustrator (born 1920)

Prince Michael of Prussia (born 1940)
Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (born 1936)
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (born 1921)
Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (born 1930)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1927)
Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (born 1919)
Richard Descoings, French civil servant (born 1958)
Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (born 1917)
Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (born 1928)
José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1930)
Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (born 1983)
Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (born 1937)
François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1944)
Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (born 1946)

Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (born 1909)
Lionel Bart, English composer (born 1930)
Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (born 1909)

Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (born 1900)
John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (born 1921)
Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1941)

Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (born 1902)
Frank Wells, American businessman (born 1932)
Pinky Lee, American television host (born 1907)
Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (born 1901)
Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1904)
Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924)
Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (born 1907)
Tom Sestak, American football player (born 1936)
Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (born 1910)
Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (born 1934)

Warren Oates, American actor (born 1928)
Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (born 1899)
Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1903)
Winston Sharples, American composer (born 1909)
David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (born 1900)
Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1894)

Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (born 1933)
Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (born 1892)
Joseph Valachi, American gangster (born 1904)
Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (born 1890)

Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (born 1883)
Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (born 1891)
Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (born 1883)

Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (born 1866)

Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1890)
Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (born 1900)
Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (born 1875)
Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (born 1887)
Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (born 1893)
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (born 1877)
Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1879)
Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (born 1899)
Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (born 1847)
Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (born 1814)

Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (born 1844)
Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (born 1833)
Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (born 1847)

Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (born 1831)
Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (born 1796)
Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (born 1809)
William Braine, English soldier and explorer (born 1814)
Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (born 1807)

François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (born 1780)
Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (born 1756)
Reginald Heber, English priest (born 1783)
Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (born 1727)
George Pocock, English admiral (born 1706)
James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (born 1662)
Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (born 1640)

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (born 1636)

Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (born 1608)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (born 1618)
Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (born 1630)
Joseph Yuspa Nördlinger Hahn, German rabbi
Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (born c. 1593)

Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1563)
Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (born 1481)
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1480)

Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1295)
Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint (born 1238)
Pope Honorius IV (born 1210)
Saint Richard of Chichester

Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (born 1187)
Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1120)
al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
William III, Duke of Aquitaine (born 915)
Jesus of Nazareth
Christian feast day: Agape, Chionia, and Irene
Christian feast day: Burgundofara
Christian feast day: Luigi Scrosoppi
Christian feast day: Richard of Chichester
Christian feast day: April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)