An explosion at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base killed 13 people, including the head of the Cyprus Navy.
The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the trophy).
Shortly after taking off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 caught fire and crashed, killing all 261 people on board.
Italy defeated West Germany 3–1 to win their third FIFA World Cup title.
To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee featuring themes of racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the Deep South of America, was published.
New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
Archaeologist Ivan Borkovský discovered a medieval skeleton at Prague Castle; competing factions claimed the skeleton as Germanic or Slavic in origin.
The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a gas balloon (pictured).
Waterloo Bridge Station, which later became Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
British soldier Frederick John White died after a flogging, leading to a campaign to end the practice in the British Army.
Yagan, a Noongar warrior wanted for leading attacks on British colonists in Western Australia, was killed, becoming a symbol of the unjust and sometimes brutal treatment of indigenous Australians by colonial settlers.
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons co-discovered the first of his 37 comets, more than any other person in history.
The Belfast Harp Festival, an early event in the Gaelic revival, began at the Assembly Rooms.
French Revolution: Jacques Necker was dismissed as Director-General of Finances of France, sparking public demonstrations in Paris that led to the storming of the Bastille.
An expeditionary fleet led by Zheng He set sail for foreign regions of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages.
Franco-Flemish War: Flemish infantry defeated a large French army near Kortrijk at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe (depicted), under threat by conspiracies, abdicated in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and became a monk.
Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins, lasting until 22 July.
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins.
A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 to win the FIFA World Cup.
America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
The nationalization of all large copper mines in Chile is completed.
First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger.
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on a Sunday.
The Hollywood Bowl opens.
A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon.
The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
Waterloo railway station in London opens.
The Fly-fisher's Entomology is published by Alfred Ronalds. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions.
Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne.
Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
Amad, Ivorian footballer
Ryan Rolison, American baseball player
Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter
Joey Bosa, American football player
Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer
Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player
Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer
Rebecca Bross, American gymnast
Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player
Mohamed Elneny, Egyptian footballer
Mona Barthel, German tennis player
Connor Paolo, American actor
Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer
Patrick Peterson, American football player
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer
Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player
Shimanoumi Koyo, Japanese sumo wrestler
Étienne Capoue, French footballer
Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer
Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer
Raúl García, Spanish footballer
Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
Robert Adamson, American actor, director, and producer
Orestis Karnezis, Greek footballer
Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer
Jacoby Jones, American football player (died 2024)
Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player
Morné Steyn, South African rugby player
Engin Baytar, German-Turkish footballer
Peter Cincotti, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer
Chris Cooley, American football player
Andre Johnson, American football player
Susana Barreiros, Venezuelan judge
Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler
Kevin Powers, American soldier and author
Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer
Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer
Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster
Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach
Willie Anderson, American football player
Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager
Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer
Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer and manager
André Ooijer, Dutch footballer and coach
Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner
Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
Leisha Hailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
Scott Muller, Australian cricketer
Justin Chambers, American actor
Sajjad Karim, English lawyer and politician
Eric Owens, American opera singer
Ned Boulting, British sports journalist and television presenter
Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic
Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2008)
Esera Tuaolo, American football player
Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer
Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author
Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2021)
Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach
Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician
Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster
Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Craig Charles, English actor and TV presenter
Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach
Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host
Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)
Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author
Fumiya Fujii, Japanese music artist
Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman
David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician
Caroline Quentin, English actress
Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Stephanie Dabney, American ballerina (died 2022)
Mark Lester, English actor
Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (died 1981)
Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic
Robin Renucci, French actor and director
Sela Ward, American actress
Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010)
Julia King, English engineer and academic
Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy
Angélica Aragón, Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer
Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer
Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways
Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
Leon Spinks, American boxer (died 2021)
Mindy Sterling, American actress
Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist (died 2008)
Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer (died 2022)
Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Stephen Lang, American actor and playwright
Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
Bonnie Pointer, American singer (died 2020)
Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
Martin Wong, American painter (died 1999)
Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (died 2006)
Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan
Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (died 1983)
Darrell Eastlake, Australian sportscaster (died 2018)
Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer
Henry Lowther, English trumpet player
Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator (died 2019)
Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (died 2011)
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company
Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (died 2024)
Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (died 2012)
Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2013)
Alex Hassilev, French-born American folk singer and musician (died 2024)
Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2024)
Dick Gray, American baseball player (died 2013)
Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (died 1990)
Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (died 2018)
Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (died 2014)
Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (died 2024)
Harold Bloom, American literary critic (died 2019)
Mike Foster, American politician, 53rd Governor of Louisiana (died 2020)
Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (died 2013)
Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (died 2020)
Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 2006)
David Kelly, Irish actor (died 2012)
Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (died 2015)
Bobo Olson, American boxer (died 2002)
Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (died 2014)
Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (died 2007)
Chris Leonard, English footballer (died 1987)
Herbert Blomstedt, Swedish conductor
Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author (died 2022)
Charles Chaynes, French composer (died 2016)
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017)
Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (died 2005)
Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007)
Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 1971)
Oscar Wyatt, American businessman
Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (died 2018)
Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (died 2003)
Gene Evans, American actor (died 1998)
Fritz Riess, German-Swiss racing driver (died 1991)
Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1985)
Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (died 2010)
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)
Roy Krenkel, American illustrator (died 1983)
Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (died 2019)
Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (died 2018)
Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (died 2008)
Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (died 2014)
Leonard Goodwin, British protozoologist (died 2008)
Paul Gibb, English cricketer (died 1977)
Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966)
Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (died 1996)
Peta Taylor, English cricketer (died 1989)
William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (died 2011)
Erna Flegel, German nurse who was still present in the Führerbunker when it was captured by Soviet troops (died 2006)
Sally Blane, American actress (died 1997)
Irene Hervey, American actress (died 1998)
Jacques Clemens, Dutch catholic priest (died 2018)
Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer (died 1981)
Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (died 1990)
Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (died 1952)
Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1972)
Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel and Soviet spy (died 1971)
Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (died 1976)
Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (died 1975)
Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist (died 1943)
E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (died 1985)
Bull Connor, American police officer (died 1973)
Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet (died 1941)
Erna Mohr, German zoologist (died 1968)
Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1962)
Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (died 1985)
Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1939)
James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (died 1946)
Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author (died 1966)
Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (died 1964)
H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator (died 1960)
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1953)
Annie Armstrong, American missionary (died 1938)
N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (died 1934)
Léon Bloy, French author and poet (died 1917)
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (died 1896)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (died 1903)
Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1896)
Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author (died 1871)
John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (died 1848)
Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (died 1804)
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (died 1825)
Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (died 1799)
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1785)
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (died 1726)
Frederick I of Prussia (died 1713)
Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (died 1692)
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (died 1701)
Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (died 1665)
Luis de Góngora, Spanish cleric and poet (died 1627)
Robert Greene, English author and playwright (died 1592)
Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, German nobleman (died 1527)
William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (died 1482)
Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (died 1329)
Bardaisan, Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (died 222)
Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter (born 1942)
Shelley Duvall, American actress (born 1949)
Monte Kiffin, American football coach (born 1940)
Milan Kundera, Czech-French writer (born 1929)
Charlie Robinson, American actor (born 1945)
Renée Simonot, French actress (born 1911)
Marc Angelucci, American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (born 1968)
Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (born 1931)
Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949)
Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (born 1928)
Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959)
André Leysen, Belgian businessman (born 1927)
Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937)
Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)
Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939)
Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)
John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927)
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)
Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923)
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (born 1918)
Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936)
Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972)
Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (born 1911)
Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (born 1908)
Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (born 1939)
Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (born 1913)
Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (born 1914)
Barnard Hughes, American actor (born 1915)
Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (born 1959)
John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935)
Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (born 1911)
Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965)
Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
Frances Langford, American actress and singer (born 1913)
Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (born 1910)
Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (born 1904)
Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948)
Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (born 1946)
Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (born 1913)
Robert Runcie, English archbishop (born 1921)
Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917)
Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945)
Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943)
Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (born 1942)
Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer and coach (born 1953)
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (born 1963)
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (born 1901)
Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (born 1915)
Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1925)
León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (born 1895)
Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (born 1910)
Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (born 1940)
Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1917)
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (born 1913)
Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (born 1882)
George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898)
Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (born 1857)
Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835)
Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (born 1876)
Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1849)
Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (born 1831)
Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (born 1800)
Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (born 1744)
James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (born 1719)
Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1740)
Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (born 1724)
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (born 1715)
Narai, Thai king (born 1629)
Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daimyō (born 1539)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (born 1527)
Peder Skram, Danish admiral and politician (born 1503)
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1484)
Mino da Fiesole, Italian sculptor (born c. 1429)
Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
Nicole Oresme, French philosopher (born 1325)
Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (born 1339)
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (born c. 1286)
Robert II, Count of Artois (born 1250)
Pierre Flotte, French politician and lawyer
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (born 1117)
Amalric I of Jerusalem (born 1136)
Olga of Kiev (born 890)
Rudolph II of Burgundy (born 880)
Anthemius, Roman emperor (born 420)
Christian Feast Day: Benedict of Nursia
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Christian Feast Day: July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)
Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland)
National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish Republic committed by Ukrainian Nationalists (Poland, established by the 22 July 2016 resolution of Sejm in reference to the July 11, 1943 Volhynian Bloody Sunday)
Gospel Day (Kiribati)
National Day of Commemoration, held on the nearest Sunday to this date (Ireland)
The first day of Naadam (July 11–15) (Mongolia)
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International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, established by the U.N. in May 2024.