The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece, the best-selling manga series in history, debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.
Japan completed its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
Stanley Forman (pictured) took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak (first flag pictured), the day would be celebrated as Sarawak Day.
A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.
Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
World War II: In opposition to the government-in-exile based in London, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Germany.
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.
Windham William Sadler made the first successful aerial crossing of the Irish Sea, which he accomplished by balloon.
Gia Long conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.
First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.
A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.
Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.
Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.
Norway attacks: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78.
Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot.
Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta.
The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers' Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates.
Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.
St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
Prince George of Wales
Javon Walton, American actor and boxer
Prince Felix of Denmark
Garrett Wilson, American football player
Sidney Chu, Hong Kong skater
Jason Robertson, American ice hockey player
Marc Cucurella, Spanish footballer
Larray, American YouTuber
Madison Pettis, American actress
Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer
Sahaphap Wongratch, Thai actor, model, and singer
Kevin Fiala, Swiss ice hockey player
Skyler Gisondo, American actor
Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
Jonathan Owens, American football player
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist
Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer
Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian
Taylor Lewan, American football player
Matty James, English footballer
Tomi Juric, Australian footballer
Israel Adesanya, New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer
Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician
William Buick, Norwegian-British flat jockey
Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
George Santos, American politician
Thomas Kraft, German footballer
Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer
Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist
Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier
Stevie Johnson, American football player
Colin de Grandhomme, Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer
Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer
Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player
Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler
Stewart Downing, English footballer
Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer
Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist
Steven Jackson, American football player
Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist
Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver
Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter
Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper
Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
Runako Morton, Nevisian cricketer (died 2012)
Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player
Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer
Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
Franka Potente, German actress
Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer
Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster
Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author
Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
Franco Battaini, Italian motorcycle racer
Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer
Seth Fisher, American illustrator (died 2006)
Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster
Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter
Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player
Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
Rebecca Kiessling, American attorney and anti-abortion activist
Despina Vandi, German-Greek singer and actress
Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist
Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
Tim Brown, American football player and manager
Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician
Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor
Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian
Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach
Will Calhoun, American rock drummer
Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer
David Spade, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician
Steve Albini, American record producer and musician (died 2024)
Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress
Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster
Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer
Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach
David Von Erich, American wrestler (died 1984)
Dave Stieb, American baseball player
Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer
Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)
Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (died 2013)
Willem Dafoe, American actor
Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
Lonette McKee, American actress and singer
Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)
Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer
J. V. Cain, American football player (died 1979)
Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Tisa Farrow, American actress and model (died 2024)
Slick Watts, American basketball player (died 2025)
Alan Menken, American pianist and composer
Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer
Neil Hardwick, British–Finnish theatre and television director
S. E. Hinton, American author
Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer
Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer
Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter
Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop
Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau
Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic
Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Peter Jason, American actor (died 2025)
Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager
Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand
Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (died 2014)
Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician
Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (died 2012)
Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier
Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach
Estelle Bennett, American singer (died 2009)
Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (died 1975)
George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer
David M. Kennedy, American historian and author
Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic
Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (died 2020)
Terence Stamp, English actor
Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter (died 2023)
Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (died 1999)
John Price, English cricketer
Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (died 2011)
Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988)
Harold Rhodes, English cricketer
Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician
Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (died 2007)
Junior Cook, American saxophonist (died 1992)
Louise Fletcher, American actress (died 2022)
Leon Rotman, Romanian canoeist
Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)
Tom Robbins, American novelist (died 2025)
Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
John Barber, English racing driver (died 2015)
Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (died 2013)
Neil Welliver, American painter (died 2005)
Baselios Thomas I, Indian bishop (died 2024)
Orson Bean, American actor (died 2020)
Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015)
Per Højholt, Danish poet (died 2004)
Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (died 2015)
Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007)
Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (died 2013)
Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
Margaret Whiting, American singer (died 2011)
Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2021)
César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (died 2007)
William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (died 1984)
Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (died 1949)
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (died 2000)
Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995)
Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist (died 2021)
Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (died 2014)
Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (died 2000)
Amy Vanderbilt, American author (died 1974)
Sobhuza II of Swaziland (died 1982)
Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1943)
León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1976)
Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (died 1978)
Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (died 1990)
Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (died 1983)
Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)
James Whale, English director (died 1957)
Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (died 1950)
Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (died 1954)
Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (died 1967)
Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (died 1967)
Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (died 1966)
Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)
Alec Hearne, English cricketer (died 1952)
Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer (died 1931)
Octave Hamelin, French philosopher (died 1907)
Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator (died 1887)
Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1914)
William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (died 1930)
Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)
Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1903)
Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1846)
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)
Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian (died 1790)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon (died 1780)
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)
Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1711)
Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690)
Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat (died 1676)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1683)
Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler (died 1672)
Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (died 1672)
Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (died 1619)
Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (died 1592)
Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton, Lady of English peer and others (died 1607)
Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1621)
Leonhard Thurneysser, scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (died 1595)
Philip I of Castile (died 1506)
Zhu Youyuan, Ming Dynasty politician (died 1519)
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, English Baron (died 1498)
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (died 1238)
John Fallon, Scottish footballer (born 1940)
George Kooymans, Dutch musician (born 1948)
Ozzy Osbourne, English musician and media personality (born 1948)
Chuck Mangione, American musician (born 1940)
Shelly Zegart, American quilt collector, historian, and advocate (born 1941)
Mark Carnevale, American golfer and radio commentator (born 1960)
Duke Fakir, American singer (born 1935)
John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1933)
Maria Petri, English association football supporter (born 1939)
Frank Havens, American canoeist (born 1924)
Johann Breyer, German SS officer (born 1925)
Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (born 1933)
Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1971)
Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (born 1921)
Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (born 1944)
Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (born 1928)
Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge (born 1924)
Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)
George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920)
Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (born 1923)
Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (born 1945)
Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936)
Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
Estelle Getty, American actress (born 1923)
Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (born 1972)
Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (born 1968)
László Kovács, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (born 1933)
Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (born 1906)
Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (born 1923)
José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (born 1965)
Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)
Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (born 1933)
Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (born 1922)
Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (born 1909)
Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (born 1916)
Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1925)
Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920)
Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)
Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (born 1909)
Rob Collins, English keyboard player (born 1956)
Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (born 1904)
David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (born 1954)
Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (born 1937)
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900)
Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (born 1905)
Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1941)
J. V. Cain, American football player (born 1951)
Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1929)
Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (born 1900)
George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (born 1912)
Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908)
Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (born 1878)
Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (born 1895)
William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)
Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (born 1909)
George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1861)
Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (born 1877)
Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1891)
John Dillinger, American gangster (born 1903)
J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (born 1858)
Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (born 1866)
Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (born 1853)
Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (born 1867)
Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (born 1854)
William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1849)
Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (born 1898)
James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (born 1849)
Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (born 1827)
Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)
William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (born 1827)
Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (born 1846)
Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1810)
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (born 1822)
John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (born 1806)
James B. McPherson, American general (born 1828)
Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (born 1757)
Napoleon II, French emperor (born 1811)
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)
Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral
Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771)
Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1715)
Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1669)
Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
Pope Clement X (born 1590)
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587)
Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (born 1559)
Richard Cox, English bishop (born 1500)
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (born 1481)
John Zápolya, Hungarian king (born 1487)
Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1426)
Charles VII of France (born 1403)
Frans Ackerman, Flemish politician (born 1330)
Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1310)
Louis, Count of Gravina (born 1324)
Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre
Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (born c. 1200)
Wu Chengsi, nephew of Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian
Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
Christian feast day: Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine)
Christian feast day: Markella
Christian feast day: Mary Magdalene
Christian feast day: Nohra (Maronite Church)
Christian feast day: July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)