Explore fascinating moments from history that shaped our world
First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.
Unrest in Kosovo broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several Serb Orthodox churches and shrines.
Hundreds of followers of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a Ugandan sect, died in a mass murder committed by its leaders.
In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.
Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.
The Penmanshiel Tunnel in the Scottish Borders collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.
Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.
An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.
A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.
The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.
World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.
The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.
The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.
Second Schleswig War: In an attempt to end a Danish blockade, Eduard von Jachmann led a Prussian squadron in an attack against a Danish fleet led by Edvard van Dockum.
American Revolutionary War: The 11‑month Siege of Boston ended with the evacuation of the city's British garrison.
Franco-Dutch War: France captured the town of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands.
Reconquista: Combined Castilian and Murcian forces defeated the Emirate of Granada at the Battle of Los Alporchones around the city of Lorca.
Edward the Black Prince (pictured) was created Duke of Cornwall, the first English dukedom.
After arranging for the assassination of Valentinian III, Petronius Maximus secured the throne of the Western Roman Empire, only to be killed 11 weeks later during the sack of Rome.
Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, killing 63.
The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.
A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
The first railway line of Finland between cities of Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, called Päärata, is officially opened.
The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.
The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy.
American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him.
Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius.
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
Pietro Pellegri, Italian footballer
Brandon Aiyuk, American football player
Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
Daniel Sprong, Dutch ice hockey player
Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist
DeForest Buckner, American football player
Terry Rozier, American basketball player
Ivan Provedel, Italian footballer
Marcel Sabitzer, Austrian footballer
Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
Rhys Hoskins, American baseball player

Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer (died 2011)
John Boyega, British actor and producer
Patrick Cantlay, American golfer

Yeltsin Tejeda, Costa Rican footballer
Sergey Kalinin, Russian ice hockey player
Cordarrelle Patterson, American football player
Thomas Robinson, American-Lebanese basketball player
Hozier, Irish musician
Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
Jean Segura, Dominican baseball player
Mikael Backlund, Swedish ice hockey player
Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
Juan Lagares, Dominican baseball player
Harry Melling, English actor
Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
Fraser Forster, English footballer
Grimes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist
Brent Meuleman, Belgian politician
Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player

Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
Rob Kardashian, American television personality
Carlos Lampe, Bolivian footballer
Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
Emmanuel Sanders, American football player
Chris Davis, American baseball player
Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer
Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jeremy Pargo, American basketball player
Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
Tuğba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater
César Valdez, Dominican baseball player
Chris Copeland, American basketball player and coach
Ryan Rottman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
James Heath, English golfer
Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer
Attila Vajda, Hungarian sprint canoeist
Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer
Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
Nicky Jam, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
Kyle Korver, American basketball player
Danny Califf, American soccer player
Stormy Daniels, American adult film actress
Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist
Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler
Zachery Kouwe, American journalist
Tamar Braxton, American singer and television personality
Scott Downs, American baseball player
Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)
Test, Canadian-American wrestler (died 2009)
Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Edgar Grospiron, French skier
Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (died 2010)
Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman
Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician
Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer
Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (died 2013)
Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
Rob Lowe, American actor
Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach

Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
Carsten Almqvist, Swedish business executive
Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician
Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist
Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress
Rob Sitch, Australian actor, director, and producer
Sam Bowie, American basketball player

Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2006)
Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player
Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (died 2003)
Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician

Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (died 2001)
Chuck Muncie, American football player (died 2013)
Barry Horne, English activist (died 2001)
Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
Stuart Rose, English businessman
William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager
Dennis Bond, English footballer (died 2025)

Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer
Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer

Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager

Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer
Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and rapist (died 1994)
Yoko Yamamoto, Japanese actress (died 2024)
Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician
Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
Max Stafford-Clark, English director and academic

Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (died 2017)
Jim Gary, American sculptor (died 2006)
Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2022)

Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (died 1993)

Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (died 2018)
Zola Taylor, American singer (died 2007)
Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina (died 2021)
Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (died 2019)
Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (died 2016)
Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (died 2023)
Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic (died 2024)
Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor (died 2022)
Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
Penelope Lively, English author

Dick Curless, American country music singer (died 1995)
Patricia Breslin, American actress (died 2011)
David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (died 2001)
Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (died 2014)
James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1991)
William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2007)

Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (died 2009)
Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (died 2014)
Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (died 2015)
Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (died 2013)
Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (died 2014)
Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (died 2009)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (died 1975)
Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (died 1965)
Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (died 2020)

Hank Sauer, American baseball player (died 2001)

Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (died 1985)
Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (died 1987)
Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (died 2011)
Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (died 2008)
Bayard Rustin, American activist (died 1987)
Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1991)
Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (died 1996)

Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1988)
Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1991)
Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (died 1996)
Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (died 1991)
Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (died 1987)
Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (died 1971)
Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (died 1970)
Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (died 1988)
Paul Green, American playwright and academic (died 1981)
Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (died 1965)

Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (died 1923)

Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (died 1962)
Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (died 1931)
Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1961)
Princess Patricia of Connaught (died 1974)
Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete (died 1913)

Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (died 1934)

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1952)
Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912)
Edith New, English militant suffragette (died 1951)
Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (died 1920)
Ville Kiviniemi, Finnish politician (died 1951)
Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (died 1926)
Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (died 1939)

Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1930)
Martha P. Falconer, American social reformer (died 1941)

Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (died 1930)
Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (died 1910)
Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (died 1929)
Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (died 1934)
Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (died 1901)
Rosina Heikel, Finnish physician (died 1929)
Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (died 1901)
Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (died 1900)
Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (died 1897)

Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer (died 1894)
Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (died 1881)
Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (died 1849)
Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (died 1847)

Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (died 1861)
Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1864)
Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (died 1806)
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (died 1755)
Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1732)
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (died 1729)
Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (died 1662)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (died 1598)
Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (died 1584)
James IV of Scotland (died 1513)
Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)
Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (died 809)
John Hemingway, Irish fighter pilot (born 1919)
Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (born 1928)
Lance Reddick, American actor (born 1962)

John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (born 1959)
Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (born 1954)
Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1933)

Meir Dagan, Israeli general (born 1945)
Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1960)
Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (born 1931)
Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (born 1974)
Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (born 1924)
Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (born 1910)
William B. Caldwell III, American general (born 1925)
Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (born 1927)

A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (born 1918)
Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (born 1923)
Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (born 1919)
Michael Gough, English actor (born 1916)
Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (born 1925)
Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1950)
Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (born 1937)
Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (born 1939)

John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (born 1924)
Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (born 1913)
Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (born 1913)
İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (born 1945)
Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (born 1923)
George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (born 1904)

Andre Norton, American author (born 1912)

Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (born 1911)

Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1917)
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (born 1908)

Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (born 1920)
Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (born 1921)
Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (born 1905)

Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (born 1957)
René Clément, French director and screenwriter (born 1913)

Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Sunnyland Slim, American blues pianist (born 1906)

Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1899)
Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (born 1925)
Helen Hayes, American actress (born 1900)
Grace Stafford, American actress (born 1903)
Capucine, French model and actress (born 1928)
Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (born 1896)

Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (born 1923)

Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)

Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (born 1891)

Paul Dean, American baseball player (born 1913)
Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)
Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (born 1901)
Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (born 1862)
Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (born 1860)

John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (born 1870)

Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (born 1877)
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (born 1907)
Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (born 1894)

Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1882)

Mike, American Wyandotte chicken, lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)
Dai Li, Chinese general (born 1897)
Nada Dimić, People's Hero of Yugoslavia, victim of Genocide of Serbs (born 1923)

Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (born 1854)

Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (born 1881)
Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (born 1853)
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (born 1838)
John Houlding, English businessman, founded Liverpool Football Club (born 1833)
Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (born 1832)
Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (born 1832)
Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (born 1802)
Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (born 1803)
William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (born 1792)
Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (born 1784)
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (born 1764)
Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1753)
James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (born 1759)
Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1700)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (born 1695)

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (born 1671)
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (born 1643)
Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (born 1641)
François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (born 1613)
Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (born 1605)
Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (born 1610)

Philip Massinger, English playwright (born 1583)
John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (born 1576)
Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1547)
Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1500)
Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (born 1482)
Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (born 1479)
Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (born 1407)
Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (born 1332)
Louis of Enghien, French nobleman
An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (born 1220)
Philip of Montfort, French knight and nobleman
Pierre de Montreuil, French architect
Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (born 1130)
Lulach, king of Scotland
Harold Harefoot, king of England
Kazan, emperor of Japan (born 968)
Li Yu, Prince of De, prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Haito, bishop of Basel
Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (born 121)
Titus Labienus, Roman general (born 100 BC)
Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa
Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Children's Day (Bangladesh)

Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Eastern Church)
Christian feast day: Gertrude of Nivelles
Christian feast day: John Sarkander
Christian feast day: Joseph of Arimathea (Western Church)
Christian feast day: Patrick of Ireland
Christian feast day: March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.