Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.
Edoardo Agnelli, son of the industrialist patriarch of Fiat Gianni Agnelli, was found dead under a bridge on the outskirts of Turin.
The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.
Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.
The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was officially established, with Manuel L. Quezon inaugurated as its president.
Fountain of Time, in Chicago's Washington Park, was dedicated as a tribute to 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.
As a result of numerous atrocities in the territory, the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium to form the Belgian Congo.
Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca (pictured), while the country was proclaimed a republic.
American Civil War: Union army general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens.
The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated.
Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in Yorkshire, England.
Justin II became Byzantine emperor, having allegedly been chosen by his uncle Justinian I as his successor on his deathbed.
The world population reached eight billion.
Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.
Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America.
A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.
The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.
In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, killing 25.
A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is only recognized by Turkey.
A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000–500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell.
The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the Communist Party of Greece.
The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.
Thailand holds its first election.
The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Free City of Danzig is established.
Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia.
Second Boer War: Battle of Chieveley, a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent Winston Churchill.
Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea.
Boilers of the steamboat Louisiana explode as she pulls back from the dock in New Orleans, killing more than 150 people.
A slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation commences.
Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
Rákóczi's War of Independence: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the Kurucs from Hungary in the Battle of Zsibó.
Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.
Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player
Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player
Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer
Blake Pieroni, American swimmer
Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player
Emma Dumont, American actress and model
Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
Arik Armstead, American football player
Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Dylan Bundy, American baseball player
Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer
Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player
Trevor Story, American baseball player
Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
Maxime Colin, French footballer
Shailene Woodley, American actress
Jona Viray, Filipino singer
B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player
Morgan Parra, French rugby player
Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
Winston Duke, Tobagonian-American actor
Coye Francies, American football player
Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter
Lily Aldridge, American model
Charron Fisher, American basketball player
Simon Spender, Welsh footballer
Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner
Sophia Di Martino, English actress
Aleksandar Pavlović, Serbian basketball player
Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
John Heitinga, Dutch footballer and coach
D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
Joe Kowalewski, American football player
Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
Lofa Tatupu, American football player
Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
Drew Hodgdon, American football player
Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
Josemi, Spanish footballer
Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
Floyd Womack, American football player
Richard Lintner, Slovak ice hockey player
Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland
Sean Murray, American actor
Peter Phillips, English businessman
Robaire Smith, American football player
Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman
Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
Sule, Indonesian comedian and actor
Scott Henshall, English fashion designer
Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer
Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor
Jay Harrington, American actor
Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer
Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (died 2004)
Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician
Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster
Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
E-40, American rapper and actor
Wayne Harrison, English footballer (died 2013)
François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter
Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager
Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player
Rachel True, American actress
Nigel Bond, English snooker player
Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager
Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2011)
Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach
Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host
Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator
Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer
Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player
Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
Tibor Fischer, English author
Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director
Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
Lesley Laird, British politician
Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor
Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager
Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
Emma Dent Coad, British politician
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (died 2003)
Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer
Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author
Randy Savage, American wrestler (died 2011)
Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer
Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
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Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
Bob Dandridge, American basketball player
Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2023)
Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
Bob Gunton, American actor and singer
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer
Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer (died 2024)
Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer (died 2019)
Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
Sam Waterston, American actor
Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (died 2021)
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (died 2015)
Enzo Staiola, Italian child actor (died 2025)
Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (died 2003)
Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (died 1998)
Nera White, American basketball player (died 2016)
Joanna Barnes, American actress and author (died 2022)
Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer (died 2023)
Gloria Foster, American actress (died 2001)
Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (died 2011)
Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress
Clyde McPhatter, American singer (died 1972)
Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic
John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (died 2013)
Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022)
Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (died 2020)
J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009)
Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (died 2015)
Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)
Joe Hinton, American singer (died 1968)
Bill Rowling, New Zealand politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1995)
Thomas Williams, American author and academic (died 1990)
Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (died 2014)
Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (died 2013)
Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995)
Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (died 2014)
Francis Brunn, German juggler (died 2004)
David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (died 2019)
Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015)
Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1999)
Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (died 2007)
Joseph Wapner, American judge and television personality (died 2017)
Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (died 1995)
Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (died 2008)
V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (died 2014)
Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2003)
Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (died 2005)
Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2010)
Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (died 1945)
Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (died 1979)
Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (died 1944)
Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (died 1990)
Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (died 1980)
Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974)
Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (died 1990)
Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1960)
Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (died 1988)
Leonard Lord, English businessman (died 1967)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
Naomi Childers, American actress (died 1964)
W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1986)
Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944)
Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (died 1969)
Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (died 1958)
Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1972)
Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (died 1986)
René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (died 1951)
Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (died 1965)
Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (died 1960)
Lewis Stone, American actor (died 1953)
Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (died 1941)
August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (died 1945)
Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (died 1947)
Emil Krebs, German polyglot (died 1930)
Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (died 1954)
John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1932)
Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1946)
Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (died 1892)
Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (died 1934)
Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (died 1880)
Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1869)
Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (died 1860)
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (died 1827)
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (died 1830)
Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1809)
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (died 1801)
William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (died 1822)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1778)
Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (died 1775)
Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (died 1743)
Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (died 1746)
Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (died 1701)
Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (died 1536)
Eleanor of Austria, queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
Nicholas V, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1455)
John I, king of France and Navarre (died 1316)
Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (died 501)
Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)
Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)
Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923)
Žarko Laušević, Serbian actor (born 1960)
Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)
Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)
Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920)
Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930)
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929)
Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918)
Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934)
Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (born 1983)
Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (born 1924)
Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (born 1929)
Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (born 1919)
Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (born 1930)
Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954)
Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976)
Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (born 1983)
K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931)
Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)
Oba Chandler, American murderer (born 1946)
Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (born 1932)
Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (born 1944)
William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (born 1914)
Grace Hartigan, American painter (born 1922)
Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1928)
David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (born 1937)
Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (born 1931)
Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (born 1959)
Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (born 1909)
John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (born 1910)
Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (born 1925)
Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (born 1923)
Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (born 1924)
Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (born 1954)
Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941)
Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (born 1937)
Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (born 1912)
Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904)
Elizabeth George Speare, American author (born 1908)
Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915)
Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905)
Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (born 1913)
Baby Fae, American infant, who received baboon heart (born 1984)
John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1955)
Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (born 1898)
John Le Mesurier, English actor (born 1912)
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (born 1895)
Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (born 1901)
Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)
Enid Markey, American actress (born 1894)
Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (born 1938)
Bill Lee, American actor and singer (born 1916)
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (born 1901)
Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904)
Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (born 1903)
Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884)
Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877)
William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887)
Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888)
Elsie Ferguson, American actress (born 1883)
Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883)
Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (born 1937)
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
Emma Richter, German paleontologist (born 1888)
Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)
Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (born 1862)
Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911)
Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)
Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864)
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (born 1908)
Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (born 1902)
Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1866)
Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1854)
Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1872)
Tadhg Barry, veteran Irish republican and leading trade unionist (born 1880)
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (born 1862)
Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (born 1868)
Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1858)
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1846)
Wilhelm Raabe, German author (born 1831)
Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (born 1835)
Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (born 1810)
Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (born 1850)
Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (born 1819)
William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (born 1803)
Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (born 1750s)
Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (born 1767)
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (born 1719)
John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (born 1714)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1658)
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (born 1675)
Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (born 1683)
Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (born 1620)
John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592)
Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571)
Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (born 1576)
Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (born 1510)
Catherine of York, English princess (born 1479)
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian nobleman
Otto V, duke of Bavaria
Joanna of Pfirt, duchess of Austria
James I of Urgell, Spanish nobleman (born 1321)
Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (born 1193)
Frederick of Isenberg, German nobleman (born 1193)
Margaret I, countess of Flanders
Leopold III, margrave of Austria (born 1073)
Odo II, French nobleman (born 983)
Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia
Malo, Breton bishop and saint
Mattathias, Jewish resistance leader
America Recycles Day (United States)
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