North Korea and the United States signed the Agreed Framework to limit the former's nuclear weapons program and to normalize relations between the two countries.
In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured).
At the 17th General Conference on Weights and Measures, the length of a metre was redefined as the distance that light travels in vacuum in .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄299,792,458 of a second.
After reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft, Australian pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a Cessna 182L across the Bass Strait to King Island.
At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently with police.
A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.
World War II: The three-week-long Battle of Aachen concluded, making the city the first on German soil to be captured by the Allies.
World War II: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the district of Gornji Milanovac.
HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
The first and second of three treaties were signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the United States federal government and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma.
French composer Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, featuring the music most associated with the can-can (audio featured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War.
Hundred Years' War: The English victory at the Battle of Auberoche marked a change in the military balance of power in Aquitaine, with the subsequent collapse of the French position.
First Crusade: At the Battle of Civetot, the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the army of the People's Crusade as it marched toward Nicaea.
A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.
Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.
Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.
The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
Portland cement is patented.
Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.
Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
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Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
Damion Lee, American basketball player
Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player
Tom Eastman, English footballer
Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
Rob Keogh, English cricketer
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Harry Pell, English footballer
Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
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Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player
Luke Murphy, English footballer
Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
Glen Powell, American actor
Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician
Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
Scott Rendell, English footballer
Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer
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Tom Brandstater, American football player
Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
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Marvin Mitchell, American football player
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Casey Fien, American baseball player
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Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer
Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
Amber Rose, American model
Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
Shelden Williams, American basketball player
Matt Dallas, American actor
Jim Henderson, American baseball player
Antony Kay, English footballer
Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
Ray Ventrone, American football player
Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
James White, American basketball player
Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
Olivier Pla, French racing driver
Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite
Brian Pittman, American bass player
Khalil Greene, American baseball player
Gabe Gross, American baseball player
Will Estes, American actor
Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
Michael McMillian, American actor
Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrew Scott, Irish actor
Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
Toby Hall, American baseball player
Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Orlando Thomas, American football player (died 2014)
Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
Mo Lewis, American football player
Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
Kerstin Andreae, German politician
Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)
Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (died 2018)
Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
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Horace Hogan, American wrestler
Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
George Bell, Dominican baseball player
Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer
Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler
Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)
Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
Dick DeVos, American businessman
Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)
Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Patti Davis, American actress and author
Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010)
Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)
Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)
Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)
Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
Dominique Braye, French politician
Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)
Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
Everett McGill, American actor
Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
Michael White, English journalist
Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (died 2014)
Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001)
Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)
Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)
Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist
Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022)
Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011)
Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)
Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (died 2018)
Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (died 1994)
Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (died 2018)
George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)
Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020)
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009)
Bob Rosburg, American golfer (died 2009)
Leonard Rossiter, English actor (died 1984)
Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (died 2003)
Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023)
Joyce Randolph, American actress (died 2024)
Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (died 2015)
Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)
Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006)
Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013)
Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999)
Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (died 2006)
Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011)
Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)
Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (died 1998)
Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010)
Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)
Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997)
Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (died 1978)
Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died 1985)
Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943)
Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)
Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)
Edna Purviance, American actress (died 1958)
Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)
Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (died 1911)
Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (died 1957)
Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)
Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)
Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951)
George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)
Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)
Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (died 1912)
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896)
Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (died 1900)
Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885)
Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869)
Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)
Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818)
Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816)
Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (died 1801)
James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780)
Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)
Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (died 1722)
Jean Bart, French admiral (died 1702)
Domenichino, Italian painter (died 1641)
Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (died 1586)
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (died 1578)
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478)
Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (died 1473)
Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398)
Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)
Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992)
Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)
Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)
Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933)
France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)
Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936)
Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923)
Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)
Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921)
Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926)
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931)
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)
Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916)
Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923)
Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936)
Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)
Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)
Louise Day Hicks, American politician (born 1916)
Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904)
Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)
Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915)
Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (born 1910)
Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916)
Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)
Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (born 1899)
Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)
Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)
Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)
Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922)
Dan White, American assassin and politician (born 1946)
François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (born 1919)
Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)
Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929)
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (born 1887)
Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)
Minnie Evans, American artist (born 1888)
Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (born 1922)
Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882)
Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)
Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918)
Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (born 1877)
Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (born 1852)
William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866)
Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)
Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)
Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (born 1876)
Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824)
Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)
James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (born 1844)
Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775)
Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (born 1752)
John Cooke, English captain (born 1763)
George Duff, Scottish captain (born 1764)
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (born 1758)
Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (born 1720)
Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721)
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (born 1606)
Henry Lawes, English composer (born 1595)
William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546)
Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (born 1558)
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)
Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492)
Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (born 1460)
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)
Charles VI of France (born 1368)
Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (born 1210)
Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
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