The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.
In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a meals lorry and broke out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Keke Rosberg (pictured) won his only Formula One championship with a fifth-place finish at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix.
Sandra Day O'Connor (pictured) became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
About 4,200 people took part in the first modern Chicago Marathon.
The North Yemen Civil War began when Abdullah al-Sallal dethroned the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declared Yemen to be a republic under his presidency.
United States Army troops escorted nine students as Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated.
Second World War: British troops began their withdrawal from the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden in defeat.
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonated the forward ammunition magazines and destroyed the ship.
Sequoia National Park (pictured) was established to conserve giant sequoia trees in an area affected by logging in the southern Sierra Nevada in California.
French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian island of Curaçao.
Peking opera was born with the introduction of Hui opera to Beijing by the "Four Great Anhui Troupes" in honour of the Qianlong Emperor's 80th birthday.
American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia failed to capture the city of Montreal from British forces.
Ottoman wars in Europe: Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary near present-day Nikopol, Bulgaria.
Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland signed the Treaty of York, establishing the Anglo-Scottish border, which mostly remains the same today.
Harold Godwinson defeated King Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, ending the last Norse invasion of the British Isles.
Viking expansion: A Viking fleet arrived near Seville, then part of the Emirate of Córdoba, and began a raid of the city that was eventually repelled by Muslim defenders.
After the assassination of Aurelian, Tacitus was chosen by the Senate to succeed him as Roman emperor.
Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.
Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
Belize joins the United Nations.
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.
The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people. The event was a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire.
American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
Unification of Nepal
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
Leah Jeffries, American actress
Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player
Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
Brandin Cooks, American football player
Toby Greene, Australian footballer
Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter
Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
Emmy Clarke, American actress
Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
Aldon Smith, American football player
Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
Marten Strauch, German rugby player
Steve Forrest, American drummer
Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
Marvin Matip, German footballer
Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
Matt Carle, American ice hockey player
Ivory Latta, American basketball player
Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
Terrance Pennington, American football player
Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager
Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
Lee Norris, American actor
Chris Owen, American actor
T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (died 2012)
Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
Clea DuVall, American actress
Robbie Jones, American actor
Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player
Joel David Moore, American actor
Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (died 2008)
Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
Frank Leder, German fashion designer
Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
Eric Moss, American football player (died 2019)
Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
Jenny Chapman, English politician
Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen
Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
Seb Sanders, English jockey
Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (died 2002)
Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator
Tony Womack, American baseball player
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
John A. List, American economist and academic
Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
Jason Flemyng, English actor
Todd Philcox, American football player
Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
Gary Ayles, English race car driver
Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
Tate Donovan, American actor
Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (died 2010)
Aida Turturro, American actress
Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Heather Locklear, American actress
Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
Michael Madsen, American actor and producer (died 2025)
Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (died 2014)
W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985)
Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
Luanne Rice, American author and activist
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014)
Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021)
Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
Tommy Norden, American actor
Chris Pond, English politician
Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004)
Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
Graeme Knowles, English bishop
Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
E. C. Coleman, American basketball player
Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (died 2013)
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (died 2015)
Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999)
Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023)
Felicity Kendal, English actress
Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1998)
Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
Gil Morgan, American golfer
Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
Jerry Penrod, American bass player
Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
Doris Matsui, American politician
Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (died 2009)
Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
John Locke, American keyboard player (died 2006)
Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976)
Robert Miano, American actor and producer
Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015)
Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008)
Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020)
Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2015)
Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009)
David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021)
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010)
Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021)
Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (died 2014)
Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (died 2020)
Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)
Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982)
Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2024)
Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (died 2014)
Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005)
Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022)
Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999)
Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (died 2004)
Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022)
Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (died 2013)
Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001)
Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991)
Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016)
Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (died 2017)
Red Webb, American baseball player (died 1996)
Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001)
Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011)
Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (died 1992)
Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992)
Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002)
Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010)
Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968)
John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (died 2020)
Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981)
Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980)
Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (died 1962)
Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (died 1996)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975)
Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (died 1970)
Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968)
Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937)
Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981)
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980)
William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (died 1990)
Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930)
Hanna Ralph, German actress (died 1978)
Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951)
Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (died 1936)
Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (died 1963)
Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (died 1945)
Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938)
Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937)
Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (died 1897)
Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1952)
Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904)
William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (died 1888)
Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (died 1879)
Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893)
Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (died 1874)
Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (died 1824)
Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856)
Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (died 1829)
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1822)
Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793)
William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827)
Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1820)
Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797)
Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (died 1805)
Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (died 1789)
Qianlong Emperor of China (died 1799)
Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764)
Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (died 1711)
Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (died 1710)
Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (died 1698)
Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (died 1667)
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583)
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603)
Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (died 1584)
Louis III of Anjou (died 1434)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408)
David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933)
Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936)
José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)
Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)
Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)
Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
John Galvin, American general (born 1929)
Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944)
Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939)
Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943)
Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951)
Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920)
Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940)
Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (born 1945)
José Montoya, American poet and academic (born 1932)
Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (born 1915)
Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930)
Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931)
Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)
Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927)
Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923)
Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932)
Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919)
André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (born 1924)
Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920)
John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957)
Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956)
George Archer, American golfer (born 1939)
Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921)
Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953)
Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930)
Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (born 1916)
Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928)
Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891)
Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (born 1961)
Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912)
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937)
Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909)
Mary Astor, American actress (born 1906)
Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905)
Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917)
Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909)
Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (born 1909)
Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897)
Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901)
John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)
Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)
Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883)
Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (born 1936)
Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886)
Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)
Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (born 1891)
Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897)
Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873)
John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)
Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909)
Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (born 1879)
Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880)
Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867)
Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885)
Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893)
Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885)
Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862)
Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857)
Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer and rebel commander. Died as a result of forced feeding while on hunger strike. (born 1885)
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (born 1853)
Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835)
Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832)
John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817)
Louise von François, German author (born 1817)
Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (born 1812)
Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804)
Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783)
Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718)
Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710)
William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728)
John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)
Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569)
Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555)
Mary Sidney, English writer (born 1561)
Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572)
Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548)
Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575)
Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525)
Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527)
Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (born 1490)
Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (born 1511)
Pope Clement VII (born 1478)
Philip I of Castile (born 1478)
Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447)
Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330)
Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341)
Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (born 1290)
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (born 1301)
Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (born c. 1025)
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025)
Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (born 1015)
Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029)
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Christian feast day: Cleopas
Christian feast day: Euphrosyne of Alexandria
Christian feast day: Finbarr
Christian feast day: Fermin of Amiens
Christian feast day: Lancelot Andrewes (Church of England)
Christian feast day: Sergius of Radonezh (repose)
Christian feast day: Vincent Strambi
Christian feast day: September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
National Research Administrators Day (United States)
National Youth Day (Nauru)