This article is about the day in the Gregorian calendar. For the Arthur episode, see
Arthur (season 7) .
April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 266 days remaining until the end of the year.
193 – Lucius Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor by his troops in Illyricum (Balkans ). He marches with his army (16 legions ) to Rome .
475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon ) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
537 – Siege of Rome : The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen . He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.
1241 – Battle of Liegnitz : Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
1288 – Mongol invasions of Vietnam : Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.
1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels .
1413 – Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1454 – The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.
1511 – St John's College, Cambridge , England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort , receives its charter.
1585 – The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina ) to establish the Roanoke Colony .
1609 – Eighty Years' War : Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River , claims it for France and names it Louisiana .
1782 – American War of Independence : Battle of the Saintes begins.
1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
1865 – American Civil War : Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia , effectively ending the war.
1867 – Alaska Purchase : Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
1909 – The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act .
1914 – Mexican Revolution : One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
1916 – World War I : The Battle of Verdun : German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras : The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge .
1918 – World War I: The Battle of the Lys : The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders .
1918 – The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania .
1937 – The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1939 – Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial , after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution 's Constitution Hall .
1940 – World War II : Operation Weserübung : Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1940 – Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bataan /Bataan Death March : United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula . The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka ); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
1945 – World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Königsberg , in East Prussia , ends.
1945 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas , Oklahoma , and Kansas .
1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation , the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws . The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court 's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán 's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo ), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia known as La violencia .
1948 – Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem , killing over 100 .
1952 – Hugo Ballivián 's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform , universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
1957 – The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
1959 – Project Mercury : NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts , whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven ".
1960 – Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd , Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid , narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer called David Pratt in Johannesburg .
1961 – The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
1965 – Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
1967 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
1969 – The "Chicago Eight " plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1969 – The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford .
1975 – The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association , the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
1975 – Eight people in South Korea, who are involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident , are hanged.
1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
1981 – The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru , a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
1989 – The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi , Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army , resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1991 – Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union
1992 – A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
1999 – Kosovo War : The Battle of Košare begins.
2003 – Iraq War : Baghdad falls to American forces; Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader Saddam Hussein , pulling down a grand statue of him and tearing it to pieces.
2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor 's Guildhall.
2009 – In Tbilisi , Georgia , up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili .
2013 – A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
2013 – At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča .
2014 – A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania .
1498 – Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1550)
1597 – John Davenport , English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (d. 1670)
1598 – Johann Crüger , German composer and theorist (d. 1662)
1627 – Johann Caspar Kerll , German organist and composer (d. 1693)
1634 – Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (d. 1696)
1648 – Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway , French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1649 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , Dutch-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1685)
1680 – Philippe Néricault Destouches , French playwright (d. 1754)
1686 – James Craggs the Younger , English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1721)
1691 – Johann Matthias Gesner , German scholar and academic (d. 1761)
1717 – Georg Matthias Monn , Austrian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1750)
1770 – Thomas Johann Seebeck , German physicist and academic (d. 1831)
1773 – Étienne Aignan , French author and academic (d. 1824)
1794 – Theobald Boehm , German flute player and composer (d. 1881)
1802 – Elias Lönnrot , Finnish physician and philologist (d. 1884)
1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel , English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (d. 1859)
1807 – James Bannerman , Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1868)
1821 – Charles Baudelaire , French poet and critic (d. 1867)
1830 – Eadweard Muybridge , English photographer and cinematographer (d. 1904)
1835 – Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1835 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (d. 1913)
1846 – Paolo Tosti , Italian-English composer and educator (d. 1916)
1865 – Erich Ludendorff , German general and politician (d. 1937)
1865 – Charles Proteus Steinmetz , Polish-American mathematician and engineer (d. 1923)
1867 – Chris Watson , Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
1867 – Charles Winckler , Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter (d. 1932)
1872 – Léon Blum , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1950)
1875 – Jacques Futrelle , American journalist and author (d. 1912)
1880 – Jan Letzel , Czech architect (d. 1925)
1882 – Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1946)
1883 – Frank King , American cartoonist (d. 1969)
1888 – Sol Hurok , Ukrainian-American talent manager (d. 1974)
1893 – Charles E. Burchfield , American painter (d.1967)
1893 – Victor Gollancz , English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (d. 1967)
1893 – Rahul Sankrityayan , Indian linguist, author, and scholar (d. 1963)
1895 – Mance Lipscomb , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1895 – Michel Simon , Swiss-French actor and singer (d. 1975)
1897 – John B. Gambling , American radio host (d. 1974)
1898 – Curly Lambeau , American football player and coach (d. 1965)
1898 – Paul Robeson , American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976)
1900 – Allen Jenkins , American actor and singer (d. 1974)
1901 – Jean Bruchési , Canadian historian and author (d. 1979)
1901 – Paul Willis , American actor and director (d. 1960)
1902 – Théodore Monod , French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)
1903 – Ward Bond , American actor (d. 1960)
1904 – Sharkey Bonano , American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972)
1905 – J. William Fulbright , American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1906 – Rafaela Aparicio , Spanish actress (d. 1996)
1906 – Antal Doráti , Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988)
1908 – Joseph Krumgold , American author and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1908 – Victor Vasarely , Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997)
1910 – Abraham A. Ribicoff , American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 1998)
1912 – Lev Kopelev , Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
1913 – Smaro Stefanidou , Greek actress (d. 2010)
1915 – Daniel Johnson, Sr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
1917 – Johannes Bobrowski , German songwriter and poet (d. 1965)
1917 – Ronnie Burgess , Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1917 – Brad Dexter , American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1918 – Jørn Utzon , Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008)
1919 – J. Presper Eckert , American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995)
1921 – Jean-Marie Balestre , French businessman (d. 2008)
1921 – Frankie Thomas , American actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Carl Amery , German author and activist (d. 2005)
1923 – Leonard Levy , American historian and author (d. 2006)
1925 – Virginia Gibson , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2013)
1925 – Art Kane , American photographer (d. 1995)
1926 – Gerry Fitt , Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (d. 2005)
1926 – Hugh Hefner , American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises
1928 – Paul Arizin , American basketball player (d. 2006)
1928 – Tom Lehrer , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
1928 – Aubrey Woods , English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1929 – Sharan Rani Backliwal , Indian sarod player and scholar (d. 2008)
1929 – Paule Marshall , American author and academic
1930 – Nathaniel Branden , Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
1930 – F. Albert Cotton , American chemist and academic (d. 2007)
1930 – Wallace McCain , Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (d. 2011)
1931 – Richard Hatfield , Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1991)
1932 – Jim Fowler , American zoologist and television host
1932 – Armin Jordan , Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
1932 – Peter Moores , English businessman and philanthropist
1932 – Carl Perkins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1933 – Jean-Paul Belmondo , French actor and producer
1933 – René Burri , Swiss photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
1933 – Fern Michaels , American author
1933 – Richard Rose , American political scientist and academic
1934 – Bill Birch , New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance
1934 – Tom Phillis , Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
1934 – Mariya Pisareva , Russian high jumper
1935 – Aulis Sallinen , Finnish composer and academic
1935 – Avery Schreiber , American actor (d. 2002)
1936 – Jerzy Maksymiuk , Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
1936 – Valerie Solanas , American American radical feminist author, attempted murderer (d. 1988)
1937 – Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood , English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
1937 – Marty Krofft , Canadian screenwriter and producer
1937 – Valerie Singleton , English television and radio host
1938 – Viktor Chernomyrdin , Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2010)
1938 – Rockin' Sidney , American singer (d. 1998)
1939 – Michael Learned , American actress and singer
1940 – Hans-Joachim Reske , German sprinter
1940 – Jim Roberts , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Kay Adams , American singer-songwriter
1941 – Hannah Gordon , Scottish actress
1941 – Chu Song-woong , South Korean actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Brandon deWilde , American actor and singer (d. 1972)
1942 – Margo Smith , American singer-songwriter
1943 – Terry Knight , American singer-songwriter and producer (Terry Knight and the Pack ) (d. 2004)
1944 – Joe Brinkman , American baseball player and umpire
1944 – Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg , German shot putter
1945 – Steve Gadd , American drummer (Stuff , Steps Ahead , and Sunlightsquare )
1945 – Peter Gammons , American journalist
1946 – Nate Colbert , American baseball player
1946 – Mike Hancock , English politician
1946 – Alan Knott , English cricketer
1946 – Sara Parkin , Scottish activist and politician
1946 – David Webb , English footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Giovanni Andrea Cornia , Italian economist and academic
1948 – Jaya Bachchan , Indian actress and politician
1948 – Michel Parizeau , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 – Patty Pravo , Italian singer
1949 – Tony Cragg , English sculptor
1952 – Robert Clark , American author
1952 – Tania Tsanaklidou , Greek singer and actress
1953 – John Howard , English singer-songwriter and pianist
1953 – Hal Ketchum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Ken Kalfus , American journalist and author
1954 – Dennis Quaid , American actor and producer
1954 – Iain Duncan Smith , British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1955 – Yamina Benguigui , French director and politician
1955 – Joolz Denby , English poet and author
1955 – Kate Heyhoe , American author and blogger
1956 – Michael Benton , Scottish-English paleontologist and academic
1956 – Michael Hashim , American saxophonist
1956 – Miguel Ángel Russo , Argentinian footballer and coach
1956 – Nigel Shadbolt , English computer scientist and academic
1956 – Vahur Sova , Estonian architect
1956 – Marina Zueva , Russian ice dancer and coach
1957 – Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer and architect (d. 2011)
1957 – Martin Margiela , Belgian fashion designer
1958 – Tony Sibson , English boxer
1958 – Nigel Slater , English journalist and author
1959 – Bernard Jenkin , English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1960 – Jaak Aab , Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
1961 – Mark Kelly , Irish keyboard player (Marillion and DeeExpus )
1961 – Kirk McCaskill , Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
1962 – John Eaves , American production designer and illustrator
1962 – Ihor Podolchak , Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Imran Sherwani , English field hockey player
1962 – Jeff Turner , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Marc Jacobs , American-French fashion designer
1963 – Joe Scarborough , American journalist, lawyer, and politician
1964 – Rob Awalt , German-American football player
1964 – Juliet Cuthbert , Jamaican sprinter
1964 – Daniel Escobar , American actor (d. 2013)
1964 – Lisa Guerrero , American actress and journalist
1964 – Soyo Oka , Japanese pianist and composer
1964 – Peter Penashue , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1964 – Margaret Peterson Haddix , American author
1964 – Rick Tocchet , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Jay Wesley Neill , American murderer (d. 2002)
1965 – Mark Pellegrino , American actor
1965 – Paulina Porizkova , Czech-American model and actress
1965 – Jeff Zucker , American businessman
1966 – Cynthia Nixon , American actress and singer
1967 – Natascha Engel , German-English translator and politician
1967 – Alex Kahn , American puppeteer
1969 – Linda Kisabaka , German runner
1969 – April Boy Regino , Filipino singer-songwriter
1970 – Chorão , Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr. ) (d. 2013)
1970 – Mike Barz , American journalist
1970 – Tricia Penrose , English actress and singer
1971 – Peter Canavan , Irish footballer and manager
1971 – Leo Fortune-West , English footballer and manager
1971 – Austin Peck , American actor
1971 – Jacques Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver
1972 – Bernard Ackah , German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer
1972 – Neve McIntosh , Scottish actress
1972 – Angelica Sin , American porn actress
1972 – Siiri Vallner , Estonian architect
1973 – Spencer Rice , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Jenna Jameson , American porn actress, director, and producer
1974 – Alexander Pichushkin , Russian serial killer
1975 – Robbie Fowler , English footballer and manager
1975 – David Gordon Green , American director and screenwriter
1976 – Kyle Peterson , American baseball player and sportscaster
1976 – Blayne Weaver , American actor and screenwriter
1977 – Marko Lepik , Estonian footballer
1977 – Gerard Way , American singer-songwriter and producer (My Chemical Romance )
1978 – Kousei Amano , Japanese actor
1978 – Jorge Andrade , Portuguese footballer
1978 – Vesna Pisarović , Croatian singer-songwriter
1978 – Rachel Stevens , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (S Club )
1978 – Veronica Taylor , American voice actress
1979 – Katsuni , French porn actress and director
1979 – Billy Brandt , American porn actor
1979 – Albina Dzhanabaeva , Russian singer and actress (Nu Virgos )
1979 – Albert Hammond, Jr. , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Strokes )
1979 – Keith Nobbs , American actor
1979 – Keshia Knight Pulliam , American actress
1979 – Jeff Reed , American football player
1979 – Mark Ruiz , Puerto Rican diver
1979 – Ben Silverstone , English actor and lawyer
1980 – Clueso , German singer-songwriter and producer
1980 – Sarah Ayton , English sailor
1980 – Luciano Galletti , Argentinian footballer
1980 – Yoanna House , American model and actress
1980 – Jerko Leko , Croatian footballer
1980 – Ryan Northcott , Canadian actor
1980 – Isabelle Severino , French gymnast and actress
1980 – Rachel Specter , American actress and screenwriter
1980 – Lee Yo-won , South Korean actress and singer
1981 – Moran Atias , Israeli actress and model
1981 – Milan Bartovič , Czech ice hockey player
1981 – A. J. Ellis , American baseball player
1981 – Arlen Escarpeta , Belizean-American actor
1981 – Eric Harris , American murderer, committed the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
1981 – Ireneusz Jeleń , Polish footballer
1981 – Dennis Sarfate , American baseball player
1981 – Melissa Witek , American model, Miss Florida USA 2005
1982 – Jay Baruchel , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1982 – Carlos Hernández , Costa Rican footballer
1982 – Kathleen Munroe , Canadian-American actress
1983 – Ryan Clark , Australian actor
1983 – Willie Colon , American football player
1984 – Linda Chung , Canadian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1984 – Habiba Ghribi , Tunisian runner
1984 – Adam Loewen , Canadian baseball player
1984 – Lili Mirojnick , American actress
1984 – Óscar Razo , Mexican footballer
1985 – Antonio Nocerino , Italian footballer
1985 – David Robertson , American baseball player
1985 – Tomohisa Yamashita , Japanese actor and singer (NEWS , Kitty GYM , and Shūji to Akira )
1986 – Mike Hart , American football player
1986 – Brian Larsen , American singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Luca Marin , Italian swimmer
1986 – Leighton Meester , American actress and singer
1987 – Kassim Abdallah , French-Comorian footballer
1987 – Graham Gano , American football player
1987 – Craig Mabbitt , American singer (Escape the Fate , Blessthefall , The Word Alive , and The Dead Rabbitts )
1987 – Jesse McCartney , American singer-songwriter and actor (Dream Street )
1987 – Jarrod Mullen , Australian rugby player
1987 – Jazmine Sullivan , American singer and actress
1988 – Uee , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School )
1988 – Michel Alves Baroni , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Dino Imperial , Filipino actor
1988 – Jeremy Metcalfe , English race car driver
1989 – Danielle Kahle , American figure skater
1990 – Ram Bahadur Bomjon , Nepalese monk
1990 – David Jones-Roberts , Australian actor
1990 – Kristen Stewart , American actress
1990 – Ryan Williams , American football player
1991 – Ryan Kelly , American basketball player
1992 – Joshua Ledet , American singer
1994 – Joey Pollari , American actor
1995 – Domagoj Bošnjak , Croatian basketball player
1996 – Emerson Hyndman , American soccer player
1998 – Elle Fanning , American actress and singer
1999 – Isaac Hempstead-Wright , English actor
2000 – Jackie Evancho , American singer and actress
585 BC – Emperor Jimmu , Japanese emperor (b. 711 BC)
93 – Yuan An , Chinese scholar and politician
436 – Tan Daoji , Chinese general and politician
491 – Zeno , Byzantine emperor (b. 425)
682 – Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari , Egyptian politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 616)
715 – Pope Constantine (b. 664)
1024 – Pope Benedict VIII (b. 980)
1137 – William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1483 – Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
1484 – Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)
1492 – Lorenzo de' Medici , Italian ruler (b. 1449)
1553 – François Rabelais , French monk and scholar (b. 1494)
1557 – Mikael Agricola , Finnish priest and scholar (b. 1510)
1626 – Francis Bacon , English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561)
1654 – Matei Basarab , Romanian prince (b. 1588)
1693 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , French author (b. 1618)
1747 – Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat , Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)
1754 – Christian Wolff , German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)
1761 – William Law , English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
1768 – Sarah Fielding , English author (b. 1710)
1804 – Jacques Necker , Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
1806 – William V, Prince of Orange (b. 1748)
1872 – Erastus Corning , American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1876 – Charles Goodyear , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti , English painter, illustrator, and poet (b. 1828)
1889 – Michel Eugène Chevreul , French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
1909 – Helena Modjeska , Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
1915 – Raymond Whittindale , English rugby player (b. 1883)
1917 – James Hope Moulton , English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
1922 – Hans Fruhstorfer , German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
1926 – Zip the Pinhead , American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1936 – Ferdinand Tönnies , German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
1940 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell , English-French actress (b. 1865)
1944 – Yevgeniya Rudneva , Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1945 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer , German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
1945 – Wilhelm Canaris , German admiral (b. 1887)
1945 – Johann Georg Elser , German carpenter (b. 1903)
1945 – Hans Oster , German general (b. 1887)
1945 – Karl Sack , German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)
1945 – Hans von Dohnányi , Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
1948 – George Carpenter , Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán , Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
1951 – Vilhelm Bjerknes , Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
1953 – Eddie Cochems , American football player and coach (b. 1877)
1953 – C. E. M. Joad , English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
1959 – Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
1961 – Zog I of Albania (b. 1895)
1963 – Eddie Edwards , American trombonist (Original Dixieland Jass Band ) (b. 1891)
1963 – Xul Solar , Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1970 – Gustaf Tenggren , Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)
1971 – Paulette Noizeux , French actress (b. 1887)
1976 – Dagmar Nordstrom , American singer-songwriter and pianist (Nordstrom Sisters ) (b. 1903)
1976 – Phil Ochs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1978 – Clough Williams-Ellis , English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)
1980 – Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr , Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
1982 – Wilfrid Pelletier , Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)
1988 – Brook Benton , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
1988 – Hans Berndt , German footballer (b. 1913)
1988 – Dave Prater , American singer (Sam & Dave ) (b. 1937)
1991 – Forrest Towns , American hurdler and coach (b. 1914)
1993 – Joseph B. Soloveitchik , American rabbi and philosopher (b. 1903)
1996 – Richard Condon , American author and publicist (b. 1915)
1996 – James Rouse , American real estate agent, founded The Rouse Company (b. 1914)
1997 – Mae Boren Axton , American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
1997 – Helene Hanff , American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1998 – Tom Cora , American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew , Third Person ) (b. 1953)
1999 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (b. 1949)
2001 – Willie Stargell , American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
2002 – Pat Flaherty , American race car driver (b. 1926)
2002 – Leopold Vietoris , Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic (b. 1891)
2003 – Jerry Bittle , American cartoonist (b. 1949)
2003 – Earl Bramblett , American murderer (b. 1942)
2005 – Andrea Dworkin , American activist and author (b. 1946)
2006 – Billy Hitchcock , American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
2006 – Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2007 – Egon Bondy , Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
2007 – Dorrit Hoffleit , American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)
2009 – Nick Adenhart , American baseball player (b. 1986)
2010 – Zoltán Varga , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
2010 – Meinhardt Raabe , American actor (b. 1915)
2011 – Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri , Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)
2011 – Sidney Lumet , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2012 – Takeshi Aono , Japanese voice actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Barry Cahill , Canadian-American actor (b. 1921)
2012 – John Golding (b. 1929)
2012 – Ismail Haron , Singaporean singer (b. 1946)
2012 – Mark Lenzi , American diver and coach (b. 1968)
2012 – Wiebo Ludwig , Dutch-Canadian criminal (b. 1941)
2012 – Meral Okay , Turkish actress and screenwriter (b. 1959)
2012 – Boris Parygin , Russian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1930)
2012 – Malcolm Thomas , Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)
2013 – David Hayes , American sculptor and painter (b. 1931)
2013 – Greg McCrary , American football player (b. 1952)
2013 – Mordechai Mishani , Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2013 – Emilio Pericoli , Italian singer (b. 1928)
2013 – McCandlish Phillips , American journalist and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Paolo Soleri , Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (b. 1919)
2013 – Zao Wou-Ki , Chinese-French painter (b. 1920)
2014 – Gil Askey , American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
2014 – Chris Banks , American football player (b. 1973)
2014 – Rory Ellinger , American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
2014 – Norman Girvan , Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941)
2014 – Aelay Narendra , Indian politician (b. 1946)
2014 – A. N. R. Robinson , Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
2014 – Svetlana Velmar-Janković , Serbian author (b. 1933)
2015 – Paul Almond , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2015 – Nina Companeez , French director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2015 – Alexander Dalgarno , English physicist and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Ivan Doig , American journalist and author (b. 1939)
2015 – Tsien Tsuen-hsuin , Chinese-American sinologist and academic (b. 1909)
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