April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 259 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
1457 BC – Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh , the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
73 – Masada , a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt .
1346 – Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans .
1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V .
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta , Argentina .
1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1780 – The University of Münster in Münster , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany is founded.
1799 – Napoleonic Wars : The Battle of Mount Tabor : Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre .
1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty , establishing the border with Canada.
1847 – The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars .
1853 – The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder , Bombay to Thane .
1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society , a former Scottish learned society , is wound up.
1862 – American Civil War : Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia .
1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act , a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia , becomes law.
1863 – American Civil War: During the Siege of Vicksburg , gunboats commanded by Acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1879 – The Tarnovo Constitution - the first Bulgarian constitution was voted and adopted by the Constituent National Assembly held in Veliko Tarnovo as part of the establishment of the Principality of Bulgaria .
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas , Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1894 – Manchester City F.C. was formed from Ardwick A.F.C. .
1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah .
1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena , opens for the first time.
1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel .
1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd , Russia from exile in Switzerland.
1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1919 – Polish–Soviet War : The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania .
1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo , pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations , is signed.
1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia , Bulgaria , 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1940 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball , beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0.
1941 – World War II : The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 – World War II: The Ustaše , a Croatian ultranationalist organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD . He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19 .
1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade , killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights .
1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz ).
1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine .
1947 – Texas City disaster : An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas , to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 – Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War " to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union .
1953 – Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia .
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism .
1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News , during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".
1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 – Apollo program : The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida .
1990 – The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian , participates in his first assisted suicide .
1992 – The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo , Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1995 – George W. Bush names April 16 as Selena Day in Texas , after she was killed two weeks earlier.
2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict , but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border .
2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union .
2007 – Virginia Tech shooting : Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2012 – The trial for Anders Behring Breivik , the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks , begins in Oslo , Norway.
2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize .
2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province , Iran , killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
2014 – The MV Sewol ferry carrying more than 450 people capsizes near Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.
2016 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Muisne and Pedernales, Ecuador .
1319 – John II of France (d. 1364)
1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
1495 – Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)
1516 – Tabinshwehti , Burmese king (d. 1550)
1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch painter (d. 1681)
1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (d. 1708)
1660 – Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)
1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)
1682 – John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)
1693 – Anne Sophie Reventlow , Danish wife of Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1743)
1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner , German organist and composer (d. 1778)
1728 – Joseph Black , French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
1730 – Henry Clinton , English general and politician (d. 1795)
1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , French painter (d. 1842)
1786 – John Franklin , English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)
1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
1808 – Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
1821 – Ford Madox Brown , French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
1827 – Octave Crémazie , Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì , Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)
1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson , English-Chinese merchant (d. 1862)
1844 – Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1847 – Hans Auer , Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
1865 – Harry Chauvel , Australian general (d. 1945)
1866 – José de Diego , Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
1867 – Wilbur Wright , American inventor (d. 1912)
1871 – John Millington Synge , Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe , Japanese general (d. 1936)
1878 – R. E. Foster , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
1882 – Seth Bingham , American organist and composer (d. 1972)
1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell , English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
1885 – Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
1886 – Michalis Dorizas , Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
1886 – Ernst Thälmann , German politician (d. 1944)
1886 – Margaret Woodrow Wilson , American daughter of Woodrow Wilson (d. 1944)
1888 – Billy Minter , English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
1889 – Charlie Chaplin , English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
1890 – Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner , American author and educator (d. 1979)
1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop , American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
1892 – Howard Mumford Jones , American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
1893 – Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)
1893 – John Norton , American hurdler (d. 1979)
1895 – Ove Arup , English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988)
1896 – Robert Henry Best , American journalist (d. 1952)
1896 – Pat Clayton , English soldier and surveyor (d. 1962)
1896 – Tristan Tzara , Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
1899 – Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
1903 – Paul Waner , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
1904 – Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American vaudevillian and actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Frits Philips , Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)
1907 – August Eigruber , Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr. , American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
1908 – Ray Ventura , French-Spanish pianist and bandleader (d. 1979)
1910 – Berton Roueché , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1911 – Guy Burgess , English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
1912 – Gordon Dunn , American discus thrower (d. 1964)
1912 – David Langton , Scottish-English actor (d. 1994)
1913 – Les Tremayne , English actor (d. 2003)
1914 – John Hodiak , American actor (d. 1955)
1915 – Joan Alexander , American actress (d. 2009)
1915 – Gerard McLarnon , English-Irish actor and playwright (d. 1997)
1915 – Robert Speck , Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972)
1916 – Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
1917 – Barry Nelson , American actor (d. 2007)
1918 – Dick Gibson , English race car driver (d. 2010)
1918 – Hsuan Hua , Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
1918 – Juozas Kazickas , Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1918 – Spike Milligan , Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002)
1919 – Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1919 – Nilla Pizzi , Italian singer (d. 2011)
1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013)
1919 – Thomas Willmore , English geometer and academic (d. 2005)
1920 – Ananda Dassanayake , Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986)
1921 – Arlin M. Adams , American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Peter Ustinov , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1922 – Kingsley Amis , English novelist, poet, critic (d. 1995)
1922 – John Christopher , English author (d. 2012)
1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino , American colonel (d. 2014)
1922 – Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
1923 – Warren Barker , American composer (d. 2006)
1923 – Arch A. Moore, Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
1924 – John Harvey-Jones , English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
1924 – Henry Mancini , American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1924 – Rudy Pompilli , American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets ) (d. 1976)
1924 – Madanjeet Singh , Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1926 – Pierre Fabre , French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
1927 – Edie Adams , American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927 – Pope Benedict XVI
1927 – Dick Lane , American football player and soldier (d. 2002)
1927 – Rolf Schult , German actor (d. 2013)
1928 – Nader Jahanbani , Iranian general and pilot (d. 1979)
1929 – Ralph Slatyer , Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
1929 – Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
1930 – Doug Beasy , Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
1930 – Fyodor Bogdanovsky , Russian weightlifter (d. 2014)
1930 – Herbie Mann , American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
1932 – Maury Meyers , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz , Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1933 – Joan Bakewell , English journalist and author
1933 – Vera Krepkina , Russian long jumper
1933 – Ike Pappas , American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
1934 – Vicar , Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
1934 – Robert Stigwood , Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)
1935 – Marcel Carrière , Canadian director and screenwriter
1935 – Sarah Kirsch , German poet and author (d. 2013)
1935 – Lennart Risberg , Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
1935 – Dominique Venner , French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
1935 – Bobby Vinton , American singer
1936 – Šaban Bajramović , Serbian singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1937 – Vince Hill , English singer-songwriter, producer, and playwright
1937 – Vadim Kuzmin , Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 – Gert Potgieter , South African hurdler and coach
1938 – Rich Rollins , American baseball player
1938 – Gordon Wilson , Scottish lawyer and politician
1939 – John Amabile , American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1939 – John Delafose , American accordion player (d. 1994)
1939 – Dusty Springfield , English singer and record producer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields ) (d. 1999)
1940 – Benoît Bouchard , Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
1940 – David Holford , Barbadian cricketer
1940 – Margaret Maden , English academic
1940 – Margrethe II of Denmark
1940 – Joan Snyder , American painter
1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys , English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
1941 – Allan Segal , American director and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Jim Lonborg , American baseball player
1942 – Frank Williams , English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
1943 – Ruth Madoc , Welsh actress and singer
1943 – Dave Peverett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foghat and Savoy Brown ) (d. 2000)
1943 – Morris Stevenson , Scottish footballer (d. 2014)
1943 – Petro Tyschtschenko , Austrian-German businessman
1943 – John Watkins , Australian cricketer
1944 – Sue Clifford , English environmentalist and academic, co-founded Common Ground
1945 – Tom Allen , American lawyer and politician
1945 – Sebastian Barker , English poet and journalist (d. 2014)
1946 – Margot Adler , American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1946 – Ernst Bakker , Dutch politician (d. 2014)
1946 – Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015)
1946 – R. Carlos Nakai , American flute player
1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player and coach
1947 – Gerry Rafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel ) (d. 2011)
1948 – Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
1948 – Lynne Franks , English businesswoman
1948 – Kazuyuki Sogabe , Japanese voice actor and guitarist (d. 2006)
1950 – Robert Dutil , Canadian businessman and politician
1950 – David Graf , American actor (d. 2001)
1950 – Colleen Hewett , Australian singer and actress
1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian author and photographer
1951 – Mordechai Ben David , American singer-songwriter
1951 – David Nutt , English psychiatrist and academic
1952 – Bill Belichick , American football player and coach
1952 – Michel Blanc , French actor and director
1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov , Israeli sprinter and hurdler
1952 – Billy West , American voice actor, singer, comedian, musician and songwriter
1952 – Nick Young , English lawyer and activist
1953 – Peter Garrett , Australian singer-songwriter and politician (Midnight Oil )
1953 – Jay O. Sanders , American actor
1954 – Ellen Barkin , American actress
1954 – John Bowe , Australian race car driver
1954 – Mike Zuke , Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Bruce Bochy , American baseball player and manager
1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1956 – David M. Brown , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1956 – T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Dixie Dregs , Jazz Is Dead , and Widespread Panic ) (d. 2010)
1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier
1957 – Patricia De Martelaere , Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
1958 – Tim Flach , English photographer and director
1958 – Ulf Wakenius , Swedish guitarist (Oscar Peterson Tro )
1959 – Robert Casilla , American illustrator
1959 – Scott McKinsey , American director and producer
1959 – Alison Ramsay , English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
1960 – Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1960 – Rafael Benítez , Spanish footballer and manager
1960 – Pierre Littbarski , German footballer and manager
1961 – Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
1961 – Linda Ruth Williams , British film studies academic
1962 – Anna Dello Russo , Italian journalist
1962 – Douglas Elmendorf , American economist and politician
1962 – Ian MacKaye , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fugazi , Minor Threat , The Teen Idles , The Evens , and Embrace )
1963 – Saleem Malik , Pakistani cricketer
1963 – Jimmy Osmond , American singer and actor (The Osmonds )
1964 – David Kohan , American screenwriter and producer
1964 – Dave Pirner , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soul Asylum )
1964 – Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio ) (d. 2008)
1965 – Yves-François Blanchet , Canadian politician
1965 – Jon Cryer , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Martin Lawrence , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian drummer (Farmers Market )
1966 – Jeff Varner , American newscaster and reality television personality
1968 – Vickie Guerrero , American wrestler and manager
1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel , German runner
1969 – Stacy Francis , American singer and actress (Ex Girlfriend )
1969 – Patrik Järbyn , Swedish skier
1969 – Fernando Viña , American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 – Dero Goi , German singer-songwriter and drummer (Oomph! )
1970 – Walt Williams , American basketball player
1971 – Selena , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (Selena y Los Dinos ) (d. 1995)
1971 – Peter Billingsley , American actor, director, and producer
1971 – Cameron Blades , Australian rugby player
1971 – Seigo Yamamoto , Japanese race car driver
1971 – Natasha Zvereva , Belarusian tennis player
1972 – Conchita Martínez , Spanish-American tennis player
1972 – John McGuinness , English motorcycle racer
1972 – Tracy K. Smith , American poet and educator
1973 – Akon , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 – Bonnie Pink , Japanese singer-songwriter
1973 – Charlotta Sörenstam , Swedish golfer
1973 – Oksana Yermakova , Estonian-Russian fencer
1974 – Mat Devine , American singer-songwriter and actor (Kill Hannah )
1975 – Keon Clark , American basketball player
1976 – Phil Baroni , American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1976 – Robert Dahlqvist , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hellacopters , Dundertåget , and Thunder Express )
1976 – Lukas Haas , American actor, pianist, drummer, and composer
1976 – Kelli O'Hara , American actress and singer
1976 – Shu Qi , Taiwanese actress and singer
1977 – Tameka Empson , English actress and screenwriter
1977 – Florentijn Hofman , Dutch sculptor
1977 – Fredrik Ljungberg , Swedish footballer
1978 – Lara Dutta , Indian model and actress, Miss Universe 2000
1978 – Jody Marie Gnant , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1978 – Matthew Lloyd , Australian footballer and coach
1978 – Igor Tudor , Croatian footballer and manager
1978 – Ivan Urgant , Russian television host and actor
1978 – Christos Vasilopoulos , Greek actor
1979 – Christijan Albers , Dutch race car driver
1979 – Lars Börgeling , German pole vaulter
1979 – Daniel Browne , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Sean Costello , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1981 – Anestis Agritis , Greek footballer
1981 – Maya Dunietz , Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
1982 – Gina Carano , American mixed martial artist and actress
1982 – Boris Diaw , French basketball player
1982 – Michael Ratajczak , German footballer
1982 – Jonathan Vilma , American football player
1983 – Marié Digby , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1983 – Cat Osterman , American softball player
1984 – Teddy Blass , American composer and producer
1984 – Claire Foy , English actress
1984 – Tucker Fredricks , American speed skater
1984 – Paweł Kieszek , Polish footballer
1984 – Kerron Stewart , Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Luol Deng , Sudanese-English basketball player
1985 – Nate Diaz , American mixed martial artist
1985 – Brendon Leonard , New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Benjamín Rojas , Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (Erreway )
1985 – Taye Taiwo , Nigerian footballer
1986 – Paul di Resta , Scottish race car driver
1986 – Laura Langman , New Zealand netball player
1986 – Shinji Okazaki , Japanese footballer
1986 – Peter Regin , Danish ice hockey player
1986 – Epke Zonderland , Dutch gymnast
1987 – Savant , Norwegian DJ and producer
1987 – Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player
1987 – Richard Bleier , American baseball player
1987 – Aaron Lennon , English footballer
1990 – Reggie Jackson , American basketball player
1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris , Greek basketball player
1990 – Tony McQuay , American sprinter
1991 – Nolan Arenado , American baseball player
1991 – Kim Kyung-jung , South Korean footballer
1993 – Mirai Nagasu , American figure skater
1994 – Will Fuller , American football player
69 – Otho , Roman emperor (b. 32)
665 – Fructuosus of Braga , French archbishop and saint
1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)
1118 – Adelaide del Vasto , Italian wife of Roger II of Sicily (b. 1075)
1198 – Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)
1640 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
1645 – Tobias Hume , Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
1687 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
1689 – Aphra Behn , English author and playwright (b. 1640)
1742 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
1756 – Jacques Cassini , French astronomer (b. 1677)
1783 – Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
1828 – Francisco Goya , Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
1846 – Domenico Dragonetti , Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
1850 – Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
1879 – Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint (b. 1844)
1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
1899 – Emilio Jacinto , Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
1904 – Maximilian Kronberger , German poet and author (b. 1888)
1904 – Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
1914 – George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
1915 – Nelson W. Aldrich , American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
1924 – Amleto Novelli , Italian actor (b. 1885)
1925 – Stefan Nerezov , Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
1928 – Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1928 – Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui , Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
1935 – Panait Istrati , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1937 – Jay Johnson Morrow , American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
1938 – Steve Bloomer , English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
1941 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp , English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
1942 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
1942 – Denis St. George Daly , Irish polo player (b. 1862)
1946 – Arthur Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1947 – Rudolf Höss , German SS officer (b. 1900)
1950 – Eduard Oja , Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
1950 – Anders Peter Nielsen , Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
1955 – David Kirkwood , Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
1957 – Johnny Torrio , Italian-American mobster (b. 1882)
1958 – Rosalind Franklin , English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
1960 – Mihály Fekete , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
1961 – Carl Hovland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
1965 – Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour , English Lieutenant-Colonel in the british Army and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
1966 – Eric Lambert , Australian author (b. 1918)
1968 – Fay Bainter , American actress (b. 1893)
1968 – Edna Ferber , American author and playwright (b. 1885)
1969 – Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
1970 – Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
1970 – Péter Veres , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
1972 – Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972 – Frank O'Connor , Australian public servant (b. 1894)
1973 – Nino Bravo , Spanish singer (b. 1944)
1973 – István Kertész , Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
1980 – Morris Stoloff , American composer (b. 1898)
1985 – Scott Brady , American actor (b. 1924)
1988 – Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)
1988 – Youri Egorov , Russian pianist (b. 1954)
1989 – Jocko Conlan , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
1989 – Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
1989 – Miles Lawrence , English cricketer (b. 1940)
1989 – Hakkı Yeten , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
1991 – David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1992 – Neville Brand , American actor (b. 1920)
1992 – Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
1994 – Ralph Ellison , American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
1996 – Lucille Bremer , American actress and dancer (b. 1927)
1996 – Stavros Niarchos , Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)
1997 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician (b. 1921)
1997 – Roland Topor , French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
1998 – Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
1998 – Fred Davis , English snooker player (b. 1913)
1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur , Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
1999 – Skip Spence , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape ) (b. 1946)
2001 – Michael Ritchie , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2001 – Alec Stock , English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
2002 – Billy Ayre , English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2002 – Ruth Fertel , American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
2002 – Robert Urich , American actor (b. 1946)
2003 – Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (b. 1930)
2003 – Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
2005 – Kim Mu-saeng , South Korean actor (b. 1943)
2005 – Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
2007 – Seung-Hui Cho , perpetrator of the Virginia Tech shooting (b. 1984) and 32 victims
2007 – Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2007 – Gaétan Duchesne , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2007 – Maria Lenk , Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
2007 – Chandrabose Suthaharan , Sri Lankan journalist
2008 – Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
2010 – Rasim Delić , Bosnian general (b. 1949)
2010 – Daryl Gates , American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)
2011 – Gerry Alexander , Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
2011 – Allan Blakeney , Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)
2011 – Sol Saks , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2012 – Sári Barabás , Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
2012 – Marian Biskup , Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Ray Davey , Northern Irish minister, founded the Corrymeela Community (b. 1915)
2012 – Alan Hacker , English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
2012 – George Kunda , Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)
2012 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish businessman (b. 1913)
2012 – Carlo Petrini , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
2013 – Charles Bruzon , Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Jack Daniels , American baseball player (b. 1927)
2013 – George Horse Capture , American anthropologist and author (b. 1937)
2013 – Ali Kafi , Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Francis Leo Lawrence , American academic and scholar (b. 1937)
2013 – Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)
2013 – Pentti Lund , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2013 – Rita MacNeil , Canadian singer and actress (b. 1944)
2013 – George Beverly Shea , Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
2013 – Edwin Shirley , English businessman (b. 1948)
2013 – Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)
2014 – Gyude Bryant , Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2014 – Stan Kelly-Bootle , English author and songwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – Frank Kopel , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1949)
2014 – Basil A. Paterson , American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
2015 – Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)
2015 – Attaphol Buspakom , Thai footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2015 – Oles Buzina , Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)
2015 – Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
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