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Povijesni događaji na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
Povijesni događaji na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
- 1244: Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
- 1409: The University of Leipzig opens.
- 1697: St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
- 1763: Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
- 1766: Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
- 1804: At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.
- 1805: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
- 1823: Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
- 1845: Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
- 1848: Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
- 1851: French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
- 1852: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
- 1859: Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- 1865: Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
- 1867: At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
- 1899: Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
- 1908: Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
- 1917: World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
- 1927: Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
- 1930: Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
- 1939: New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
- 1942: World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- 1943: World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of mustard gas.
- 1947: Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
- 1949: Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
- 1950: Korean War: The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends with a decisive Chinese victory and UN forces are completely expelled from North Korea.
- 1954: Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
- 1954: The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
- 1956: The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
- 1957: United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted.
- 1961: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism.
- 1962: Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
- 1968: Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashes into Pedro Bay, Alaska, killing all 39 people on board.
- 1970: The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
- 1971: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
- 1975: Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- 1976: Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
- 1977: A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Benghazi, Libya, killing 59.
- 1980: Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
- 1982: At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
- 1988: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
- 1988: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
- 1989: The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
- 1990: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.
- 1991: Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
- 1992: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.
- 1993: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín.
- 1993: Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1999: The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
- 2001: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2015: San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
- 2016: Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
- 2020: Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
Rođeni na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
Rođeni na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
- 503: Emperor Jianwen of Liang, emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty (d. 551)
- 1501: Queen Munjeong, Korean queen (d. 1565)
- 1578: Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1641)
- 1599: Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman (d. 1663)
- 1629: Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1704)
- 1694: William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1771)
- 1703: Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (d. 1759)
- 1738: Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general (d. 1775)
- 1754: William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (d. 1809)
- 1759: James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society (d. 1828)
- 1760: John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General (d. 1806)
- 1760: Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1826)
- 1798: António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (d. 1895)
- 1810: Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (d. 1892)
- 1811: Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1885)
- 1817: Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician (d. 1895)
- 1825: Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891)
- 1827: William Burges, English architect and designer (d. 1881)
- 1846: Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (d. 1904)
- 1847: Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)
- 1859: Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych, Ukrainian historian and archaeologist (d. 1942)
- 1859: Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
- 1860: Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931)
- 1863: Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926)
- 1866: Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter (d. 1949)
- 1876: Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (d. 1935)
- 1877: Cahir Healy, Northern Irish Anti Partitionist, writer and politician (d. 1970)
- 1884: Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1953)
- 1884: Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author (d. 1958)
- 1885: George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
- 1891: Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
- 1891: Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987)
- 1894: Warren William, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1895: Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. 1967)
- 1897: Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (d. 1982)
- 1897: Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist (d. 1987)
- 1898: Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (d. 1918)
- 1899: John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (d. 1970)
- 1899: John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1952)
- 1899: Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989)
- 1900: Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, former First Lady of Cuba (d. 1993)
- 1900: Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985)
- 1901: Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer (d. 1986)
- 1906: Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (d. 1977)
- 1909: Arvo Askola, Finnish runner (d. 1975)
- 1909: Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (d. 1987)
- 1909: Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author (d. 1987)
- 1910: Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author (d. 1991)
- 1910: Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner (d. 1979)
- 1912: George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (d. 1976)
- 1913: Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
- 1914: Bill Erwin, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1914: Adolph Green, American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
- 1915: Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan (d. 2016)
- 1916: Howard Finster, American minister and painter (d. 2001)
- 1917: Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992)
- 1921: Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
- 1922: Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
- 1923: Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress (d. 1977)
- 1924: Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (d. 2012)
- 1924: Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
- 1924: Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (d. 2016)
- 1924: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1925: Julie Harris, American actress (d. 2013)
- 1927: Ralph Beard, American basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1928: Guy Bourdin, French photographer (d. 1991)
- 1929: Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
- 1929: Leon Litwack, American historian and author (d. 2021)
- 1930: Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
- 1930: David Piper, English race car driver
- 1931: Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1931: Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Bujinkan
- 1931: Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
- 1931: Edwin Meese, American lawyer, 75th United States Attorney General
- 1931: Gareth Wigan, British film studio executive (d. 2010)
- 1933: Peter Robin Harding, English marshal and pilot (d. 2021)
- 1933: Mike Larrabee, American sprinter and educator (d. 2003)
- 1934: Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal
- 1935: David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic
- 1937: Manohar Joshi, Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2024)
- 1939: Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician
- 1939: Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
- 1939: Harry Reid, American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (d. 2021)
- 1940: Willie Brown, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2019)
- 1941: Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1941: Tom McGuinness, English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
- 1942: Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic
- 1943: Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician
- 1944: Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress and tennis player
- 1944: Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
- 1944: Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1944: Botho Strauß, German author and playwright
- 1945: Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1945: Alan Thomson, Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
- 1946: John Banks, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Mayor of Auckland City
- 1946: David Macaulay, English-American author and illustrator
- 1946: Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (d. 1997)
- 1947: Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter
- 1947: Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager
- 1947: Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author
- 1948: Elizabeth Berg, American nurse and author
- 1948: T. Coraghessan Boyle, American novelist and short story writer
- 1948: Patricia Hewitt, Australian-English educator and politician, English Secretary of State for Health
- 1948: Toninho Horta, Brazilian guitarist and composer
- 1948: Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
- 1950: John Wesley Ryles, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950: Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
- 1950: Benjamin Stora, Algerian-French historian and author
- 1950: Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- 1952: Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic, and politician
- 1952: Keith Szarabajka, American actor
- 1954: Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1956: Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
- 1957: Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
- 1958: Randy Gardner, American figure skater
- 1958: Andrew George, English politician
- 1958: Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe racer and politician
- 1958: George Saunders, American short story writer and essayist
- 1959: Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general (d. 2013)
- 1960: Peter Blakeley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1960: Deb Haaland, American politician, 54th United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1960: Razzle, English rock drummer (d. 1984)
- 1960: Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1960: Silk Smitha, Indian film actress
- 1962: John Dyegh, Nigerian businessman and politician
- 1963: Brendan Coyle, English actor
- 1963: Ann Patchett, American author
- 1963: Rich Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
- 1963: Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1965: Shane Flanagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1966: Philippe Etchebest, French chef and television host
- 1966: Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
- 1967: Mary Creagh, English scholar and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
- 1968: David Batty, English footballer
- 1968: Jiří Dopita, Czech ice hockey player
- 1968: Darryl Kile, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1968: Lucy Liu, American actress and producer
- 1968: Nate Mendel, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1968: Rena Sofer, American actress
- 1969: Ulrika Bergquist, Swedish journalist
- 1969: Chris Kiwomya, English footballer
- 1969: Pavel Loskutov, Estonian runner
- 1969: Tanya Plibersek, Australian journalist and politician, 45th Australian Minister of Health
- 1970: Joe Lo Truglio, American actor and comedian
- 1970: Maksim Tarasov, Russian pole vaulter
- 1970: Treach, American rapper and actor
- 1971: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor and singer
- 1971: Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player
- 1971: Jüri Reinvere, Estonian-German composer and poet
- 1971: Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
- 1971: Mine Yoshizaki, Japanese illustrator
- 1972: Alan Henderson, American basketball player
- 1972: Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
- 1973: Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer and manager
- 1973: Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player
- 1973: Lee Steele, English footballer
- 1973: Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
- 1975: Mark Kotsay, American baseball player and manager
- 1976: Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1977: Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer
- 1978: Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
- 1978: Jason Collins, American basketball player
- 1978: Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1978: Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer
- 1978: Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player
- 1978: Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder
- 1978: David Rivas, Spanish footballer
- 1978: Andrew Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1978: Christopher Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1979: Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress
- 1979: Michael McIndoe, Scottish footballer
- 1979: Abdul Razzaq, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980: Adam Kreek, Canadian rower
- 1980: Darryn Randall, South African cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1980: Joel Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981: Maria Ferekidi, Greek canoe racer
- 1981: Eric Jungmann, American actor
- 1981: Thomas Pöck, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1981: Danijel Pranjić, Croatian footballer
- 1981: Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1982: Christos Karipidis, Greek footballer
- 1982: Matt Walsh, American basketball player
- 1983: Action Bronson, American rapper, songwriter, chef, and television host
- 1983: Chris Burke, Scottish footballer
- 1983: Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
- 1983: Jaime Durán, Mexican footballer
- 1983: Eugene Jeter, American-Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and executive
- 1983: Jana Kramer, American actress and singer
- 1983: Aaron Rodgers, American football player
- 1983: Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
- 1984: Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer
- 1985: Amaury Leveaux, French swimmer
- 1985: Dorell Wright, American basketball player
- 1986: Song Ha-yoon, South Korean actress
- 1986: Claudiu Keșerü, Romanian footballer
- 1986: Renee Montgomery, American basketball player and executive
- 1986: Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass player and composer
- 1988: Alfred Enoch, English actor
- 1988: Stephen McGinn, Scottish footballer
- 1989: Etta Bond, English singer-songwriter
- 1989: Matteo Darmian, Italian footballer
- 1989: Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989: Robert Turbin, American football player
- 1990: Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990: Gastón Ramírez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1991: Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
- 1991: Brandon Knight, American basketball player
- 1991: Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1992: Sim Bhullar, Canadian basketball player
- 1992: Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
- 1993: Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
- 1993: Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
- 1994: Zach Cunningham, American football player
- 1994: Aaron Jones, American football player
- 1994: Elias Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1994: Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
- 1994: Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1995: Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
- 1995: Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
- 1996: Jake Doran, Australian cricketer
- 1997: De'Andre Hunter, American basketball player
- 1998: Annalise Basso, American actress
- 1998: Anna Kalinskaya, Russian tennis player
- 1998: Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (d. 2019)
- 2003: Neil Erasmus, South African-Australian footballer
- 2004: Ilia Malinin, American competitive figure skater
Preminuli na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
Preminuli na datum: 2. prosinca 2024
- 537: Pope Silverius
- 930: Ma Yin, Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 853)
- 949: Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman
- 1022: Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
- 1255: Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
- 1340: Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England
- 1348: Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
- 1381: John of Ruusbroec, Flemish priest and mystic (b. 1293)
- 1455: Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (b. 1432)
- 1463: Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418)
- 1469: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1416)
- 1510: Muhammad Shaybani, Khan of Bukhara (b. 1451)
- 1515: Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453)
- 1547: Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)
- 1594: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
- 1615: Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
- 1665: Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
- 1694: Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719: Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726: Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747: Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
- 1774: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
- 1814: Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
- 1844: Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
- 1849: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
- 1859: John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
- 1881: Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
- 1885: Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
- 1888: Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
- 1892: Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
- 1899: Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
- 1918: Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
- 1924: Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
- 1927: Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
- 1931: Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
- 1936: John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
- 1943: Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
- 1944: Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
- 1944: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
- 1944: Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
- 1950: Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
- 1953: Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
- 1953: Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
- 1957: Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
- 1957: Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
- 1966: L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
- 1966: Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- 1967: Francis Spellman, American cardinal (b. 1889).
- 1969: José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
- 1969: Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)
- 1974: Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (b. 1900)
- 1974: Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
- 1976: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
- 1980: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
- 1980: Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 1981: Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895)
- 1982: Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- 1982: Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
- 1983: Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
- 1985: Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)
- 1986: Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917)
- 1986: John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
- 1987: Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1987: Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (b. 1914)
- 1988: Karl-Heinz Bürger, German colonel (b. 1904)
- 1988: Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
- 1990: Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
- 1990: Robert Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1908)
- 1993: Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
- 1995: Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
- 1995: Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
- 1995: Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
- 1997: Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930)
- 1997: Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
- 1999: Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
- 2000: Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
- 2002: Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
- 2002: Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
- 2003: Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)
- 2004: Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
- 2004: Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)
- 2005: William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)
- 2005: Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian convicted drug trafficker (b. 1980)
- 2006: Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
- 2007: Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972)
- 2007: Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1916)
- 2008: Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)
- 2008: Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (b. 1926)
- 2008: Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1933)
- 2008: Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (b. 1927)
- 2009: Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
- 2009: Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
- 2012: Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929)
- 2012: Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926)
- 2013: William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928)
- 2013: Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (b. 1925)
- 2013: Marcelo Déda, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
- 2013: Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2014: A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1929)
- 2014: Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- 2014: Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (b. 1964)
- 2014: Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
- 2014: Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (b. 1929)
- 2015: Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1945)
- 2015: Will McMillan, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1944)
- 2015: George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921)
- 2020: Pat Patterson, American wrestler (b. 1941)